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A124934 Numbers of the form 4mn - m - n, where m, n are positive integers. 6
2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 44, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 71, 74, 75, 77, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 90, 92, 95, 96, 98, 101, 103, 104, 107, 109, 110, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 125, 128, 129, 131 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

a(n) misses the squares since (2x)^2 + 1 = (4m - 1)(4n - 1) is impossible.

a(n) misses the triangular numbers since (2x + 1)^2 + 1 = 2(4m - 1)(4n - 1) is impossible.

Taking m = k(k - 1)/2, n = k(k + 1)/2 gives 4mn - m - n = (k^2 - 1)^2 - 1, so a(n) is one less than a square infinitely often.

Complement of A094178; A125203(a(n)) > 0; union of A125217 and A125218; range of A125199. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Nov 24 2006

REFERENCES

L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. II, Diophantine Analysis. Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY, 2005, p. 401.

LINKS

N. Hobson, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

N. Hobson, Home page (listed in lieu of email address)

EXAMPLE

a(1) = 2 because 2 = 4*1*1 - 1 - 1 is the smallest value in the sequence.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000290, A000217.

Sequence in context: A143263 A102624 A070328 * A125217 A177966 A083422

Adjacent sequences:  A124931 A124932 A124933 * A124935 A124936 A124937

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Nick Hobson Nov 13 2006

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Nov 24 2006

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