OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
If we consider Pythagorean 8-tuple and 9-tuple there are no terms up to n = 10^8.
EXAMPLE
First five arithmetic derivatives of 4031 are 168, 332, 336, 832, 2560 and sqrt(4031^2 + 168^2 + 332^2 + 336^2 + 832^2 + 2560^2) = 4873.
MAPLE
with(numtheory);
Dr:=proc(w) local x, p; x:=w*add(op(2, p)/op(1, p), p=ifactors(w)[2]); end:
P:=proc(q, h) local a, b, k, n; for n from 2 to q do a:=n; b:=n^2;
for k from 1 to h do a:=Dr(a); b:=b+a^2; od; if type(sqrt(b), integer) then print(n);
fi; od; end: P(10^9, 5);
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Paolo P. Lava, Oct 21 2014
EXTENSIONS
a(5)-a(6) from Ray Chandler, Dec 22 2016
a(7)-a(8) from Ray Chandler, Dec 23 2016
a(9) from Ray Chandler, Jan 02 2017
a(10) from Ray Chandler, Jan 08 2017
STATUS
approved