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A081278 Binomial transform of Chebyshev polynomial coefficients A001793.

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1, 6, 29, 126, 513, 1998, 7533, 27702, 99873, 354294, 1240029, 4290894, 14703201, 49955454, 168466797, 564390342, 1879706817, 6227425638, 20533285917, 67411165086, 220442258241, 718277586606, 2332658764269, 7552375012566
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Paul Barry, Mar 16 2003

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Programs

  • Magma
    [(n^2+8*n+9)*3^(n-2): n in [0..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 07 2013
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[(1 - 2 x) (1 - x) / (1 - 3 x)^3, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 07 2013 *)

Formula

a(n) = (n^2+8*n+9)3^(n-2).
G.f.: (1-2*x)*(1-x)/(1-3x)^3.

A000217 Triangular numbers: a(n) = binomial(n+1,2) = n*(n+1)/2 = 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + n.

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0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 253, 276, 300, 325, 351, 378, 406, 435, 465, 496, 528, 561, 595, 630, 666, 703, 741, 780, 820, 861, 903, 946, 990, 1035, 1081, 1128, 1176, 1225, 1275, 1326, 1378, 1431
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Also referred to as T(n) or C(n+1, 2) or binomial(n+1, 2) (preferred).
Also generalized hexagonal numbers: n*(2*n-1), n=0, +-1, +-2, +-3, ... Generalized k-gonal numbers are second k-gonal numbers and positive terms of k-gonal numbers interleaved, k >= 5. In this case k = 6. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 13 2011 and Aug 04 2012
Number of edges in complete graph of order n+1, K_{n+1}.
Number of legal ways to insert a pair of parentheses in a string of n letters. E.g., there are 6 ways for three letters: (a)bc, (ab)c, (abc), a(b)c, a(bc), ab(c). Proof: there are C(n+2,2) ways to choose where the parentheses might go, but n + 1 of them are illegal because the parentheses are adjacent. Cf. A002415.
For n >= 1, a(n) is also the genus of a nonsingular curve of degree n+2, such as the Fermat curve x^(n+2) + y^(n+2) = 1. - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my_deja.com), Feb 21 2001
From Harnack's theorem (1876), the number of branches of a nonsingular curve of order n is bounded by a(n-1)+1, and the bound can be achieved. See also A152947. - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 29 2002. Corrected by Robert McLachlan, Aug 19 2024
Number of tiles in the set of double-n dominoes. - Scott A. Brown, Sep 24 2002
Number of ways a chain of n non-identical links can be broken up. This is based on a similar problem in the field of proteomics: the number of ways a peptide of n amino acid residues can be broken up in a mass spectrometer. In general, each amino acid has a different mass, so AB and BC would have different masses. - James A. Raymond, Apr 08 2003
Triangular numbers - odd numbers = shifted triangular numbers; 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ... - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ... = 0, 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, ... - Xavier Acloque, Oct 31 2003 [Corrected by Derek Orr, May 05 2015]
Centered polygonal numbers are the result of [number of sides * A000217 + 1]. E.g., centered pentagonal numbers (1,6,16,31,...) = 5 * (0,1,3,6,...) + 1. Centered heptagonal numbers (1,8,22,43,...) = 7 * (0,1,3,6,...) + 1. - Xavier Acloque, Oct 31 2003
Maximum number of lines formed by the intersection of n+1 planes. - Ron R. King, Mar 29 2004
Number of permutations of [n] which avoid the pattern 132 and have exactly 1 descent. - Mike Zabrocki, Aug 26 2004
Number of ternary words of length n-1 with subwords (0,1), (0,2) and (1,2) not allowed. - Olivier Gérard, Aug 28 2012
Number of ways two different numbers can be selected from the set {0,1,2,...,n} without repetition, or, number of ways two different numbers can be selected from the set {1,2,...,n} with repetition.
Conjecturally, 1, 6, 120 are the only numbers that are both triangular and factorial. - Christopher M. Tomaszewski (cmt1288(AT)comcast.net), Mar 30 2005
Binomial transform is {0, 1, 5, 18, 56, 160, 432, ...}, A001793 with one leading zero. - Philippe Deléham, Aug 02 2005
Each pair of neighboring terms adds to a perfect square. - Zak Seidov, Mar 21 2006
Number of transpositions in the symmetric group of n+1 letters, i.e., the number of permutations that leave all but two elements fixed. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jun 23 2006
With rho(n):=exp(i*2*Pi/n) (an n-th root of 1) one has, for n >= 1, rho(n)^a(n) = (-1)^(n+1). Just use the triviality a(2*k+1) == 0 (mod (2*k+1)) and a(2*k) == k (mod (2*k)).
a(n) is the number of terms in the expansion of (a_1 + a_2 + a_3)^(n-1). - Sergio Falcon, Feb 12 2007
a(n+1) is the number of terms in the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomial of degree n in 2 variables. - Richard Barnes, Sep 06 2017
The number of distinct handshakes in a room with n+1 people. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Apr 12 2007 [corrected, Joerg Arndt, Jan 18 2016]
Equal to the rank (minimal cardinality of a generating set) of the semigroup PT_n\S_n, where PT_n and S_n denote the partial transformation semigroup and symmetric group on [n]. - James East, May 03 2007
a(n) gives the total number of triangles found when cevians are drawn from a single vertex on a triangle to the side opposite that vertex, where n = the number of cevians drawn+1. For instance, with 1 cevian drawn, n = 1+1 = 2 and a(n)= 2*(2+1)/2 = 3 so there is a total of 3 triangles in the figure. If 2 cevians are drawn from one point to the opposite side, then n = 1+2 = 3 and a(n) = 3*(3+1)/2 = 6 so there is a total of 6 triangles in the figure. - Noah Priluck (npriluck(AT)gmail.com), Apr 30 2007
For n >= 1, a(n) is the number of ways in which n-1 can be written as a sum of three nonnegative integers if representations differing in the order of the terms are considered to be different. In other words, for n >= 1, a(n) is the number of nonnegative integral solutions of the equation x + y + z = n-1. - Amarnath Murthy, Apr 22 2001 (edited by Robert A. Beeler)
a(n) is the number of levels with energy n + 3/2 (in units of h*f0, with Planck's constant h and the oscillator frequency f0) of the three-dimensional isotropic harmonic quantum oscillator. See the comment by A. Murthy above: n = n1 + n2 + n3 with positive integers and ordered. Proof from the o.g.f. See the A. Messiah reference. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 29 2007
From Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007: (Start)
Numbers m >= 0 such that round(sqrt(2m+1)) - round(sqrt(2m)) = 1.
Numbers m >= 0 such that ceiling(2*sqrt(2m+1)) - 1 = 1 + floor(2*sqrt(2m)).
Numbers m >= 0 such that fract(sqrt(2m+1)) > 1/2 and fract(sqrt(2m)) < 1/2, where fract(x) is the fractional part of x (i.e., x - floor(x), x >= 0). (End)
If Y and Z are 3-blocks of an n-set X, then, for n >= 6, a(n-1) is the number of (n-2)-subsets of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan Janjic, Nov 09 2007
Equals row sums of triangle A143320, n > 0. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 07 2008
a(n) is also an even perfect number in A000396 iff n is a Mersenne prime A000668. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 05 2008. Unnecessary assumption removed and clarified by Rick L. Shepherd, Apr 14 2025
Equals row sums of triangle A152204. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2008
The number of matches played in a round robin tournament: n*(n-1)/2 gives the number of matches needed for n players. Everyone plays against everyone else exactly once. - Georg Wrede (georg(AT)iki.fi), Dec 18 2008
-a(n+1) = E(2)*binomial(n+2,2) (n >= 0) where E(n) are the Euler numbers in the enumeration A122045. Viewed this way, a(n) is the special case k=2 in the sequence of diagonals in the triangle A153641. - Peter Luschny, Jan 06 2009
Equivalent to the first differences of successive tetrahedral numbers. See A000292. - Jeremy Cahill (jcahill(AT)inbox.com), Apr 15 2009
The general formula for alternating sums of powers is in terms of the Swiss-Knife polynomials P(n,x) A153641 2^(-n-1)(P(n,1)-(-1)^k P(n,2k+1)). Thus a(k) = |2^(-3)(P(2,1)-(-1)^k P(2,2k+1))|. - Peter Luschny, Jul 12 2009
a(n) is the smallest number > a(n-1) such that gcd(n,a(n)) = gcd(n,a(n-1)). If n is odd this gcd is n; if n is even it is n/2. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Aug 06 2009
Partial sums of A001477. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Jan 25 2010. [A-number corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jun 05 2012]
The numbers along the right edge of Floyd's triangle are 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, .... - Paul Muljadi, Jan 25 2010
From Charlie Marion, Dec 03 2010: (Start)
More generally, a(2k+1) == j*(2j-1) (mod 2k+2j+1) and
a(2k) == [-k + 2j*(j-1)] (mod 2k+2j).
Column sums of:
1 3 5 7 9 ...
1 3 5 ...
1 ...
...............
---------------
1 3 6 10 15 ...
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n)^2 = 4*Pi^2/3-12 = 12 less than the volume of a sphere with radius Pi^(1/3).
(End)
A004201(a(n)) = A000290(n); A004202(a(n)) = A002378(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 12 2011
1/a(n+1), n >= 0, has e.g.f. -2*(1+x-exp(x))/x^2, and o.g.f. 2*(x+(1-x)*log(1-x))/x^2 (see the Stephen Crowley formula line). -1/(2*a(n+1)) is the z-sequence for the Sheffer triangle of the coefficients of the Bernoulli polynomials A196838/A196839. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 26 2011
From Charlie Marion, Feb 23 2012: (Start)
a(n) + a(A002315(k)*n + A001108(k+1)) = (A001653(k+1)*n + A001109(k+1))^2. For k=0 we obtain a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2 (identity added by N. J. A. Sloane on Feb 19 2004).
a(n) + a(A002315(k)*n - A055997(k+1)) = (A001653(k+1)*n - A001109(k))^2.
(End)
Plot the three points (0,0), (a(n), a(n+1)), (a(n+1), a(n+2)) to form a triangle. The area will be a(n+1)/2. - J. M. Bergot, May 04 2012
The sum of four consecutive triangular numbers, beginning with a(n)=n*(n+1)/2, minus 2 is 2*(n+2)^2. a(n)*a(n+2)/2 = a(a(n+1)-1). - J. M. Bergot, May 17 2012
(a(n)*a(n+3) - a(n+1)*a(n+2))*(a(n+1)*a(n+4) - a(n+2)*a(n+3))/8 = a((n^2+5*n+4)/2). - J. M. Bergot, May 18 2012
a(n)*a(n+1) + a(n+2)*a(n+3) + 3 = a(n^2 + 4*n + 6). - J. M. Bergot, May 22 2012
In general, a(n)*a(n+1) + a(n+k)*a(n+k+1) + a(k-1)*a(k) = a(n^2 + (k+2)*n + k*(k+1)). - Charlie Marion, Sep 11 2012
a(n)*a(n+3) + a(n+1)*a(n+2) = a(n^2 + 4*n + 2). - J. M. Bergot, May 22 2012
In general, a(n)*a(n+k) + a(n+1)*a(n+k-1) = a(n^2 + (k+1)*n + k-1). - Charlie Marion, Sep 11 2012
a(n)*a(n+2) + a(n+1)*a(n+3) = a(n^2 + 4*n + 3). - J. M. Bergot, May 22 2012
