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A318961
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One of the two successive approximations up to 2^n for 2-adic integer sqrt(-7). This is the 3 (mod 4) case.
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7
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3, 3, 11, 11, 11, 75, 75, 331, 843, 1867, 3915, 8011, 16203, 16203, 16203, 81739, 212811, 474955, 474955, 474955, 2572107, 6766411, 6766411, 23543627, 57098059, 57098059, 57098059, 57098059, 593968971, 1667710795, 1667710795, 1667710795, 1667710795, 18847579979
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OFFSET
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2,1
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COMMENTS
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a(n) is the unique number k in [1, 2^n] and congruent to 3 (mod 4) such that k^2 + 7 is divisible by 2^(n+1).
The 2-adic integers are very different from p-adic ones where p is an odd prime. For example, provided that there is at least one solution, the number of solutions to x^n = a over p-adic integers is gcd(n, p-1) for odd primes p and gcd(n, 2) for p = 2. For odd primes p, x^2 = a is solvable iff a is a quadratic residue modulo p, while for p = 2 it's solvable iff a == 1 (mod 8). If gcd(n, p-1) > 1 and gcd(a, p) = 1, then the solutions to x^n = a differ starting at the rightmost digit for odd primes p, while for p = 2 they differ starting at the next-to-rightmost digit. As a result, the formulas and the program here are different from those in other entries related to p-adic integers.
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FORMULA
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a(2) = 3; for n >= 3, a(n) = a(n-1) if a(n-1)^2 + 7 is divisible by 2^(n+1), otherwise a(n-1) + 2^(n-1).
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} A318963(i)*2^i.
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EXAMPLE
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The unique number k in [1, 4] and congruent to 3 modulo 4 such that k^2 + 7 is divisible by 8 is 3, so a(2) = 3.
a(2)^2 + 7 = 16 which is divisible by 16, so a(3) = a(2) = 3.
a(3)^2 + 7 = 16 which is not divisible by 32, so a(4) = a(3) + 2^3 = 11.
a(4)^2 + 7 = 128 which is divisible by 64, so a(5) = a(4) = 11.
a(5)^2 + 7 = 128 which is divisible by 128, so a(6) = a(5) = 11.
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n) = if(n==2, 3, truncate(sqrt(-7+O(2^(n+1)))))
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CROSSREFS
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Expansions of p-adic integers:
A318960, this sequence (2-adic, sqrt(-7));
Also expansions of 10-adic integers:
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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