Start with an integer , known as the digitaddition generator. Add the sum of the digitaddition generator's digits to obtain the digitaddition . A number can have more than one digitaddition generator. If a number has no digitaddition generator, it is called a self number. The sum of all numbers in a digitaddition series is given by the last term minus the first plus the sum of the digits of the last.

If the digitaddition process is performed on  to yield its digitaddition , on  to yield , etc., a single-digit number, known as the digital root of , is eventually obtained. The digital roots of the first few integers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, ... (OEIS A010888).

If the process is generalized so that the th (instead of first) powers of the digits of a number are repeatedly added, a periodic sequence of numbers is eventually obtained for any given starting number . For example, the 2-digitaddition sequence for  is given by 2, , , , , , , and so on.

If the original number  is equal to the sum of the th powers of its digits (i.e., the digitaddition sequence has length 2),  is called a Narcissistic number. If the original number is the smallest number in the eventually periodic sequence of numbers in the repeated -digitadditions, it is called a recurring digital invariant. Both Narcissistic numbers and recurring digital invariants are relatively rare.

The only possible periods for repeated 2-digitadditions are 1 and 8, and the periods of the first few positive integers are 1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 8, 8, 1, ... (OEIS A031176). Similarly, the numbers that correspond to the beginning of the eventually periodic part of a 2-digitaddition sequence are given by 1, 4, 37, 4, 89, 89, 1, 89, 37, 1, 4, ... (OEIS A103369).

The possible periods  for -digitadditions are summarized in the following table, together with digitadditions for the first few integers and the corresponding sequence numbers. Some periods do not show up for a long time. For example, a period-6 10-digitaddition does not occur until the number 266.

	OEIS	s	-digitadditions
2	A031176	1, 8	1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1, 8, 8, 1, ...
3	A031178	1, 2, 3	1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, ...
4	A031182	1, 2, 7	1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 1, 7, 1, 7, 7, ...
5	A031186	1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 22, 28	1, 12, 22, 4, 10, 22, 28, 10, 22, 1, ...
6	A031195	1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 30	1, 10, 30, 30, 30, 10, 10, 10, 3, 1, 10, ...
7	A031200	1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 14, 21, 27, 30, 56, 92	1, 92, 14, 30, 92, 56, 6, 92, 56, 1, 92, 27, ...
8	A031211	1, 25, 154	1, 25, 154, 154, 154, 154, 25, 154, 154, 1, 25, 154, 154, 1, ...
9	A031212	1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 19, 24, 28, 30, 80, 93	1, 30, 93, 1, 19, 80, 4, 30, 80, 1, 30, 93, 4, 10, ...
10	A031213	1, 6, 7, 17, 81, 123	1, 17, 123, 17, 17, 123, 123, 123, 123, 1, 17, 123, 17, ...

The numbers having period-1 2-digitaddition sequences are also called happy numbers, the first few of which are 1, 7, 10, 13, 19, 23, 28, 31, 32, ... (OEIS A007770).

The first few numbers having period  -digitadditions are summarized in the following table.

		OEIS	members
2	1	A007770	1, 7, 10, 13, 19, 23, 28, 31, 32, ...
2	8	A031177	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, ...
3	1	A031179	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ...
3	2	A031180	49, 94, 136, 163, 199, 244, 316, ...
3	3	A031181	4, 13, 16, 22, 25, 28, 31, 40, 46, ...
4	1	A031183	1, 10, 12, 17, 21, 46, 64, 71, 100, ...
4	2	A031184	66, 127, 172, 217, 228, 271, 282, ...
4	7	A031185	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, ...
5	1	A031187	1, 10, 100, 145, 154, 247, 274, ...
5	2	A031188	133, 139, 193, 199, 226, 262, ...
5	4	A031189	4, 37, 40, 55, 73, 124, 142, ...
5	6	A031190	16, 61, 106, 160, 601, 610, 778, ...
5	10	A031191	5, 8, 17, 26, 35, 44, 47, 50, 53, ...
5	12	A031192	2, 11, 14, 20, 23, 29, 32, 38, 41, ...
5	22	A031193	3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, ...
5	28	A031194	7, 13, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 43, ...
6	1	A011557	1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, ...
6	2	A031357	3468, 3486, 3648, 3684, 3846, ...
6	3	A031196	9, 13, 31, 37, 39, 49, 57, 73, 75, ...
6	4	A031197	255, 466, 525, 552, 646, 664, ...
6	10	A031198	2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, ...
6	30	A031199	3, 4, 5, 16, 18, 22, 29, 30, 33, ...
7	1	A031201	1, 10, 100, 1000, 1259, 1295, ...
7	2	A031202	22, 202, 220, 256, 265, 526, 562, ...
7	3	A031203	124, 142, 148, 184, 214, 241, 259, ...
7	6		7, 70, 700, 7000, 70000, 700000, ...
7	12	A031204	17, 26, 47, 59, 62, 71, 74, 77, 89, ...
7	14	A031205	3, 30, 111, 156, 165, 249, 294, ...
7	21	A031206	19, 34, 43, 91, 109, 127, 172, 190, ...
7	27	A031207	12, 18, 21, 24, 39, 42, 45, 54, 78, ...
7	30	A031208	4, 13, 16, 25, 28, 31, 37, 40, 46, ...
7	56	A031209	6, 9, 15, 27, 33, 36, 48, 51, 57, ...
7	92	A031210	2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 20, 23, 29, 32, 35, ...
8	1		1, 10, 14, 17, 29, 37, 41, 71, 73, ...
8	25		2, 7, 11, 15, 16, 20, 23, 27, 32, ...
8	154		3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, ...
9	1		1, 4, 10, 40, 100, 400, 1000, 1111, ...
9	2		127, 172, 217, 235, 253, 271, 325, ...
9	3		444, 4044, 4404, 4440, 4558, ...
9	4		7, 13, 31, 67, 70, 76, 103, 130, ...
9	8		22, 28, 34, 37, 43, 55, 58, 73, 79, ...
9	10		14, 38, 41, 44, 83, 104, 128, 140, ...
9	19		5, 26, 50, 62, 89, 98, 155, 206, ...
9	24		16, 61, 106, 160, 337, 373, 445, ...
9	28		19, 25, 46, 49, 52, 64, 91, 94, ...
9	30		2, 8, 11, 17, 20, 23, 29, 32, 35, ...
9	80		6, 9, 15, 18, 24, 33, 42, 48, 51, ...
9	93		3, 12, 21, 27, 30, 36, 39, 45, 54, ...
10	1	A011557	1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, ...
10	6		266, 626, 662, 1159, 1195, 1519, ...
10	7		46, 58, 64, 85, 122, 123, 132, ...
10	17		2, 4, 5, 11, 13, 20, 31, 38, 40, ...
10	81		17, 18, 37, 71, 73, 81, 107, 108, ...
10	123		3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, ...

REFERENCES:

Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A007770, A011557, A011557, A031177, A031179, A031180, A031181, A031183, A031184, A031185, A031187, A031188, A031189, A031190, A031191, A031192, A031193, A031194, A031196, A031197, A031198, A031199, A031201, A031202, A031203, A031204, A031205, A031206, A031207, A031208, A031209, A031210, A031357, and A103369 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

Trott, M. The Mathematica GuideBook for Programming. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 28, 2004. https://www.mathematicaguidebooks.org/.

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