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A031424 Least term in period of continued fraction for sqrt(n), as n runs through the nonsquares (A000037). 7
2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 8, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 10, 5, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 14, 7, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 16, 8, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 18, 9, 6, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 20, 10, 1, 5, 4, 1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Charles R Greathouse IV, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
MATHEMATICA
Min[ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[#]][[2]]]&/@Select[Range[ 200], !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[ #]]&] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 20 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) do(n)=my(a0=sqrtint(n), a, b=a0, c=n-a0^2, bold, cold, least=2*a0); while(1, a=(a0+b)\c; if(a<2, return(1)); least=min(least, a); bold=b; b=a*c-b; cold=c; c=(n-b^2)\c; if(b==bold || c==cold, return(least)))
first(n)=my(v=vector(n), k, i); while(1, k++; for(m=k^2+1, k^2+2*k, if(i++>n, return(v)); v[i]=do(m))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 10 2017
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A007739 A330086 A290935 * A013942 A187816 A088423
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Name corrected by Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 10 2017
STATUS
approved

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