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A318961
One of the two successive approximations up to 2^n for 2-adic integer sqrt(-7). This is the 3 (mod 4) case.
7
3, 3, 11, 11, 11, 75, 75, 331, 843, 1867, 3915, 8011, 16203, 16203, 16203, 81739, 212811, 474955, 474955, 474955, 2572107, 6766411, 6766411, 23543627, 57098059, 57098059, 57098059, 57098059, 593968971, 1667710795, 1667710795, 1667710795, 1667710795, 18847579979
OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
a(n) is the unique number k in [1, 2^n] and congruent to 3 (mod 4) such that k^2 + 7 is divisible by 2^(n+1).
The 2-adic integers are very different from p-adic ones where p is an odd prime. For example, provided that there is at least one solution, the number of solutions to x^n = a over p-adic integers is gcd(n, p-1) for odd primes p and gcd(n, 2) for p = 2. For odd primes p, x^2 = a is solvable iff a is a quadratic residue modulo p, while for p = 2 it's solvable iff a == 1 (mod 8). If gcd(n, p-1) > 1 and gcd(a, p) = 1, then the solutions to x^n = a differ starting at the rightmost digit for odd primes p, while for p = 2 they differ starting at the next-to-rightmost digit. As a result, the formulas and the program here are different from those in other entries related to p-adic integers.
LINKS
Jianing Song, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..999 (offset corrected by Jianing Song)
G. P. Michon, Introduction to p-adic integers, Numericana.
FORMULA
a(2) = 3; for n >= 3, a(n) = a(n-1) if a(n-1)^2 + 7 is divisible by 2^(n+1), otherwise a(n-1) + 2^(n-1).
a(n) = 2^n - A318960(n).
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} A318963(i)*2^i.
EXAMPLE
The unique number k in [1, 4] and congruent to 3 modulo 4 such that k^2 + 7 is divisible by 8 is 3, so a(2) = 3.
a(2)^2 + 7 = 16 which is divisible by 16, so a(3) = a(2) = 3.
a(3)^2 + 7 = 16 which is not divisible by 32, so a(4) = a(3) + 2^3 = 11.
a(4)^2 + 7 = 128 which is divisible by 64, so a(5) = a(4) = 11.
a(5)^2 + 7 = 128 which is divisible by 128, so a(6) = a(5) = 11.
...
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = if(n==2, 3, truncate(sqrt(-7+O(2^(n+1)))))
CROSSREFS
Cf. A318963.
Expansions of p-adic integers:
A318960, this sequence (2-adic, sqrt(-7));
A268924, A271222 (3-adic, sqrt(-2));
A268922, A269590 (5-adic, sqrt(-4));
A048898, A048899 (5-adic, sqrt(-1));
A290567 (5-adic, 2^(1/3));
A290568 (5-adic, 3^(1/3));
A290800, A290802 (7-adic, sqrt(-6));
A290806, A290809 (7-adic, sqrt(-5));
A290803, A290804 (7-adic, sqrt(-3));
A210852, A212153 (7-adic, (1+sqrt(-3))/2);
A290557, A290559 (7-adic, sqrt(2));
A286840, A286841 (13-adic, sqrt(-1));
A286877, A286878 (17-adic, sqrt(-1)).
Also expansions of 10-adic integers:
A007185, A010690 (nontrivial roots to x^2-x);
A216092, A216093, A224473, A224474 (nontrivial roots to x^3-x).
Sequence in context: A095019 A321082 A167428 * A309798 A068594 A147175
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Jianing Song, Sep 06 2018
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected by Jianing Song, Aug 28 2019
STATUS
approved