A354672 Numbers x with property that x is not the smallest possible value in the Pellian equation x^2 - D*y^2 = 1 with D = squarefree part of (x^2 - 1).
7, 17, 26, 31, 49, 71, 97, 99, 127, 161, 199, 241, 244, 287, 337, 362, 391, 449, 485, 511, 577, 647, 721, 799, 846, 881, 967, 1057, 1151, 1249, 1351, 1457, 1567, 1681, 1799, 1921, 2024, 2047, 2177, 2311, 2449, 2591, 2737, 2887, 2889, 3041, 3199, 3361, 3363
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Examples
a(2)=17. The squarefree part of 17^2 - 1 = 288 is D = 2. But the smallest possible solution to x^2 - 2*y^2 = 1 is not x = 17 but x = 3 (with y = 2). 15 is not a term: the squarefree part of 15^2 - 1 = 224 is D = 14 and x^2 - 14*y^2 = 1 has indeed the minimal solution x = 15 (and y = 4).
Links
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pell Equation.
- Wikipedia, Chebyshev polynomials: Pell equation definition.
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Mathematica
squarefreepart[n_] := Times @@ Power @@@ ({#[[1]], Mod[#[[2]], 2]} & /@ FactorInteger[n]); a = {}; NMAX = 3400; dict // Clear; For[n = 2, n <= NMAX, n++, s = squarefreepart[n^2 - 1]; If[ ! IntegerQ[dict[s]], dict[s] = 1, AppendTo[a, n]]]; a
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