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A095186
a(n) = least k such that k*n^(1/n) differs from an integer by at most 1/n.
0
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 9, 5, 5, 5, 11, 6, 6, 6, 13, 13, 7, 7, 7, 15, 23, 8, 8, 25, 17, 9, 9, 9, 28, 19, 10, 10, 10, 31, 21, 11, 11, 11, 34, 23, 35, 12, 12, 37, 25, 38, 13, 13, 13, 27, 27, 14, 14, 14, 43, 29, 44, 15, 15, 46, 31, 47, 16, 16, 16, 49, 33, 50, 17, 17, 69, 35, 35
OFFSET
1,3
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Block[{k = 1}, While[n*Abs[k*n^(1/n) - Round[k*n^(1/n)]] > 1, k++ ]; k]; Table[ a[n], {n, 80}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 09 2004 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A334233 A271058 A107320 * A265340 A373503 A356993
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Jun 02 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Don Reble, Jun 04 2004
More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 09 2004
STATUS
approved