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The least nonsquare number s having exactly n twos in the periodic part of the continued fraction of sqrt(s).
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%I #13 May 14 2024 00:44:43

%S 5,2,19,45,71,153,199,589,301,989,526,1711,739,1633,631,3886,1324,

%T 4897,2524,7021,2374,4189,2311,10033,3571,3901,2326,8869,4789,10873,

%U 6301,10921,6451,11929,6841,12709,7996,13561,7351,19177,9949,16969,12286,22969,11341

%N The least nonsquare number s having exactly n twos in the periodic part of the continued fraction of sqrt(s).

%p V:= Array(0..50): count:= 0:

%p with(NumberTheory):

%p for i from 2 while count < 51 do

%p if issqr(i) then next fi;

%p cf:= Term(ContinuedFraction(sqrt(i)),periodic);

%p v:= numboccur(cf[2],2);

%p if v <= 50 and V[v] = 0 then

%p V[v]:= i; count:= count+1;

%p fi;

%p od:

%p convert(V,list); # _Robert Israel_, May 13 2024

%t nn = 50; zeros = nn; t = Table[0, {nn}]; k = 2; While[zeros > 0, If[! IntegerQ[Sqrt[k]], cnt = Count[ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[k]][[2]], 2]; If[cnt <= nn && t[[cnt]] == 0, t[[cnt]] = k; zeros--]]; k++]; Join[{5}, t]

%Y Cf. A206578 (n ones), A206583 (n threes), A206584 (n fours), A206585 (n fives).

%K nonn

%O 0,1

%A _T. D. Noe_, Mar 19 2012

%E Corrected by _Robert Israel_, May 13 2024