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A217176
a(n) is the first digit (from the left) to appear n times in succession in the decimal representation of the Lucas(A217166(n)).
4
2, 1, 3, 0, 2, 2, 9, 7, 2, 1, 1, 5, 5, 7, 7, 9
OFFSET
1,1
MATHEMATICA
k = 0; Join[{2}, Table[While[d = IntegerDigits[LucasL[k]]; prt = Partition[Differences[d], n - 1, 1]; ! MemberQ[prt, Table[0, {n - 1}]], k++]; d[[Position[prt, Table[0, {n - 1}]][[1, 1]]]], {n, 2, 8}]] (* T. D. Noe, Oct 03 2012 *)
PROG
(Python)
def A217176(n):
if n == 1:
return 2
else:
l, y, x = [str(d)*n for d in range(10)], 2, 1
for m in range(1, 10**9):
s = str(x)
for k in range(10):
if l[k] in s:
return k
y, x = x, y+x
return 'search limit reached'
# Chai Wah Wu, Dec 17 2014
KEYWORD
nonn,base,hard,more
AUTHOR
V. Raman, Sep 27 2012
EXTENSIONS
a(11) from Chai Wah Wu, Dec 17 2014
a(12)-a(16) from Nick Hobson, Feb 03 2024
STATUS
approved