OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
In the 14th century Levi Ben Gerson proved that a(n) > 1 for all n > 6; see A003586, A235365, A235366, A236210. - Jonathan Sondow, Jan 20 2014
LINKS
Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000 (terms 0..100 from Reinhard Zumkeller)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Smooth Number
PROG
(Haskell)
import Data.List (group)
a061987 n = a061987_list !! n
a061987_list = map length $ group a061984_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 11 2014
(Python)
from sympy import integer_log
from oeis_sequences.OEISsequences import bisection
def A061987(n):
def f(x): return n+x-sum((x//3**i).bit_length() for i in range(integer_log(x, 3)[0]+1))
return -(m:=bisection(f, n, n))+bisection(lambda x:f(x)+1, m, m) if n else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 09 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Henry Bottomley, May 24 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 03 2003
STATUS
approved