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A001110 Square triangular numbers: numbers that are both triangular and square.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 36, 1225, 41616, 1413721, 48024900, 1631432881, 55420693056, 1882672131025, 63955431761796, 2172602007770041, 73804512832419600, 2507180834294496361, 85170343853180456676, 2893284510173841030625, 98286503002057414584576, 3338847817559778254844961, 113422539294030403250144100
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Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

Comments

Satisfies a recurrence of S_r type for r=36: 0, 1, 36 and a(n-1)*a(n+1)=(a(n)-1)^2. First observed by Colin Dickson in alt.math.recreational, Mar 07 2004. - Rainer Rosenthal, Mar 14 2004
For every n, a(n) is the first of three triangular numbers in geometric progression. The third number in the progression is a(n+1). The middle triangular number is sqrt(a(n)*a(n+1)). Chen and Fang prove that four distinct triangular numbers are never in geometric progression. - T. D. Noe, Apr 30 2007
The sum of any two terms is never equal to a Fermat number. - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Feb 14 2012
Conjecture: No a(2^k), where k is a nonnegative integer, can be expressed as a sum of a positive square number and a positive triangular number. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Sep 19 2012
For n=2k+1, A010888(a(n))=1 and for n=2k, k > 0, A010888(a(n))=9. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Oct 12 2013
For n > 0, these are the triangular numbers which are the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers, for instance 36 = 15 + 21 and 1225 = 595 + 630. - Michel Marcus, Feb 18 2014
The sequence is the case P1 = 36, P2 = 68, Q = 1 of the 3-parameter family of 4th order linear divisibility sequences found by Williams and Guy. - Peter Bala, Apr 03 2014
For n=2k, k > 0, a(n) is divisible by 12 and is therefore abundant. I conjecture that for n=2k+1 a(n) is deficient [true for k up to 43 incl.]. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Sep 30 2014
The conjecture is true for all k > 0 because: For n=2k+1, k > 0, a(n) is odd. If a(n) is a prime number, it is deficient; otherwise a(n) has one or two distinct prime factors and is therefore deficient again. So for n=2k+1, k > 0, a(n) is deficient. - Muniru A Asiru, Apr 13 2016
Numbers k for which A139275(k) is a perfect square. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 16 2018

Examples

			a(2) = ((17 + 12*sqrt(2))^2 + (17 - 12*sqrt(2))^2 - 2)/32 = (289 + 24*sqrt(2) + 288 + 289 - 24*sqrt(2) + 288 - 2)/32 = (578 + 576 - 2)/32 = 1152/32 = 36 and 6^2 = 36 = 8*9/2 => a(2) is both the 6th square and the 8th triangular number.

References

  • A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, NY, 1964, p. 193.
  • John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 38, 204.
  • L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923; see Vol. 2, p. 10.
  • Martin Gardner, Time Travel and other Mathematical Bewilderments, Freeman & Co., 1988, pp. 16-17.
  • Miodrag S. Petković, Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians, Amer. Math. Soc. (AMS), 2009, p. 64.
  • J. H. Silverman, A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory, Prentice Hall, 2001, p. 196.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pages 257-259.
  • David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin Books, NY, 1986, Revised edition 1987. See p. 93.

