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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 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
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). Hypotenuse is c^2=a^2+b^2, or 8=4+4. a(1) = 8.

EXAMPLE

a(2)=13 because c^2=a^2+b^2 and 13=4+9.

CROSSREFS

A006094.

Sequence in context: A057097 A096371 A063585 * A039298 A043121 A043901

Adjacent sequences:  A048848 A048849 A048850 * A048852 A048853 A048854

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Enoch Haga (Enokh(AT)comcast.net)

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