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A173517
a(n) = k if n is the k-th nonsquare, zero otherwise.
4
0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 0, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 0, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 0, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 0, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 0, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 0, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
a(A000037(n)) = n; a(A000290(n)) = 0.
a(n)*A037213(n) = 0 for all n.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = (1 - A010052(n))*A028391(n).
PROG
(Haskell)
a173517 n = (1 - a010052 n) * a028391 n
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 15 2013
(PARI) a(n)=if(issquare(n), 0, n-sqrtint(n)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 02 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 20 2010
EXTENSIONS
Definition revised by Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 15 2013, at the suggestion of Antti Karttunen, who further edited the name
STATUS
approved