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A046092 4 times triangular numbers: a(n) = 2n(n+1).

0, 4, 12, 24, 40, 60, 84, 112, 144, 180, 220, 264, 312, 364, 420, 480, 544, 612, 684, 760, 840, 924, 1012, 1104, 1200, 1300, 1404, 1512, 1624, 1740, 1860, 1984, 2112, 2244, 2380, 2520, 2664, 2812, 2964, 3120, 3280, 3444, 3612, 3784, 3960, 4140, 4324

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane and Eric W. Weisstein

Consider all Pythagorean triples (X,Y,Z=Y+1) ordered by increasing Z; sequence gives Y values. X values are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ... (A005408), Z values are A001844.
In the triple (X, Y, Z) we have X^2=Y+Z. Actually, the triple is given by {x, (x^2 -+ 1)/2}, where x runs over the odd numbers (A005408) and x^2 over the odd squares (A016754). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 11 2004
a(n) is the number of edges in n X n square grid with all horizontal and vertical segments filled in. - Asher Auel, Jan 12 2000 [Corrected by Felix Huber, Apr 09 2024]
a(n) is the only number satisfying an inequality related to zeta(2) and zeta(3): Sum_{i>a(n)+1} 1/i^2 < Sum_{i>n} 1/i^3 < Sum_{i>a(n)} 1/i^2. - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 02 2001
Number of right triangles made from vertices of a regular n-gon when n is even. - Sen-Peng Eu, Apr 05 2001
Number of ways to change two non-identical letters in the word aabbccdd..., where there are n type of letters. - Zerinvary Lajos, Feb 15 2005
a(n) is the number of (n-1)-dimensional sides of an (n+1)-dimensional hypercube (e.g., squares have 4 corners, cubes have 12 edges, etc.). - Freek van Walderveen (freek_is(AT)vanwal.nl), Nov 11 2005
From Nikolaos Diamantis (nikos7am(AT)yahoo.com), May 23 2006: (Start)
Consider a triangle, a pentagon, a heptagon, ..., a k-gon where k is odd. We label a triangle with n=1, a pentagon with n=2, ..., a k-gon with n = floor(k/2). Imagine a player standing at each vertex of the k-gon.
Initially there are 2 frisbees, one held by each of two neighboring players. Every time they throw the frisbee to one of their two nearest neighbors with equal probability. Then a(n) gives the average number of steps needed so that the frisbees meet.
I verified this by simulating the processes with a computer program. For example, a(2) = 12 because in a pentagon that's the expected number of trials we need to perform. That is an exercise in Concrete Mathematics and it can be done using generating functions. (End)
A diagonal of A059056. - Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 18 2007
If X_1,...,X_n is a partition of a 2n-set X into 2-blocks then a(n-1) is equal to the number of 2-subsets of X containing none of X_i, (i=1,...,n). - Milan Janjic, Jul 16 2007
X values of solutions to the equation 2*X^3 + X^2 = Y^2. To find Y values: b(n) = 2n(n+1)(2n+1). - Mohamed Bouhamida, Nov 06 2007
Number of (n+1)-permutations of 3 objects u,v,w, with repetition allowed, containing n-1 u's. Example: a(1)=4 because we have vv, vw, wv and ww; a(2)=12 because we can place u in each of the previous four 2-permutations either in front, or in the middle, or at the end. - Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 27 2007
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 4, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 12, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. - Omar E. Pol, May 03 2008
a(n) is also the least weight of self-conjugate partitions having n different even parts. - Augustine O. Munagi, Dec 18 2008
From Peter Luschny, Jul 12 2009: (Start)
The general formula for alternating sums of powers of even integers is in terms of the Swiss-Knife polynomials P(n,x) A153641 (P(n,1)-(-1)^k P(n,2k+1))/2. Here n=2, thus
a(k) = |(P(2,1) - (-1)^k*P(2,2k+1))/2|. (End)
