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A002378 Oblong (or promic, pronic, or heteromecic) numbers: a(n) = n*(n+1).

0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 156, 182, 210, 240, 272, 306, 342, 380, 420, 462, 506, 552, 600, 650, 702, 756, 812, 870, 930, 992, 1056, 1122, 1190, 1260, 1332, 1406, 1482, 1560, 1640, 1722, 1806, 1892, 1980, 2070, 2162, 2256, 2352, 2450, 2550

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

4*a(n) + 1 are the odd squares A016754(n).
The word "pronic" (used by Dickson) is incorrect. - Michael Somos
According to the 2nd edition of Webster, the correct word is "promic". - R. K. Guy
a(n) is the number of minimal vectors in the root lattice A_n (see Conway and Sloane, p. 109).
Let M_n denote the n X n matrix M_n(i, j) = (i + j); then the characteristic polynomial of M_n is x^(n-2) * (x^2 - a(n)*x - A002415(n)). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 09 2002
The greatest LCM of all pairs (j, k) for j < k <= n for n > 1. - Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 19 2004
First differences are a(n+1) - a(n) = 2*n + 2 = 2, 4, 6, ... (while first differences of the squares are (n+1)^2 - n^2 = 2*n + 1 = 1, 3, 5, ...). - Alexandre Wajnberg, Dec 29 2005
25 appended to these numbers corresponds to squares of numbers ending in 5 (i.e., to squares of A017329). - Lekraj Beedassy, Mar 24 2006
A rapid (mental) multiplication/factorization technique -- a generalization of Lekraj Beedassy's comment: For all bases b >= 2 and positive integers n, c, d, k with c + d = b^k, we have (n*b^k + c)*(n*b^k + d) = a(n)*b^(2*k) + c*d. Thus the last 2*k base-b digits of the product are exactly those of c*d -- including leading 0(s) as necessary -- with the preceding base-b digit(s) the same as a(n)'s. Examples: In decimal, 113*117 = 13221 (as n = 11, b = 10 = 3 + 7, k = 1, 3*7 = 21, and a(11) = 132); in octal, 61*67 = 5207 (52 is a(6) in octal). In particular, for even b = 2*m (m > 0) and c = d = m, such a product is a square of this type. Decimal factoring: 5609 is immediately seen to be 71*79. Likewise, 120099 = 301*399 (k = 2 here) and 99990000001996 = 9999002*9999998 (k = 3). - Rick L. Shepherd, Jul 24 2021
Number of circular binary words of length n + 1 having exactly one occurrence of 01. Example: a(2) = 6 because we have 001, 010, 011, 100, 101 and 110. Column 1 of A119462. - Emeric Deutsch, May 21 2006
The sequence of iterated square roots sqrt(N + sqrt(N + ...)) has for N = 1, 2, ... the limit (1 + sqrt(1 + 4*N))/2. For N = a(n) this limit is n + 1, n = 1, 2, .... For all other numbers N, N >= 1, this limit is not a natural number. Examples: n = 1, a(1) = 2: sqrt(2 + sqrt(2 + ...)) = 1 + 1 = 2; n = 2, a(2) = 6: sqrt(6 + sqrt(6 + ...)) = 1 + 2 = 3. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 05 2006
Nonsquare integers m divisible by ceiling(sqrt(m)), except for m = 0. - Max Alekseyev, Nov 27 2006
The number of off-diagonal elements of an (n + 1) X (n + 1) matrix. - Artur Jasinski, Jan 11 2007
a(n) is equal to the number of functions f:{1, 2} -> {1, 2, ..., n + 1} such that for a fixed x in {1, 2} and a fixed y in {1, 2, ..., n + 1} we have f(x) <> y. - Aleksandar M. Janjic and Milan Janjic, Mar 13 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that round(sqrt(m+1)) - round(sqrt(m)) = 1. - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that ceiling(2*sqrt(m+1)) - 1 = 1 + floor(2*sqrt(m)). - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that fract(sqrt(m+1)) > 1/2 and fract(sqrt(m)) < 1/2 where fract(x) is the fractional part (fract(x) = x - floor(x), x >= 0). - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
X values of solutions to the equation 4*X^3 + X^2 = Y^2. To find Y values: b(n) = n(n+1)(2n+1). - Mohamed Bouhamida, Nov 06 2007
Nonvanishing diagonal of A132792, the infinitesimal Lah matrix, so "generalized factorials" composed of a(n) are given by the elements of the Lah matrix, unsigned A111596, e.g., a(1)*a(2)*a(3) / 3! = -A111596(4,1) = 24. - Tom Copeland, Nov 20 2007
If Y is a 2-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 2, a(n-2) is the number of 2-subsets and 3-subsets of X having exactly one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
a(n) coincides with the vertex of a parabola of even width in the Redheffer matrix, directed toward zero. An integer p is prime if and only if for all integer k, the parabola y = kx - x^2 has no integer solution with 1 < x < k when y = p; a(n) corresponds to odd k. - Reikku Kulon, Nov 30 2008
The third differences of certain values of the hypergeometric function 3F2 lead to the squares of the oblong numbers i.e., 3F2([1, n + 1, n + 1], [n + 2, n + 2], z = 1) - 3*3F2([1, n + 2, n + 2], [n + 3, n + 3], z = 1) + 3*3F2([1, n + 3, n + 3], [n + 4, n + 4], z = 1) - 3F2([1, n + 4, n + 4], [n + 5, n + 5], z = 1) = (1/((n+2)*(n+3)))^2 for n = -1, 0, 1, 2, ... . See also A162990. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 21 2009
Generalized factorials, [a.(n!)] = a(n)*a(n-1)*...*a(0) = A010790(n), with a(0) = 1 are related to A001263. - Tom Copeland, Sep 21 2011
For n > 1, a(n) is the number of functions f:{1, 2} -> {1, ..., n + 2} where f(1) > 1 and f(2) > 2. Note that there are n + 1 possible values for f(1) and n possible values for f(2). For example, a(3) = 12 since there are 12 functions f from {1, 2} to {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} with f(1) > 1 and f(2) > 2. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 24 2011
a(n) gives the number of (n + 1) X (n + 1) symmetric (0, 1)-matrices containing two ones (see [Cameron]). - L. Edson Jeffery, Feb 18 2012
a(n) is the number of positions of a domino in a rectangled triangular board with both legs equal to n + 1. - César Eliud Lozada, Sep 26 2012
a(n) is the number of ordered pairs (x, y) in [n+2] X [n+2] with |x-y| > 1. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 27 2012
a(n) is the number of injective functions from {1, 2} into {1, 2, ..., n + 1}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 27 2012
a(n) is the sum of the positive differences of the partition parts of 2n + 2 into exactly two parts (see example). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 02 2013
a(n)/a(n-1) is asymptotic to e^(2/n). - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2013
Number of positive roots in the root system of type D_{n + 1} (for n > 2). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
Number of roots in the root system of type A_n (for n > 0). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
From Felix P. Muga II, Mar 18 2014: (Start)
a(m), for m >= 1, are the only positive integer values t for which the Binet-de Moivre formula for the recurrence b(n) = b(n-1) + t*b(n-2) with b(0) = 0 and b(1) = 1 has a root of a square. PROOF (as suggested by Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 26 2014): The sqrt(1 + 4t) appearing in the zeros r1 and r2 of the characteristic equation is (a positive) integer for positive integer t precisely if 4t + 1 = (2m + 1)^2, that is t = a(m), m >= 1. Thus, the characteristic roots are integers: r1 = m + 1 and r2 = -m.
Let m > 1 be an integer. If b(n) = b(n-1) + a(m)*b(n-2), n >= 2, b(0) = 0, b(1) = 1, then lim_{n->oo} b(n+1)/b(n) = m + 1. (End)
Cf. A130534 for relations to colored forests, disposition of flags on flagpoles, and colorings of the vertices (chromatic polynomial) of the complete graphs (here simply K_2). - Tom Copeland, Apr 05 2014
The set of integers k for which k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + ...) ... is an integer. - Leslie Koller, Apr 11 2014
a(n-1) is the largest number k such that (n*k)/(n+k) is an integer. - Derek Orr, May 22 2014
Number of ways to place a domino and a singleton on a strip of length n - 2. - Ralf Stephan, Jun 09 2014
With offset 1, this appears to give the maximal number of crossings between n nonconcentric circles of equal radius. - Felix Fröhlich, Jul 14 2014
For n > 1, the harmonic mean of the n values a(1) to a(n) is n + 1. The lowest infinite sequence of increasing positive integers whose cumulative harmonic mean is integral. - Ian Duff, Feb 01 2015
a(n) is the maximum number of queens of one color that can coexist without attacking one queen of the opponent's color on an (n+2) X (n+2) chessboard. The lone queen can be placed in any position on the perimeter of the board. - Bob Selcoe, Feb 07 2015
With a(0) = 1, a(n-1) is the smallest positive number not in the sequence such that Sum_{i = 1..n} 1/a(i-1) has a denominator equal to n. - Derek Orr, Jun 17 2015
The positive members of this sequence are a proper subsequence of the so-called 1-happy couple products A007969. See the W. Lang link there, eq. (4), with Y_0 = 1, with a table at the end. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 19 2015
For n > 0, a(n) is the reciprocal of the area bounded above by y = x^(n-1) and below by y = x^n for x in the interval [0, 1]. Summing all such areas visually demonstrates the formula below giving Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1. - Rick L. Shepherd, Oct 26 2015
It appears that, except for a(0) = 0, this is the set of positive integers n such that x*floor(x) = n has no solution. (For example, to get 3, take x = -3/2.) - Melvin Peralta, Apr 14 2016
If two independent real random variables, x and y, are distributed according to the same exponential distribution: pdf(x) = lambda * exp(-lambda * x), lambda > 0, then the probability that n - 1 <= x/y < n is given by 1/a(n). - Andres Cicuttin, Dec 03 2016
a(n) is equal to the sum of all possible differences between n different pairs of consecutive odd numbers (see example). - Miquel Cerda, Dec 04 2016
a(n+1) is the dimension of the space of vector fields in the plane with polynomial coefficients up to order n. - Martin Licht, Dec 04 2016
It appears that a(n) + 3 is the area of the largest possible pond in a square (A268311). - Craig Knecht, May 04 2017
Also the number of 3-cycles in the (n+3)-triangular honeycomb acute knight graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017
Also the Wiener index of the (n+2)-wheel graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 08 2017
The left edge of a Floyd's triangle that consists of even numbers: 0; 2, 4; 6, 8, 10; 12, 14, 16, 18; 20, 22, 24, 26, 28; ... giving 0, 2, 6, 12, 20, ... The right edge generates A028552. - Waldemar Puszkarz, Feb 02 2018
a(n+1) is the order of rowmotion on a poset obtained by adjoining a unique minimal (or maximal) element to a disjoint union of at least two chains of n elements. - Nick Mayers, Jun 01 2018
From Juhani Heino, Feb 05 2019: (Start)
For n > 0, 1/a(n) = n/(n+1) - (n-1)/n.
For example, 1/6 = 2/3 - 1/2; 1/12 = 3/4 - 2/3.
Corollary of this:
Take 1/2 pill.
Next day, take 1/6 pill. 1/2 + 1/6 = 2/3, so your daily average is 1/3.
Next day, take 1/12 pill. 2/3 + 1/12 = 3/4, so your daily average is 1/4.
And so on. (End)
From Bernard Schott, May 22 2020: (Start)
For an oblong number m >= 6 there exists a Euclidean division m = d*q + r with q < r < d which are in geometric progression, in this order, with a common integer ratio b. For b >= 2 and q >= 1, the Euclidean division is m = qb*(qb+1) = qb^2 * q + qb where (q, qb, qb^2) are in geometric progression.
Some examples with distinct ratios and quotients:
   6 | 4            30 | 25          42 | 18
     -----             -----            -----
   2 | 1      ,      5 |  1   ,       6 |  2    ,
and also:
  42 | 12          420 | 100
     -----             -----
   6 |  3     ,     20 |   4  .
Some oblong numbers also satisfy a Euclidean division m = d*q + r with q < r < d that are in geometric progression in this order but with a common noninteger ratio b > 1 (see A335064). (End)
For n >= 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(a(n)) is [n; {2, 2n}]. For n=1, this collapses to [1; {2}]. - Magus K. Chu, Sep 09 2022
a(n-2) is the maximum irregularity over all trees with n vertices. The extremal graphs are stars. (The irregularity of a graph is the sum of the differences between the degrees over all edges of the graph.) - Allan Bickle, May 29 2023
For n > 0, number of diagonals in a regular 2*(n+1)-gon that are not parallel to any edge (cf. A367204). - Paolo Xausa, Mar 30 2024
a(n-1) is the maximum Zagreb index over all trees with n vertices. The extremal graphs are stars. (The Zagreb index of a graph is the sum of the squares of the degrees over all vertices of the graph.) - Allan Bickle, Apr 11 2024
For n >= 1, a(n) is the determinant of the distance matrix of a cycle graph on 2*n + 1 vertices (if the length of the cycle is even such a determinant is zero). - Miquel A. Fiol, Aug 20 2024
For n > 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(16*a(n)) is [2n+1; {1, 2n-1, 1, 8n+2}]. - Magus K. Chu, Nov 20 2024
For n>=2, a(n) is the number of faces on a n+1-zone rhombic zonohedron. Each pair of a collection of great circles on a sphere intersects at two points, so there are 2*binomial(n+1,2) intersections. The dual of the implied polyhedron is a rhombic zonohedron, its faces corresponding to the intersections. - Shel Kaphan, Aug 12 2025

