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A068117
Smallest square beginning with concatenation of first n natural numbers.
0
1, 121, 12321, 1234321, 123454321, 12345654321, 1234567654321, 123456787654321, 12345678987654321, 1234567891022847726601, 12345678910116040727447056, 12345678910111210088193915136, 1234567891011121368630088707263161, 12345678910111213145200045239801398529
OFFSET
1,2
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 12321 = 111^2.
a(10) = 1234567891022847726601 = 35136418301^2. [Corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Jan 28 2024]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A007908.
Sequence in context: A002477 A173426 A261570 * A080162 A030174 A180153
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Feb 20 2002
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Ralf Stephan, Oct 12 2002
a(10) corrected and a(14) by Sean A. Irvine, Jan 28 2024
STATUS
approved