The sum of squares of n+1 consecutive numbers between a(n)-n and a(n) inclusive equals the sum of squares of n consecutive numbers following a(n). For example, for n = 2, a(2) = 12, and the corresponding equation is 10^2 + 11^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 + 14^2. - Tanya Khovanova, Jul 20 2009
Number of roots in the root system of type D_{n+1} (for n>2). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
Draw n ellipses in the plane (n>0), any 2 meeting in 4 points; sequence gives number of intersections of these ellipses (cf. A051890, A001844); a(n) = A051890(n+1) - 2 = A001844(n) - 1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Dec 27 2013
a(n) appears also as the second member of the quartet [p0(n), a(n), p2(n), p3(n)] of the square of [n, n+1, n+2, n+3] in the Clifford algebra Cl_2 for n >= 0. p0(n) = -A147973(n+3), p2(n) = A054000(n+1) and p3(n) = A139570(n). See a comment on A147973, also with a reference. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 15 2014
a(n) appears also as the third and fourth member of the quartet [p0(n), p0(n), a(n), a(n)] of the square of [n, n, n+1, n+1] in the Clifford algebra Cl_2 for n >= 0. p0(n) = A001105(n). - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 16 2014
Consider two equal rectangles composed of unit squares. Then surround the 1st rectangle with 1-unit-wide layers to build larger rectangles, and surround the 2nd rectangle just to hide the previous layers. If r(n) and h(n) are the number of unit squares needed for n layers in the 1st case and the 2nd case, then for all rectangles, we have a(n) = r(n) - h(n) for n>=1. - Michel Marcus, Sep 28 2015
When greater than 4, a(n) is the perimeter of a Pythagorean triangle with an even short leg 2*n. - Agola Kisira Odero, Apr 26 2016
Also the number of minimum connected dominating sets in the (n+1)-cocktail party graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 29 2017
a(n+1) is the harmonic mean of A000384(n+2) and A014105(n+1). - Bob Andriesse, Apr 27 2019
Consider a circular cake from which wedges of equal center angle c are cut out in clockwise succession and turned around so that the bottom comes to the top. This goes on until the cake shows its initial surface again. An interesting case occurs if 360°/c is not an integer. Then, with n = floor(360°/c), the number of wedges which have to be cut out and turned equals a(n). (For the number of cutting line segments see A005408.) - According to Peter Winkler's book "Mathematical Mind-Benders", which presents the problem and its solution (see Winkler, pp. 111, 115) the problem seems to be of French origin but little is known about its history. - Manfred Boergens, Apr 05 2022
a(n-3) is the maximum irregularity over all maximal 2-degenerate graphs with n vertices.  The extremal graphs are 2-stars (K_2 joined to n-2 independent vertices).  (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
Number of ways of placing a domino on a (n+1)X(n+1) board of squares. - R. J. Mathar, Apr 24 2024
The sequence terms are the exponents in the expansion of (1/(1 + x)) * Sum_{n >= 0} x^n * Product_{k = 1..n} (1 - x^(2*k-1))/(1 + x^(2*k+1)) = 1 - x^4 + x^12 - x^24 + x^40 - x^60 + - ... (Andrews and Berndt, Entry 9.3.3, p. 229). Cf. A153140. - Peter Bala, Feb 15 2025
Number of edges in an (n+1)-dimensional orthoplex. 2D orthoplexes (diamonds) have 4 edges, 3D orthoplexes (octahedrons) have 12 edges, 4D orthoplexes (16-cell) have 24 edges, and so on. - Aaron Franke, Mar 23 2025

			a(7)=112 because 112 = 2*7*(7+1).
The first few triples are (1,0,1), (3,4,5), (5,12,13), (7,24,25), ...
The first such partitions, corresponding to a(n)=1,2,3,4, are 2+2, 4+4+2+2, 6+6+4+4+2+2, 8+8+6+6+4+4+2+2. - _Augustine O. Munagi_, Dec 18 2008

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Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Aztec Diamond.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cocktail Party Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Connected Dominating Set.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Gear Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hamiltonian Path.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pythagorean Triple.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A045943, A028895, A002943, A054000, A000330, A007290, A002378, A033996, A124080, A028896, A049598, A005563, A000217, A033586, A085250.
Main diagonal of array in A001477.
Equals A033996/2. Cf. A001844. - Augustine O. Munagi, Dec 18 2008
Cf. A078371, A141530 (see Librandi's comment in A078371).
Cf. A097080, A001845.
Cf. similar sequences listed in A299645.
Cf. A005408.
Cf. A016754.
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).

a046092 = (* 2) . a002378  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 15 2013

[2*n*(n+1): n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 04 2011

Table[2 n (n + 1), {n, 0, 50}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 03 2006 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 4, 12}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 25 2011 *)
4*Binomial[Range[50], 2] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 25 2011 *)

A046092(n):=2*n*(n+1)$
makelist(A046092(n),n,0,30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 08 2012 */

a(n)=binomial(n+1,2)<<2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 10 2011

def A046092(n): return n*(n+1)<<1 # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 11 2025

a(n) = A100345(n+1, n-1) for n>0.
a(n) = 2*A002378(n) = 4*A000217(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, May 25 2004
a(n) = C(2n, 2) - n = 4*C(n, 2). - Zerinvary Lajos, Feb 15 2005
From Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 04 2006: (Start)
a(n) - a(n-1)=4*n.
Let k=a(n). Then a(n+1) = k + 2*(1 + sqrt(2k + 1)). (End)
Array read by rows: row n gives A033586(n), A085250(n+1). - Omar E. Pol, May 03 2008
O.g.f.:4*x/(1-x)^3; e.g.f.: exp(x)*(2*x^2+4*x). - Geoffrey Critzer, May 17 2009
From Stephen Crowley, Jul 26 2009: (Start)
a(n) = 1/int(-(x*n+x-1)*(step((-1+x*n)/n)-1)*n*step((x*n+x-1)/(n+1)),x=0..1) where step(x)=piecewise(x<0,0,0<=x,1) is the Heaviside step function.
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/2. (End)
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3); a(0)=0, a(1)=4, a(2)=12. - Harvey P. Dale, Jul 25 2011
For n > 0, a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} (sin(x))^(2*n-1)*(cos(x))^3). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = A001844(n) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
(a(n) - A000217(k))^2  = A000217(2n-k)*A000217(2n+1+k) - (A002378(n) - A000217(k)), for all k. See also A001105. - Charlie Marion, May 09 2013
From Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 30 2013: (Start)
a(n)*(2m+1)^2 + a(m) = a(n*(2m+1)+m), for any nonnegative integers n and m.
t(k)*a(n) + t(k-1)*a(n+1) = a((n+1)*(t(k)-t(k-1)-1)), where k>=2, n>=1, t(k)=A000217(k). (End)
a(n) = A245300(n,n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 17 2014
2*a(n)+1 = A016754(n) = A005408(n)^2, the odd squares. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 02 2014
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = log(2) - 1/2 = A187832. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Mar 16 2017
a(n) = lcm(2*n,2*n+2). - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 30 2017
a(n)*a(n+k) + k^2 = m^2 (a perfect square), n >= 1, k >= 0. - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, May 13 2019
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 29 2021: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = cosh(Pi/2)/(Pi/2).
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -2*cos(sqrt(3)*Pi/2)/Pi. (End)
a(n) = A016754(n) - A001844(n). - Leo Tavares, Sep 20 2022

A005891 Centered pentagonal numbers: (5n^2+5n+2)/2; crystal ball sequence for 3.3.3.4.4. planar net.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 6, 16, 31, 51, 76, 106, 141, 181, 226, 276, 331, 391, 456, 526, 601, 681, 766, 856, 951, 1051, 1156, 1266, 1381, 1501, 1626, 1756, 1891, 2031, 2176, 2326, 2481, 2641, 2806, 2976, 3151, 3331, 3516, 3706, 3901, 4101, 4306, 4516, 4731, 4951, 5176, 5406

