A120629 Numbers k with property that -k is not a perfect power and the squarefree part of -k is not congruent to 1 modulo 4.
2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106
Offset: 1
Examples
-3 and -12 are not in the set because their squarefree parts are equal to -3, which is congruent to 1 modulo 4. -32 is not in the set because it is the fifth power of -2. -1 is excluded because it is an odd power of -1.
Links
- T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
- G. P. Michon, Artin's Constant.
Programs
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Mathematica
SquareFreePart[n_] := Times @@ Apply[ Power, ({#[[1]], Mod[#[[2]], 2]} & ) /@ FactorInteger[n], {1}]; perfectPowerQ[n_] := (r = False; For[k = 2, k <= Abs[n] + 2, k++, If[Reduce[n == x^k, {x}, Integers] =!= False, r = True; Break[]]]; r); ok[n_] := ! perfectPowerQ[-n] && Mod[SquareFreePart[-n], 4] != 1; Select[Range[106], ok](* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 14 2012 *)
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