Three points (a(n),a(n+1)), (a(n+1),a(n)) and (a(n+2),a(n+3)) form a triangle with area 4*a(n+1). - J. M. Bergot, May 23 2012
a(n) + a(n+k) = (n+k)^2 - (k^2 + (2n-1)*k -2n)/2. For k=1 we obtain a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2 (see below). - Charlie Marion, Oct 02 2012
In n-space we can define a(n-1) nontrivial orthogonal projections. For example, in 3-space there are a(2)=3 (namely point onto line, point onto plane, line onto plane). - Douglas Latimer, Dec 17 2012
From James East, Jan 08 2013: (Start)
For n >= 1, a(n) is equal to the rank (minimal cardinality of a generating set) and idempotent rank (minimal cardinality of an idempotent generating set) of the semigroup P_n\S_n, where P_n and S_n denote the partition monoid and symmetric group on [n].
For n >= 3, a(n-1) is equal to the rank and idempotent rank of the semigroup T_n\S_n, where T_n and S_n denote the full transformation semigroup and symmetric group on [n].
(End)
For n >= 3, a(n) is equal to the rank and idempotent rank of the semigroup PT_n\S_n, where PT_n and S_n denote the partial transformation semigroup and symmetric group on [n]. - James East, Jan 15 2013
Conjecture: For n > 0, there is always a prime between A000217(n) and A000217(n+1). Sequence A065383 has the first 1000 of these primes. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Mar 11 2013
The formula, a(n)*a(n+4k+2)/2 + a(k) = a(a(n+2k+1) - (k^2+(k+1)^2)), is a generalization of the formula a(n)*a(n+2)/2 = a(a(n+1)-1) in Bergot's comment dated May 17 2012. - Charlie Marion, Mar 28 2013
The series Sum_{k>=1} 1/a(k) = 2, given in a formula below by Jon Perry, Jul 13 2003, has partial sums 2*n/(n+1) (telescopic sum) = A022998(n)/A026741(n+1). - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 09 2013
For odd m = 2k+1, we have the recurrence a(m*n + k) = m^2*a(n) + a(k). Corollary: If number T is in the sequence then so is 9*T+1. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 29 2013
Euler, in Section 87 of the Opera Postuma, shows that whenever T is a triangular number then 9*T + 1, 25*T + 3, 49*T + 6 and 81*T + 10 are also triangular numbers. In general, if T is a triangular number then (2*k + 1)^2*T + k*(k + 1)/2 is also a triangular number. - Peter Bala, Jan 05 2015
Using 1/b and 1/(b+2) will give a Pythagorean triangle with sides 2*b + 2, b^2 + 2*b, and b^2 + 2*b + 2. Set b=n-1 to give a triangle with sides of lengths 2*n,n^2-1, and n^2 + 1. One-fourth the perimeter = a(n) for n > 1. - J. M. Bergot, Jul 24 2013
a(n) = A028896(n)/6, where A028896(n) = s(n) - s(n-1) are the first differences of s(n) = n^3 + 3*n^2 + 2*n - 8. s(n) can be interpreted as the sum of the 12 edge lengths plus the sum of the 6 face areas plus the volume of an n X (n-1) X (n-2) rectangular prism. - J. M. Bergot, Aug 13 2013
Dimension of orthogonal group O(n+1). - Eric M. Schmidt, Sep 08 2013
Number of positive roots in the root system of type A_n (for n > 0). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
A formula for the r-th successive summation of k, for k = 1 to n, is binomial(n+r,r+1) [H. W. Gould]. - Gary Detlefs, Jan 02 2014
Also the alternating row sums of A095831. Also the alternating row sums of A055461, for n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 26 2014
For n >= 3, a(n-2) is the number of permutations of 1,2,...,n with the distribution of up (1) - down (0) elements 0...011 (n-3 zeros), or, the same, a(n-2) is up-down coefficient {n,3} (see comment in A060351). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 14 2014
a(n) is the dimension of the vector space of symmetric n X n matrices. - Derek Orr, Mar 29 2014
Non-vanishing subdiagonal of A132440^2/2, aside from the initial zero. First subdiagonal of unsigned A238363. Cf. A130534 for relations to colored forests, disposition of flags on flagpoles, and colorings of the vertices of complete graphs. - Tom Copeland, Apr 05 2014
The number of Sidon subsets of {1,...,n+1} of size 2. - Carl Najafi, Apr 27 2014
Number of factors in the definition of the Vandermonde determinant V(x_1,x_2,...,x_n) = Product_{1 <= i < k <= n} x_i - x_k. - Tom Copeland, Apr 27 2014
Number of weak compositions of n into three parts. - Robert A. Beeler, May 20 2014
Suppose a bag contains a(n) red marbles and a(n+1) blue marbles, where a(n), a(n+1) are consecutive triangular numbers. Then, for n > 0, the probability of choosing two marbles at random and getting two red or two blue is 1/2. In general, for k > 2, let b(0) = 0, b(1) = 1 and, for n > 1, b(n) = (k-1)*b(n-1) - b(n-2) + 1. Suppose, for n > 0, a bag contains b(n) red marbles and b(n+1) blue marbles. Then the probability of choosing two marbles at random and getting two red or two blue is (k-1)/(k+1). See also A027941, A061278, A089817, A053142, A092521. - Charlie Marion, Nov 03 2014
Let O(n) be the oblong number n(n+1) = A002378 and S(n) the square number n^2 = A000290(n). Then a(4n) = O(3n) - O(n), a(4n+1) = S(3n+1) - S(n), a(4n+2) = S(3n+2) - S(n+1) and a(4n+3) = O(3n+2) - O(n). - Charlie Marion, Feb 21 2015
Consider the partition of the natural numbers into parts from the set S=(1,2,3,...,n). The length (order) of the signature of the resulting sequence is given by the triangular numbers. E.g., for n=10, the signature length is 55. - David Neil McGrath, May 05 2015
a(n) counts the partitions of (n-1) unlabeled objects into three (3) parts (labeled a,b,c), e.g., a(5)=15 for (n-1)=4. These are (aaaa),(bbbb),(cccc),(aaab),(aaac),(aabb),(aacc),(aabc),(abbc),(abcc),(abbb),(accc),(bbcc),(bccc),(bbbc). - David Neil McGrath, May 21 2015
Conjecture: the sequence is the genus/deficiency of the sinusoidal spirals of index n which are algebraic curves. The value 0 corresponds to the case of the Bernoulli Lemniscate n=2. So the formula conjectured is (n-1)(n-2)/2. - Wolfgang Tintemann, Aug 02 2015
Conjecture: Let m be any positive integer. Then, for each n = 1,2,3,... the set {Sum_{k=s..t} 1/k^m: 1 <= s <= t <= n} has cardinality a(n) = n*(n+1)/2; in other words, all the sums Sum_{k=s..t} 1/k^m with 1 <= s <= t are pairwise distinct. (I have checked this conjecture via a computer and found no counterexample.) - Zhi-Wei Sun, Sep 09 2015
The Pisano period lengths of reading the sequence modulo m seem to be A022998(m). - R. J. Mathar, Nov 29 2015
For n >= 1, a(n) is the number of compositions of n+4 into n parts avoiding the part 2. - Milan Janjic, Jan 07 2016
In this sequence only 3 is prime. - Fabian Kopp, Jan 09 2016
Suppose you are playing Bulgarian Solitaire (see A242424 and Chamberland's and Gardner's books) and, for n > 0, you are starting with a single pile of a(n) cards. Then the number of operations needed to reach the fixed state {n, n-1,...,1} is a(n-1). For example, {6}->{5,1}->{4,2}->{3,2,1}. - Charlie Marion, Jan 14 2016
Numbers k such that 8k + 1 is a square. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Apr 09 2016
Every perfect cube is the difference of the squares of two consecutive triangular numbers. 1^2-0^2 = 1^3, 3^2-1^2 = 2^3, 6^2-3^2 = 3^3. - Miquel Cerda, Jun 26 2016
For n > 1, a(n) = tau_n(k*) where tau_n(k) is the number of ordered n-factorizations of k and k* is the square of a prime. For example, tau_3(4) = tau_3(9) = tau_3(25) = tau_3(49) = 6 (see A007425) since the number of divisors of 4, 9, 25, and 49's divisors is 6, and a(3) = 6. - Melvin Peralta, Aug 29 2016
In an (n+1)-dimensional hypercube, number of two-dimensional faces congruent with a vertex (see also A001788). - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 23 2016
Generalizations of the familiar formulas, a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2 (Feb 19 2004) and a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a((n+1)^2) (Nov 22 2006), follow: a(n) + a(n+2k-1) + 4a(k-1) = (n+k)^2 + 6a(k-1) and a(n)^2 + a(n+2k-1)^2 + (4a(k-1))^2 + 3a(k-1) = a((n+k)^2 + 6a(k-1)). - Charlie Marion, Nov 27 2016
a(n) is also the greatest possible number of diagonals in a polyhedron with n+4 vertices. - Vladimir Letsko, Dec 19 2016
For n > 0, 2^5 * (binomial(n+1,2))^2 represents the first integer in a sum of 2*(2*n + 1)^2 consecutive integers that equals (2*n + 1)^6. - Patrick J. McNab, Dec 25 2016
Does not satisfy Benford's law (cf. Ross, 2012). - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 12 2017
Number of ordered triples (a,b,c) of positive integers not larger than n such that a+b+c = 2n+1. - Aviel Livay, Feb 13 2017
Number of inequivalent tetrahedral face colorings using at most n colors so that no color appears only once. - David Nacin, Feb 22 2017
Also the Wiener index of the complete graph K_{n+1}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 07 2017
Number of intersections between the Bernstein polynomials of degree n. - Eric Desbiaux, Apr 01 2018
a(n) is the area of a triangle with vertices at (1,1), (n+1,n+2), and ((n+1)^2, (n+2)^2). - Art Baker, Dec 06 2018
For n > 0, a(n) is the smallest k > 0 such that n divides numerator of (1/a(1) + 1/a(2) + ... + 1/a(n-1) + 1/k). It should be noted that 1/1 + 1/3 + 1/6 + ... + 2/(n(n+1)) = 2n/(n+1). - Thomas Ordowski, Aug 04 2019
Upper bound of the number of lines in an n-homogeneous supersolvable line arrangement (see Theorem 1.1 in Dimca). - Stefano Spezia, Oct 04 2019
For n > 0, a(n+1) is the number of lattice points on a triangular grid with side length n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Aug 12 2020
From Michael Chu, May 04 2022: (Start)
Maximum number of distinct nonempty substrings of a string of length n.
Maximum cardinality of the sumset A+A, where A is a set of n numbers. (End)
a(n) is the number of parking functions of size n avoiding the patterns 123, 132, and 312. - Lara Pudwell, Apr 10 2023
Suppose two rows, each consisting of n evenly spaced dots, are drawn in parallel. Suppose we bijectively draw lines between the dots of the two rows. For n >= 1, a(n - 1) is the maximal possible number of intersections between the lines. Equivalently, the maximal number of inversions in a permutation of [n]. - Sela Fried, Apr 18 2023
The following equation complements the generalization in Bala's Comment (Jan 05 2015). (2k + 1)^2*a(n) + a(k) = a((2k + 1)*n + k). - Charlie Marion, Aug 28 2023
a(n) + a(n+k) + a(k-1) + (k-1)*n = (n+k)^2. For k = 1, we have a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2. - Charlie Marion, Nov 17 2023
a(n+1)/3 is the expected number of steps to escape from a linear row of n positions starting at a random location and randomly performing steps -1 or +1 with equal probability. - Hugo Pfoertner, Jul 22 2025
a(n+1) is the number of nonnegative integer solutions to p + q + r = n. By Sylvester's law of inertia, it is also the number of congruence classes of real symmetric n-by-n matrices or equivalently, the number of symmetric bilinear forms on a real n-dimensional vector space. - Paawan Jethva, Jul 24 2025

