OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Discriminant = 76. Class = 2. Binary quadratic forms a*x^2 + b*x*y + c*y^2 have discriminant d = b^2 - 4ac.
REFERENCES
Z. I. Borevich and I. R. Shafarevich, Number Theory.
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane et al., Binary Quadratic Forms and OEIS: Index to related sequences, programs, references. OEIS wiki, June 2014.
D. B. Zagier, Zetafunktionen und quadratische Körper, Springer, 1981.
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 31 because we can write 31 = 3*3^2 + 4*3*2 - 5*2^2 (or 31 = 3*1^2 + 10*1*2 + 2*2^2).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Laura Caballero Fernandez, Lourdes Calvo Moguer, Maria Josefa Cano Marquez, Oscar Jesus Falcon Ganfornina and Sergio Garrido Morales (laucabfer(AT)alum.us.es), Jul 14 2008
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Colin Barker, Apr 05 2015
Edited by M. F. Hasler, Feb 18 2022
STATUS
approved