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A048851
Length of hypotenuse squared in right triangle formed by a prime spiral plotted in Cartesian coordinates.
3
8, 13, 34, 74, 170, 290, 458, 650, 890, 1370, 1802, 2330, 3050, 3530, 4058, 5018, 6290, 7202, 8210, 9530, 10370, 11570, 13130, 14810, 17330, 19610, 20810, 22058, 23330, 24650, 28898, 33290, 35930, 38090, 41522, 45002, 47450, 51218, 54458
OFFSET
1,1
REFERENCES
H. E. Huntley, The Divine Proportion, A Study in Mathematical Beauty. New York: Dover, 1970. See Chapter 13, Spira Mirabilis, especially Fig. 13-5, page 173.
FORMULA
To begin prime spiral, plot (2, 0), (0, 2). Square of hypotenuse is c^2 = a^2 + b^2, or 8 = 4 + 4, so a(1) = 8.
a(n) = A069484(n-1), n >= 2. - Mamuka Jibladze, Mar 24 2017
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 13 because c^2 = a^2 + b^2 = 4 + 9 = 13.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A006094.
Sequence in context: A354595 A063585 A258768 * A375786 A039298 A360790
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved