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A076948
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Smallest k such that nk-1 is a square, or 0 if no such number exists.
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3
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1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0
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OFFSET
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1,13
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FORMULA
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MATHEMATICA
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a[n_] := Module[{r, j, k}, r = Solve[j>0 && k>0 && n k - 1 == j^2, {j, k}, Integers]; If[r === {}, Return[0], Return[k /. (r /. C[1] -> 0) // Min]]]; a[1] = 1;
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PROG
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(Haskell)
a076948 1 = 1
a076948 n = if null qs then 0 else head qs
where qs = filter ((> 0) . a037213 . subtract 1 . (* n)) [1..n]
(PARI) a(n) = if (!issquare(Mod(-1, n)), 0, my(k=1); while (!issquare(n*k-1), k++); k); \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 27 2020
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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