Search: id:A048611 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A048611 %S A048611 1,6,20,56,156,340,2444,4440,167000,55556,267444,333400,132687920, %T A048611 5555556,10731400,40938800,2682647040,333334000,555555555555555556, %U A048611 3334367856,11034444280,35595935980,5555555555555555555556 %N A048611 Find smallest pair (x,y) such that x^2-y^2 = 11...1 (n times) = (10^n-1)/ 9; sequence gives value of x. %C A048611 Least solutions for 'Difference between two squares is a repunit of length n'. %D A048611 David Wells, "Curious and Interesting Numbers", Revised Ed. 1997, Penguin Books, p. 119. ISBN 0-14-026149-4. %H A048611 H. Havermann, Repunit Square Differences (gives many more terms) %e A048611 For n=2, 6^2-5^2=11. %t A048611 s = Flatten[Table[r = (10^i - 1)/9; d = Divisors[r]; p = d[[Length[d]/ 2]]; Solve[{x - y == p, x + y == r/p}, {y, x}], {i, 2, 56}]]; Prepend[Cases[s, Rule[x, n_] -> n], 1] %Y A048611 Cf. A048612, A000042, A002275. %Y A048611 Sequence in context: A109903 A014480 A048778 this_sequence A127982 A109164 A027984 %Y A048611 Adjacent sequences: A048608 A048609 A048610 this_sequence A048612 A048613 A048614 %K A048611 nonn,nice %O A048611 0,2 %A A048611 Felice Russo (felice.russo(AT)katamail.com) %E A048611 Corrected and extended by Patrick De Geest (pdg(AT)worldofnumbers.com), Jun 15 1999. More terms from Hans Havermann (pxp(AT)rogers.com), Jul 02 2000 Search completed in 0.001 seconds