%I #12 Jun 29 2018 22:15:18
%S 0,4,1,0,16,4,9,1,0,36,9,4,32400,16,1,0,64,16,1521,4,144,1764,25,1,0,
%T 100,25,576,3312400,4,74529,9,16,36,1,0,144,36,16,9,102400,4,281961,
%U 900,576,12873744,49,1,0,196,49,8100,82810000,4356,144,4,400,6625476
%N Smallest square k > 0 such that n*k + 1 is also a square or 0 if no such term exists, i.e., when n is a square.
%C Terms from _Robert G. Wilson v_.
%H Robert Israel, <a href="/A069018/b069018.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>
%p f:= proc(n) local x,y,t,z,k,r;
%p if issqr(n) then return 0 fi;
%p t:= [isolve(n*x^2+1=y^2)];
%p z:= (indets(t,name) minus {x,y})[1];
%p for k from 0 do
%p r:= select(`>`, map(s -> eval(x,s), eval(t, z=k)),0);
%p if nops(r) >= 1 then return min(r)^2 fi
%p od
%p end proc:
%p map(f, [$1..100]); # _Robert Israel_, Jun 29 2018
%t Do[k = 0; If[ !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[n]], k = 1; While[ !IntegerQ[ Sqrt[n*k^2 + 1]], k++ ]]; Print[k^2], {n, 1, 35}] (* _Robert G. Wilson v_ *)
%K nonn
%O 1,2
%A _Amarnath Murthy_, Apr 02 2002
%E Offset corrected by _Robert Israel_, Jun 29 2018
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