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Equals the triangular numbers convolved with [1, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson and Alexander R. Povolotsky, May 29 2009
From Ant King, Jun 15 2012: (Start)
a(n) == 1 (mod 5) for all n.
The digital roots of the a(n) form a purely periodic palindromic 9-cycle 1, 6, 7, 4, 6, 4, 7, 6, 1.
The units' digits of the a(n) form a purely periodic palindromic 4-cycle 1, 6, 6, 1.
(End)
Binomial transform of (1, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0, ...) and second partial sum of (1, 4, 5, 5, 5, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 09 2015
a(n) = a(-1-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jan 25 2019
On the plane start with a single regular pentagon, and repeat the following procedure, "For each edge of any pentagon not already connected to an existing pentagon create a mirror image such that the mirror image does not overlap with an existing pentagon." a(n) is the number of pentagons occupying the plane after n repetitions. - Torlach Rush, Sep 14 2022

			a(2)= 5*T(2) + 1 = 5*3 + 1 = 16, a(4) = 5*T(4) + 1 = 5*10 + 1 = 51. - _Thomas M. Green_, Nov 16 2009

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
B. K. Teo and N. J. A. Sloane, Magic numbers in polygonal and polyhedral clusters, Inorgan. Chem. 24 (1985), 4545-4558.

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Paul Barry, Centered polygon numbers, heptagons and nonagons, and the Robbins numbers, arXiv:2104.01644 [math.CO], 2021.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Cliff Reiter, Polygonal Numbers and Fifty One Stars, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (2019).
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Centered Pentagonal Number.
Index entries for sequences related to centered polygonal numbers
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
Index entries for crystal ball sequences

Cf. A028895, A001844, A003215, A004068 (partial sums), A006322, A001263.
Partial sums of A008706.
Equals second row of A167546 divided by 2.

[5*n*(n+1)/2 + 1: n in [0..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Nov 04 2017

A005891 := proc(n)
    1+5*n*(1+n)/2 ;
end proc:
seq(A005891(n),n=0..40) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 07 2021

FoldList[#1 + #2 &, 1, 5 Range@ 40] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{1,6,16},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 08 2018 *)
Table[ j! Coefficient[Series[Exp[x]*(1 + 5 x^2/2)-1, {x, 0, 20}], x, j], {j, 0, 20}] (* Nikolaos Pantelidis, Feb 07 2023 *)

a(n)=5*n*(n+1)/2+1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 22 2016

def A005891(n): return (5*n*(n+1)>>1)+1 # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 25 2025

G.f.: (1 + 3*x + x^2)/(1 - x)^3. Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 5, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2007
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3), a(0)=1, a(1)=6, a(2)=16. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 02 2008
a(n) = 5*A000217(n) + 1 = 5*T(n) + 1, for n = 0, 1, 2, 3, ... and where T(n) = n*(n+1)/2 = n-th triangular number. - Thomas M. Green, Nov 25 2009
a(n) = a(n-1) + 5*n, with a(0)=1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 18 2010
a(n) = A028895(n) + 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 5. - Ant King, Jun 12 2012
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 2*Pi /sqrt(15) *tanh(Pi/2*sqrt(3/5)) = 1.360613169863... - Ant King, Jun 15 2012
a(n) = A101321(5,n). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
E.g.f.: (2 + 10*x + 5*x^2)*exp(x)/2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 28 2016
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 20 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/n! = 17*e/2.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^(n+1)*a(n)/n! = 3/(2*e). (End)

Formula corrected and relocated by Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 07 2009

A033996 8 times triangular numbers: a(n) = 4n(n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 8, 24, 48, 80, 120, 168, 224, 288, 360, 440, 528, 624, 728, 840, 960, 1088, 1224, 1368, 1520, 1680, 1848, 2024, 2208, 2400, 2600, 2808, 3024, 3248, 3480, 3720, 3968, 4224, 4488, 4760, 5040, 5328, 5624, 5928, 6240, 6560, 6888, 7224, 7568, 7920, 8280

