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A186190

First digit of tribonacci sequence A000213.

1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 4, 8, 1, 2, 5, 9, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 4, 9, 1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 4, 8, 1, 2, 5, 9, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 4, 9, 1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 7, 1, 2, 4, 8, 1, 2, 5, 9, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4

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OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

Sequence obeys the Benford law about distribution of first digit d in a sequence: P(d) = log_10(1+1/d).

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..102.

Index entries for sequences related to Benford's law

EXAMPLE

a(10) = 1 since A000213(10) = 193.

MATHEMATICA

t = {1, 1, 1}; Do[AppendTo[t, t[[-1]] + t[[-2]] + t[[-3]]], {100}]; Table[IntegerDigits[i][[1]], {i, t}]