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A077446 2*n^2 + 14 is a square. +0
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1,2

COMMENT

The equation "2*n^2 + 14 is a square" is a version of the generalized Pell Equation x^2 - D*y^2 = C where x^2 - 2*y^2 = 14.

Numbers n such that (ceiling(sqrt(n*n/2)))^2 = (7+n*n)/2 [From Ctibor O. Zizka (c.zizka(AT)email.cz), Nov 09 2009]

REFERENCES

A. H. Beiler, "The Pellian." Ch. 22 in Recreations in the Theory of Numbers: The Queen of Mathematics Entertains. Dover, New York, New York, pp. 248-268, 1966.

L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. II, Diophantine Analysis. AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, Rhode Island, 1999, p. 341-400.

Peter G. L. Dirichlet, Lectures on Number Theory (History of Mathematics Source Series, V. 16); American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 1999, p. 139-147.

LINKS

J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson, Pell's Equation

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, ; Pell Equation

FORMULA

Lim. n-> Inf. a(n)/a(n-2) = 5.82842712474619009760 = 3 + 2*SQRT(2) = RG (Great Ratio). Lim. k-> Inf. a(2*k+1)/a(2*k) = 2.09383632135605431360 = (9 + 4*SQRT(2))/7 = R1 (Ratio 1). Lim. k -> Inf. a(2*k)/a(2*k-1) = 2.78361162489122432754 = (11 + 6*SQRT(2))/7 = R2 (Ratio 2); RG = R1*R2. a(n) = 6*a(n-2) - a(n-4).

a(2*k-1) = [ 2*[(3+2*Sqrt(2))^n - (3-2*Sqrt(2))^n] - [(3+2*Sqrt(2))^(n-1) - (3-2*Sqrt(2))^(n-1)] + [(3+2*Sqrt(2))^(n-2) - (3-2*Sqrt(2))^(n-2)] ] / (4*Sqrt(2)) a(2*k) = [ 5*[(3+2*Sqrt(2))^n - (3-2*Sqrt(2))^n] + [(3+2*Sqrt(2))^(n-1) - (3-2*Sqrt(2))^(n-1)] ] / (4*Sqrt(2)). a(n) = 6*a(n-2) - a(n-4)

CROSSREFS

2*(a(n))^2 + 14 = (A077447)^2.

Sequence in context: A057470 A038580 A106088 this_sequence A023276 A074648 A106908

Adjacent sequences: A077443 A077444 A077445 this_sequence A077447 A077448 A077449

KEYWORD

nonn,new

AUTHOR

Gregory V. Richardson (omomom(AT)hotmail.com), Nov 09 2002

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