			a(3) = 12, since 2(3)+2 = 8 has 4 partitions with exactly two parts: (7,1), (6,2), (5,3), (4,4). Taking the positive differences of the parts in each partition and adding, we get: 6 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 12. - _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, Jun 02 2013
G.f. = 2*x + 6*x^2 + 12*x^3 + 20*x^4 + 30*x^5 + 42*x^6 + 56*x^7 + ... - _Michael Somos_, May 22 2014
From _Miquel Cerda_, Dec 04 2016: (Start)
a(1) = 2, since 45-43 = 2;
a(2) = 6, since 47-45 = 2 and 47-43 = 4, then 2+4 = 6;
a(3) = 12, since 49-47 = 2, 49-45 = 4, and 49-43 = 6, then 2+4+6 = 12. (End)

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Partial sums of A005843 (even numbers). Twice triangular numbers (A000217).
1/beta(n, 2) in A061928.
Cf. A035106, A087811, A119462, A127235, A049598, A124080, A033996, A028896, A046092, A000217, A005563, A046092, A001082, A059300, A059297, A059298, A166373, A002943 (bisection), A002939 (bisection), A078358 (complement).
A036689 and A036690 are subsequences. Cf. numbers of the form n*(n*k-k+4)/2 listed in A226488. - Bruno Berselli, Jun 10 2013
Row n=2 of A185651.
Cf. A007745, A169810, A213541, A005369 (characteristic function).
Cf. A281026. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 16 2017
Cf. A045943 (4-cycles in triangular honeycomb acute knight graph), A028896 (5-cycles), A152773 (6-cycles).
Sequences on the four axes of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A001107, A033991, A007742, A033954; starting at 1: A054552, A054556, A054567, A033951.
Sequences on the four diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A002939 = 2*A000384, A016742 = 4*A000290, A002943 = 2*A014105, A033996 = 8*A000217; starting at 1: A054554, A053755, A054569, A016754.
Sequences obtained by reading alternate terms on the X and Y axes and the two main diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A035608, A156859, A002378 = 2*A000217, A137932 = 4*A002620; starting at 1: A317186, A267682, A002061, A080335.
A335064 is a subsequence.
Second column of A003506.
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).
Cf. A347213 (Dgf at s=4).
Cf. A002378, A152811, A371912 (Zagreb indices of maximal k-degenerate graphs).
Cf. A016742, A049450.

a002378 n = n * (n + 1)
a002378_list = zipWith (*) [0..] [1..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2012, Oct 12 2011

[n*(n+1) : n in [0..100]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 26 2015

A002378 := proc(n)
        n*(n+1) ;
end proc:
seq(A002378(n),n=0..100) ;

Table[n(n + 1), {n, 0, 50}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 19 2004 *)
oblongQ[n_] := IntegerQ @ Sqrt[4 n + 1]; Select[Range[0, 2600], oblongQ] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Sep 29 2011 *)
2 Accumulate[Range[0, 50]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 11 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {2, 6, 12}, {0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017 *)

