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%I #11 Mar 18 2016 15:59:55
%S 0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,2,1,1,2,0,1,0,
%T 0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,2,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,
%U 1,1,2,1,1,0,0,2,2,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,0,3,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0
%N Number of distinct primes in continued fraction period of square root of n.
%H Harvey P. Dale, <a href="/A096493/b096493.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a>
%e n=127: the period={3,1,2,2,7,11,7,2,2,1,3,22},
%e distinct-primes={2,3,7,11}, so a[127]=4;
%t {te=Table[0, {m}], u=1}; Do[s=Count[PrimeQ[Union[Last[ContinuedFraction[n^(1/2)]]]], True]; te[[u]]=s;u=u+1, {n, 1, m}];te
%t dpcf[n_]:=Module[{s=Sqrt[n]},If[IntegerQ[s],0,Count[Union[ ContinuedFraction[ s][[2]]],_?PrimeQ]]]; Array[dpcf,110] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 18 2016 *)
%Y Cf. A003285, A013646, A096491, A096492.
%K nonn
%O 1,19
%A _Labos Elemer_, Jun 29 2004