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Crossrefs

Cf. A001108, A001109.
Other S_r type sequences are S_4=A000290, S_5=A004146, S_7=A054493, S_8=A001108, S_9=A049684, S_20=A049683, S_36=this sequence, S_49=A049682, S_144=A004191^2.
Cf. A001014; intersection of A000217 and A000290; A010052(a(n))*A010054(a(n)) = 1.
Cf. A005214, A054686, A232847 and also A233267 (reveals an interesting divisibility pattern for this sequence).
Cf. A240129 (triangular numbers that are squares of triangular numbers), A100047.
See A229131, A182334, A299921 for near-misses.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a001110 n = a001110_list !! n
a001110_list = 0 : 1 : (map (+ 2) $
   zipWith (-) (map (* 34) (tail a001110_list)) a001110_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 12 2011
  • Magma
    [n le 2 select n-1 else Floor((6*Sqrt(Self(n-1)) - Sqrt(Self(n-2)))^2): n in [1..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 22 2015
  • Maple
    a:=17+12*sqrt(2); b:=17-12*sqrt(2); A001110:=n -> expand((a^n + b^n - 2)/32); seq(A001110(n), n=0..20); # Jaap Spies, Dec 12 2004
A001110:=-(1+z)/((z-1)*(z**2-34*z+1)); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
  • Mathematica
    f[n_]:=n*(n+1)/2; lst={}; Do[If[IntegerQ[Sqrt[f[n]]],AppendTo[lst,f[n]]],{n,0,10!}]; lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 12 2010 *)
Table[(1/8) Round[N[Sinh[2 n ArcSinh[1]]^2, 100]], {n, 0, 20}] (* Artur Jasinski, Feb 10 2010 *)
Transpose[NestList[Flatten[{Rest[#],34Last[#]-First[#]+2}]&, {0,1},20]][[1]]  (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 25 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{35, -35, 1}, {0, 1, 36}, 20] (* T. D. Noe, Mar 25 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{6,-1},{0,1},20]^2 (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 22 2012 *)
(* Square = Triangular = Triangular = A001110 *)
ChebyshevU[#-1,3]^2==Binomial[ChebyshevT[#/2,3]^2,2]==Binomial[(1+ChebyshevT[#,3])/2,2]=={1,36,1225,41616,1413721}[[#]]&@Range[5]
True (* Bill Gosper, Jul 20 2015 *)
L=0;r={};Do[AppendTo[r,L];L=1+17*L+6*Sqrt[L+8*L^2],{i,1,19}];r (* Kebbaj Mohamed Reda, Aug 02 2023 *)
  • PARI
    a=vector(100);a[1]=1;a[2]=36;for(n=3,#a,a[n]=34*a[n-1]-a[n-2]+2);a \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 25 2011
  • Scheme
    ;; With memoizing definec-macro from Antti Karttunen's IntSeq-library.
(definec (A001110 n) (if (< n 2) n (+ 2 (- (* 34 (A001110 (- n 1))) (A001110 (- n 2))))))
;; Antti Karttunen, Dec 06 2013
  • Scheme
    ;; For testing whether n is in this sequence:
(define (inA001110? n) (and (zero? (A068527 n)) (inA001109? (floor->exact (sqrt n)))))
(define (inA001109? n) (= (* 8 n n) (floor->exact (* (sqrt 8) n (ceiling->exact (* (sqrt 8) n))))))
;; Antti Karttunen, Dec 06 2013