Examples

			G.f.: x + 3*x^2 + 6*x^3 + 10*x^4 + 15*x^5 + 21*x^6 + 28*x^7 + 36*x^8 + 45*x^9 + ...
When n=3, a(3) = 4*3/2 = 6.
Example(a(4)=10): ABCD where A, B, C and D are different links in a chain or different amino acids in a peptide possible fragments: A, B, C, D, AB, ABC, ABCD, BC, BCD, CD = 10.
a(2): hollyhock leaves on the Tokugawa Mon, a(4): points in Pythagorean tetractys, a(5): object balls in eight-ball billiards. - _Bradley Klee_, Aug 24 2015
From _Gus Wiseman_, Oct 28 2020: (Start)
The a(1) = 1 through a(5) = 15 ordered triples of positive integers summing to n + 2 [Beeler, McGrath above] are the following. These compositions are ranked by A014311.
  (111)  (112)  (113)  (114)  (115)
         (121)  (122)  (123)  (124)
         (211)  (131)  (132)  (133)
                (212)  (141)  (142)
                (221)  (213)  (151)
                (311)  (222)  (214)
                       (231)  (223)
                       (312)  (232)
                       (321)  (241)
                       (411)  (313)
                              (322)
                              (331)
                              (412)
                              (421)
                              (511)
The unordered version is A001399(n-3) = A069905(n), with Heinz numbers A014612.
The strict case is A001399(n-6)*6, ranked by A337453.
The unordered strict case is A001399(n-6), with Heinz numbers A007304.
(End)
		

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 828.
  • C. Alsina and R. B. Nelson, Charming Proofs: A Journey into Elegant Mathematics, MAA, 2010. See Chapter 1.
  • T. M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 2.
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Crossrefs

The figurate numbers, with parameter k as in the second Python program: A001477 (k=0), this sequence (k=1), A000290 (k=2), A000326 (k=3), A000384 (k=4), A000566 (k=5), A000567 (k=6), A001106 (k=7), A001107 (k=8).
a(n) = A110449(n, 0).
a(n) = A110555(n+2, 2).
A diagonal of A008291.
Column 2 of A195152.
Numbers of the form n*t(n+k,h)-(n+k)*t(n,h), where t(i,h) = i*(i+2*h+1)/2 for any h (for A000217 is k=1): A005563, A067728, A140091, A140681, A212331.
Boustrophedon transforms: A000718, A000746.
Iterations: A007501 (start=2), A013589 (start=4), A050542 (start=5), A050548 (start=7), A050536 (start=8), A050909 (start=9).
Cf. A002817 (doubly triangular numbers), A075528 (solutions of a(n)=a(m)/2).
Cf. A104712 (first column, starting with a(1)).
Some generalized k-gonal numbers are A001318 (k=5), this sequence (k=6), A085787 (k=7), etc.
A001399(n-3) = A069905(n) = A211540(n+2) counts 3-part partitions.
A001399(n-6) = A069905(n-3) = A211540(n-1) counts 3-part strict partitions.
A011782 counts compositions of any length.
A337461 counts pairwise coprime triples, with unordered version A307719.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000217 n = a000217_list !! n
    a000217_list = scanl1 (+) [0..] -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 23 2011
    
  • J
    a000217=: *-:@>: NB. Stephen Makdisi, May 02 2018
    
  • Magma
    [n*(n+1)/2: n in [0..60]]; // Bruno Berselli, Jul 11 2014
    
  • Magma
    [n: n in [0..1500] | IsSquare(8*n+1)]; // Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Apr 09 2016
    
  • Maple
    A000217 := proc(n) n*(n+1)/2; end;
    istriangular:=proc(n) local t1; t1:=floor(sqrt(2*n)); if n = t1*(t1+1)/2 then return true else return false; end if; end proc; # N. J. A. Sloane, May 25 2008
    ZL := [S, {S=Prod(B, B, B), B=Set(Z, 1 <= card)}, unlabeled]:
    seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=2..55); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 24 2007
    isA000217 := proc(n)
        issqr(1+8*n) ;
    end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Nov 29 2015 [This is the recipe Leonhard Euler proposes in chapter VII of his "Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra", 1765. Peter Luschny, Sep 02 2022]
  • Mathematica
    Array[ #*(# - 1)/2 &, 54] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 10 2009 *)
    FoldList[#1 + #2 &, 0, Range@ 50] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
    Accumulate[Range[0,70]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 09 2012 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[x / (1 - x)^3, {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 30 2014 *)
    (* For Mathematica 10.4+ *) Table[PolygonalNumber[n], {n, 0, 53}] (* Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Aug 27 2016 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 1, 3}, 54] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 04 2016 *)
    (* The following Mathematica program, courtesy of Steven J. Miller, is useful for testing if a sequence is Benford. To test a different sequence only one line needs to be changed. This strongly suggests that the triangular numbers are not Benford, since the second and third columns of the output disagree. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 12 2017 *)
    fd[x_] := Floor[10^Mod[Log[10, x], 1]]
    benfordtest[num_] := Module[{},
       For[d = 1, d <= 9, d++, digit[d] = 0];
       For[n = 1, n <= num, n++,
        {
         d = fd[n(n+1)/2];
         If[d != 0, digit[d] = digit[d] + 1];
         }];
       For[d = 1, d <= 9, d++, digit[d] = 1.0 digit[d]/num];
       For[d = 1, d <= 9, d++,
        Print[d, " ", 100.0 digit[d], " ", 100.0 Log[10, (d + 1)/d]]];
       ];
    benfordtest[20000]
    Table[Length[Join@@Permutations/@IntegerPartitions[n,{3}]],{n,0,15}] (* Gus Wiseman, Oct 28 2020 *)
  • PARI
    A000217(n) = n * (n + 1) / 2;
    
  • PARI
    is_A000217(n)=n*2==(1+n=sqrtint(2*n))*n \\ M. F. Hasler, May 24 2012
    
  • PARI
    is(n)=ispolygonal(n,3) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 28 2014
    
  • PARI
    list(lim)=my(v=List(),n,t); while((t=n*n++/2)<=lim,listput(v,t)); Vec(v) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 18 2021
    
  • Python
    for n in range(0,60): print(n*(n+1)//2, end=', ') # Stefano Spezia, Dec 06 2018
    
  • Python
    # Intended to compute the initial segment of the sequence, not
    # isolated terms. If in the iteration the line "x, y = x + y + 1, y + 1"
    # is replaced by "x, y = x + y + k, y + k" then the figurate numbers are obtained,
    # for k = 0 (natural A001477), k = 1 (triangular), k = 2 (squares), k = 3 (pentagonal), k = 4 (hexagonal), k = 5 (heptagonal), k = 6 (octagonal), etc.
    def aList():
        x, y = 1, 1
        yield 0
        while True:
            yield x
            x, y = x + y + 1, y + 1
    A000217 = aList()
    print([next(A000217) for i in range(54)]) # Peter Luschny, Aug 03 2019
  • SageMath
    [n*(n+1)/2 for n in (0..60)] # Bruno Berselli, Jul 11 2014
    
  • Scala
    (1 to 53).scanLeft(0)( + ) // Horstmann (2012), p. 171
    
  • Scheme
    (define (A000217 n) (/ (* n (+ n 1)) 2)) ;; Antti Karttunen, Jul 08 2017
    

