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A161882 Smallest k such that n^2 = a_1^2+...+a_k^2 and all a_i are positive integers less than n. +0
4
4, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

2,1

COMMENT

Related to hypotenuse numbers: A161882(A009003(n))=2 for all n.

LINKS

Jean-Charles Meyrignac, Computing Minimal Equal Sums Of Like Powers

Weisstein, Eric W., Diophantine Equation 2nd Powers

EXAMPLE

It is possible to write 2^2 as 1^2+1^2+1^2+1^2, so a(2)=4. It is possible to write 3^2 as 2^2+2^2+1^2, so a(3)=3

CROSSREFS

Cf. A161883, A161884, A161885.

Sequence in context: A070511 A066340 A143505 this_sequence A082125 A058290 A002285

Adjacent sequences: A161879 A161880 A161881 this_sequence A161883 A161884 A161885

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Dmitry Kamenetsky (dkamen(AT)rsise.anu.edu.au), Jun 21 2009

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