A076031 - OEIS

A076031

Group the natural numbers so that the n-th group contains the smallest still-available set of n numbers whose product is a square.

1, 2, 8, 3, 4, 12, 5, 6, 7, 210, 9, 10, 11, 13, 1430, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1785, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 168245, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 409045, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 119629510, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 293493662, 49, 50, 51, 52

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

There is some ambiguity in the definition. Exactly how is the next term to be chosen? Compare A076596, A076696. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 20 2003

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..59.

EXAMPLE

2, 8;

3, 4, 12;

5, 6, 7, 210;

9, 10, 11, 13, 1430;