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A078355 Minimal (positive) solution a(n) of Pell equation b(n)^2 - D(n)*a(n)^2 = +4 with D(n)= A077425(n). The companion sequence is a(n)=A077428(n). 18
1, 3, 16, 1, 5, 8, 24, 640, 1, 7, 40, 195, 32, 3, 534000, 1, 9, 106000, 3, 12754704, 40, 8, 6525, 226592, 1, 11, 2968, 15, 1039424, 16, 48, 305, 352, 3621, 1856, 1, 13, 9384, 126585, 1360, 8, 896073208080, 56, 72664, 3, 6440, 5, 521904, 1, 15, 140510608, 5 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

For the conversion of the (x,y) values of Perron's table to the (b(n),a(n)) values see a A077428 comment.

For the general solution of Pell b^2 - D(n)*a^2 = +4 see a comment in A077428 (with a and b interchanged).

REFERENCES

O. Perron, "Die Lehre von den Kettenbruechen, Bd.I", Teubner, 1954, 1957 (Sec. 30, Satz 3.35, p. 109 and table p. 108).

LINKS

S. R. Finch, Class number theory

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A134807 A004002 A194604 * A107823 A139815 A165969

Adjacent sequences:  A078352 A078353 A078354 * A078356 A078357 A078358

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Wolfdieter Lang (wolfdieter.lang(AT)physik.uni-karlsruhe.de), Nov 29 2002

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Max Alekseyev (maxale(AT)gmail.com), Mar 03 2010

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