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Let k = n-th nonsquare = A000037(n); then a(n) = smallest prime p such that k is not a square mod p.

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	OFFSET	`1,1`
	COMMENT	`In a posting to the Number Theory List, Oct 15 2008, Kurt Foster remarks that a positive integer M is a square iff M is a quadratic residue mod p for every prime p which does not divide M. He then asks how fast the present sequence grows.`
	MAPLE	`with(numtheory); f:=proc(n) local M, i, j, k; M:=100000; for i from 2 to M do if legendre(n, ithprime(i)) = -1 then RETURN(ithprime(i)); fi; od; -1; end;`
	CROSSREFS	`For records see A144295, A144296. See A092419 for another version.` `Sequence in context: A075572 A089992 A074593 this_sequence A154800 A137768 A137769` `Adjacent sequences: A144291 A144292 A144293 this_sequence A144295 A144296 A144297`
	KEYWORD	`nonn`
	AUTHOR	`N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Dec 03 2008`

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