What is the smallest integer value of such that starts with ?
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We seek 2 n ≈ 1 0 x but also 2 n < 1 0 x . The approximation should be very very close.
Using a base 2 logarithm we find, n < x ⋅ lo g 2 1 0 . Or lo g 2 1 0 > x n
We seek a rational approximation for lo g 2 1 0 that is ever so slightly too small.
Fortunately, there is an On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences with just what we need: Numerators of convergents to log_2(10) Our n is somewhere on this list.
The problem now is which one ? I basically just tried them one, by one in this high precision calculator until I got there.
To 100 decimal places, The input: 10^(frac(1923400330*log(n(2,100),10)))
And the result: 9.999999999721382843735927151859775967059640108039803362830811802931061843671814991066226503
Means n = 1 9 2 3 4 0 0 3 3 0
Which is actually ten 9's in a row, but the next best choice only has eight. But because this is a convergent, there can't be a better choice.
The actual approximation is 2 1 9 2 3 4 0 0 3 3 0 ≈ 9 . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 2 1 3 8 2 8 4 3 7 3 5 9 2 7 1 5 1 8 5 9 7 7 5 9 6 7 0 5 9 6 4 0 1 0 8 0 3 9 8 0 3 3 6 2 8 3 0 8 1 1 8 0 2 9 3 1 0 6 1 8 4 3 6 7 1 8 1 4 8 8 × 1 0 5 7 9 0 0 1 1 9 2