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A048761 Smallest square >= n. 11
0, 1, 4, 4, 4, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 36, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 49, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

Contribution from M. F. Hasler (www.univ-ag.fr/~mhasler), Oct 05 2009: (Start)

For each k>0, the term k^2 is listed 2k-1 times.

a(n+1) is the least square > n. (End)

REFERENCES

K. Atanassov, On the 40-th and 41-st Smarandache Problems, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, Sophia, Bulgaria, Vol. 4 (1998), No. 3, 101-104.

K. Atanassov, On Some of Smarandache's Problems, American Research Press, 1999, 27-32.

F. Smarandache, Only Problems not Solutions!, Xiquan Publ. Hse., 1993.

J. Castillo, Other Smarandache Type Functions: Inferior/Superior Smarandache f-part of x, Smarandache Notions Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1-2-3, 1999, 202-204.

LINKS

M. L. Perez et al., eds., Smarandache Notions Journal

F. Smarandache, Only Problems, Not Solutions!

K. Atanassov, On Some of Smarandache's Problems

MAPLE

A048761 := proc(n)

        ceil(sqrt(n)) ;

        %^2 ;

end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Sep 26 2011

PROG

(PARI) A048761(n)=if(n, (sqrtint(n-1)+1)^2, 0) [From M. F. Hasler (www.univ-ag.fr/~mhasler), Oct 05 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A165775. [From M. F. Hasler (www.univ-ag.fr/~mhasler), Oct 05 2009]

Sequence in context: A176213 A065734 A200600 * A075561 A117405 A013601

Adjacent sequences:  A048758 A048759 A048760 * A048762 A048763 A048764

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Charles T. Le (charlestle(AT)yahoo.com)

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