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| A002350 |
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Take solution to Pellian equation x^2 - n*y^2 = 1 with smallest positive y and x >= 0; sequence gives a(n) = x, or 1 if n is a square. A002349 gives values of y.
(Formerly M2240 N0890)
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| 1, 3, 2, 1, 9, 5, 8, 3, 1, 19, 10, 7, 649, 15, 4, 1, 33, 17, 170, 9, 55, 197, 24, 5, 1, 51, 26, 127, 9801, 11, 1520, 17, 23, 35, 6, 1, 73, 37, 25, 19, 2049, 13, 3482, 199, 161, 24335, 48, 7, 1, 99, 50, 649, 66249, 485, 89, 15, 151, 19603, 530, 31, 1766319049, 63, 8, 1
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OFFSET
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1,2
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REFERENCES
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N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
L. Beeckmans, Squares expressible as sum of consecutive squares, Amer. Math. Monthly, 101 (1994), 437-442.
A. Cayley, Report of a committee appointed for the purpose of carrying on the tables connected with the Pellian equation ..., Collected Mathematical Papers. Vols. 1-13, Cambridge Univ. Press, London, 1889-1897, Vol. 13, pp. 430-443.
C. F. Degen, Canon Pellianus. Hafniae, Copenhagen, 1817.
D. H. Lehmer, Guide to Tables in the Theory of Numbers. Bulletin No. 105, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1941, p. 55.
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LINKS
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000
L. Euler, De solutione problematum diophanteorum per numeros integros, par. 17
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EXAMPLE
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For n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 solutions are (x,y) = (1, 0), (3, 2), (2, 1), (1, 0), (9, 4).
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MATHEMATICA
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PellSolve[(m_Integer)?Positive] := Module[{cf, n, s}, cf = ContinuedFraction[ Sqrt[m]]; n = Length[ Last[cf]]; If[ OddQ[n], n = 2*n]; s = FromContinuedFraction[ ContinuedFraction[ Sqrt[m], n]]; {Numerator[s], Denominator[s]}]; f[n_] := If[ !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[n]], PellSolve[n][[1]], 1]; Table[ f[n], {n, 0, 65}]
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A002349, A006702, A006703, A006704, A006705. See A033316, A033315, A033319 for records.
Adjacent sequences: A002347 A002348 A002349 this_sequence A002351 A002352 A002353
Sequence in context: A156647 A160760 A152860 this_sequence A109267 A155788 A108073
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice,easy
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).
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