Find the rule and continue this sequence of digits:
1235813941213533488671216141383377554...
Is there a limit to the number of times in a row a digit can appear?
(In reply to
re: Theoretically (growing vs. shrinking patterns) by Charlie)
As Charlie points out, there is a string of 9 1's at location 20560, therefore there will be a string of 27 1's sometime later.
Based on the pattern shown in an earlier response, I am led to conclude that there is no limit to the number of times the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 can occur in a row.
What about 0, 3, 6, and 9?
4 3's makes 3 3's:
3333
666
1212
333
5 3's makes 5 3's:
33333
6666
121212
33333
and 6 3's gives 7 3's:
333333
66666
12121212
3333333
So if 6 or more 3's appear together there is no limit to the number of 3's or 6's.
3 9's make 3 more 9's and 4 9's make 5 9's:
9999
181818
99999
6 3's appear together in Charlie's latest listing, and 4 9's appear together so the only digit with a limit is the digit 0.
Any number (n) of 0's together creates (n-1) 0's, so to get an unlimited number of 0's together you would have to start with an an infinite number. There are no 2 digit combinations that create 2 or more 0's together.
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Posted by Erik O.
on 2005-06-28 20:56:58 |