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A084760
Squarefree numbers in ascending order such that the difference of successive terms is unique. a(m) - a(m-1) = a(k) - a(k-1) iff m = k.
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2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 17, 23, 30, 38, 47, 57, 69, 82, 93, 107, 122, 138, 155, 173, 193, 214, 233, 255, 278, 302, 327, 353, 381, 410, 437, 467, 498, 530, 563, 597, 633, 670, 705, 743, 782, 822, 863, 905, 949, 994, 1037, 1085, 1131, 1178, 1227, 1277, 1329, 1382, 1433
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The sequence of first differences is 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 19, ... Conjecture: (1) every number is a term of this sequence. For every number r there exists some k such that a(k) - a(k-1) = r. Question: What is the longest string of consecutive integers in this sequence (of successive differences)?
Answer: 5, as exemplified by the 6 values 17 to 57. Any longer series with differences consecutive integers must include a multiple of 4, as can be seen by enumerating all possibilities modulo 4. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 14 2006
EXAMPLE
After 5 the next term is 10 and not 6 or 7, as 6-5 = 3-2 =1 and 7-5 = 5-3 = 2.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 17 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 14 2006
STATUS
approved