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 11 1999

Write 0, 1, 2, ... in a clockwise spiral; sequence gives numbers on one of 4 diagonals.
Also, least m > n such that T(m)*T(n) is a square and more precisely that of A055112(n). {T(n) = A000217(n)}. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 14 2004
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 8, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 24, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized decagonal numbers A074377. Axis perpendicular to A195146 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Number of diagonals with length sqrt(5) in an (n+1) X (n+1) square grid. Every 1 X 2 rectangle has two such diagonals. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 25 2015
Imagine a board made of squares (like a chessboard), one of whose squares is completely surrounded by square-shaped layers made of adjacent squares. a(n) is the total number of squares in the first to n-th layer. a(1) = 8 because there are 8 neighbors to the unit square; adding them gives a 3 X 3 square. a(2) = 24 = 8 + 16 because we need 16 more squares in the next layer to get a 5 X 5 square: a(n) = (2*n+1)^2 - 1 counting the (2n+1) X (2n+1) square minus the central square. - R. J. Cano, Sep 26 2015
The three platonic solids (the simplex, hypercube, and cross-polytope) with unit side length in n dimensions all have rational volume if and only if n appears in this sequence, after 0. - Brian T Kuhns, Feb 26 2016
The number of active (ON, black) cells in the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 645", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood. - Robert Price, May 19 2016
The square root of a(n), n>0, has continued fraction [2n; {1,4n}] with whole number part 2n and periodic part {1,4n}. - Ron Knott, May 11 2017
Numbers k such that k+1 is a square and k is a multiple of 4. - Bruno Berselli, Sep 28 2017
a(n) is the number of vertices of the octagonal network O(n,n); O(m,n) is defined by Fig. 1 of the Siddiqui et al. reference. - Emeric Deutsch, May 13 2018
a(n) is the number of vertices in conjoined n X n octagons which are arranged into a square array, a.k.a. truncated square tiling. - Donghwi Park, Dec 20 2020
a(n-2) is the number of ways to place 3 adjacent marks in a diagonal, horizontal, or vertical row on an n X n tic-tac-toe grid. - Matej Veselovac, May 28 2021

			Spiral with 0, 8, 24, 48, ... along lower right diagonal:
.
  36--37--38--39--40--41--42
   |                       |
  35  16--17--18--19--20  43
   |   |               |   |
  34  15   4---5---6  21  44
   |   |   |       |   |   |
  33  14   3   0   7  22  45
   |   |   |   | \ |   |   |
  32  13   2---1   8  23  46
   |   |           | \ |   |
  31  12--11--10---9  24  47
   |                   | \ |
  30--29--28--27--26--25  48
                            \
[Reformatted by _Jon E. Schoenfield_, Dec 25 2016]

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Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.

Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
M. K. Siddiqui, M. Naeem, N. A. Rahman, and M. Imran, Computing topological indices of certain networks, J. of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 18, No. 9-10, 2016, 884-892.
N. J. A. Sloane, On the Number of ON Cells in Cellular Automata, arXiv:1503.01168 [math.CO], 2015.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Centroid Diamonds.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hamiltonian Path.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Knight Graph.
Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Science
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
Index entries for sequences related to cellular automata
Index to 2D 5-Neighbor Cellular Automata.
Index to Elementary Cellular Automata.

Cf. A000217, A016754, A002378, A024966, A027468, A028895, A028896, A045943, A046092, A049598, A088538, A124080, A008590 (first differences), A130809 (partial sums).
Sequences from spirals: A001107, A002939, A002943, A007742, A033951, A033952, A033953, A033954, A033988, A033989, A033990, A033991, A033996. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008
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.