Formula

G.f.: x/(1-x)^3. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(x+x^2/2).
a(n) = a(-1-n).
a(n) + a(n-1)*a(n+1) = a(n)^2. - Terrel Trotter, Jr., Apr 08 2002
a(n) = (-1)^n*Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^k*k^2. - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 29 2002
a(n+1) = ((n+2)/n)*a(n), Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 2. - Jon Perry, Jul 13 2003
For n > 0, a(n) = A001109(n) - Sum_{k=0..n-1} (2*k+1)*A001652(n-1-k); e.g., 10 = 204 - (1*119 + 3*20 + 5*3 + 7*0). - Charlie Marion, Jul 18 2003
With interpolated zeros, this is n*(n+2)*(1+(-1)^n)/16. - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 19 2003
a(n+1) is the determinant of the n X n symmetric Pascal matrix M_(i, j) = binomial(i+j+1, i). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 19 2003
a(n) = ((n+1)^3 - n^3 - 1)/6. - Xavier Acloque, Oct 24 2003
a(n) = a(n-1) + (1 + sqrt(1 + 8*a(n-1)))/2. This recursive relation is inverted when taking the negative branch of the square root, i.e., a(n) is transformed into a(n-1) rather than a(n+1). - Carl R. White, Nov 04 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} phi(k)*floor(n/k) = Sum_{k=1..n} A000010(k)*A010766(n, k) (R. Dedekind). - Vladeta Jovovic, Feb 05 2004
a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 19 2004
a(n) = a(n-2) + 2*n - 1. - Paul Barry, Jul 17 2004
a(n) = sqrt(Sum_{i=1..n} Sum_{j=1..n} (i*j)) = sqrt(A000537(n)). - Alexander Adamchuk, Oct 24 2004
a(n) = sqrt(sqrt(Sum_{i=1..n} Sum_{j=1..n} (i*j)^3)) = (Sum_{i=1..n} Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{k=1..n} (i*j*k)^3)^(1/6). - Alexander Adamchuk, Oct 26 2004
a(n) == 1 (mod n+2) if n is odd and a(n) == n/2+2 (mod n+2) if n is even. - Jon Perry, Dec 16 2004
a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 1. - Miklos Kristof, Mar 09 2005
a(n) = a(n-1) + n. - Zak Seidov, Mar 06 2005
a(n) = A108299(n+3,4) = -A108299(n+4,5). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 01 2005
a(n) = A111808(n,2) for n > 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 17 2005
a(n)*a(n+1) = A006011(n+1) = (n+1)^2*(n^2+2)/4 = 3*A002415(n+1) = 1/2*a(n^2+2*n). a(n-1)*a(n) = (1/2)*a(n^2-1). - Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 13 2006 [Corrected and edited by Charlie Marion, Nov 26 2010]
a(n) = floor((2*n+1)^2/8). - Paul Barry, May 29 2006
For positive n, we have a(8*a(n))/a(n) = 4*(2*n+1)^2 = (4*n+2)^2, i.e., a(A033996(n))/a(n) = 4*A016754(n) = (A016825(n))^2 = A016826(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 29 2006
a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a((n+1)^2) [R B Nelsen, Math Mag 70 (2) (1997), p. 130]. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 22 2006
a(n) = A126890(n,0). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 30 2006
a(n)*a(n+k)+a(n+1)*a(n+1+k) = a((n+1)*(n+1+k)). Generalizes previous formula dated Nov 22 2006 [and comments by J. M. Bergot dated May 22 2012]. - Charlie Marion, Feb 04 2011
(sqrt(8*a(n)+1)-1)/2 = n. - David W. Cantrell (DWCantrell(AT)sigmaxi.net), Feb 26 2007
a(n) = A023896(n) + A067392(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Mar 02 2007
Sum_{k=0..n} a(k)*A039599(n,k) = A002457(n-1), for n >= 1. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 10 2007
8*a(n)^3 + a(n)^2 = Y(n)^2, where Y(n) = n*(n+1)*(2*n+1)/2 = 3*A000330(n). - Mohamed Bouhamida, Nov 06 2007 [Edited by Derek Orr, May 05 2015]
A general formula for polygonal numbers is P(k,n) = (k-2)*(n-1)n/2 + n = n + (k-2)*A000217(n-1), for n >= 1, k >= 3. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 28 2008 and Mar 31 2013
a(3*n) = A081266(n), a(4*n) = A033585(n), a(5*n) = A144312(n), a(6*n) = A144314(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 17 2008
a(n) = A022264(n) - A049450(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 09 2008
If we define f(n,i,a) = Sum_{j=0..k-1} (binomial(n,k)*Stirling1(n-k,i)*Product_{j=0..k-1} (-a-j)), then a(n) = -f(n,n-1,1), for n >= 1. - Milan Janjic, Dec 20 2008
4*a(x) + 4*a(y) + 1 = (x+y+1)^2 + (x-y)^2. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jan 21 2009
a(n) = A000124(n-1) + n-1 for n >= 2. a(n) = A000124(n) - 1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Jun 16 2009
An exponential generating function for the inverse of this sequence is given by Sum_{m>=0} ((Pochhammer(1, m)*Pochhammer(1, m))*x^m/(Pochhammer(3, m)*factorial(m))) = ((2-2*x)*log(1-x)+2*x)/x^2, the n-th derivative of which has a closed form which must be evaluated by taking the limit as x->0. A000217(n+1) = (lim_{x->0} d^n/dx^n (((2-2*x)*log(1-x)+2*x)/x^2))^-1 = (lim_{x->0} (2*Gamma(n)*(-1/x)^n*(n*(x/(-1+x))^n*(-x+1+n)*LerchPhi(x/(-1+x), 1, n) + (-1+x)*(n+1)*(x/(-1+x))^n + n*(log(1-x)+log(-1/(-1+x)))*(-x+1+n))/x^2))^-1. - Stephen Crowley, Jun 28 2009
a(n) = A034856(n+1) - A005408(n) = A005843(n) + A000124(n) - A005408(n). - Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 05 2009
a(A006894(n)) = a(A072638(n-1)+1) = A072638(n) = A006894(n+1)-1 for n >= 1. For n=4, a(11) = 66. - Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 12 2009
With offset 1, a(n) = floor(n^3/(n+1))/2. - Gary Detlefs, Feb 14 2010
a(n) = 4*a(floor(n/2)) + (-1)^(n+1)*floor((n+1)/2). - Bruno Berselli, May 23 2010
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3); a(0)=0, a(1)=1. - Mark Dols, Aug 20 2010
From Charlie Marion, Oct 15 2010: (Start)
a(n) + 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2) = n^2 + (n-1)^2; and
a(n) + 3*a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) = n^2 + 2*(n-1)^2 + (n-2)^2.
In general, for n >= m > 2, Sum_{k=0..m} binomial(m,m-k)*a(n-k) = Sum_{k=0..m-1} binomial(m-1,m-1-k)*(n-k)^2.
a(n) - 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2) = 1, a(n) - 3*a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) - a(n-3) = 0 and a(n) - 4*a(n-1) + 6*a(n-2) - 4*(a-3) + a(n-4) = 0.
In general, for n >= m > 2, Sum_{k=0..m} (-1)^k*binomial(m,m-k)*a(n-k) = 0.
(End)
a(n) = sqrt(A000537(n)). - Zak Seidov, Dec 07 2010
For n > 0, a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} 4*(sin(x))^(2*n-1)*(cos(x))^3). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = A110654(n)*A008619(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 24 2011
a(2*k-1) = A000384(k), a(2*k) = A014105(k), k > 0. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 13 2011
a(n) = A026741(n)*A026741(n+1). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 01 2012
a(n) + a(a(n)) + 1 = a(a(n)+1). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 27 2012
a(n) = -s(n+1,n), where s(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the first kind, A048994. - Mircea Merca, May 03 2012
a(n)*a(n+1) = a(Sum_{m=1..n} A005408(m))/2, for n >= 1. For example, if n=8, then a(8)*a(9) = a(80)/2 = 1620. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, May 27 2012
a(n) = A002378(n)/2 = (A001318(n) + A085787(n))/2. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2013
G.f.: x * (1 + 3x + 6x^2 + ...) = x * Product_{j>=0} (1+x^(2^j))^3 = x * A(x) * A(x^2) * A(x^4) * ..., where A(x) = (1 + 3x + 3x^2 + x^3). - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 26 2012
G.f.: G(0) where G(k) = 1 + (2*k+3)*x/(2*k+1 - x*(k+2)*(2*k+1)/(x*(k+2) + (k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 23 2012
a(n) = A002088(n) + A063985(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 21 2013
G.f.: x + 3*x^2/(Q(0)-3*x) where Q(k) = 1 + k*(x+1) + 3*x - x*(k+1)*(k+4)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 14 2013
a(n) + a(n+1) + a(n+2) + a(n+3) + n = a(2*n+4). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Mar 16 2013
a(n) + a(n+1) + ... + a(n+8) + 6*n = a(3*n+15). - Charlie Marion, Mar 18 2013
a(n) + a(n+1) + ... + a(n+20) + 2*n^2 + 57*n = a(5*n+55). - Charlie Marion, Mar 18 2013
3*a(n) + a(n-1) = a(2*n), for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 05 2013
In general, a(k*n) = (2*k-1)*a(n) + a((k-1)*n-1). - Charlie Marion, Apr 20 2015
Also, a(k*n) = a(k)*a(n) + a(k-1)*a(n-1). - Robert Israel, Apr 20 2015
a(n+1) = det(binomial(i+2,j+1), 1 <= i,j <= n). - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
a(n) = floor(n/2) + ceiling(n^2/2) = n - floor(n/2) + floor(n^2/2). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 15 2013
a(n) = floor((n+1)/(exp(2/(n+1))-1)). - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2013
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 3*exp(1)/2 by the e.g.f. Also see A067764 regarding ratios calculated this way for binomial coefficients in general. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 15 2013
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 4*log(2) - 2 = 0.7725887... . - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 11 2014
2/(Sum_{n>=m} 1/a(n)) = m, for m > 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 12 2014
A228474(a(n))=n; A248952(a(n))=0; A248953(a(n))=a(n); A248961(a(n))=A000330(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 20 2014
a(a(n)-1) + a(a(n+2)-1) + 1 = A000124(n+1)^2. - Charlie Marion, Nov 04 2014
a(n) = 2*A000292(n) - A000330(n). - Luciano Ancora, Mar 14 2015
a(n) = A007494(n-1) + A099392(n) for n > 0. - Bui Quang Tuan, Mar 27 2015
Sum_{k=0..n} k*a(k+1) = a(A000096(n+1)). - Charlie Marion, Jul 15 2015
Let O(n) be the oblong number n(n+1) = A002378(n) and S(n) the square number n^2 = A000290(n). Then a(n) + a(n+2k) = O(n+k) + S(k) and a(n) + a(n+2k+1) = S(n+k+1) + O(k). - Charlie Marion, Jul 16 2015
A generalization of the Nov 22 2006 formula, a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a((n+1)^2), follows. Let T(k,n) = a(n) + k. Then for all k, T(k,n)^2 + T(k,n+1)^2 = T(k,(n+1)^2 + 2*k) - 2*k. - Charlie Marion, Dec 10 2015
a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a(a(n) + a(n+1)). Deducible from N. J. A. Sloane's a(n) + a(n+1) = (n+1)^2 and R. B. Nelson's a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a((n+1)^2). - Ben Paul Thurston, Dec 28 2015
Dirichlet g.f.: (zeta(s-2) + zeta(s-1))/2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jun 26 2016
a(n)^2 - a(n-1)^2 = n^3. - Miquel Cerda, Jun 29 2016
a(n) = A080851(0,n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
a(n) = A000290(n-1) - A034856(n-4). - Peter M. Chema, Sep 25 2016
a(n)^2 + a(n+3)^2 + 19 = a(n^2 + 4*n + 10). - Charlie Marion, Nov 23 2016
2*a(n)^2 + a(n) = a(n^2+n). - Charlie Marion, Nov 29 2016
G.f.: x/(1-x)^3 = (x * r(x) * r(x^3) * r(x^9) * r(x^27) * ...), where r(x) = (1 + x + x^2)^3 = (1 + 3*x + 6*x^2 + 7*x^3 + 6*x^4 + 3*x^5 + x^6). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 03 2016
a(n) = sum of the elements of inverse of matrix Q(n), where Q(n) has elements q_i,j = 1/(1-4*(i-j)^2). So if e = appropriately sized vector consisting of 1's, then a(n) = e'.Q(n)^-1.e. - Michael Yukish, Mar 20 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} ((2*k-1)!!*(2*n-2*k-1)!!)/((2*k-2)!!*(2*n-2*k)!!). - Michael Yukish, Mar 20 2017
Sum_{i=0..k-1} a(n+i) = (3*k*n^2 + 3*n*k^2 + k^3 - k)/6. - Christopher Hohl, Feb 23 2019
a(n) = A060544(n + 1) - A016754(n). - Ralf Steiner, Nov 09 2019
a(n) == 0 (mod n) iff n is odd (see De Koninck reference). - Bernard Schott, Jan 10 2020
8*a(k)*a(n) + ((a(k)-1)*n + a(k))^2 = ((a(k)+1)*n + a(k))^2. This formula reduces to the well-known formula, 8*a(n) + 1 = (2*n+1)^2, when k = 1. - Charlie Marion, Jul 23 2020
a(k)*a(n) = Sum_{i = 0..k-1} (-1)^i*a((k-i)*(n-i)). - Charlie Marion, Dec 04 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 20 2021: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = cosh(sqrt(7)*Pi/2)/(2*Pi).
Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = 1/3. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2*n-1} (-1)^(k+1)*a(k)*a(2*n-k). For example, for n = 4, 1*28 - 3*21 + 6*15 - 10*10 + 15*6 - 21*3 + 28*1 = 10. - Charlie Marion, Mar 23 2022
2*a(n) = A000384(n) - n^2 + 2*n. In general, if P(k,n) = the n-th k-gonal number, then (j+1)*a(n) = P(5 + j, n) - n^2 + (j+1)*n. More generally, (j+1)*P(k,n) = P(2*k + (k-2)*(j-1),n) - n^2 + (j+1)*n. - Charlie Marion, Mar 14 2023
a(n) = A109613(n) * A004526(n+1). - Torlach Rush, Nov 10 2023
a(n) = (1/6)* Sum_{k = 0..3*n} (-1)^(n+k+1) * k*(k + 1) * binomial(3*n+k, 2*k). - Peter Bala, Nov 03 2024
From Peter Bala, Jul 05 2025: (Start)
The following series telescope: for k >= 0,
Sum_{n >= 1} a(n)*a(n+2)*...*a(n+2*k)/(a(n+1)*a(n+3)*...*a(n+2*k+3)) = 1/(2*k + 3);
Sum_{n >= 1} a(n+1)*a(n+3)*...*a(n+2*k+1)/(a(n)*a(n+2)*...*a(n+2*k+2)) = 2/(2*k + 3) * Sum_{i = 1..2*k+3} 1/i. (End)

