OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Do not confuse with the digital root of n, A010888 (first term that differs is a(19)).
Also the fixed point of the morphism 0 -> {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, 1 -> {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, 2 -> {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}, etc. - Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 27 2006
For n < 100 equal to (floor(n/10) + n mod 10) = A076314(n). - Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 17 2007
It appears that a(n) is the position of 10*n in the ordered set of numbers obtained by inserting/placing one digit anywhere in the digits of n (except a zero before 1st digit). For instance, for n=2, the resulting set is (12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92) where 20 is at position 2, so a(2) = 2. - Michel Marcus, Aug 01 2022
Also the total number of beads required to represent n on a Russian abacus (schoty). - P. Christopher Staecker, Mar 31 2023
a(n) / a(2n) <= 5 with equality iff n is in A169964, while a(n) / a(3n) is unbounded, since if n = (10^k + 2)/3, then a(n) = 3*k+1, a(3n) = 3, so a(n) / a(3n) = k + 1/3 -> oo when k->oo (see Diophante link). - Bernard Schott, Apr 29 2023
Also the number of symbols needed to write number n in Egyptian numerals for n < 10^7. - Wojciech Graj, Jul 10 2025
Marcus's conjecture is true (see Fried link). - Sela Fried, Nov 11 2025
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Krassimir Atanassov, On the 16th Smarandache Problem, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Sophia, Bulgaria, Vol. 5 (1999), No. 1, 36-38.
Krassimir Atanassov, On Some of the Smarandache's Problems, 1999.
Jean-Luc Baril, Classical sequences revisited with permutations avoiding dotted pattern, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Vol. 18 (2011), #P178.
F. M. Dekking, The Thue-Morse Sequence in Base 3/2, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 26 (2023), Article 23.2.3.
Diophante, A1762, Des chiffres à la moulinette (in French).
Ernesto Estrada and Puri Pereira-Ramos, Spatial 'Artistic' Networks: From Deconstructing Integer-Functions to Visual Arts, Complexity, Vol. 2018 (2018), Article ID 9893867.
Sela Fried, Proof of a conjecture stated in A007953, 2025.
Sela Fried, Proofs of Ten Conjectures From the OEIS, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 29 (2026), Article 26.1.8. See pp. 7-8.
A. O. Gel'fond, Sur les nombres qui ont des propriétés additives et multiplicatives données (French) Acta Arith., Vol. 13 (1967/1968), pp. 259-265. MR0220693 (36 #3745)
Christian Mauduit and András Sárközy, On the arithmetic structure of sets characterized by sum of digits properties J. Number Theory, Vol. 61, No. 1 (1996), pp. 25-38. MR1418316 (97g:11107)
Christian Mauduit and András Sárközy, On the arithmetic structure of the integers whose sum of digits is fixed, Acta Arith., Vol. 81, No. 2 (1997), pp. 145-173. MR1456239 (99a:11096)
Kerry Mitchell, Spirolateral-Type Images from Integer Sequences, 2013.
Kerry Mitchell, Spirolateral image for this sequence . [taken, with permission, from the Spirolateral-Type Images from Integer Sequences article]
Jan-Christoph Puchta and Jürgen Spilker, Altes und Neues zur Quersumme, Mathematische Semesterberichte, Vol. 49 (2002), pp. 209-226.
Jan-Christoph Puchta and Jürgen Spilker, Altes und Neues zur Quersumme.
Maxwell Schneider and Robert Schneider, Digit sums and generating functions, arXiv:1807.06710 [math.NT], 2018.
Jeffrey O. Shallit, Problem 6450, Advanced Problems, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 91, No. 1 (1984), pp. 59-60; Two series, solution to Problem 6450, ibid., Vol. 92, No. 7 (1985), pp. 513-514.
Vladimir Shevelev, Compact integers and factorials, Acta Arith., Vol. 126, No. 3 (2007), pp. 195-236 (cf. pp. 205-206).
Robert Walker, Self Similar Sloth Canon Number Sequences.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Digit Sum.
Wikipedia, Digit sum.
FORMULA
a(A051885(n)) = n.
a(n) <= 9(log_10(n)+1). - Stefan Steinerberger, Mar 24 2006
From Benoit Cloitre, Dec 19 2002: (Start)
a(0) = 0, a(10n+i) = a(n) + i for 0 <= i <= 9.
a(n) = n - 9*(Sum_{k > 0} floor(n/10^k)) = n - 9*A054899(n). (End)
From Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 17 2007: (Start)
G.f. g(x) = Sum_{k > 0, (x^k - x^(k+10^k) - 9x^(10^k))/(1-x^(10^k))}/(1-x).
a(n) = n - 9*Sum_{10 <= k <= n} Sum_{j|k, j >= 10} floor(log_10(j)) - floor(log_10(j-1)). (End)
From Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 25 2007: (Start)
The g.f. can be expressed in terms of a Lambert series, in that g(x) = (x/(1-x) - 9*L[b(k)](x))/(1-x) where L[b(k)](x) = sum{k >= 0, b(k)*x^k/(1-x^k)} is a Lambert series with b(k) = 1, if k > 1 is a power of 10, else b(k) = 0.
