TOPICS
Search

Antisquare Number


An antisquare number is a positive integer of the form p^a·A that fails to be a square number for the two reasons that p is a prime number, a is a positive odd number, and A is a positive integer that is a quadratic nonresidue (mod p) (Conway 2009, p. 2).

The first few antisquare numbers are 6, 10, 15, 21, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 38, ... (OEIS A080255).


See also

Square Number, Squarefree, Squareful

Explore with Wolfram|Alpha

References

Conway, J. H. "The Genus of a Quadratic Form." Arizona Winter School lecture notes, p. 2, 2009. https://swc-math.github.io/aws/2009/09ConwayNotesPrelim.pdf.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A080255 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha

Antisquare Number

Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Antisquare Number." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AntisquareNumber.html

Subject classifications