a new puzzle sequence

[Marc LeBrun]

... and I'm not sure what the best way to fix them is.

The title of the sequence is "Distance to nearest square equals exactly 
1."; but from that definition, 0 should not be in the sequence - since 
the distance from 0 to the nearest square is 0, not 1.  One could fix 
this to "Distance to nearest positive square equals exactly 1", but 
this seems artificial to me.

On the other hand, there is the comment: "union of A005563 and 
A002522", which is also not correct, as 1 is in A002522 but not in 
A087279.  It would be possible to retitle A087279 to something like: 
"Numbers differing by 1 from a square.", and include 1, making the 
comment correct.  It would then be necessary to correct the formula 
that follows in the comment, as well as the formula in the formula 
section.

Any opinions?

Franklin T. Adams-Watters


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