PARI
```
{a(n) = n*(n+1)};
```

concat(0, Vec(2*x/(1-x)^3 + O(x^100))) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 26 2015

is(n)=my(m=sqrtint(n)); m*(m+1)==n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 01 2018

is(n)=issquare(4*n+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 16 2022

def a(n): return n*(n+1)
print([a(n) for n in range(51)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 13 2022

(2 to 100 by 2).scanLeft(0)( + ) // Alonso del Arte, Sep 12 2019

G.f.: 2*x/(1-x)^3. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*n, a(0) = 0.
Sum_{n >= 1} a(n) = n*(n+1)*(n+2)/3 (cf. A007290, partial sums).
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1. (Cf. Tijdeman)
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = log(4) - 1 = A016627 - 1 [Jolley eq (235)].
1 = 1/2 + Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(2*a(n)) = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/12 + 1/24 + 1/40 + 1/60 + ... with partial sums: 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, ... - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 16 2003
a(n)*a(n+1) = a(n*(n+2)); e.g., a(3)*a(4) = 12*20 = 240 = a(3*5). - Charlie Marion, Dec 29 2003
Sum_{k = 1..n} 1/a(k) = n/(n+1). - Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 04 2005
a(n) = A046092(n)/2. - Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 08 2006
Log 2 = Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(2n+1) = 1/2 + 1/12 + 1/30 + 1/56 + 1/90 + ... = (1 - 1/2) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/5 - 1/6) + (1/7 - 1/8) + ... = Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n/(n+1) = A002162. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 22 2003
a(n) = A110660(2*n). - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 21 2005
a(n-1) = n^2 - n = A000290(n) - A000027(n) for n >= 1. a(n) is the inverse (frequency distribution) sequence of A000194(n). - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jul 26 2007
(2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ...) = binomial transform of (2, 4, 2). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 28 2007
a(n) = 2*Sum_{i=0..n} i = 2*A000217(n). - Artur Jasinski, Jan 09 2007, and Omar E. Pol, May 14 2008
a(n) = A006503(n) - A000292(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 24 2008
a(n) = A061037(4*n) = (n+1/2)^2 - 1/4 = ((2n+1)^2 - 1)/4 = (A005408(n)^2 - 1)/4. - Paul Curtz, Oct 03 2008 and Klaus Purath, Jan 13 2022
a(0) = 0, a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 + floor(x), where x is the minimal positive solution to fract(sqrt(a(n-1) + 1 + x)) = 1/2. - Hieronymus Fischer, Dec 31 2008
E.g.f.: (x+2)*x*exp(x). - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 06 2009
Product_{i >= 2} (1-1/a(i)) = -2*sin(Pi*A001622)/Pi = -2*sin(A094886)/A000796 = 2*A146481. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2009, Mar 15 2009
E.g.f.: ((-x+1)*log(-x+1)+x)/x^2 also Integral_{x = 0..1} ((-x+1)*log(-x+1) + x)/x^2 = zeta(2) - 1. - Stephen Crowley, Jul 11 2009
a(A007018(n)) = A007018(n+1), i.e., A007018(n+1) = A007018(n)-th oblong numbers. - Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 13 2009
a(n) = floor((n + 1/2)^2). a(n) = A035608(n) + A004526(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 27 2010
a(n) = 2*(2*A006578(n) - A035608(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 07 2010
a(n-1) = floor(n^5/(n^3 + n^2 + 1)). - Gary Detlefs, Feb 11 2010
For n > 1: a(n) = A173333(n+1, n-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2010
a(n) = A004202(A000217(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 12 2011
a(n) = A188652(2*n+1) + 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2011
For n > 0 a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} 2*(sin(x))^(2*n-1)*(cos(x))^3). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = A002061(n+1) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(0) = 0, a(n) = A005408(A034856(n)) - A005408(n-1). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 06 2012
a(n) = A005408(A000096(n)) - A005408(n). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 07 2012
a(n) = A001318(n) + A085787(n). - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2013
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n))^(2s) = Sum_{t = 1..2*s} binomial(4*s - t - 1, 2*s - 1) * ( (1 + (-1)^t)*zeta(t) - 1). See Arxiv:1301.6293. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 03 2013
a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = 2 * a((n+1)^2), for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 08 2013
a(n) = floor(n^2 * e^(1/n)) and a(n-1) = floor(n^2 / e^(1/n)). - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2013
a(n) = 2*C(n+1, 2), for n >= 0. - Felix P. Muga II, Mar 11 2014
A005369(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 05 2014
Binomial transform of [0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Alois P. Heinz, Mar 10 2015
a(2n) = A002943(n) for n >= 0, a(2n-1) = A002939(n) for n >= 1. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 11 2015
For n > 0, a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..1} (x^(n-1) - x^n) dx). - Rick L. Shepherd, Oct 26 2015
a(n) = A005902(n) - A007588(n). - Peter M. Chema, Jan 09 2016
For n > 0, a(n) = lim_{m -> oo} (1/m)*1/(Sum_{i=m*n..m*(n+1)} 1/i^2), with error of ~1/m. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 27 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 28 2016: (Start)
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-2) + zeta(s-1).
Convolution of nonnegative integers (A001477) and constant sequence (A007395).
Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)/n! = 3*exp(1). (End)
From Charlie Marion, Mar 06 2020: (Start)
a(n)*a(n+2k-1) + (n+k)^2 = ((2n+1)*k + n^2)^2.
a(n)*a(n+2k) + k^2 = ((2n+1)*k + a(n))^2. (End)
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = cosh(sqrt(3)*Pi/2)/Pi. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 20 2021
A generalization of the Dec 29 2003 formula, a(n)*a(n+1) = a(n*(n+2)), follows. a(n)*a(n+k) = a(n*(n+k+1)) + (k-1)*n*(n+k+1). - Charlie Marion, Jan 02 2023
a(n) = A016742(n) - A049450(n). - Leo Tavares, Mar 15 2025

Additional comments from Michael Somos

Comment and cross-reference added by Christopher Hunt Gribble, Oct 13 2009

A001008 a(n) = numerator of harmonic number H(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} 1/i.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 11, 25, 137, 49, 363, 761, 7129, 7381, 83711, 86021, 1145993, 1171733, 1195757, 2436559, 42142223, 14274301, 275295799, 55835135, 18858053, 19093197, 444316699, 1347822955, 34052522467, 34395742267, 312536252003, 315404588903, 9227046511387

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

H(n)/2 is the maximal distance that a stack of n cards can project beyond the edge of a table without toppling.
By Wolstenholme's theorem, p^2 divides a(p-1) for all primes p > 3.
From Alexander Adamchuk, Dec 11 2006: (Start)
p divides a(p^2-1) for all primes p > 3.
p divides a((p-1)/2) for primes p in A001220.
p divides a((p+1)/2) or a((p-3)/2) for primes p in A125854.
a(n) is prime for n in A056903. Corresponding primes are given by A067657. (End)
a(n+1) is the numerator of the polynomial A[1, n](1) where the polynomial A[genus 1, level n](m) is defined to be Sum_{d = 1..n - 1} m^(n - d)/d. (See the Mathematica procedure generating A[1, n](m) below.) - Artur Jasinski, Oct 16 2008
Better solutions to the card stacking problem have been found by M. Paterson and U. Zwick (see link). - Hugo Pfoertner, Jan 01 2012
a(n) = A213999(n, n-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 03 2012
a(n) coincides with A175441(n) if and only if n is not from the sequence A256102. The quotient a(n) / A175441(n) for n in A256102 is given as corresponding entry of A256103. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 23 2015
For a very short proof that the Harmonic series diverges, see the Goldmakher link. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 09 2015
All terms are odd while corresponding denominators (A002805) are all even for n > 1 (proof in Pólya and Szegő). - Bernard Schott, Dec 24 2021

			H(n) = [ 1, 3/2, 11/6, 25/12, 137/60, 49/20, 363/140, 761/280, 7129/2520, ... ].
Coincidences with A175441: the first 19 entries coincide because 20 is the first entry of A256102. Indeed, a(20)/A175441(20) = 55835135 / 11167027 = 5 = A256103(1). - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Apr 23 2015

John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 258-261.
H. W. Gould, Combinatorial Identities, Morgantown Printing and Binding Co., 1972, # 1.45, page 6, #3.122, page 36.
R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990, p. 259.
G. H. Hardy and E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. 3rd ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 1954, page 347.
D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Vol. 1, p. 615.
G. Pólya and G. Szegő, Problems and Theorems in Analysis, volume II, Springer, reprint of the 1976 edition, 1998, problem 251, p. 154.
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).