Formula

a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1; for n >= 2, a(n) = 34 * a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 2.
G.f.: x*(1 + x) / (( 1 - x )*( 1 - 34*x + x^2 )).
a(n-1) * a(n+1) = (a(n)-1)^2. - Colin Dickson, posting to alt.math.recreational, Mar 07 2004
If L is a square-triangular number, then the next one is 1 + 17*L + 6*sqrt(L + 8*L^2). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 27 2001
a(n) - a(n-1) = A046176(n). - Sophie Kuo (ejiqj_6(AT)yahoo.com.tw), May 27 2006
a(n) = A001109(n)^2 = A001108(n)*(A001108(n)+1)/2 = (A000129(n)*A001333(n))^2 = (A000129(n)*(A000129(n) + A000129(n-1)))^2. - Henry Bottomley, Apr 19 2000
a(n) = (((17+12*sqrt(2))^n) + ((17-12*sqrt(2))^n)-2)/32. - Bruce Corrigan (scentman(AT)myfamily.com), Oct 26 2002
Limit_{n->oo} a(n+1)/a(n) = 17 + 12*sqrt(2). See UWC problem link and solution. - Jaap Spies, Dec 12 2004
From Antonio Alberto Olivares, Nov 07 2003: (Start)
a(n) = 35*(a(n-1) - a(n-2)) + a(n-3);
a(n) = -1/16 + ((-24 + 17*sqrt(2))/2^(11/2))*(17 - 12*sqrt(2))^(n-1) + ((24 + 17*sqrt(2))/2^(11/2))*(17 + 12*sqrt(2))^(n-1). (End)
a(n+1) = (17*A029547(n) - A091761(n) - 1)/16. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 16 2007
a(n) = A001333^2 * A000129^2 = A000129(2*n)^2/4 = binomial(A001108,2). - Bill Gosper, Jul 28 2008
Closed form (as square = triangular): ( (sqrt(2)+1)^(2*n)/(4*sqrt(2)) - (1-sqrt(2))^(2*n)/(4*sqrt(2)) )^2 = (1/2) * ( ( (sqrt(2)+1)^n / 2 - (sqrt(2)-1)^n / 2 )^2 + 1 )*( (sqrt(2)+1)^n / 2 - (sqrt(2)-1)^n / 2 )^2. - Bill Gosper, Jul 25 2008
a(n) = (1/8)*(sinh(2*n*arcsinh(1)))^2. - Artur Jasinski, Feb 10 2010
a(n) = floor((17 + 12*sqrt(2))*a(n-1)) + 3 = floor(3*sqrt(2)/4 + (17 + 12*sqrt(2))*a(n-1) + 1). - Manuel Valdivia, Aug 15 2011
a(n) = (A011900(n) + A001652(n))^2; see the link about the generalized proof of square triangular numbers. - Kenneth J Ramsey, Oct 10 2011
a(2*n+1) = A002315(n)^2*(A002315(n)^2 + 1)/2. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Oct 10 2012
a(2*n+1) = ((sqrt(t^2 + (t+1)^2))*(2*t+1))^2, where t = (A002315(n) - 1)/2. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Nov 01 2012
a(2*n) = A001333(2*n)^2 * (A001333(2*n)^2 - 1)/2, and a(2*n+1) = A001333(2*n+1)^2 * (A001333(2*n+1)^2 + 1)/2. The latter is equivalent to the comment above from Ivan using A002315, which is a bisection of A001333. Using A001333 shows symmetry and helps show that a(n) are both "squares of triangular" and "triangular of squares". - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 30 2013
a(n) = (A001542(n)/2)^2.
From Peter Bala, Apr 03 2014: (Start)
a(n) = (T(n,17) - 1)/16, where T(n,x) denotes the Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind.
a(n) = U(n-1,3)^2, for n >= 1, where U(n,x) denotes the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind.
a(n) = the bottom left entry of the 2 X 2 matrix T(n, M), where M is the 2 X 2 matrix [0, -17; 1, 18].
See the remarks in A100047 for the general connection between Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind and 4th-order linear divisibility sequences. (End)
a(n) = A096979(2*n-1) for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Jun 21 2014
a(n) = (6*sqrt(a(n-1)) - sqrt(a(n-2)))^2. - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Apr 06 2015
From Daniel Poveda Parrilla, Jul 16 2016 and Sep 21 2016: (Start)
a(n) = A000290(A002965(2*n)*A002965(2*n + 1)) (after Hugh Darwen).
a(n) = A000217(2*(A000129(n))^2 - (A000129(n) mod 2)).
a(n) = A000129(n)^4 + Sum_{k=0..(A000129(n)^2 - (A000129(n) mod 2))} 2*k. This formula can be proved graphically by taking the corresponding triangle of a square triangular number and cutting both acute angles, one level at a time (sum of consecutive even numbers), resulting in a square of squares (4th powers).
a(n) = A002965(2*n)^4 + Sum_{k=A002965(2*n)^2..A002965(2*n)*A002965(2*n + 1) - 1} 2*k + 1. This formula takes an equivalent sum of consecutives, but odd numbers. (End)
E.g.f.: (exp((17-12*sqrt(2))*x) + exp((17+12*sqrt(2))*x) - 2*exp(x))/32. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 16 2016

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