Patterns in A129783?
Andrew Plewe
aplewe at sbcglobal.net
Fri May 25 07:36:40 CEST 2007
"So m^2 is almost certainly the smallest square >= pq for all prime p"
I believe that this is true for all odd (and even) integers; as long as
p and q are either both odd or both even and q is a bounded distance
away from p. For p = 7:
7*9 = 63
8*8 = 64
diff = 1
7*11 = 77
9*9 = 81
diff = 4
7*13 = 91
10*10 = 100
diff = 9
7*15 = 105
11*11 = 121
diff = 16
7*17 = 119
12*12 = 144
diff = 25 <-- first square >= 2p
7*19 = 143
13*13 = 169
diff = 36 (but 144 is actually the next square, so the pattern ends here)
So, as long as m^2 - pq <= 2p+r (where 2p+r is the smallest square
greater than 2p), then m^2 will always be the next largest square.
-Andrew Plewe-
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