OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The degree >0 of the polynomial above whose coefficient is 1.
FORMULA
Conjecture: a(n)=n if n is 1, a prime or the square of the odd primes.
EXAMPLE
Only the pertinent part of the 'Table' in A109626.
{1, 1},
{1, 2, 1},
{1, 3, 3, 1},
{1, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1},
{1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1},
{1, 6, 3, 2, 3, 6, 6, 6, 3, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, ..., },
{1, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 1},
{1, 8, 4, 8, 2, 8, 4, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 8, 3, 8, 8, 8, 2, 8, 8, 8, 1},
{1, 9, 9, 3, 9, 9, 3, 9, 9, 1},
{1, 10, 5, 10, 10, 2, 5, 10, 10, 10, 3, 10, 5, 10, ..., },
{1, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 1},
{1, 12, 6, 4, 9, 12, 4, 12, 12, 8, 6, 12, 6, 12, ..., },
{1, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 1}, ...,.
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Module[{j = 1, a}, a[0] = 1; a[l_] := a[l] = Block[{k = 1, s = Sum[ a[i]*x^i, {i, 0, l - 1}]}, While[ IntegerQ[ Last[ CoefficientList[ Series[(s + k*x^l)^(1/n), {x, 0, l}], x]]] != True, k++ ]; k]; While[a[j] != 1, j++ ]; j]; Table[ f[n], {n, 10}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Paul D. Hanna and Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 20 2005
EXTENSIONS
a(30)-a(50) from Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 29 2007
a(51)-a(65) from Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 25 2008
STATUS
approved