G.f.: g(x) = (Sum_{k > 0} (1 - 9*c(k))*x^k)/(1-x), where c(k) = Sum_{j > 1, j|k} floor(log_10(j)) - floor(log_10(j-1)).
a(n) = n - 9*Sum_{0 < k <= floor(log_10(n))} a(floor(n/10^k))*10^(k-1). (End)
From Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 06 2007: (Start)
a(n) <= 9*(1 + floor(log_10(n))), equality holds for n = 10^m - 1, m > 0.
lim sup (a(n) - 9*log_10(n)) = 0 for n -> oo.
lim inf (a(n+1) - a(n) + 9*log_10(n)) = 1 for n -> oo. (End)
a(n) = A138530(n, 10) for n > 9. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 26 2008
a(n) mod 2 = A179081(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 28 2010
a(n) <= 9*log_10(n+1). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jun 01 2011
a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-10) - a(n-11), for n < 100. - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Oct 09 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k >= 0} A031298(n, k). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 21 2011
a(n) = a(n mod b^k) + a(floor(n/b^k)), for all k >= 0. - Hieronymus Fischer, Mar 24 2014
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/(n*(n+1)) = 10*log(10)/9 (Shallit, 1984). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 03 2021
EXAMPLE
a(123) = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, a(9875) = 9 + 8 + 7 + 5 = 29.
MAPLE
A007953 := proc(n) add(d, d=convert(n, base, 10)) ; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Mar 17 2011
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[DigitCount[n][[i]] * i, {i, 9}], {n, 0, 50}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Mar 24 2006 *)
Table[Plus @@ IntegerDigits @ n, {n, 0, 87}] (* or *)
Nest[Flatten[# /. a_Integer -> Array[a + # &, 10, 0]] &, {0}, 2] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 27 2006 *)
Total/@IntegerDigits[Range[0, 90]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 10 2016 *)
DigitSum[Range[0, 100]] (* Requires v. 14 *) (* Paolo Xausa, May 17 2024 *)
PROG
/* The next few PARI programs are kept for historical and pedagogical reasons.
For practical use, the suggested and most efficient code is: A007953=sumdigits */
(PARI) a(n)=if(n<1, 0, if(n%10, a(n-1)+1, a(n/10))) \\ Recursive, very inefficient. A more efficient recursive variant: a(n)=if(n>9, n=divrem(n, 10); n[2]+a(n[1]), n)
(PARI) a(n, b=10)={my(s=(n=divrem(n, b))[2]); while(n[1]>=b, s+=(n=divrem(n[1], b))[2]); s+n[1]} \\ M. F. Hasler, Mar 22 2011
(PARI) a(n)=sum(i=1, #n=digits(n), n[i]) \\ Twice as fast. Not so nice but faster:
(PARI) a(n)=sum(i=1, #n=Vecsmall(Str(n)), n[i])-48*#n \\ M. F. Hasler, May 10 2015
/* Since PARI 2.7, one can also use: a(n)=vecsum(digits(n)), or better: A007953=sumdigits. [Edited and commented by M. F. Hasler, Nov 09 2018] */
(PARI) a(n) = sumdigits(n); \\ Altug Alkan, Apr 19 2018
(Haskell)
a007953 n | n < 10 = n
| otherwise = a007953 n' + r where (n', r) = divMod n 10
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 04 2011, Mar 19 2011
(Magma) [ &+Intseq(n): n in [0..87] ]; // Bruno Berselli, May 26 2011
(Smalltalk)
"Recursive version for general bases. Set base = 10 for this sequence."
digitalSum: base
| s |
base = 1 ifTrue: [^self].
(s := self // base) > 0
ifTrue: [^(s digitalSum: base) + self - (s * base)]
ifFalse: [^self]
"by Hieronymus Fischer, Mar 24 2014"
(Python)
def A007953(n):
return sum(int(d) for d in str(n)) # Chai Wah Wu, Sep 03 2014
(Python)
def a(n): return sum(map(int, str(n))) # Michael S. Branicky, May 22 2021
(Scala) (0 to 99).map(_.toString.map(_.toInt - 48).sum) // Alonso del Arte, Sep 15 2019
(Swift)
A007953(n): String(n).compactMap{$0.wholeNumberValue}.reduce(0, +) // Egor Khmara, Jun 15 2021
CROSSREFS
Cf. A003132, A055012, A055013, A055014, A055015, A010888, A007954, A031347, A055017, A076313, A076314, A054899, A138470, A138471, A138472, A000120, A004426, A004427, A054683, A054684, A069877, A179082-A179085, A108971, A169964, A179987, A179988, A180018, A180019, A217928, A216407, A037123, A074784, A231688, A231689, A225693, A254524 (ordinal transform).
For n + digsum(n) see A062028.
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
R. Muller
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 17 2007
Edited by Michel Marcus, Nov 11 2013
STATUS
approved