OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The number 8 (八) sounds like 发 = "to get rich". The number 4 (四) sounds like 死 = "to die". Many numbers are auspicious or inauspicious in Chinese numerology but these are perhaps the most common.
FORMULA
a(n) ≍ n^k where k = A154160 = 1.047951637....
PROG
(PARI) is(n)=setintersect(Set(digits(n)), [4, 8])==[8]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,easy
AUTHOR
Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 30 2022
STATUS
approved