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a(1)=1 , thereafter, a(n) is the smallest integer k not yet in the sequence, such that k^2 contains in consecutive digits the decimal representation of a(n-1)
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%I #9 Mar 31 2012 10:24:15

%S 1,4,2,5,15,34,59,77,76,24,18,43,66,108,33,58,126,355,596,186,432,208,

%T 457,214,463,681,41,21,11,46,68,83,94,97,176,42,65,81,9,3,6,8,17,131,

%U 146,121,110,105

%N a(1)=1 , thereafter, a(n) is the smallest integer k not yet in the sequence, such that k^2 contains in consecutive digits the decimal representation of a(n-1)

%H Jean-Marc Falcoz, <a href="/A180109/b180109.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%e a(1)=1

%e a(2)=4, because 4^2=16 which contains 1

%e ...

%e a(5)=15

%e a(6)=34, because 34^2=1156, which contains 15

%e a(7)=59, because 59^2=3481, which contains 34

%e ...

%t but = 1500000; s = {1}; f[x_] := (sc = Complement[Range[but] , s]; n = ToString[x]; j = 1; While[StringPosition[ToString[sc[[j]]^2], n] == {}, j++]; sc[[j]]); a = 1; k = 1; While[a < 10001, k = f[k]; AppendTo[s, k]; a++]; Print[s]

%K base,nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Jean-Marc Falcoz_, Jan 16 2011