OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Original name: Values y for records of minima of positive distance d between a fifth power of a positive integer x and a square of an integer y such d = x^5 - y^2 (x != k^2 and y != k^5).
See A179406 for details.
LINKS
J. Blass, A Note on Diophantine Equation Y^2 + k = X^5, Math. Comp. 1976, Vol. 30, No. 135, pp. 638-640.
A. Bremner, On the Equation Y^2 = X^5 + k, Experimental Mathematics 2008 Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 371-374.
FORMULA
a(n) = floor(sqrt(A179407(n)^5)). - Sean A. Irvine, Jan 27 2026
MATHEMATICA
max = 1000; vecd = Table[10^100, {n, 1, max}]; vecx = Table[10^100, {n, 1, max}]; vecy = Table[10^100, {n, 1, max}]; len = 1; Do[m = Floor[(n^5)^(1/2)]; k = n^5 - m^2; If[k != 0, ile = 0; Do[If[vecd[[z]] < k, ile = ile + 1], {z, 1, len}]; len = ile + 1; vecd[[len]] = k; vecx[[len]] = n; vecy[[len]] = m], {n, 1, 96001}]; dd = {}; xx = {}; yy = {}; Do[AppendTo[dd, vecd[[n]]]; AppendTo[xx, vecx[[n]]]; AppendTo[yy, vecy[[n]]], {n, 1, len}]; yy (* Artur Jasinski, Jul 13 2010 *) (* Warning: this code might give incorrect results. - Sean A. Irvine, Jan 27 2026 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artur Jasinski, Jul 13 2010
EXTENSIONS
Revised by Sean A. Irvine, Jan 27 2026
STATUS
approved
