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Schinzel's Theorem states that there are a set of circles with a given number of integer points on the circumference of the circle. The theorem includes the equation for an instance of circle given $n$.

However, the formula does not always give the circle with minimum radius. I am looking for a formula, or at least a procedure to generate the circle with minimum radius given $n$. A brute force search gives first values of the series.

\begin{array}{ccc} \text{center} & \text{square of radius} & \text{number of points on c} \\ \left(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right) & \frac{1}{2} & 4 \\ \left(\frac{1}{6},\frac{1}{6}\right) & \frac{625}{18} & 5 \\ \left(\frac{1}{2},0\right) & \frac{25}{4} & 6 \\ \left(\frac{9}{22},\frac{5}{22}\right) & \frac{138125}{242} & 7 \\ \left(\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right) & \frac{5}{2} & 8 \\ \left(\frac{1}{6},\frac{1}{6}\right) & \frac{4225}{18} & 9 \\ \left(\frac{1}{2},0\right) & \frac{625}{4} & 10 \\ \end{array}

There is a similar question on math exchange site but the answer is still brute force searching. I am wondering if there is formulas or existing research and paper on the problem.

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  • $\begingroup$ You should include a link to the m.se question, and you should put a link to this question there if you haven't already done so. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 12:55
  • $\begingroup$ @GerryMyerson sorry, that question was deleted several weeks ago $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 13:18
  • $\begingroup$ So, it's not math.stackexchange.com/questions/2422341/… ? Anyway, some of us can see deleted questions, I still think you should put links. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 13:23
  • $\begingroup$ @GerryMyerson I got it. I have edited the question. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 18, 2017 at 13:28

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