A083945 Least integer coefficients of A(x), where 1<=a(n)<=5, such that A(x)^(1/5) consists entirely of integer coefficients.

1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5

Offset: 0

Author

Paul D. Hanna, May 09 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

More generally, "least integer coefficients of A(x), where 1<=a(n)<=m, such that A(x)^(1/m) consists entirely of integer coefficients", appears to have a unique solution for all m>0. Is this sequence periodic?

Links

• Robert G. Wilson v, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..3000.
• N. Heninger, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, On the Integrality of n-th Roots of Generating Functions, J. Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 113 (2006), 1732-1745.

Crossrefs

Cf. A083952, A083953, A083954, A083946.

Programs

Mathematica

a[0] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = Block[{k = 1, s = Sum[a[i]*x^i, {i, 0, n-1}]}, While[ Union[ IntegerQ /@ CoefficientList[ Series[(s+k*x^n)^(1/5), {x, 0, n}], x]] != {True}, k++ ]; k]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 104}] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)

Extensions

More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 26 2005