0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 0, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 2, 0, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 8, 2, 2, 0, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 6, 2, 2, 6, 4, 4, 2, 2, 0, 3, 2, 2, 8, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 8, 2, 2, 8, 2
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The following table gives the first values of nonsquare n and a(n) and the sequences yielding the values of t, u, T(t) and T(u) such that T(u) = n*T(t).
n 2 3 5 6 7 8 10
a(n) 1 1 2 2 2 2 3
t A053141 A061278 A077259 A077288 A077398 A336623 A341893*
u A001652 A001571 A077262 A077291 A077401 A336625* A341895*
T(t) A075528 A076139 A077260 A077289 A077399 A336624 A068085*
T(u) A029549 A076140 A077261 A077290 A077400 A336626* -
With a(n) = r, the definition t(r) + t(r-1) = u(r) - u(r-1) - 1 yields:
- For n = 2, a(n) = 1: A053141(1) + A053141(0) = A001652(1) - A001652(0) - 1, i.e., 2 + 0 = 3 + 0 - 1 = 2.
- For n = 5, a(n) = 2: A077259(2) + A077259(1) = A077262(2) - A077262(1) - 1, i.e., 6 + 2 = 14 - 5 - 1 = 8.
- For n = 10, a(n) = 3: A341893(3+1*) + A341893(2+1*) = A341895(3+1*) - A341895(2+1*) - 1, i.e., 12 + 6 = 39 - 20 - 1 = 18.
Note that for those sequences marked with an *, the first term 0 appears for n = 1, contrary to all the other sequences, where the first term 0 appears for n = 0; the numbering must therefore be adapted and 1 must be added to compensate for this shift in indices.
The monotonic decrease of t(i)/t(i-r) can be seen also as:
- For n = 2, a(n) = 1: for 1 <= i <= 6, A053141(i)/A053141(i-1) decreases monotonically from 7 to 5.829.
- For n = 5, a(n) = 2: for 3 <= i <= 8, A077259(i)/A077259(i-2) decreases monotonically from 22 to 17.948, while A077259(i)/A077259(i-1) takes values alternatively varying between 3 and 2.618 and between 7.333 and 6.855.
- For n = 10, a(n) = 3: for 4 <= i <= 10, A341893(i)/A341893(i-3) decreases monotonically from 55 to 38, while A077259(i) / A077259(i-1) takes values alternatively varying between 6 and 4.44 and between 2 and 1.925.
For n > 4, the relation (s+1)/(s-1) <= t(r)/t(r-1) <= (s+2)/s, with s = [sqrt(n)], yields:
- For n = 5, a(n) = 2: A077259(2)/A077259(1) = 6/2 = 3, and s = [sqrt(5)] = 2, (s+1)/(s-1) = 3 and (s+2)/s = 2.
- For n = 10, a(n) = 3: A077259(3+1*)/A077259(2+1*) = 12/6 = 2, and s = [sqrt(10)] = 3, (s+1)/(s-1) = 2 and (s+2)/s = 5/3 = 1.667.
Finally, the number of fundamental solutions of the generalized Pell equation is as follows.
- For n = 2, X^2 - 2*Y^2 = -1 has a single fundamental solution, (X_f, Y_f) = (1, 1), and the rank a(n) is 1.
- For n = 5, X^2 - 5*Y^2 = -4 has two fundamental solutions, (X_f, Y_f) = (1, 1) and (-1, 1), and the rank a(n) is 2.
- For n = 10, X^2 - 10*Y^2 = -9 has three fundamental solutions, (X_f, Y_f) = (1, 1), (-1, 1), and (9, 3), and the rank a(n) is 3.
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