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A338387
Numbers k such that there are no biquadratefree powerful numbers (A338325) between k^2 and (k+1)^2.
6
1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 54, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 105, 106, 107
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Positions of 0's in A338326.
The asymptotic density of this sequence is 0.623265038... (Dehkordi, 1998).
LINKS
Massoud H. Dehkordi, Asymptotic formulae for some arithmetic functions in number theory, Ph.D. thesis, Loughborough University, 1998.
EXAMPLE
1 is a term since the two numbers between 1^2 = 1 and (1+1)^2 = 4, 2 and 3, are not biquadratefree powerful.
2 is not a term since there is a biquadratefree powerful number, 8 = 2^3, between 2^2 = 4 and (2+1)^2 = 9.
MATHEMATICA
bqfpowQ[n_] := AllTrue[FactorInteger[n][[;; , 2]], MemberQ[{2, 3}, #] &]; Select[Range[100], !AnyTrue[Range[#^2 + 1, (# + 1)^2 - 1], bqfpowQ] &]
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Oct 23 2020
STATUS
approved