OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} (1+floor(log_10(2*i))). - Robert Israel, Apr 05 2020
EXAMPLE
For example, a(5) = 6 because 246810 (the concatenation of the first five positive even integers) has six digits.
MAPLE
L:= [1$4, seq(i $(9/2*10^(i-1)), i=2..3)]:
ListTools:-PartialSums(L); # Robert Israel, Apr 05 2020
MATHEMATICA
Accumulate[IntegerLength[2Range[80]]] (* Alonso del Arte, Mar 12 2020, after Harvey P. Dale *)
PROG
(Scala) (1 to 80).map{n: Int => new java.math.BigInteger(((2 to (2 * n) by 2).map(_.toString)).mkString("")).toString.length} // Alonso del Arte, Mar 12 2020
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=1, n, #Str(2*k)); \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 02 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
Alexander Goebel, Mar 10 2020
STATUS
approved