Kenny Lau, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2295 (first 200 terms provided by T. D. Noe)
David H. Bailey, Jonathan M. Borwein, and Roland Girgensohn, Experimental evaluation of Euler sums, Exper. Math. 3(1) (1994), 17-30; they evaluate the constants Sum_{k>=1} H_k^m/(k+1)^n.
Hongwei Chen, Evaluations of Some Variant Euler Sums, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 9 (2006), Article 06.2.3.
Hongwei Chen, Interesting Series Associated with Central Binomial Coefficients, Catalan Numbers and Harmonic Numbers, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2016), #16.1.5.
R. M. Dickau, Harmonic numbers and the book-stacking problem.
Leo Goldmakher, A short(er) proof of the divergence of the harmonic series.
Antal Iványi, Leader election in synchronous networks, Acta Univ. Sapientiae, Mathematica, 5, 2 (2013), 54-82.
Fredrik Johansson, How (not) to compute harmonic numbers. Feb 21 2009.
Masanobu Kaneko, The Akiyama-Tanigawa algorithm for Bernoulli numbers, J. Integer Sequences, 3 (2000), #00.2.9.
Romeo Mestrovic, Wolstenholme's theorem: Its Generalizations and Extensions in the last hundred and fifty years (1862-2011), arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3057 [math.NT], 2011.
Jerry Metzger and Thomas Richards, A Prisoner Problem Variation, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 18 (2015), Article 15.2.7.
Hisanori Mishima, Factorizations of Wolstenholme numbers, n=1..100, n=101..200, n=201..300.
Mike Paterson et al., Maximum Overhang.
Maxie D. Schmidt, Generalized j-Factorial Functions, Polynomials, and Applications, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010), 10.6.7, Section 4.3.
Peter Shiu, The denominators of harmonic numbers, arXiv:1607.02863 [math.NT], 2016.
N. J. A. Sloane, Illustration of initial terms.
Jonathan Sondow and Eric W. Weisstein, MathWorld: Harmonic Number.
Roberto Tauraso, Some Congruences for Central Binomial Sums Involving Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers, JIS 19 (2016) # 16.5.4.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Book Stacking Problem, Wolstenholme's Theorem, Harmonic Mean, Digamma Function.
Wikipedia, Harmonic number.

Cf. A002805 (denominators), A007406, A007408, A007410, A075135, A001220, A125854, A121999, A014566, A056903, A067657, A177427, A177690.
Cf. A145609-A145640. - Artur Jasinski, Oct 16 2008
Cf. A003506. - Paul Curtz, Nov 30 2013
The following fractions are all related to each other: Sum 1/n: A001008/A002805, Sum 1/prime(n): A024451/A002110 and A106830/A034386, Sum 1/nonprime(n): A282511/A282512, Sum 1/composite(n): A250133/A296358.
Cf. A195505.

List([1..30],n->NumeratorRat(Sum([1..n],i->1/i))); # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 20 2018

import Data.Ratio ((%), numerator)
a001008 = numerator . sum . map (1 %) . enumFromTo 1
a001008_list = map numerator $ scanl1 (+) $ map (1 %) [1..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 03 2012

[Numerator(HarmonicNumber(n)): n in [1..30]]; // Bruno Berselli, Feb 17 2016

A001008 := proc(n)
    add(1/k,k=1..n) ;
    numer(%) ;
end proc:
seq( A001008(n),n=1..40) ; # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 28 2007; R. J. Mathar, Dec 02 2016

Table[Numerator[HarmonicNumber[n]], {n, 30}]
(* Procedure generating A[1,n](m) (see Comments section) *) m =1; aa = {}; Do[k = 0; Do[k = k + m^(r - d)/d, {d, 1, r - 1}]; AppendTo[aa, k], {r, 1, 20}]; aa (* Artur Jasinski, Oct 16 2008 *)
Numerator[Accumulate[1/Range[25]]] (* Alonso del Arte, Nov 21 2018 *)
Numerator[Table[((n - 1)/2)*HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1, 2 - n}, {2, 3}, 1] + 1, {n, 1, 29}]] (* Artur Jasinski, Jan 08 2021 *)

A001008(n) = numerator(sum(i=1,n,1/i)) \\ Michael B. Porter, Dec 08 2009

H1008=List(1); A001008(n)={for(k=#H1008,n-1,listput(H1008,H1008[k]+1/(k+1))); numerator(H1008[n])} \\ about 100x faster for n=1..1500. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 03 2019

from sympy import Integer
[sum(1/Integer(i) for i in range(1, n + 1)).numerator() for n in range(1, 31)]  # Indranil Ghosh, Mar 23 2017

def harmonic(a, b):  # See the F. Johansson link.
    if b - a == 1:
        return 1, a
    m = (a+b)//2
    p, q = harmonic(a,m)
    r, s = harmonic(m,b)
    return p*s+q*r, q*s
def A001008(n): H = harmonic(1,n+1); return numerator(H[0]/H[1])
[A001008(n) for n in (1..29)] # Peter Luschny, Sep 01 2012

H(n) ~ log n + gamma + O(1/n). [See Hardy and Wright, Th. 422.]
log n + gamma - 1/n < H(n) < log n + gamma + 1/n [follows easily from Hardy and Wright, Th. 422]. - David Applegate and N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 14 2008
G.f. for H(n): log(1-x)/(x-1). - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 15 2003
H(n) = sqrt(Sum_{i = 1..n} Sum_{j = 1..n} 1/(i*j)). - Alexander Adamchuk, Oct 24 2004
a(n) is the numerator of Gamma/n + Psi(1 + n)/n = Gamma + Psi(n), where Psi is the digamma function. - Artur Jasinski, Nov 02 2008
H(n) = 3/2 + 2*Sum_{k = 0..n-3} binomial(k+2, 2)/((n-2-k)*(n-1)*n), n > 1. - Gary Detlefs, Aug 02 2011
H(n) = (-1)^(n-1)*(n+1)*n*Sum_{k = 0..n-1} k!*Stirling2(n-1, k) * Stirling1(n+k+1,n+1)/(n+k+1)!. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 05 2013
H(n) = n*Sum_{k = 0..n-1} (-1)^k*binomial(n-1,k)/(k+1)^2. (Wenchang Chu) - Gary Detlefs, Apr 13 2013
H(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{k = 1..n} (-1)^(k-1)*binomial(n,k)*binomial(n+k, k)/k. (H. W. Gould) - Gary Detlefs, Apr 13 2013
E.g.f. for H(n) = a(n)/A002805(n): (gamma + log(x) - Ei(-x)) * exp(x), where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant, and Ei(x) is the exponential integral. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 24 2013
H(n) = residue((psi(-s)+gamma)^2/2, {s, n}) where psi is the digamma function and gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. - Jean-François Alcover, Feb 19 2014
H(n) = Sum_{m >= 1} n/(m^2 + n*m) = gamma + digamma(1+n), numerators and denominators. (see Mathworld link on Digamma). - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 18 2015
H(n) = (1/2) Sum_{j >= 1} Sum_{k = 1..n} ((1 - 2*k + 2*n)/((-1 + k + j*n)*(k + j*n))) + log(n) + 1/(2*n). - Dimitri Papadopoulos, Jan 13 2016
H(n) = (n!)^2*Sum_{k = 1..n} 1/(k*(n-k)!*(n+k)!). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Mar 31 2016
a(n) = Stirling1(n+1, 2) / gcd(Stirling1(n+1, 2), n!) = A000254(n) / gcd(A000254(n), n!). - Max Alekseyev, Mar 01 2018
From Peter Bala, Jan 31 2019: (Start)
H(n) = 1 + (1 + 1/2)*(n-1)/(n+1) + (1/2 + 1/3)*(n-1)*(n-2)/((n+1)*(n+2)) + (1/3 + 1/4)*(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)/((n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)) + ... .
H(n)/n  = 1 + (1/2^2 - 1)*(n-1)/(n+1) + (1/3^2 - 1/2^2)*(n-1)*(n-2)/((n+1)*(n+2)) + (1/4^2 - 1/3^2)*(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)/((n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)) + ... .
For odd n >= 3, (1/2)*H((n-1)/2) = (n-1)/(n+1) + (1/2)*(n-1)*(n-3)/((n+1)*(n+3)) + 1/3*(n-1)*(n-3)*(n-5)/((n+1)*(n+3)*(n+5)) + ... . Cf. A195505. See the Bala link in A036970. (End)
H(n) = ((n-1)/2) * hypergeom([1,1,2-n], [2,3], 1) + 1. - Artur Jasinski, Jan 08 2021
Conjecture: for nonzero m, H(n) = (1/m)*Sum_{k = 1..n} ((-1)^(k+1)/k) * binomial(m*k,k)*binomial(n+(m-1)*k,n-k). The case m = 1 is well-known; the case m = 2 is given above by Detlefs (dated Apr 13 2013). - Peter Bala, Mar 04 2022
a(n) = the (reduced) numerator of the continued fraction 1/(1 - 1^2/(3 - 2^2/(5 - 3^2/(7 - ... - (n-1)^2/(2*n-1))))). - Peter Bala, Feb 18 2024
H(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k-1)*binomial(n,k)/k (H. W. Gould). - Gary Detlefs, May 28 2024

