The Equation
(j+k+1)2-4k = Qn2
and Related Dispersions
Clark Kimberling
Department of Mathematics
University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN 47722
USA
Abstract:
Suppose Q is a positive nonsquare integer
congruent to 0 or 1 mod 4.
Then for every positive integer n, there exists a unique pair
(j,k)$ of
positive integers such that
(j+k+1)2-4k = Qn2 .
This representation
is used to generate the fixed-j array for
Q and the fixed-k array for
Q. These arrays are proved to be dispersions; i.e., each array contains
every positive integer exactly once and has certain compositional and
row-interspersion properties.
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(Concerned with sequences
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Received July 10 2006;
revised version received February 20 2007.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, March 13 2007.
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