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Smallest number greater than previous term such that a(n)^2 begins with n.
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%I #10 May 21 2016 22:53:55

%S 0,1,5,6,7,23,25,27,29,30,32,34,35,37,38,39,40,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,

%T 49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,188,190,193,195,198,200,203,205,208

%N Smallest number greater than previous term such that a(n)^2 begins with n.

%H Chai Wah Wu, <a href="/A272676/b272676.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a>

%e a(4) = 7 because 7^2 = 49 begins with 4. (Without the monotonic condition, we could have used 4 - this would give A018851.)

%Y Cf. A077502 (the squares), A018851, A018796.

%K nonn,base

%O 0,3

%A _Nathan Fox_, _Brooke Logan_, and _N. J. A. Sloane_, May 21 2016