Edited by Max Alekseyev, Oct 21 2011

Changed title, deleting the incorrect name "Wolstenholme numbers" which conflicted with the definition of the latter in both Weisstein's World of Mathematics and in Wikipedia, as well as with OEIS A007406. - Stanislav Sykora, Mar 25 2016

A001787 a(n) = n*2^(n-1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 4, 12, 32, 80, 192, 448, 1024, 2304, 5120, 11264, 24576, 53248, 114688, 245760, 524288, 1114112, 2359296, 4980736, 10485760, 22020096, 46137344, 96468992, 201326592, 419430400, 872415232, 1811939328, 3758096384, 7784628224, 16106127360, 33285996544

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Number of edges in an n-dimensional hypercube.
Number of 132-avoiding permutations of [n+2] containing exactly one 123 pattern. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 13 2001
Number of ways to place n-1 nonattacking kings on a 2 X 2(n-1) chessboard for n >= 2. - Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)hotmail.com), May 22 2001
Arithmetic derivative of 2^n: a(n) = A003415(A000079(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 26 2002
(-1) times the determinant of matrix A_{i,j} = -|i-j|, 0 <= i,j <= n.
a(n) is the number of ones in binary numbers 1 to 111...1 (n bits). a(n) = A000337(n) - A000337(n-1) for n = 2,3,... . - Emeric Deutsch, May 24 2003
The number of 2 X n 0-1 matrices containing n+1 1's and having no zero row or column. The number of spanning trees of the complete bipartite graph K(2,n). This is the case m = 2 of K(m,n). See A072590. - W. Edwin Clark, May 27 2003
Binomial transform of 0,1,2,3,4,5,... (A001477). Without the initial 0, binomial transform of odd numbers.
With an additional leading zero, [0,0,1,4,...] this is the binomial transform of the integers repeated A004526. Its formula is then (2^n*(n-1) + 0^n)/4. - Paul Barry, May 20 2003
Number of zeros in all different (n+1)-bit integers. - Ralf Stephan, Aug 02 2003
From Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 03 2004: (Start)
Final element of a summation table (as opposed to a difference table) whose first row consists of integers 0 through n (or first n+1 nonnegative integers A001477); illustrating the case n=5:
   0   1   2   3   4   5
     1   3   5   7   9
       4   8  12  16
        12  20  28
          32  48
            80
and the final element is a(5)=80. (End)
This sequence and A001871 arise in counting ordered trees of height at most k where only the rightmost branch at the root actually achieves this height and the count is by the number of edges, with k = 3 for this sequence and k = 4 for A001871.
Let R be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for all elements x,y of P(A), xRy if x is a proper subset of y and there are no z in P(A) such that x is a proper subset of z and z is a proper subset of y. Then a(n) = |R|. - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
Number of 2 X n binary matrices avoiding simultaneously the right-angled numbered polyomino patterns (ranpp) (00;1) and (10;1). An occurrence of a ranpp (xy;z) in a matrix A=(a(i,j)) is a triple (a(i1,j1), a(i1,j2), a(i2,j1)) where i1 < i2, j1 < j2 and these elements are in same relative order as those in the triple (x,y,z). - Sergey Kitaev, Nov 11 2004
Number of subsequences 00 in all binary words of length n+1. Example: a(2)=4 because in 000,001,010,011,100,101,110,111 the sequence 00 occurs 4 times. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 04 2005
If you expand the n-factor expression (a+1)*(b+1)*(c+1)*...*(z+1), there are a(n) variables in the result. For example, the 3-factor expression (a+1)*(b+1)*(c+1) expands to abc+ab+ac+bc+a+b+c+1 with a(3) = 12 variables. - David W. Wilson, May 08 2005
An inverse Chebyshev transform of n^2, where g(x)->(1/sqrt(1-4*x^2))*g(x*c(x^2)), c(x) the g.f. of A000108. - Paul Barry, May 13 2005
Sequences A018215 and A058962 interleaved. - Graeme McRae, Jul 12 2006
The number of never-decreasing positive integer sequences of length n with a maximum value of 2*n. - Ben Paul Thurston, Nov 13 2006
Total size of all the subsets of an n-element set. For example, a 2-element set has 1 subset of size 0, 2 subsets of size 1 and 1 of size 2. - Ross La Haye, Dec 30 2006
Convolution of the natural numbers [A000027] and A045623 beginning [0,1,2,5,...]. - Ross La Haye, Feb 03 2007
If M is the matrix (given by rows) [2,1;0,2] then the sequence gives the (1,2) entry in M^n. - Antonio M. Oller-Marcén, May 21 2007
If X_1,X_2,...,X_n is a partition of a 2n-set X into 2-blocks then, for n > 0, a(n) is equal to the number of (n+1)-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 one u. Example: a(2)=4 because we have uv, vu, uw and wu. - Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 27 2007
A member of the family of sequences defined by a(n) = n*[c(1)*...*c(r)]^(n-1); c(i) integer. This sequence has c(1)=2, A027471 has c(1)=3. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Feb 23 2008
a(n) is the number of ways to split {1,2,...,n-1} into two (possibly empty) complementary intervals {1,2,...,i} and {i+1,i+2,...,n-1} and then select a subset from each interval. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jan 31 2009
Equals the Jacobsthal sequence A001045 convolved with A003945: (1, 3, 6, 12, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 23 2009
Starting with offset 1 = A059570: (1, 2, 6, 14, 34, ...) convolved with (1, 2, 2, 2, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 23 2009
Equals the first left hand column of A167591. - Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 12 2009
The number of tatami tilings of an n X n square with n monomers is n*2^(n-1). - Frank Ruskey, Sep 25 2010
Under T. D. Noe's variant of the hypersigma function, this sequence gives hypersigma(2^n): a(n) = A191161(A000079(n)). - Alonso del Arte, Nov 04 2011
Number of Dyck (n+2)-paths with exactly one valley at height 1 and no higher valley. - David Scambler, Nov 07 2011
Equals triangle A059260 * A016777 as a vector, where A016777 = (3n + 1): [1, 4, 7, 10, 13, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 06 2012
Main transitions in systems of n particles with spin 1/2 (see A212697 with b=2). - Stanislav Sykora, May 25 2012
Let T(n,k) be the triangle with (first column) T(n,1) = 2*n-1 for n >= 1, otherwise T(n,k) = T(n,k-1) + T(n-1,k-1), then a(n) = T(n,n). - J. M. Bergot, Jan 17 2013
Sum of all parts of all compositions (ordered partitions) of n. The equivalent sequence for partitions is A066186. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 28 2013
Starting with a(1)=1: powers of 2 (A000079) self-convolved. - Bob Selcoe, Aug 05 2015
Coefficients of the series expansion of the normalized Schwarzian derivative -S{p(x)}/6 of the polynomial p(x) = -(x-x1)*(x-x2) with x1 + x2 = 1 (cf. A263646). - Tom Copeland, Nov 02 2015
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Also the number of maximal and maximum cliques in the n-hypercube graph for n > 0. - Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 01 2017
Let [n]={1,2,...,n}; then a(n-1) is the total number of elements missing in proper subsets of [n] that contain n to form [n]. For example, for n = 3, a(2) = 4 since the proper subsets of [3] that contain 3 are {3}, {1,3}, {2,3} and the total number of elements missing in these subsets to form [3] is 4:  2 in the first subset, 1 in the second, and 1 in the third. - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 08 2020
Number of 3-permutations of n elements avoiding the patterns 132, 231. See Bonichon and Sun. - Michel Marcus, Aug 19 2022

