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A048354
a(n)^2 is the smallest square containing exactly n 9's.
2
3, 63, 173, 1414, 17313, 53937, 138923, 953937, 3082207, 31622764, 99849687, 301579177, 3033150173, 14142134563, 141413973847, 543315746063, 3098361825223, 5477225574409, 14139412282687
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(20) > 10^14. - Giovanni Resta, Jul 27 2018
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Square Number
MATHEMATICA
a[n_]:=Module[{i}, i=1; While[DigitCount[i^2][[9]]!=n, i++ ]; i]; (* Sam Handler (sam_5_5_5_0(AT)yahoo.com), Aug 23 2006 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A087886 A123754 A377733 * A046181 A151993 A120053
KEYWORD
nonn,base,more
AUTHOR
Patrick De Geest, Mar 15 1999
EXTENSIONS
a(13)-a(15) from Jon E. Schoenfield, Jan 24 2009
a(16) from Jon E. Schoenfield, Jan 25 2009
a(17)-a(19) from Giovanni Resta, Jul 27 2018
STATUS
approved