Extensions

Edited by Derek Orr, May 05 2015

A011782 Coefficients of expansion of (1-x)/(1-2*x) in powers of x.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608, 16777216, 33554432, 67108864, 134217728, 268435456, 536870912, 1073741824, 2147483648, 4294967296, 8589934592
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Lee D. Killough (killough(AT)wagner.convex.com)

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Comments

Apart from initial term, same as A000079 (powers of 2).
Number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n. - Toby Bartels, Aug 27 2003
Number of ways of putting n unlabeled items into (any number of) labeled boxes where every box contains at least one item. Also "unimodal permutations of n items", i.e., those which rise then fall. (E.g., for three items: ABC, ACB, BCA and CBA are unimodal.) - Henry Bottomley, Jan 17 2001
Number of permutations in S_n avoiding the patterns 213 and 312. - Tuwani Albert Tshifhumulo, Apr 20 2001. More generally (see Simion and Schmidt), the number of permutations in S_n avoiding (i) the 123 and 132 patterns; (ii) the 123 and 213 patterns; (iii) the 132 and 213 patterns; (iv) the 132 and 231 patterns; (v) the 132 and 312 patterns; (vi) the 213 and 231 patterns; (vii) the 213 and 312 patterns; (viii) the 231 and 312 patterns; (ix) the 231 and 321 patterns; (x) the 312 and 321 patterns.
a(n+2) is the number of distinct Boolean functions of n variables under action of symmetric group.
Number of unlabeled (1+2)-free posets. - Detlef Pauly, May 25 2003
Image of the central binomial coefficients A000984 under the Riordan array ((1-x), x*(1-x)). - Paul Barry, Mar 18 2005
Binomial transform of (1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, ...); inverse binomial transform of A007051. - Philippe Deléham, Jul 04 2005
Also, number of rationals in [0, 1) whose binary expansions terminate after n bits. - Brad Chalfan, May 29 2006
Equals row sums of triangle A144157. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 12 2008
Prepend A089067 with a 1, getting (1, 1, 3, 5, 13, 23, 51, ...) as polcoeff A(x); then (1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...) = A(x)/A(x^2). - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 18 2010
An elephant sequence, see A175655. For the central square four A[5] vectors, with decimal values 2, 8, 32 and 128, lead to this sequence. For the corner squares these vectors lead to the companion sequence A094373. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 15 2010
From Paul Curtz, Jul 20 2011: (Start)
Array T(m,n) = 2*T(m,n-1) + T(m-1,n):
1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ... = a(n)
1, 3, 8, 20, 48, 112, ... = A001792,
1, 5, 18, 56, 160, 432, ... = A001793,
1, 7, 32, 120, 400, 1232, ... = A001794,
1, 9, 50, 220, 840, 2912, ... = A006974, followed with A006975, A006976, gives nonzero coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials of first kind A039991 =
1,
1, 0,
2, 0, -1,
4, 0, -3, 0,
8, 0, -8, 0, 1.
T(m,n) third vertical: 2*n^2, n positive (A001105).
Fourth vertical appears in Janet table even rows, last vertical (A168342 array, A138509, rank 3, 13, = A166911)). (End)
A131577(n) and differences are:
0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,
1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, = a(n),
0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,
1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.
Number of 2-color necklaces of length 2n equal to their complemented reversal. For length 2n+1, the number is 0. - David W. Wilson, Jan 01 2012
Edges and also central terms of triangle A198069: a(0) = A198069(0,0) and for n > 0: a(n) = A198069(n,0) = A198069(n,2^n) = A198069(n,2^(n-1)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 26 2013
These could be called the composition numbers (see the second comment) since the equivalent sequence for partitions is A000041, the partition numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 28 2013
Number of self conjugate integer partitions with exactly n parts for n>=1. - David Christopher, Aug 18 2014
The sequence is the INVERT transform of (1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 16 2015
Number of threshold graphs on n nodes [Hougardy]. - Falk Hüffner, Dec 03 2015
Number of ternary words of length n in which binary subwords appear in the form 10...0. - Milan Janjic, Jan 25 2017
a(n) is the number of words of length n over an alphabet of two letters, of which one letter appears an even number of times (the empty word of length 0 is included). See the analogous odd number case in A131577, and the Balakrishnan reference in A006516 (the 4-letter odd case), pp. 68-69, problems 2.66, 2.67 and 2.68. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 17 2017
Number of D-equivalence classes of Łukasiewicz paths. Łukasiewicz paths are D-equivalent iff the positions of pattern D are identical in these paths. - Sergey Kirgizov, Apr 08 2018
Number of color patterns (set partitions) for an oriented row of length n using two or fewer colors (subsets). Two color patterns are equivalent if we permute the colors. For a(4)=8, the 4 achiral patterns are AAAA, AABB, ABAB, and ABBA; the 4 chiral patterns are the 2 pairs AAAB-ABBB and AABA-ABAA. - Robert A. Russell, Oct 30 2018
The determinant of the symmetric n X n matrix M defined by M(i,j) = (-1)^max(i,j) for 1 <= i,j <= n is equal to a(n) * (-1)^(n*(n+1)/2). - Bernard Schott, Dec 29 2018
For n>=1, a(n) is the number of permutations of length n whose cyclic representations can be written in such a way that when the cycle parentheses are removed what remains is 1 through n in natural order. For example, a(4)=8 since there are exactly 8 permutations of this form, namely, (1 2 3 4), (1)(2 3 4), (1 2)(3 4), (1 2 3)(4), (1)(2)(3 4), (1)(2 3)(4), (1 2)(3)(4), and (1)(2)(3)(4). Our result follows readily by conditioning on k, the number of parentheses pairs of the form ")(" in the cyclic representation. Since there are C(n-1,k) ways to insert these in the cyclic representation and since k runs from 0 to n-1, we obtain a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} C(n-1,k) = 2^(n-1). - Dennis P. Walsh, May 23 2020
Maximum number of preimages that a permutation of length n + 1 can have under the consecutive-231-avoiding stack-sorting map. - Colin Defant, Aug 28 2020
a(n) is the number of occurrences of the empty set {} in the von Neumann ordinals from 0 up to n. Each ordinal k is defined as the set of all smaller ordinals: 0 = {}, 1 = {0}, 2 = {0,1}, etc. Since {} is the foundational element of all ordinals, the total number of times it appears grows as powers of 2. - Kyle Wyonch, Mar 30 2025

Examples

			G.f. = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 4*x^3 + 8*x^4 + 16*x^5 + 32*x^6 + 64*x^7 + 128*x^8 + ...
    ( -1   1  -1)
det (  1   1   1)  = 4
    ( -1  -1  -1)
		

References

  • Mohammad K. Azarian, A Generalization of the Climbing Stairs Problem, Mathematics and Computer Education Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 24-28, Winter 1997.
  • S. Kitaev, Patterns in Permutations and Words, Springer-Verlag, 2011. see p. 399 Table A.7
  • Xavier Merlin, Methodix Algèbre, Ellipses, 1995, p. 153.

Crossrefs

Sequences with g.f.'s of the form ((1-x)/(1-2*x))^k: this sequence (k=1), A045623 (k=2), A058396 (k=3), A062109 (k=4), A169792 (k=5), A169793 (k=6), A169794 (k=7), A169795 (k=8), A169796 (k=9), A169797 (k=10).
Cf. A005418 (unoriented), A122746(n-3) (chiral), A016116 (achiral).
Row sums of triangle A100257.
A row of A160232.
Row 2 of A278984.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a011782 n = a011782_list !! n
    a011782_list = 1 : scanl1 (+) a011782_list
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 21 2013
    
  • Magma
    [Floor((1+2^n)/2): n in [0..35]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 21 2011
    
  • Maple
    A011782:= n-> ceil(2^(n-1)): seq(A011782(n), n=0..50); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Feb 21 2015
    with(PolynomialTools):  A011782:=seq(coeftayl((1-x)/(1-2*x), x = 0, k),k=0..10^2); # Muniru A Asiru, Sep 26 2017
  • Mathematica
    f[s_] := Append[s, Ceiling[Plus @@ s]]; Nest[f, {1}, 32] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 07 2006 *)
    CoefficientList[ Series[(1-x)/(1-2x), {x, 0, 32}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 07 2006 *)
    Table[Sum[StirlingS2[n, k], {k,0,2}], {n, 0, 30}] (* Robert A. Russell, Apr 25 2018 *)
    Join[{1},NestList[2#&,1,40]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 06 2018 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<1, n==0, 2^(n-1))};
    
  • PARI
    Vec((1-x)/(1-2*x) + O(x^30)) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 31 2015
    
  • Python
    def A011782(n): return 1 if n == 0 else 2**(n-1) # Chai Wah Wu, May 11 2022
  • Sage
    [sum(stirling_number2(n,j) for j in (0..2)) for n in (0..35)] # G. C. Greubel, Jun 02 2020
    

Formula

a(0) = 1, a(n) = 2^(n-1).
G.f.: (1 - x) / (1 - 2*x) = 1 / (1 - x / (1 - x)). - Michael Somos, Apr 18 2012
E.g.f.: cosh(z)*exp(z) = (exp(2*z) + 1)/2.
a(0) = 1 and for n>0, a(n) = sum of all previous terms.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, 2*k). - Paul Barry, Feb 25 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*(1+(-1)^k)/2. - Paul Barry, May 27 2003
a(n) = floor((1+2^n)/2). - Toby Bartels (toby+sloane(AT)math.ucr.edu), Aug 27 2003
G.f.: Sum_{i>=0} x^i/(1-x)^i. - Jon Perry, Jul 10 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*binomial(k+1, n-k)*binomial(2*k, k). - Paul Barry, Mar 18 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} A055830(n-k, k). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 22 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A098158(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 04 2006
G.f.: 1/(1 - (x + x^2 + x^3 + ...)). - Geoffrey Critzer, Aug 30 2008
a(n) = A000079(n) - A131577(n).
a(n) = A173921(A000079(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2010
a(n) = Sum_{k=2^n..2^(n+1)-1} A093873(k)/A093875(k), sums of rows of the full tree of Kepler's harmonic fractions. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 17 2010
E.g.f.: (exp(2*x)+1)/2 = (G(0) + 1)/2; G(k) = 1 + 2*x/(2*k+1 - x*(2*k+1)/(x + (k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 03 2011
A051049(n) = p(n+1) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = a(k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Apr 18 2012
A008619(n) = p(-1) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = a(k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Apr 18 2012
INVERT transform is A122367. MOBIUS transform is A123707. EULER transform of A059966. PSUM transform is A000079. PSUMSIGN transform is A078008. BINOMIAL transform is A007051. REVERT transform is A105523. A002866(n) = a(n)*n!. - Michael Somos, Apr 18 2012
G.f.: U(0), where U(k) = 1 + x*(k+3) - x*(k+2)/U(k+1); (continued fraction, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 10 2012
a(n) = A000041(n) + A056823(n). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 31 2013
E.g.f.: E(0), where E(k) = 1 + x/( 2*k+1 - x/E(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 25 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/(1 + x)*( 1 + 3*x/(1 + 3*x)*( 1 + 5*x/(1 + 5*x)*( 1 + 7*x/(1 + 7*x)*( 1 + ... )))). - Peter Bala, May 27 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..2} stirling2(n, k).
G.f.: Sum_{j=0..k} A248925(k,j)*x^j / Product_{j=1..k} 1-j*x with k=2. - Robert A. Russell, Apr 25 2018
a(n) = A053120(n, n), n >= 0, (main diagonal of triangle of Chebyshev's T polynomials). - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 26 2019