			a(2)=4 since 2314, 2341,3124 and 4123 are the only 132-avoiding permutations of 1234 containing exactly one increasing subsequence of length 3.
x + 4*x^2 + 12*x^3 + 32*x^4 + 80*x^5 + 192*x^6 + 448*x^7 + ...
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Three other versions, essentially identical, are A085750, A097067, A118442.
Partial sums of A001792.
A058922(n+1) = 4*A001787(n).
Equals A090802(n, 1).
Column k=1 of A038207.
Row sums of A003506, A322427, A322428.
Cf. A053109, A001788, A001789, A000337, A130300, A134083, A002064, A027471, A003945, A059670, A167591, A059260, A016777, A212697, A000079, A263646.

a001787 n = n * 2 ^ (n - 1)
a001787_list = zipWith (*) [0..] $ 0 : a000079_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 11 2014

[n*2^(n-1): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 04 2016

spec := [S, {B=Set(Z, 0 <= card), S=Prod(Z, B, B)}, labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n), n=0..29); # Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 09 2006
A001787:=1/(2*z-1)^2; # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, dropping the initial zero

Table[Sum[Binomial[n, i] i, {i, 0, n}], {n, 0, 30}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009 *)
f[n_] := n 2^(n - 1); f[Range[0, 40]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 09 2011 *)
Array[# 2^(# - 1) &, 40, 0] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 26 2011 *)
Join[{0}, Table[n 2^(n - 1), {n, 20}]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 01 2017 *)
Join[{0}, LinearRecurrence[{4, -4}, {1, 4}, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 01 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x/(-1 + 2 x)^2, {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 01 2017 *)

PARI
```
{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n * 2^(n-1))}
```

concat(0, Vec(x/(1-2*x)^2 + O(x^50))) \\ Altug Alkan, Nov 03 2015

def A001787(n): return n*(1<Chai Wah Wu, Nov 14 2022

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} k*binomial(n, k). - Benoit Cloitre, Dec 06 2002
E.g.f.: x*exp(2x). - Paul Barry, Apr 10 2003
G.f.: x/(1-2*x)^2.
G.f.: x / (1 - 4*x / (1 + x / (1 - x))). - Michael Somos, Apr 07 2012
A108666(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)^2 * a(n). - Michael Somos, Apr 07 2012
PSumSIGN transform of A053220. PSumSIGN transform is A045883. Binomial transform is A027471(n+1). - Michael Somos, Jul 10 2003
Starting at a(1)=1, INVERT transform is A002450, INVERT transform of A049072, MOBIUS transform of A083413, PSUM transform is A000337, BINOMIAL transform is A081038, BINOMIAL transform of A005408. - Michael Somos, Apr 07 2012
a(n) = 2*a(n-1)+2^(n-1).
a(2*n) = n*4^n, a(2*n+1) = (2*n+1)4^n.
G.f.: x/det(I-x*M) where M=[1,i;i,1], i=sqrt(-1). - Paul Barry, Apr 27 2005
Starting 1, 1, 4, 12, ... this is 0^n + n2^(n-1), the binomial transform of the 'pair-reversed' natural numbers A004442. - Paul Barry, Jul 24 2003
Convolution of [1, 2, 4, 8, ...] with itself. - Jon Perry, Aug 07 2003
The signed version of this sequence, n(-2)^(n-1), is the inverse binomial transform of n(-1)^(n-1) (alternating sign natural numbers). - Paul Barry, Aug 20 2003
a(n-1) = (Sum_{k=0..n} 2^(n-k-1)*C(n-k, k)*C(1,(k+1)/2)*(1-(-1)^k)/2) - 0^n/4. - Paul Barry, Oct 15 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n, k)(n-2k)^2. - Paul Barry, May 13 2005
a(n+2) = A049611(n+2) - A001788(n).
a(n) = n! * Sum_{k=0..n} 1/((k - 1)!(n - k)!). - Paul Barry, Mar 26 2003
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} 4^k * A109466(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2006
Row sums of A130300 starting (1, 4, 12, 32, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 20 2007
Equals row sums of triangle A134083. Equals A002064(n) + (2^n - 1). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 07 2007
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2), a(0)=0, a(1)=1. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 16 2008
Sum_{n>0} 1/a(n) = 2*log(2). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Feb 10 2009
a(n) = A000788(A000225(n)) = A173921(A000225(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2010
a(n) = n * A011782(n). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 28 2013
a(n-1) = Sum_{t_1+2*t_2+...+n*t_n=n} (t_1+t_2+...+t_n-1)*multinomial(t_1+t_2 +...+t_n,t_1,t_2,...,t_n). - Mircea Merca, Dec 06 2013
a(n+1) = Sum_{r=0..n} (2*r+1)*C(n,r). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 07 2014
a(n) = A007283(n)*n/6. - Enxhell Luzhnica, Apr 16 2016
a(n) = (A000225(n) + A000337(n))/2. - Anton Zakharov, Sep 17 2016
Sum_{n>0} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2*log(3/2) = 2*A016578. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Sep 17 2016
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..n-1} (i+1) * C(k,i). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 21 2017
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} Sum_{j=1..n} phi(i)*binomial(n, i*j). - Ridouane Oudra, Feb 17 2024

A002457 a(n) = (2n+1)!/n!^2.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 6, 30, 140, 630, 2772, 12012, 51480, 218790, 923780, 3879876, 16224936, 67603900, 280816200, 1163381400, 4808643120, 19835652870, 81676217700, 335780006100, 1378465288200, 5651707681620, 23145088600920, 94684453367400, 386971244197200, 1580132580471900

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Expected number of matches remaining in Banach's modified matchbox problem (counted when last match is drawn from one of the two boxes), multiplied by 4^(n-1). - Michael Steyer, Apr 13 2001
Hankel transform is (-1)^n*A014480(n). - Paul Barry, Apr 26 2009
Convolved with A000108: (1, 1, 1, 5, 14, 42, ...) = A000531: (1, 7, 38, 187, 874, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 14 2009
Convolution of A000302 and A000984. - Philippe Deléham, May 18 2009
1/a(n) is the integral of (x(1-x))^n on interval [0,1]. Apparently John Wallis computed these integrals for n=0,1,2,3,.... A004731, shifted left by one, gives numerators/denominators of related integrals (1-x^2)^n on interval [0,1]. - Marc van Leeuwen, Apr 14 2010
Extend the triangular peaks of Dyck paths of semilength n down to the baseline forming (possibly) larger and overlapping triangles. a(n) = sum of areas of these triangles. Also a(n) = triangular(n) * Catalan(n). - David Scambler, Nov 25 2010
Let H be the n X n Hilbert matrix H(i,j) = 1/(i+j-1) for 1 <= i,j <= n. Let B be the inverse matrix of H. The sum of the elements in row n of B equals a(n-1). - T. D. Noe, May 01 2011
Apparently the number of peaks in all symmetric Dyck paths with semilength 2n+1. - David Scambler, Apr 29 2013
Denominator of central elements of Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle A003506.
Central terms of triangle A116666. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 02 2013
Number of distinct strings of length 2n+1 using n letters A, n letters B, and 1 letter C. - Hans Havermann, May 06 2014
Number of edges in the Hasse diagram of the poset of partitions in the n X n box ordered by containment (from Havermann's comment above, C represents the square added in the edge). - William J. Keith, Aug 18 2015
Let V(n, r) denote the volume of an n-dimensional sphere with radius r then V(n, 1/2^n) = V(n-1, 1/2^n) / a((n-1)/2) for all odd n. - Peter Luschny, Oct 12 2015
a(n) is the result of processing the n+1 row of Pascal's triangle A007318 with the method of A067056. Example: Let n=3. Given the 4th row of Pascal's triangle 1,4,6,4,1, we get 1*(4+6+4+1) + (1+4)*(6+4+1) + (1+4+6)*(4+1) + (1+4+6+4)*1 = 15+55+55+15 = 140 = a(3). - J. M. Bergot, May 26 2017
a(n) is the number of (n+1) X 2 Young tableaux with a two horizontal walls between the first and second column. If there is a wall between two cells, the entries may be decreasing; see [Banderier, Wallner 2021] and A000984 for one horizontal wall. - Michael Wallner, Jan 31 2022
a(n) is the number of facets of the symmetric edge polytope of the cycle graph on 2n+1 vertices. - Mariel Supina, May 12 2022
Diagonal of the rational function 1 / (1 - x - y)^2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 23 2025

			G.f. = 1 + 6*x + 30*x^2 + 140*x^3 + 630*x^4 + 2772*x^5 + 12012*x^6 + 51480*x^7 + ...

