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A134294
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"Maximal" Hamilton numbers. Differs from usual Hamilton numbers starting at n=4.
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1
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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a(n) is the minimal degree of an equation from which n successive terms after the first can be removed (by a series of transformation comparable to Tschirnhaus's) without requiring the solution of at least one irreducible equation of degree greater than n. The cases where an equation of degree greater than n is needed but is in fact factorizable into several equations of degree all less than or equal to n are considered as fair. a(n) <= A000905(n) by definition.
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REFERENCES
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W. R. Hamilton, Sixth Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1831, 295-348.
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LINKS
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EXAMPLE
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a(4)=10 because one can remove 4 terms in an equation of degree 10 by solving two quartic equations.
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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more,nice,nonn
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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