Search: id:A060315 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A060315 %S A060315 1,2,4,10,29,76,284,1413,7187,38103,231051,1765186,10539427 %N A060315 a(1)=1; a(n) is the smallest positive integer that cannot be obtained from the integers {0, 1, ..., n-1} using each number at most once and the operators +, -, *, /. %C A060315 I had written a C++ program to find the smallest positive integer that cannot be obtained from the integers {1,2,...,n-1} using each number exactly once and the operators +,-,*,/. The result is same as this sequence. It takes the program two days to find the result for n=11. We still don't know whether the two sequences are same for n greater than 11. [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Oct 01 2008] %C A060315 The first 12 items are the same as the result of using all number from 0 to n-1 exactly once and only the operators +,-,* (So we could get all integers less than a(n) without the operator /). The minimal number which could not be reached using all numbers from 0 to 12 exactly once and only operators +,-,* is 10539427. But I have still not verified whether it is a(13) [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Oct 08 2008] %C A060315 The 13th item has now been verified by computer [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Nov 05 2008] %H A060315 G. Bannay, LE COMPTE EST BON (to obtain a(4)=10 for example, enter ceb -a4 -x1 0 1 2 3) %H A060315 Index entries for similar sequences %H A060315 The C++ source code to find the smallest integer [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Oct 01 2008] %H A060315 Du, Zhao Hui, The webpage where the result is posted [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Oct 08 2008] %H A060315 Link to the result [From Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Nov 05 2008] %e A060315 For n=4 we have {0,1,2,3} to play with and we can get 6=2*3, 7=2*3+1, 8=2*(1+3), 9=3*(1+2), but we cannot get 10, hence a(4) = 10. %Y A060315 Cf. A060316. %Y A060315 Cf. A141494. %Y A060315 Sequence in context: A003223 A061417 A153921 this_sequence A148111 A148112 A148113 %Y A060315 Adjacent sequences: A060312 A060313 A060314 this_sequence A060316 A060317 A060318 %K A060315 hard,nonn %O A060315 1,2 %A A060315 Jean-Marc Rebert (jm.rebert(AT)calixo.net), Mar 28 2001 %E A060315 More terms from Koksal Karakus (karakusk(AT)hotmail.com), May 26 2002 %E A060315 One more term from Du, Zhao Hui (zhao.hui.du(AT)gmail.com), Oct 08 2008 Search completed in 0.002 seconds