Extensions

Additional comments from Emeric Deutsch, May 14 2001
Typo corrected by Philippe Deléham, Oct 25 2008

A029931 If 2n = Sum 2^e_i, a(n) = Sum e_i.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 15, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 17, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16
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Write n in base 2, n = sum b(i)*2^(i-1), then a(n) = sum b(i)*i. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 09 2002
May be regarded as a triangular array read by rows, giving weighted sum of compositions in standard order. The standard order of compositions is given by A066099. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Nov 06 2006
Sum of all positive integer roots m_i of polynomial {m,k} - see link [Shevelev]; see also A264613. - Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 13 2015
Also the sum of binary indices of n, where a binary index of n (A048793) is any position of a 1 in its reversed binary expansion. For example, the binary indices of 11 are {1,2,4}, so a(11) = 7. - Gus Wiseman, May 22 2024

Examples

			14 = 8+4+2 so a(7) = 3+2+1 = 6.
Composition number 11 is 2,1,1; 1*2+2*1+3*1 = 7, so a(11) = 7.
The triangle starts:
  0
  1
  2 3
  3 4 5 6
The reversed binary expansion of 18 is (0,1,0,0,1) with 1's at positions {2,5}, so a(18) = 2 + 5 = 7. - _Gus Wiseman_, Jul 22 2019
		

Crossrefs

Other sequences that are built by replacing 2^k in the binary representation with other numbers: A022290 (Fibonacci), A059590 (factorials), A073642, A089625 (primes), A116549, A326031.
Cf. A001793 (row sums), A011782 (row lengths), A059867, A066099, A124757.
Row sums of A048793 and A272020.
Contains exactly A000009(n) copies of n.
For length instead of sum we have A000120, complement A023416.
For minimum instead of sum we have A001511, opposite A000012.
For maximum instead of sum we have A029837 or A070939, opposite A070940.
For product instead of sum we have A096111.
The reverse version is A230877, row sums of A371572.
The reverse complement is A359359, row sums of A371571.
The complement is A359400, row sums of A368494.
Numbers k such that a(k) is prime are A372689.
A014499 lists binary indices of prime numbers.
A019565 gives Heinz number of binary indices, inverse A048675.
A372471 lists binary indices of primes, row-sums A372429.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a029931 = sum . zipWith (*) [1..] . a030308_row
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2014
    
  • Maple
    HammingWeight := n -> add(i, i = convert(n, base, 2)):
    a := proc(n) option remember; `if`(n = 0, 0,
    ifelse(n::even, a(n/2) + HammingWeight(n/2), a(n-1) + 1)) end:
    seq(a(n), n = 0..78); # Peter Luschny, Oct 30 2021
  • Mathematica
    a[n_] := (b = IntegerDigits[n, 2]).Reverse @ Range[Length @ b]; Array[a,78,0] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 28 2011, after B. Cloitre *)
  • PARI
    for(n=0,100,l=length(binary(n)); print1(sum(i=1,l, component(binary(n),i)*(l-i+1)),","))
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = my(b=binary(n)); b*-[-#b..-1]~; \\ Ruud H.G. van Tol, Oct 17 2023
    
  • Python
    def A029931(n): return sum(i if j == '1' else 0 for i, j in enumerate(bin(n)[:1:-1],1)) # Chai Wah Wu, Dec 20 2022
    (C#)
    ulong A029931(ulong n) {
        ulong result = 0, counter = 1;
        while(n > 0) {
            if (n % 2 == 1)
              result += counter;
            counter++;
            n /= 2;
        }
        return result;
    } // Frank Hollstein, Jan 07 2023

Formula

a(n) = a(n - 2^L(n)) + L(n) + 1 [where L(n) = floor(log_2(n)) = A000523(n)] = sum of digits of A048794 [at least for n < 512]. - Henry Bottomley, Mar 09 2001
a(0) = 0, a(2n) = a(n) + e1(n), a(2n+1) = a(2n) + 1, where e1(n) = A000120(n). a(n) = log_2(A029930(n)). - Ralf Stephan, Jun 19 2003
G.f.: (1/(1-x)) * Sum_{k>=0} (k+1)*x^2^k/(1+x^2^k). - Ralf Stephan, Jun 23 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k>=0} A030308(n,k)*A000027(k+1). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 15 2011
a(n) = sum of n-th row of the triangle in A213629. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 17 2012
From Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2014: (Start)
a(A089633(n)) = n and a(m) != n for m < A089633(n).
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..A070939(n)} k*A030308(n,k-1). (End)
a(n) = A073642(n) + A000120(n). - Peter Kagey, Apr 04 2016

Extensions

More terms from Erich Friedman

A053120 Triangle of coefficients of Chebyshev's T(n,x) polynomials (powers of x in increasing order).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 2, 0, -3, 0, 4, 1, 0, -8, 0, 8, 0, 5, 0, -20, 0, 16, -1, 0, 18, 0, -48, 0, 32, 0, -7, 0, 56, 0, -112, 0, 64, 1, 0, -32, 0, 160, 0, -256, 0, 128, 0, 9, 0, -120, 0, 432, 0, -576, 0, 256, -1, 0, 50, 0, -400, 0, 1120, 0, -1280, 0, 512, 0, -11, 0, 220, 0, -1232, 0, 2816, 0, -2816, 0, 1024
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Row sums (signed triangle): A000012 (powers of 1). Row sums (unsigned triangle): A001333(n).
From Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 21 2013: (Start)
The row polynomials T(n,x) equal (S(n,2*x) - S(n-2,2*x))/2, n >= 0, with the row polynomials S from A049310, with S(-1,x) = 0, and S(-2,x) = -1.
The zeros of T(n,x) are x(n,k) = cos((2*k+1)*Pi/(2*n)), k = 0, 1, ..., n-1, n >= 1. (End)
From Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 03 2020 and Paul Weisenhorn: (Start)
The (sub)diagonal sequences {D_{2*k}(m)}{m >= 0}, for k >= 0, have o.g.f. GD{2*k}(x) = (-1)^k*(1-x)/(1-2*x)^(k+1), for k >= 0, and GD_{2*k+1}(x) = 0, for k >= 0. This follows from their o.g.f. GGD(z, x) := Sum_{k>=0} GD_k(x)*z^n which is obtained from the o.g.f. of the T-triangle GT(z, x) = (1-x*z)/(1 - 2*x + z^2) (see the formula section) by GGD(z, x) = GT(z, x/z).
The explicit form is then D_{2*k}(m) = (-1)^k, for m = 0, and
(-1)^k*(2*k+m)*2^(m-1)*risefac(k+1, m-1)/m!, for m >= 1, with the rising factorial risefac(x, n). (End)

Examples

			The triangle a(n,m) begins:
n\m  0  1   2    3     4    5     6     7      8    9   10...
0:   1
1:   0  1
2:  -1  0   2
3:   0 -3   0    4
4:   1  0  -8    0     8
5:   0  5   0  -20     0   16
6:  -1  0  18    0   -48    0    32
7:   0 -7   0   56     0 -112     0    64
8:   1  0 -32    0   160    0  -256     0    128
9:   0  9   0 -120     0  432     0  -576      0  256
10: -1  0  50    0  -400    0  1120     0  -1280    0  512
... Reformatted and extended - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Oct 21 2013
E.g., the fourth row (n=3) corresponds to the polynomial T(3,x) = -3*x + 4*x^3.
		

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964. Tenth printing, Wiley, 2002 (also electronically available), p. 795.
  • F. Hirzebruch et al., Manifolds and Modular Forms, Vieweg 1994 pp. 77, 105.
  • Theodore J. Rivlin, Chebyshev polynomials: from approximation theory to algebra and number theory, 2. ed., Wiley, New York, 1990.
  • Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 22, page 196.
  • TableCurve 2D, Automated curve fitting and equation discovery, Version 5.01 for Windows, User's Manual, Chebyshev Series Polynomials and Rationals, pages 12-21 - 12-24, SYSTAT Software, Inc., Richmond, WA, 2002.

Crossrefs

The first nonzero (sub)diagonal sequences are A011782, -A001792, A001793(n+1), -A001794, A006974, -A006975, A006976, -A209404.

Programs

  • Julia
    using Nemo
    function A053120Row(n)
        R, x = PolynomialRing(ZZ, "x")
        p = chebyshev_t(n, x)
        [coeff(p, j) for j in 0:n] end
    for n in 0:6 A053120Row(n) |> println end # Peter Luschny, Mar 13 2018
    
  • Magma
    &cat[ Coefficients(ChebyshevT(n)): n in [0..11] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Mar 08 2008
    
  • Maple
    with(orthopoly) ;
    A053120 := proc(n,k)
        T(n,x) ;
        coeftayl(%,x=0,k) ;
    end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Jun 30 2013
    T := (n, x) -> `if`(n = 0, 1, add((-1)^(n - k) * (n/(2*k))*binomial(k, n - k) *(2*x)^(2*k - n), k = 1 ..n)):
    seq(seq(coeff(T(n, x), x, k), k = 0..n), n = 0..11); # Peter Luschny, Sep 20 2022
  • Mathematica
    t[n_, k_] := Coefficient[ ChebyshevT[n, x], x, k]; Flatten[ Table[ t[n, k], {n, 0, 11}, {k, 0, n}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 16 2012 *)
  • PARI
    for(n=0,5,P=polchebyshev(n);for(k=0,n,print1(polcoeff(P,k)", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 16 2012
    
  • SageMath
    def f(n,k): # f = A039991
        if (n<2 and k==0): return 1
        elif (k<0 or k>n): return 0
        else: return 2*f(n-1, k) - f(n-2, k-2)
    def A053120(n,k): return f(n, n-k)
    flatten([[A053120(n,k) for k in (0..n)] for n in (0..12)]) # G. C. Greubel, Aug 10 2022

