A241201 a(n) is the least r such that there are n+2 consecutive increasing terms in the r-th row of Pascal's triangle (binomial(r,*)) which satisfy a polynomial of degree n.
7, 14, 62, 31, 339, 1022
Offset: 1
Examples
a(1) = 7 because the 3 terms 7, 21, 35 are linear.
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Mathematica
t = Table[k = 1; While[b = Binomial[k, Range[0, k/2]]; d = Differences[b, n + 1]; ! MemberQ[d, 0], k++]; {k, Position[d, 0, 1, 1][[1, 1]] - 1}, {n, 6}]; Transpose[t][[1]]
Extensions
Definition clarified by Don Reble, Dec 14 2020
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