Search: id:A144261 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A144261 %S A144261 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,10,1,9,3,2,3,6,1,6,1,1,5,9,1,2,6,1,3,9,1,12,6,4,3, %T A144261 2,1,3,3,3,1,10,1,12,3,1,5,9,1,8,1,2,3,18,1,2,2,2,9,9,1,12,6,1,3,3,2,3, %U A144261 3,3,1,18,1,7,3,2,2,4,2,9,1,1,5,18,1,6,6,3,3,9,1,4,5,4,9,2,2,12,4,2,1 %N A144261 a(n) = smallest k such that k*n is a Niven (or Harshad) number. %C A144261 Niven (or Harshad) numbers are numbers that are divisible by the sum of their digits. %C A144261 Does a(n) exist for all n? - Klaus Brockhaus, Sep 19 2008 %H A144261 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Harshad Number %e A144261 a(14) = 3 since neither 1*14 or 2*14 are Niven numbers, but 3*14 = 42 is a Niven number: 42 = 7*(4+2). %o A144261 (PARI) digitsum(n) = {local(s=0); while(n, s+=n%10; n\=10); s} {for(n=1, 100, k=1; while((p=k*n)%digitsum(p)>0, k++); print1(k, ","))} /* Klaus Brockhaus, Sep 19 2008 */ %Y A144261 Cf. A005349 (Niven numbers), A144262 (smallest k such that k*n is not a Niven number), A144363 (records in A144261), A144364 (where records occur in A144261). %Y A144261 Sequence in context: A105162 A010184 A107830 this_sequence A046148 A164915 A010691 %Y A144261 Adjacent sequences: A144258 A144259 A144260 this_sequence A144262 A144263 A144264 %K A144261 base,nonn %O A144261 1,11 %A A144261 Sergio Pimentel (ferdiego(AT)suddenlink.net), Sep 16 2008 %E A144261 Edited and extended by Klaus Brockhaus (klaus-brockhaus(AT)t-online.de), Sep 19 2008 Search completed in 0.001 seconds