OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) = n + 2 for n > 11. That is, only 1 and 13 are missing. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 21 2011
Estermann proves that only finitely many positive integers are missing from this sequence. (Probably only 1 and 13.) - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 01 2016
LINKS
Theodor Estermann, Einige Sätze über quadratfreie Zahlen, Mathematische Annalen 105:1 (1931), pp. 653-662.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Square Number
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Squarefree
PROG
(PARI) is(n)=forstep(k=sqrtint(n-1), 1, -1, if(issquarefree(n-k^2), return(1))); 0 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 12 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,changed
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 23 2003
STATUS
approved