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Cf. A000531 (Banach's original match problem).
Cf. A033876, A000984, A001803, A132818, A046521 (second column).
Cf. A000108, A000217.
A diagonal of A331430.
The rightmost diagonal of the triangle A331431.

a002457 n = a116666 (2 * n + 1) (n + 1)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 02 2013

[Factorial(2*n+1)/Factorial(n)^2: n in [0..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 12 2015

A002457:=n->(n+1) * binomial(2*(n+1),(n+1)) / 2; seq(A002457(n), n=0..50);
seq((2*n)!*coeff(series(HeunC(0,0,-2,-1/4,7/4,4*x^2),x,2*n+1),x,2*n),n=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Nov 22 2013

a[n_]:=(2*n+1)!/n!^2; Array[f, 23, 0] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Dec 13 2008 *)

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (2*n + 1)! / n!^2)}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 09 2002 */

a(n) = (2*n+1)*binomial(2*n, n); \\ Altug Alkan, Apr 16 2018

A002457 = lambda n: binomial(n+1/2,1/2)<<2*n
[A002457(n) for n in range(23)] # Peter Luschny, Sep 22 2014

G.f.: (1-4x)^(-3/2) = 1F0(3/2;;4x).
a(n-1) = binomial(2*n, n)*n/2 = binomial(2*n-1, n)*n.
a(n-1) = 4^(n-1)*Sum_{i=0..n-1} binomial(n-1+i, i)*(n-i)/2^(n-1+i).
a(n) ~ 2*Pi^(-1/2)*n^(1/2)*2^(2*n)*{1 + 3/8*n^-1 + ...}. - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Nov 21 2001
(2*n+2)!/(2*n!*(n+1)!) = (n+n+1)!/(n!*n!) = 1/beta(n+1, n+1) in A061928.
Sum_{i=0..n} i * binomial(n, i)^2 = n*binomial(2*n, n)/2. - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 26 2000
a(n) ~ 2*Pi^(-1/2)*n^(1/2)*2^(2*n). - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Jun 07 2002
a(n) = 1/Integral_{x=0..1} x^n (1-x)^n dx. - Fred W. Helenius (fredh(AT)ix.netcom.com), Jun 10 2003
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*((1+4*x)*BesselI(0, 2*x) + 4*x*BesselI(1, 2*x)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 22 2003
a(n) = Sum_{i+j+k=n} binomial(2i, i)*binomial(2j, j)*binomial(2k, k). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 09 2003
a(n) = (2*n+1)*A000984(n) = A005408(n)*A000984(n). - Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 12 2010
a(n-1) = Sum_{k=0..n} A039599(n,k)*A000217(k), for n >= 1. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 10 2007
Sum of (n+1)-th row terms of triangle A132818. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 02 2007
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 2*Pi/3^(3/2). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Mar 07 2009
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(2k,k)*4^(n-k). - Paul Barry, Apr 26 2009
a(n) = A000217(n) * A000108(n). - David Scambler, Nov 25 2010
a(n) = f(n, n-3) where f is given in A034261.
a(n) = A005430(n+1)/2 = A002011(n)/4.
a(n) = binomial(2n+2, 2) * binomial(2n, n) / binomial(n+1, 1), a(n) = binomial(n+1, 1) * binomial(2n+2, n+1) / binomial(2, 1) = binomial(2n+2, n+1) * (n+1)/2. - Rui Duarte, Oct 08 2011
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(4*x) where G(k) = 1 + 2*x*((2*k + 3)*G(k+1) - 1)/(k + 1). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 03 2011 [Edited by Michael Somos, Dec 06 2013]
G.f.: 1 - 6*x/(G(0)+6*x) where G(k) = 1 + (4*x+1)*k - 6*x - (k+1)*(4*k-2)/G(k+1); (continued fraction, Euler's 1st kind, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 13 2012
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + 4*(2*k + 1)*x*(2*k + 2 + Q(k+1))/(k+1). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 10 2013 [Edited by Michael Somos, Dec 06 2013]
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 4*x*(2*k+3)/(4*x*(2*k+3) + 2*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 06 2013
a(n) = 2^(4n)/Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*C(2n+1,n-k)/(2k+1). - Mircea Merca, Nov 12 2013
a(n) = (2*n)!*[x^(2*n)] HeunC(0,0,-2,-1/4,7/4,4*x^2) where [x^n] f(x) is the coefficient of x^n in f(x) and HeunC is the Heun confluent function. - Peter Luschny, Nov 22 2013
0 = a(n) * (16*a(n+1) - 2*a(n+2)) + a(n+1) * (a(n+2) - 6*a(n+1)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Dec 06 2013
a(n) = 4^n*binomial(n+1/2, 1/2). - Peter Luschny, Apr 24 2014
a(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-2*n,-2*n-1,1/2],[-2*n-2,1],2)*(n+1)*(2*n+1). - Peter Luschny, Sep 22 2014
a(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-n,-1/2],[1],1). - Peter Luschny, May 19 2015
a(n) = 2*4^n*Gamma(3/2+n)/(sqrt(Pi)*Gamma(1+n)). - Peter Luschny, Dec 14 2015
Sum_{n >= 0} 2^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi, related to Newton/Euler's Pi convergence transformation series. - Tony Foster III, Jul 28 2016. See the Weisstein Pi link, eq. (23). - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 26 2016
Boas-Buck recurrence: a(n) = (6/n)*Sum_{k=0..n-1} 4^(n-k-1)*a(k), n >= 1, and a(0) = 1. Proof from a(n) = A046521(n+1,1). See comment in A046521. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017
a(n) = (1/3)*Sum_{i = 0..n+1} C(n+1,i)*C(n+1,2*n+1-i)*C(3*n+2-i,n+1) = (1/3)*Sum_{i = 0..2*n+1} (-1)^(i+1)*C(2*n+1,i)*C(n+i+1,i)^2. - Peter Bala, Feb 07 2018
a(n) = (2*n+1)*binomial(2*n, n). - Kolosov Petro, Apr 16 2018
a(n) = (-4)^n*binomial(-3/2, n). - Peter Luschny, Oct 23 2018
a(n) = 1 / Sum_{s=0..n} (-1)^s * binomial(n, s) / (n+s+1). - Kolosov Petro, Jan 22 2019
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (2*k + 1)*binomial(2*n + 1, n - k). - Peter Bala, Feb 25 2019
4^n/a(n) = Integral_{x=0..1} (1 - x^2)^n. - Michael Somos, Jun 13 2019
D-finite with recurrence: 0 = a(n)*(6 + 4*n) - a(n+1)*(n + 1) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jun 13 2019
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 4*arcsinh(1/2)/sqrt(5). - Amiram Eldar, Sep 10 2020
From Jianing Song, Apr 10 2022: (Start)
G.f. for {1/a(n)}: 4*arcsin(sqrt(x)/2) / sqrt(x*(4-x)).
E.g.f. for {1/a(n)}: exp(x/4)*sqrt(Pi/x)*erf(sqrt(x)/2). (End)
G.f. for {1/a(n)}: 4*arctan(sqrt(x/(4-x))) / sqrt(x*(4-x)). - Michael Somos, Jun 17 2023
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n+k) * (n + 2*k + 1)*binomial(n+k, k).  This is the particular case m = 1 of the identity Sum_{k = 0..m*n} (-1)^k * (n + 2*k + 1) * binomial(n+k, k) = (-1)^(m*n) * (m*n + 1) * binomial((m+1)*n+1, n). Cf. A090816 and A306290. - Peter Bala, Nov 02 2024
a(n) = (1/Pi)*(2*n + 1)*(2^(2*n + 1))*Integral_{x=0..oo} 1/(x^2 + 1)^(n + 1) dx. - Velin Yanev, Jan 28 2025

A027480 a(n) = n(n+1)(n+2)/2.

