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A100402
Digital root of 4^n.
10
1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7, 1, 4, 7
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Equals A141725 mod 9. - Paul Curtz, Sep 15 2008
Sequence is the digital root of A016777. - Odimar Fabeny, Sep 13 2010
Digital root of the powers of any number congruent to 4 mod 9. - Alonso del Arte, Jan 26 2014
Period 3: repeat [1, 4, 7]. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Aug 26 2014
From Timothy L. Tiffin, Dec 02 2023: (Start)
The period 3 digits of this sequence are the same as those of A070403 (digital root of 7^n) but the order is different: [1, 4, 7] vs. [1, 7, 4].
The digits in this sequence appear in the decimal expansions of the following rational numbers: 49/333, 490/333, 4900/333, .... (End)
REFERENCES
Cecil Balmond, Number 9: The Search for the Sigma Code. Munich, New York: Prestel (1998): 203.
FORMULA
a(n) = 4^n mod 9. - Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 25 2009
From R. J. Mathar, Apr 13 2010: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-3) for n>2.
G.f.: (1+4*x+7*x^2)/ ((1-x)*(1+x+x^2)). (End)
a(n) = A010888(A000302(n)). - Michel Marcus, Aug 25 2014
a(n) = 3*A010872(n) + 1. - Robert Israel, Aug 25 2014
a(n) = 4 - 3*cos(2*n*Pi/3) - sqrt(3)*sin(2*n*Pi/3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 30 2016
a(n) = A153130(2n). - Timothy L. Tiffin, Dec 01 2023
a(n) = A010888(A001022(n)) = A010888(A009966(n)) = A010888(A009975(n)) = A010888(A009984(n)) = A010888(A087752(n)) = A010888(A121013(n)). - Timothy L. Tiffin, Dec 02 2023
a(n) = A010888(4*a(n-1)). - Stefano Spezia, Mar 20 2025
EXAMPLE
4^2 = 16, digitalroot(16) = 7, the third entry.
MATHEMATICA
Table[PowerMod[4, n, 9], {n, 0, 100}] (* Timothy L. Tiffin, Dec 03 2023 *)
StringRepeat["1, 4, 7, ", 100] (* Timothy L. Tiffin, Dec 03 2023 *)
PROG
(SageMath) [power_mod(4, n, 9) for n in range(0, 105)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 25 2009
(PARI) a(n)=[1, 4, 7][1+n%3]; \\ Joerg Arndt, Aug 26 2014
CROSSREFS
Cf. Digital roots of powers of c mod 9: c = 2, A153130; c = 5, A070366; c = 7, A070403; c = 8, A010689.
Sequence in context: A123734 A011519 A131594 * A135004 A389651 A086234
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,base
AUTHOR
Cino Hilliard, Dec 31 2004
STATUS
approved