Conway-Sloane Powertrain, other than in base 10
Jonathan Post
jvospost3 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 20:53:28 CET 2007
Conway-Sloane Powertrain, other than in base 10.
Base 2:
0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, ...
Base 3:
0, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2,
4, 0, 4, 8, 1
I'd like to see the array A[k,n] powertrain of base-k expression for n.
Row 10 = A133500.
Row 1 = 0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,...
Row 2 and 3 start as above.
Example:
A[3,26] = 8 because A007089(26) = 222, and (2^2)*2 = 8.
Of course, there is an implicit binary structure in Conway's definition:
abcd... is the decimal expression of a number n, then the powertrain
of n is the number n' = a^b*c^d*
The ternary would be:
abcdefghi... is the decimal expression of a number n, then the
triple-geared-powertrain of n is the number
n' = (a^b^c) * (d^e^f) * (g^h^i) * ...
Best,
Jonathan Vos Post
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