Formula

T(n, m) = A039991(n, n-m).
G.f. for row polynomials T(n,x) (signed triangle): (1-x*z)/(1-2*x*z+z^2). If unsigned: (1-x*z)/(1-2*x*z-z^2).
T(n, m) := 0 if n < m or n+m odd; T(n, m) = (-1)^(n/2) if m=0 (n even); otherwise T(n, m) = ((-1)^((n+m)/2 + m))*(2^(m-1))*n*binomial((n+m)/2-1, m-1)/m.
Recursion for n >= 2: T(n, m) = T*a(n-1, m-1) - T(n-2, m), T(n, m)=0 if n < m, T(n, -1) := 0, T(0, 0) = T(1, 1) = 1.
G.f. for m-th column (signed triangle): 1/(1+x^2) if m=0, otherwise (2^(m-1))*(x^m)*(1-x^2)/(1+x^2)^(m+1).
From G. C. Greubel, Aug 10 2022: (Start)
Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} T(n-k, k) = A000007(n).
T(2*n, n) = i^n * A036909(n/2) * (1+(-1)^n)/2 + [n=0]/3. (End)
T(n, k) = [x^k] T(n, x) for n >= 1, where T(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n}(-1)^(n - k)*(n/ (2*k))*binomial(k, n - k)*(2*x)^(2*k - n). - Peter Luschny, Sep 20 2022

A001788 a(n) = n*(n+1)*2^(n-2).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 6, 24, 80, 240, 672, 1792, 4608, 11520, 28160, 67584, 159744, 372736, 860160, 1966080, 4456448, 10027008, 22413312, 49807360, 110100480, 242221056, 530579456, 1157627904, 2516582400, 5452595200, 11777605632, 25367150592, 54492397568, 116769423360, 249644974080, 532575944704
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Number of 2-dimensional faces in (n+1)-dimensional hypercube; also number of 4-cycles in the (n+1)-dimensional hypercube. - Henry Bottomley, Apr 14 2000
Also the number of edges in the (n+1)-halved cube graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 21 2017
From Philippe Deléham, Apr 28 2004: a(n) is the sum, over all nonempty subsets E of {1, 2, ..., n}, of all elements of E. E.g., a(3) = 24: the nonempty subsets are {1, 2, 3}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3}, {1}, {2}, {3} and 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 24.
Equivalently, sum of all nodes (except the last one, equal to n+1) of all integer compositions of n+1. - Olivier Gérard, Oct 22 2011
The inverse binomial transform of a(n-k) for k=-1..4 gives A001844, A000290, A000217(n-1), A002620(n-1), A008805(n-4), A000217 interspersed with 0's. - Michael Somos, Jul 18 2003
Take n points on a finite line. They all move with the same constant speed; they instantaneously change direction when they collide with another; and they fall when they quit the line. a(n-1) is the total number of collisions before falling when the initials directions are the 2^n possible. The mean number of collisions is then n(n-1)/8. E.g., a(1)=0 before any collision is possible. a(2)=1 because there is a collision only if the initials directions are, say, right-left. - Emmanuel Moreau, Feb 11 2006
Also number of pericondensed hexagonal systems with n hexagons. For example, if n=5 then the number of pericondensed hexagonal systems with n hexagons is 24. - Parthasarathy Nambi, Sep 06 2006
If X_1,X_2,...,X_n is a partition of a 2n-set X into 2-blocks then, for n>1, a(n-1) is equal to the number of (n+2)-subsets of X intersecting each X_i (i=1,2,...,n). - Milan Janjic, Jul 21 2007
Number of n-permutations of 3 objects u,v,w, with repetition allowed, containing exactly two u's. Example: a(2)=6 because we have uuw, uuv, uwu, uvu, wuu and vuu. - Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 29 2007
For n>0 where [0]={}, the empty set, and [n]={1,2,...n} a(n) is the number of ways to separate [n-1] into three non-overlapping intervals (allowed to be empty) and then choose a subset from each interval. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 07 2009
Form an array with m(n,0) = m(0,n) = n^2 and m(i,j) = m(i-1,j-1) + m(i-1,j). Then m(1,n) = A001844(n) and m(n,n) = a(n). - J. M. Bergot, Nov 07 2012
The sum of the number of inversions of all sequences of zeros and ones with length n+1. - Evan M. Bailey, Dec 09 2020
a(n) is the number of strings of length n defined on {0,1,2,3} that contain at most one 2, exactly one 3, and have no restriction on the number of 0s and 1s. For example, a(3)=24 since the strings are 321 (6 of this type), 320 (6 of this type), 310 (6 of this type), 300 (3 of this type) and 311 (3 of this type). - Enrique Navarrete, May 04 2025

Examples

			The nodes of an integer composition are the partial sums of its elements, seen as relative distances between nodes of a 1-dimensional polygon. For a composition of 7 such as 1+2+1+3, the nodes are 0,1,3,4,7. Their sum (without the last node) is 8. The sum of all nodes of all 2^(7-1)=64 integer compositions of 7 is 672.
		

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 796.
  • Clifford A. Pickover, The Math Book, From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics, Sterling Publ., NY, 2009, page 282.
  • A. P. Prudnikov, Yu. A. Brychkov and O.I. Marichev, "Integrals and Series", Volume 1: "Elementary Functions", Chapter 4: "Finite Sums", New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986-1992.
  • 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).

Crossrefs

Cf. A000079, A001787, A001789, A001793 (sum of all nodes of integer compositions, n included).
Cf. A001844, A038207, A290031 (6-cycles).
Row sums of triangle A094305.
Sequences similar to the form q^(n-2)*binomial(n, 2): A000217 (q=1), this sequence (q=2), A027472 (q=3), A038845 (q=4), A081135 (q=5), A081136 (q=6), A027474 (q=7), A081138 (q=8), A081139 (q=9), A081140 (q=10), A081141 (q=11), A081142 (q=12), A027476 (q=15).

Programs

  • GAP
    List([0..30], n-> n*(n+1)*2^(n-2)); # G. C. Greubel, Aug 27 2019
  • Haskell
    a001788 n = if n < 2 then n else n * (n + 1) * 2 ^ (n - 2)
    a001788_list = zipWith (*) a000217_list $ 1 : a000079_list
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 11 2014
    
  • Magma
    [n*(n+1)*2^(n-2): n in [0..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Aug 27 2019
    
  • Maple
    A001788 := n->n*(n+1)*2^(n-2);
    A001788:=-1/(2*z-1)**3; # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation; gives sequence without initial zero
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[x/(1-2x)^3, {x,0,30}], x]
    Table[n*(n+1)*2^(n-2), {n,0,30}]
    With[{n = 30}, Join[{0}, Times @@@ Thread[{Accumulate[Range[n]], 2^Range[0, n - 1]}]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 16 2013 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{6, -12, 8}, {0, 1, 6}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 16 2013 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n<0,0,2^n*n*(n+1)/4)
    
  • PARI
    A001788_upto(n)=Vec(x/(1-2*x)^3+O(x^n),-n) \\ for illustration. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 05 2024
    
  • Sage
    [n if n < 2 else n * (n + 1) * 2**(n - 2) for n in range(28)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 10 2009
    

Formula

G.f.: x/(1-2*x)^3.
E.g.f.: x*(1 + x)*exp(2*x).
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + n*2^(n-1) = 2*a(n-1) + A001787(n).
a(n) = A038207(n+1,2).
a(n) = A055252(n, 2).
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} i^2 * binomial(n, i): binomial transform of A000290. - Yong Kong, Dec 26 2000
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n} binomial(n+1,j)*(n+1-j)^2. - Zerinvary Lajos, Aug 22 2006
If the leading 0 is deleted, the binomial transform of A001844: (1, 5, 13, 25, 41, ...); = double binomial transform of [1, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 02 2007
a(n) = Sum_{1<=i<=k<=n} (-1)^(i+1)*i^2*binomial(n+1,k+i)*binomial(n+1,k-i). - Mircea Merca, Apr 09 2012
a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=6, a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 12*a(n-2) + 8*a(n-3). - Harvey P. Dale, Jul 16 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..n-1} (k+1) * C(n-1,i). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 20 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 05 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 4*(1-log(2)).
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 12*log(3/2) - 4. (End)

A008310 Triangle of coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials T_n(x).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, -1, 2, -3, 4, 1, -8, 8, 5, -20, 16, -1, 18, -48, 32, -7, 56, -112, 64, 1, -32, 160, -256, 128, 9, -120, 432, -576, 256, -1, 50, -400, 1120, -1280, 512, -11, 220, -1232, 2816, -2816, 1024, 1, -72, 840, -3584, 6912, -6144, 2048, 13, -364, 2912, -9984, 16640, -13312, 4096
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The row length sequence of this irregular array is A008619(n), n >= 0. Even or odd powers appear in increasing order starting with 1 or x for even or odd row numbers n, respectively. This is the standard triangle A053120 with 0 deleted. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 02 2014
Let T* denote the triangle obtained by replacing each number in this triangle by its absolute value. Then T* gives the coefficients for cos(nx) as a polynomial in cos x. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 04 2024

Examples

			Rows are: (1), (1), (-1,2), (-3,4), (1,-8,8), (5,-20,16) etc., since if c = cos(x): cos(0x) = 1, cos(1x) = 1c; cos(2x) = -1+2c^2; cos(3x) = -3c+4c^3, cos(4x) = 1-8c^2+8c^4, cos(5x) = 5c-20c^3+16c^5, etc.
From _Wolfdieter Lang_, Aug 02 2014: (Start)
This irregular triangle a(n,k) begins:
  n\k   0    1     2      3      4      5      6      7 ...
  0:    1
  1:    1
  2:   -1    2
  3:   -3    4
  4:    1   -8     8
  5:    5  -20    16
  6:   -1   18   -48     32
  7:   -7   56  -112     64
  8:    1  -32   160   -256    128
  9:    9 -120   432   -576    256
 10:   -1   50  -400   1120  -1280    512
 11:  -11  220 -1232   2816  -2816   1024
 12:    1  -72   840  -3584   6912  -6144   2048
 13:   13 -364  2912  -9984  16640 -13312   4096
 14:   -1   98 -1568   9408 -26880  39424 -28672   8192
 15:  -15  560 -6048  28800 -70400  92160 -61440  16384
  ...
T(4,x) = 1 - 8*x^2 + 8*x^4, T(5,x) = 5*x - 20*x^3 +16*x^5.
(End)
		

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 795.
  • E. A. Guilleman, Synthesis of Passive Networks, Wiley, 1957, p. 593.
  • Yaroslav Zolotaryuk, J. Chris Eilbeck, "Analytical approach to the Davydov-Scott theory with on-site potential", Physical Review B 63, p543402, Jan. 2001. The authors write, "Since the algebra of these is 'hyperbolic', contrary to the usual Chebyshev polynomials defined on the interval 0 <= x <= 1, we call the set of functions (21) the hyperbolic Chebyshev polynomials." (This refers to the triangle T* described in Comments.)

Crossrefs

A039991 is a row reversed version, but has zeros which enable the triangle to be seen. Columns/diagonals are A011782, A001792, A001793, A001794, A006974, A006975, A006976 etc.
Reflection of A028297. Cf. A008312, A053112.
Row sums are one. Polynomial evaluations include A001075 (x=2), A001541 (x=3), A001091, A001079, A023038, A011943, A001081, A023039, A001085, A077422, A077424, A097308, A097310, A068203.
Cf. A053120.

