A179101 Numbers which are not the sum of exactly one positive square and a sum of squares-minus-1.

2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14

Offset

1,1

Comments

Sequence motivated by the study of certain replicate tilings, where each tile can be replaced by a square number of tiles.

Adding multiples of 3=2^2-1 to the numbers 1=1^2, 9=3^2 and 17=3^2+(3^2-1), one obtains all the integers not in the sequence.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..7.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000290 (squares), A005563 (squares-minus-1), A123120, A078135.

Sequence in context: A291693 A266542 A095172 * A127312 A081830 A238006

Adjacent sequences: A179098 A179099 A179100 * A179102 A179103 A179104

Keyword

fini,full,nonn

Author

Benoit Jubin, Jun 29 2010

Status

approved