OFFSET
1,9
COMMENTS
The length of row n is r(n) = 2*A343240(b(n)), if A344232(n) = A343238(b(n)), for n >= 1. This sequence begins 2*(1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, ...).
See A344231 for references and links on parallel forms and half-reduced right neighbor forms (R-transformations), and also for the remark on the equivalent reduced form [2, -2, 3].
The number of proper solutions (X, Y), with X > 0, is 1 for n = 1 and 4. X = 0 only for n = 2, but the solution (0, -1) = (-0, -1) is not listed here.
For other n each distinct odd prime from {1, 3, 7, 9} (mod 20), i.e., from A139513, that divides A344232(n) contributes a factor of 2 to the listed number of solutions. See A343238 and A343240 for the multiplicities.
Only solutions with nonnegative X are listed. There is also the corresponding solution (-X, -Y). Hence the total number of signed solution is twice the number considered here.
FORMULA
T(n, m) gives for m = 2^j - 1, the nonnegative X(n, j) solution, and for m = 2*j the Y(n, j) solution of 2*T(n, 2*j-1)^2 + 2*T(n, 2*j-1)*T(n, 2*j) + 3*T(n, 2*j)^2 = A344232(n), for j = 1, 2, ..., r(n), for n >= 1. For n = 2 the solution (0, -1) is not listed here.
EXAMPLE
The irregular triangle T(n, m) begins (A(n) = A344232(n)):
n A(n) \ m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...
1, 2: 1 0
2, 3: 0 1 1 -1
3, 7: 1 1 2 -1
4, 10: 1 -2
5, 15: 2 1 3 -1
6, 18: 1 2 3 -2
7, 23: 1 -3 2 -3
8, 27: 3 1 4 -1
9, 35: 1 3 4 -3
10, 42: 1 -4 3 2 3 -4 5 -2
11, 43: 4 1 5 -1
12, 47: 2 3 5 -3
13, 58: 1 4 5 -4
14, 63: 2 -5 3 -5 5 1 6 -1
15, 67: 1 -5 4 -5
16, 82: 5 2 7 -2
17, 83: 4 3 7 -3
18, 87: 1 5 6 1 6 -5 7 -1
19, 90: 3 4 7 -4
20, 98: 1 -6 5 -6
...
n = 2: The prime 3 is a member of A139513, hence 2^1 = 2 solutions are listed. There are also the corresponding (-X, -Y) solutions.
n = 4: 10 = A344232(4) = A343238(8) = 2*5, A343240(8) = 1, hence there is 1 pair of proper solution with X >= 0. This is because neither 2 nor 5 are primes from A139513. There is also the solution (-1, 2).
n = 6: Prime 3 is a member of A139513, not prime 2. This there are 2 solutions listed. The solution (3, 0) does not appear; it is not proper.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,tabf,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, May 17 2021
STATUS
approved