# Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences! http://oeis.org/ Search: id:a073842 Showing 1-1 of 1 %I A073842 #6 Dec 05 2013 19:55:31 %S A073842 1,4,9,2,25,36,49,64,3,100,121,144,169,196,225,256,289,324,361,400, %T A073842 441,484,529,576,5,676,729,784,841,900,961,1024,1089,1156,1225,6,1369, %U A073842 1444,1521,1600,1681,1764,1849,1936,2025,2116,2209,2304,7,2500,2601,2704 %N A073842 a(1) = 1; for n>1, a(n) = the smallest positive integer root of n not included earlier, if such a root exists, otherwise the smallest power of n not included earlier, subject to a(n)<>n. %C A073842 Conjectured to be a rearrangement of the natural numbers. %C A073842 This is a self-inverse permutation of the positive integers, as shown by the formula. - _Franklin T. Adams-Watters_, Jul 31 2006 %F A073842 By repeatedly taking the square root, represent n in the form m^(2^k), where m is not a square and k>=0. If k is even, a(n) = m^(2^(k+1)); if k is odd, a(n) = m^(2^(k-1)). - _Franklin T. Adams-Watters_, Jul 31 2006 %Y A073842 Cf. A073843. %K A073842 nonn %O A073842 1,2 %A A073842 _Amarnath Murthy_, Aug 13 2002 %E A073842 Extended and edited by _John W. Layman_, Jun 25 2003 # Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement: http://oeis.org/LICENSE