Programs

  • Maple
    A008310 := proc(n,m) local x ; coeftayl(simplify(ChebyshevT(n,x),'ChebyshevT'),x=0,m) ; end: i := 0 : for n from 0 to 100 do for m from n mod 2 to n by 2 do printf("%d %d ",i,A008310(n,m)) ; i := i+1 ; od ; od ; # R. J. Mathar, Apr 20 2007
    # second Maple program:
    b:= proc(n) b(n):= `if`(n<2, 1, expand(2*b(n-1)-x*b(n-2))) end:
    T:= n-> (p-> (d-> seq(coeff(p, x, d-i), i=0..d))(degree(p)))(b(n)):
    seq(T(n), n=0..15);  # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 04 2019
  • Mathematica
    Flatten[{1, Table[CoefficientList[ChebyshevT[n, x], x], {n, 1, 13}]}]//DeleteCases[#, 0, Infinity]& (* or *) Flatten[{1, Table[Table[((-1)^k*2^(n-2 k-1)*n*Binomial[n-k, k])/(n-k), {k, Floor[n/2], 0, -1}], {n, 1, 13}]}] (* Eugeniy Sokol, Sep 04 2019 *)

Formula

a(n,m) = 2^(m-1) * n * (-1)^((n-m)/2) * ((n+m)/2-1)! / (((n-m)/2)! * m!) if n>0. - R. J. Mathar, Apr 20 2007
From Paul Weisenhorn, Oct 02 2019: (Start)
T_n(x) = 2*x*T_(n-1)(x) - T_(n-2)(x), T_0(x) = 1, T_1(x) = x.
T_n(x) = ((x+sqrt(x^2-1))^n + (x-sqrt(x^2-1))^n)/2. (End)
From Peter Bala, Aug 15 2022: (Start)
T(n,x) = [z^n] ( z*x + sqrt(1 + z^2*(x^2 - 1)) )^n.
Sum_{k = 0..2*n} binomial(2*n,k)*T(k,x) = (2^n)*(1 + x)^n*T(n,x).
exp( Sum_{n >= 1} T(n,x)*t^n/n ) = Sum_{n >= 0} P(n,x)*t^n, where P(n,x) denotes the n-th Legendre polynomial. (End)

Extensions

Additional comments and more terms from Henry Bottomley, Dec 13 2000
Edited: Corrected Cf. A039991 statement. Cf. A053120 added. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 06 2014

A058396 Expansion of ((1-x)/(1-2*x))^3.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 9, 25, 66, 168, 416, 1008, 2400, 5632, 13056, 29952, 68096, 153600, 344064, 765952, 1695744, 3735552, 8192000, 17891328, 38928384, 84410368, 182452224, 393216000, 845152256, 1811939328, 3875536896, 8271167488, 17616076800
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Henry Bottomley, Nov 24 2000

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Comments

If X_1,X_2,...,X_n are 2-blocks of a (2n+3)-set X then, for n>=1, a(n+1) is the number of (n+2)-subsets of X intersecting each X_i, (i=1,2,...,n). - Milan Janjic, Nov 18 2007
Equals row sums of triangle A152230. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2008
a(n) is the number of weak compositions of n with exactly 2 parts equal to 0. - Milan Janjic, Jun 27 2010
Except for an initial 1, this is the p-INVERT of (1,1,1,1,1,...) for p(S) = (1 - S)^3; see A291000. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 24 2017

Crossrefs

Cf. A045623, A001793, A152230. A diagonal of A058395.

Programs

  • Magma
    m:=30; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); Coefficients(R!(((1-x)/(1-2*x))^3)); // G. C. Greubel, Oct 16 2018
  • Maple
    seq(coeff(series(((1-x)/(1-2*x))^3,x,n+1), x, n), n = 0 .. 30); # Muniru A Asiru, Oct 16 2018
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[ Series[(1 - x)^3/(1 - 2x)^3, {x, 0, 28}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 28 2005 *)
    Join[{1},LinearRecurrence[{6,-12,8},{3,9,25},40]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 17 2011 *)
  • PARI
    Vec((1-x)^3/(1-2*x)^3+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 23 2012
    

Formula

a(n) = (n+2)*(n+7)*2^(n-4) for n > 0.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n+2)/2)} C(n+2, 2k)*k(k+1)/2. - Paul Barry, May 15 2003
Binomial transform of quarter squares A002620 (without leading zeros). - Paul Barry, May 27 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} C(n, k)*floor((k+2)^2/4). - Paul Barry, May 27 2003
a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 12*a(n-2) + 8*a(n-3), n > 3. - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 17 2011
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 05 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 145189/525 - 1984*log(2)/5.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 30103/175 - 2112*log(3/2)/5. (End)
E.g.f.: (1 + exp(2*x)*(7 + 10*x + 2*x^2))/8. - Stefano Spezia, Feb 01 2025

A049611 a(n) = T(n,2), array T as in A049600.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 4, 13, 38, 104, 272, 688, 1696, 4096, 9728, 22784, 52736, 120832, 274432, 618496, 1384448, 3080192, 6815744, 15007744, 32899072, 71827456, 156237824, 338690048, 731906048, 1577058304, 3388997632, 7264534528, 15535702016
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Refer to A089378 and A075729 for the definition of hierarchies, subhierarchies and one-step transitions. - Thomas Wieder, Feb 28 2004
We may ask for the number of one-step transitions (NOOST) between all unlabeled hierarchies of n elements with the restriction that no subhierarchies are allowed. As an example, consider n = 4 and the hierarchy H1 = [[2,2]] with two elements on level 1 and two on level 2. Starting from H1 the hierarchies [[1, 3]], [[2, 1, 1]], [[1, 2, 1]] can be reached by moving one element only, but [[1, 1, 2]] cannot be reached in a one-step transitition. The solution is n = 1, NOOST = 0; n = 2, NOOST = 1; n = 3, NOOST = 4; n = 4, NOOST = 13; n = 5, NOOST = 38; n = 6, NOOST = 104; n = 7, NOOST = 272; n = 8, NOOST = 688; n = 9, NOOST = 1696. This is sequence A049611. - Thomas Wieder, Feb 28 2004
If X_1,X_2,...,X_n are 2-blocks of a (2n+2)-set X then, for n>=1, a(n+1) is the number of (n+2)-subsets of X intersecting each X_i, (i=1,2,...,n). - Milan Janjic, Nov 18 2007
In each composition (ordered partition) of the integer n, circle the first summand once, circle the second summand twice, etc. a(n) is the total number of circles in all compositions of n (that is, add k*(k+1)/2 for each composition into k parts). Note the O.g.f. is B(A(x)) where A(x)= x/(1-x) and B(x)= x/(1-x)^3.
This is the Riordan transform with the Riordan matrix A097805 (of the associated type) of the triangular number sequence A000217. See a Feb 17 2017 comment on A097805. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 17 2017

Crossrefs

a(n+1)= A055252(n, 0), n >= 0. Row sums of triangle A055249.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[x (1-x)^2/(1-2x)^3,{x,0,40}],x] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 24 2013 *)
  • PARI
    concat(0, Vec(x*(1-x)^2/(1-2*x)^3+O(x^99))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 12 2015

Formula

G.f.: x*(1-x)^2/(1-2*x)^3.
Binomial transform of quarter squares A002620(n+1): a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*floor((k+1)^2/4). - Paul Barry, May 27 2003
a(n) = 2^(n-4)*(n^2+5*n+2) - 0^n/8. - Paul Barry, Jun 09 2003
a(n+2) = A001787(n+2) + A001788(n). - Creighton Dement, Aug 02 2005
a(n) = Hyper2F1([-n+1, 3], [1], -1) for n>0. - Peter Luschny, Aug 02 2014
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{j=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..n-1} binomial(n-1, i+j+k). - Yalcin Aktar, Aug 27 2023

A081277 Square array of unsigned coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5, 8, 4, 1, 7, 18, 20, 8, 1, 9, 32, 56, 48, 16, 1, 11, 50, 120, 160, 112, 32, 1, 13, 72, 220, 400, 432, 256, 64, 1, 15, 98, 364, 840, 1232, 1120, 576, 128, 1, 17, 128, 560, 1568, 2912, 3584, 2816, 1280, 256, 1, 19, 162, 816, 2688, 6048, 9408, 9984, 6912
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Paul Barry, Mar 16 2003

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Comments

Formatted as a triangular array, this is [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] DELTA [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] (see construction in A084938 ). - Philippe Deléham, Aug 09 2005
Antidiagonal sums are in A025192. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 04 2006
Binomial transform of n-th row of the triangle (followed by zeros) = n-th row of the A142978 array and n-th column of triangle A104698. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 17 2008
When formatted as a triangle, A038763=fusion of polynomial sequences (x+1)^n and (x+1)^n; see A193722 for the definition of fusion of two polynomial sequences or triangular arrays. Row n of A038763, as a triangle, consists of coefficients of the product (x+1)*(x+2)^n. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 04 2011

Examples

			Rows begin
  1, 1,  2,   4,   8, ...
  1, 3,  8,  20,  48, ...
  1, 5, 18,  56, 160, ...
  1, 7, 32, 120, 400, ...
  1, 9, 50, 220, 840, ...
  ...
As a triangle:
  1;
  1,  1;
  1,  3,  2;
  1,  5,  8,  4;
  1,  7, 18, 20,  8;
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A079628.
Cf. A167580 and A167591. - Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 23 2009
Cf. A053120 (antidiagonals give signed version) and A124182 (skewed version). - Mathias Zechmeister, Jul 26 2022

Programs

  • Mathematica
    (* Program generates triangle A081277 as the self-fusion of Pascal's triangle *)
    z = 8; a = 1; b = 1; c = 1; d = 1;
    p[n_, x_] := (a*x + b)^n ; q[n_, x_] := (c*x + d)^n
    t[n_, k_] := Coefficient[p[n, x], x^k]; t[n_, 0] := p[n, x] /. x -> 0;
    w[n_, x_] := Sum[t[n, k]*q[n + 1 - k, x], {k, 0, n}]; w[-1, x_] := 1
    g[n_] := CoefficientList[w[n, x], {x}]
    TableForm[Table[Reverse[g[n]], {n, -1, z}]]
    Flatten[Table[Reverse[g[n]], {n, -1, z}]] (* A081277 *)
    TableForm[Table[g[n], {n, -1, z}]]
    Flatten[Table[g[n], {n, -1, z}]] (* abs val of A118800 *)
    Factor[w[6, x]]
    (* Clark Kimberling, Aug 04 2011 *)

Formula

T(n, k) = (n+2k)*binomial(n+k-1, k-1)*2^(n-1)/k, k > 0.
T(n, 0) defined by g.f. (1-x)/(1-2x). Other rows are defined by (1-x)/(1-2x)^n.
T(n, 0) = 0 if n < 0, T(0, k) = 0 if k < 0, T(0, 0) = T(1, 0) = 1, T(n, k) = T(n, k-1) + 2*T(n-1, k); for example, 160 = 48 + 2*56 for n = 4 and k = 2. -Philippe Deléham, Aug 12 2005
G.f. of the triangular interpretation: (-1+x*y)/(-1+2*x*y+x). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 11 2015
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