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A104143
Take any three consecutive terms and write them down (in French): their letters sum up to a square number. This is the slowest strictly increasing such sequence.
0
1, 2, 6, 21, 43, 44, 50, 52, 53, 103, 121, 123, 197, 203, 204
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Starting with "0,1" would give another sequence.
EXAMPLE
1 2 6 = "un+deux+six" = 9 letters; 9 is 3^2.
197 203 204 = "cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept + deux cent trois + deux cent quatre" = 49 letters; 49 is 7^2.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A063753 A066893 A004192 * A088812 A228398 A228394
KEYWORD
base,easy,nonn,word
AUTHOR
Eric Angelini, Mar 07 2005
STATUS
approved