Pardon me, it's one step earlier, at step 65,577,856. On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 4:50 PM Tom Duff <td@pixar.com> wrote:
At step 65,577,857 we reach 1,023,456,798, whose IM is zero, and the sequence is constant thereafter.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 2:59 PM Éric Angelini <bk263401@skynet.be> wrote:
Hello Math-Fun, In this country, digits go by closed boxes containing 10 distinct digits each. To write the number 2019 you can open a single box and extract the digits 2, 0, 1 and 9. We call "imbalance" the quantity of unused digit in one (or more) opened box(es). So, writing 2019 leaves an imbalance of 6 (the 6 unused digits in the box).
Now, if we want to write 2020 we must open two boxes (...)
The question: "Is S infinite?" is explained there, on my personal blog page: http://cinquantesignes.blogspot.com/2020/02/integer-imbalance.html Best, É.
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