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A233998
Values of n such that numbers of the form x^2+n*y^2 for some integers x, y cannot have prime factor of 5 raised to an odd power.
4
2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28, 32, 33, 37, 38, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 63, 67, 68, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 82, 83, 87, 88, 92, 93, 97, 98, 102, 103, 107, 108, 112, 113, 117, 118, 122, 123, 127, 128, 132, 133, 137, 138, 142, 143, 147, 148, 152, 153, 157, 158
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Equivalently, this sequence is the union of numbers of the form 25^n*(5*n+2) and numbers of the form 25^n*(5*n+3).
FORMULA
a(n) = 2.4 n + O(log n). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 19 2013
PROG
(PARI) is(n)=n/=25^valuation(n, 25); n%5==2||n%5==3 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV and V. Raman, Dec 19 2013
(Python)
from sympy import integer_log
def A233998(n):
def bisection(f, kmin=0, kmax=1):
while f(kmax) > kmax: kmax <<= 1
kmin = kmax >> 1
while kmax-kmin > 1:
kmid = kmax+kmin>>1
if f(kmid) <= kmid:
kmax = kmid
else:
kmin = kmid
return kmax
def f(x): return n+x-sum(((m:=x//25**i)-2)//5+(m-3)//5+2 for i in range(integer_log(x, 25)[0]+1))
return bisection(f, n, n) # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 19 2025
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
V. Raman, Dec 18 2013
STATUS
approved