1,3

Suppose n has d digits; then the sum of its digits is <= 729d, and n >= 10^(d-1). So d <= 5. It is now easy to check that the numbers shown are the only solutions.

G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology, Cambridge, 1967.

J. Shallit, Number theory and formal languages, in Emerging applications of number theory (Minneapolis, MN, 1996), 547-570, IMA Vol. Math. Appl., 109, Springer, New York, 1999.

H. Lehning, "La migration des nombres vers le bonheur" in 'Tangente:L'aventure mathematique' pp. 27 No. 108 Jan-Feb 2006 Pole Paris.

J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 153, p. 50, Ellipses, Paris 2008.

Cf. A005188, A023052, A046156.

Adjacent sequences: A046194 A046195 A046196 this_sequence A046198 A046199 A046200

Sequence in context: A095226 A104810 A066528 this_sequence A056733 A050209 A109142

nonn,fini,full,base

Richard Schroeppel (rschroe(AT)sandia.gov)