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0, 3, 12, 30, 60, 105, 168, 252, 360, 495, 660, 858, 1092, 1365, 1680, 2040, 2448, 2907, 3420, 3990, 4620, 5313, 6072, 6900, 7800, 8775, 9828, 10962, 12180, 13485, 14880, 16368, 17952, 19635, 21420, 23310, 25308, 27417, 29640, 31980, 34440

Offset: 0

Olivier Gérard and Ken Knowlton (kcknowlton(AT)aol.com)

Write the integers in groups: 0; 1,2; 3,4,5; 6,7,8,9; ... and add the groups: a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n} (A000217(n)+j), row sums of the triangular view of A001477. - Asher Auel, Jan 06 2000
With offset = 2, a(n) is the number of edges of the line graph of the complete graph of order n, L(K_n). - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 07 2002
Also the total number of pips on a set of dominoes of type n. (A "3" domino set would have 0-0, 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3.) - Gerard Schildberger, Jun 26 2003. See A129533 for generalization to n-armed "dominoes". - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 06 2016
Common sum in an (n+1) X (n+1) magic square with entries (0..n^2-1).
Alternate terms of A057587. - Jeremy Gardiner, Apr 10 2005
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-5) is the number of 4-subsets of X which have exactly one element in common with Y. Also, if Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-5) is the number of (n-5)-subsets of X which have exactly one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
These numbers, starting with 3, are the denominators of the power series f(x) = (1-x)^2 * log(1/(1-x)), if the numerators are kept at 1. This sequence of denominators starts at the term x^3/3. - Miklos Bona, Feb 18 2009
a(n) is the number of triples (w,x,y) having all terms in {0..n} and satisfying at least one of the inequalities x+y < w, y+w < x, w+x < y. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 14 2012
From Martin Licht, Dec 04 2016: (Start)
Let b(n) = (n+1)(n+2)(n+3)/2 (the same sequence, but with a different offset). Then (see Arnold et al., 2006):
b(n) is the dimension of the Nédélec space of the second kind of polynomials of order n over a tetrahedron.
b(n-1) is the dimension of the curl-conforming Nédélec space of the first kind of polynomials of order n with tangential boundary conditions over a tetrahedron.
b(n) is the dimension of the divergence-conforming Nédélec space of the first kind of polynomials of order n with normal boundary conditions over a tetrahedron. (End)
After a(0), the digital root has period 9: repeat [3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9, 9]. - Peter M. Chema, Jan 19 2017

			Row sums of n consecutive integers, starting at 0, seen as a triangle:
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    0 |  0
    3 |  1  2
   12 |  3  4  5
   30 |  6  7  8  9
   60 | 10 11 12 13 14
  105 | 15 16 17 18 19 20

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Douglas N. Arnold, Richard S. Falk, and Ragnar Winther, Finite element exterior calculus, homological techniques, and applications, Acta Numerica 15 (2006), 1-155.
Steve Butler and Pavel Karasik, A note on nested sums, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010), 10.4.4.
Sela Fried, Counting r X s rectangles in nondecreasing and Smirnov words, arXiv:2406.18923 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 9.
Solomon Gartenhaus, Odd Order Pandiagonal Latin and Magic Cubes in Three and Four Dimensions, arXiv:math/0210275 [math.CO], 2002.
Index entries for sequences related to dominoes
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).

1/beta(n, 3) in A061928.
Cf. A057587, A006003, A254407.
A row of array in A129533.
Cf. similar sequences of the type n*(n+1)*(n+k)/2 listed in A267370.
Similar sequences are listed in A316224.
Cf. A056923, A281258.
Third column of A003506.
Cf. A000217, A002378, A006002.
A bisection of A330298.

[n*(n+1)*(n+2)/2: n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 14 2014

[seq(3*binomial(n+2,3),n=0..37)]; # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 24 2006
a := n -> add((j+n)*(n+2)/3,j=0..n): seq(a(n),n=0..35); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 17 2006

Table[(m^3 - m)/2, {m, 36}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 21 2007 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4,-6,4,-1},{0,3,12,30},40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 10 2012 *)
CoefficientList[Series[3 x / (x - 1)^4, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 14 2014 *)
With[{nn=50},Total/@TakeList[Range[0,(nn(nn+1))/2-1],Range[nn]]] (* Requires Mathematica version 11 or later *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 02 2019 *)

a(n)=3*binomial(n+2,3) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 23 2011

def a(n): return (n**3+3*n**2+2*n)//2 # _Torlach Rush, Jun 16 2024

a(n) = a(n-1) + A050534(n) = 3*A000292(n-1) = A050534(n) - A050534(n-1).
a(n) = n*binomial(2+n, 2). - Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 10 2006
a(n) = A007531(n+2)/2. - Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 17 2006
Starting with offset 1 = binomial transform of [3, 9, 9, 3, 0, 0, 0]. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 25 2007
From R. J. Mathar, Apr 07 2009: (Start)
G.f.: 3*x/(x-1)^4.
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} n*(n - i) + 2*i. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 13 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 07 2016: (Start)
E.g.f.: x*(6 + 6*x + x^2)*exp(x)/2.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A045943(k).
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/2.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = (8*log(2) - 5)/2 = 0.2725887222397812... = A016639/10. (End)
a(n-1) = binomial(n^2,2)/n for n > 0. - Jonathan Sondow, Jan 07 2018
For k > 1, Sum_{i=0..n^2-1} (k+i)^2 = (k*n + a(k-1))^2 + A126275(k). - Charlie Marion, Apr 23 2021

No term is prime, about 80% are abundant, but the first few deficient are: 105, 110, 182, 495, 506, 1365, 1406, 1892, 2162, 2756, 2907, 3422, 3782, 4556, 5313, .... - Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 16 2010

A002943 = (6, 20, 42, 72, 110, 156, 210, 272, 342, 420, 506, 600, 702, ...) is a subsequence: indeed, this is every second denominator of the first differences of the sequence 1/n. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 11 2015

As in A001142, lim_{n->inf} (a(n)a(n+2))/a(n+1)^2 = e, demonstrating an underlying relation between A003506 and Pascal's triangle A007318. Unlike A001142, in this case the function is asymptotic from above.

Alternatively, a(n) = k if n+1 is the k-th triangular number and 0 otherwise.

Triangle T(n,k), 0<=k<=n, read by rows, given by (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...) DELTA (2,-1/2,1/2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...) where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 27 2011

Appears as diagonal in A003506. - Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 12 2006
The aerated sequence 1,0,2,0,12,0,60,0,... has e.g.f. 1+x*Bessel_I(1,2x). - Paul Barry, Mar 29 2010
Conjecture: the terms of the inverse binomial transform are 2*A132894(n). - R. J. Mathar, Oct 21 2012

The matrix inverse = (1/1; 1/2, 1/2; 1/3, 1/3, 1/3;...). Binomial transform of A128064 = A128065. A128064 * A007318 = A103406.
The positive version with row sums 2n+1 is given by T(n,k)=sum{j=k..n, C(n,j)*C(j,k)*(-1)^(n-j)*(j+1)}. - Paul Barry, May 26 2007
Binomial transform of unsigned sequence is A003506. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 29 2007
Table T(n,k) read by antidiagonals. T(n,1) = n (for n>1), T(n,2) = -n, T(n,k) = 0, k > 2. - Boris Putievskiy, Feb 07 2013

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A007622 Consider Leibniz's harmonic triangle (A003506) and look at the non-boundary terms. Sequence gives numbers appearing in denominators, sorted.

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A168510 Products across consecutive rows of the denominators of the Leibniz harmonic triangle (A003506).

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A002378 Oblong (or promic, pronic, or heteromecic) numbers: a(n) = n*(n+1).

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A001008 a(n) = numerator of harmonic number H(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} 1/i.

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A001787 a(n) = n*2^(n-1).

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A027480 a(n) = n(n+1)(n+2)/2.

A005430 Apéry numbers: nC(2n,n).