[ 4*n*(n+1) : n in [0..50] ]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 09 2014

seq(8*binomial(n+1, 2), n=0..46); # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 24 2006
[seq((2*n+1)^2-1, n=0..46)];

Table[(2n - 1)^2 - 1, {n, 50}] (* Alonso del Arte, Mar 31 2013 *)

nsqm1(n) = { forstep(x=1,n,2, y = x*x-1; print1(y, ", ") ) }

a(n) = 4*n^2 + 4*n = (2*n+1)^2 - 1.
G.f.: 8*x/(1-x)^3.
a(n) = A016754(n) - 1 = 2*A046092(n) = 4*A002378(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, May 25 2004
a(n) = A049598(n) - A046092(n); a(n) = A124080(n) - A002378(n). - Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 06 2007
a(n) = 8*A000217(n). - Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008
a(n) = A005843(n) * A163300(n). - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Jul 26 2009
a(n) = a(n-1) + 8*n (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 17 2010
For n > 0, a(n) = A058031(n+1) - A062938(n-1). - Charlie Marion, Apr 11 2013
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 25 2015
a(n) = A000578(n+1) - A152618(n). - Bui Quang Tuan, Apr 01 2015
a(n) - a(n-1) = A008590(n), n > 0. - Altug Alkan, Sep 26 2015
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 19 2016: (Start)
E.g.f.: 4*x*(2 + x)*exp(x).
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/4. (End)
Product_{n>=1} a(n)/A016754(n) = Pi/4. - Daniel Suteu, Dec 25 2016
a(n) = A056220(n) + A056220(n+1). - Bruce J. Nicholson, May 29 2017
sqrt(a(n)+1) - sqrt(a(n)) = (sqrt(n+1) - sqrt(n))^2. - Seiichi Manyama, Dec 23 2018
a(n)*a(n+k) + 4*k^2 = m^2 where m = (a(n) + a(n+k))/2 - 2*k^2; for k=1, m = 4*n^2 + 8*n + 2 = A060626(n). - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, May 22 2019
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1/4 - log(2)/2. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 21 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(4/Pi)*cos(Pi/sqrt(2)).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 4/Pi (A088538). (End)

A045944 Rhombic matchstick numbers: a(n) = n(3n+2).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 16, 33, 56, 85, 120, 161, 208, 261, 320, 385, 456, 533, 616, 705, 800, 901, 1008, 1121, 1240, 1365, 1496, 1633, 1776, 1925, 2080, 2241, 2408, 2581, 2760, 2945, 3136, 3333, 3536, 3745, 3960, 4181, 4408, 4641, 4880, 5125, 5376, 5633, 5896, 6165, 6440

Offset: 0

R. K. Guy

From Floor van Lamoen, Jul 21 2001: (Start)
Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0, then a(n) is the n-th term of the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0,5,.... The spiral begins:
                 .
                 85--84--83--82--81--80
                   .                   \
                   56--55--54--53--52  79
                   / .               \   \
                 57  33--32--31--30  51  78
                 /   / .           \   \   \
               58  34  16--15--14  29  50  77
               /   /   / .       \   \   \   \
             59  35  17   5---4  13  28  49  76
             /   /   /   / .   \   \   \   \   \
           60  36  18   6   0   3  12  27  48  75
           /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /
         61  37  19   7   1---2  11  26  47  74
           \   \   \   \         /   /   /   /
           62  38  20   8---9--10  25  46  73
             \   \   \             /   /   /
             63  39  21--22--23--24  45  72
               \   \                 /   /
               64  40--41--42--43--44  71
                 \                     /
                 65--66--67--68--69--70
(End)
Connection to triangular numbers: a(n) = 4*T_n + S_n where T_n is the n-th triangular number and S_n is the n-th square. - William A. Tedeschi, Sep 12 2010
Also, second octagonal numbers. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 13 2011
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 16, ... and the line from 5, in the direction 5, 33, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized octagonal numbers A001082. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 18 2012
Let P denote the points from the n X n grid. A(n-1) also coincides with the minimum number of points Q needed to "block" P, that is, every line segment spanned by two points from P must contain one point from Q. - Manfred Scheucher, Aug 30 2018
Also the number of internal edges of an (n+1)*(n+1) "square" of hexagons; i.e., n+1 rows, each of n+1 edge-adjacent hexagons, stacked with minimal overhang. - Jon Hart, Sep 29 2019
For n >= 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(27*a(n)) is [9n+2; {1, 2n-1, 1, 1, 1, 2n-1, 1, 18n+4}]. - Magus K. Chu, Oct 13 2022

Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Ghislain R. Franssens, On a Number Pyramid Related to the Binomial, Deleham, Eulerian, MacMahon and Stirling number triangles, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 9 (2006), Article 06.4.1.
M. Janjic and B. Petkovic, A Counting Function, arXiv:1301.4550 [math.CO], 2013.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Square Stars
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Split Stars
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Bisection of A001859. See Comments of A135713.
Cf. A000217, A000567, A001082, A002378, A016969, A049450, A174709.
Cf. second n-gonal numbers: A005449, A014105, A147875, A179986, A033954, A062728, A135705.
Cf. numbers of the form n*(d*n+10-d)/2: A008587, A056000, A028347, A140090, A014106, A028895, A186029, A007742, A022267, A033429, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734, A139273.
Cf. A000290, A022144, A005563, A001105.
Cf. A056109.
Cf. A003154.

[n*(3*n+2) : n in [0..100]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 24 2017

Table[n*(3n+2), {n,0,60}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 05 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,5,16},60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 19 2016 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x*(5 + x)/(1 - x)^3,{x, 0, 60}], x] (* Stefano Spezia, Sep 01 2018 *)

a(n)=n*(3*n+2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 20 2012

O.g.f.: x*(5+x)/(1-x)^3. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 07 2008
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3), with a(0)=0, a(1)=5, a(2)=16. - Harvey P. Dale, May 06 2011
a(n) = a(n-1) + 6*n - 1 (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 18 2010
For n > 0, a(n)^3 + (a(n)+1)^3 + ... + (a(n)+n)^3 + 2*A000217(n)^2 = (a(n) + n + 1)^3 + ... + (a(n) + 2n)^3; see also A033954. - Charlie Marion, Dec 08 2007
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} A016969(i) for n > 0. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 13 2011
a(n) = A174709(6*n+4). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 26 2013
a(n) = A001082(2*n). - Michael Turniansky, Aug 24 2013
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = (9 + sqrt(3)*Pi - 9*log(3))/12 = 0.3794906245574721941... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 27 2016
a(n) = A002378(n) + A014105(n). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 24 2018
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi/sqrt(12) - 3/4. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2020
E.g.f.: exp(x)*x*(5 + 3*x). - Stefano Spezia, Jun 08 2021
From Leo Tavares, Oct 14 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A000290(n) + 4*A000217(n). See Square Stars illustration.
a(n) = A000567(n+2) - A022144(n+1)
a(n) = A005563(n) + A001105(n).
a(n) = A056109(n) - 1. (End)
From Leo Tavares, Oct 06 2022: (Start)
a(n) = A003154(n+1) - A000567(n+1). See Split Stars illustration.
a(n) = A014105(n) + 2*A000217(n). (End)

A014106 a(n) = n(2n + 3).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, 119, 152, 189, 230, 275, 324, 377, 434, 495, 560, 629, 702, 779, 860, 945, 1034, 1127, 1224, 1325, 1430, 1539, 1652, 1769, 1890, 2015, 2144, 2277, 2414, 2555, 2700, 2849, 3002, 3159, 3320, 3485, 3654, 3827, 4004, 4185, 4370

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

If Y is a 2-subset of a 2n-set X then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of (2n-2)-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan Janjic, Nov 18 2007
This sequence can also be derived from 1*(2+3)=5, 2*(3+4)=14, 3*(4+5)=27, and so forth. - J. M. Bergot, May 30 2011
Consider the partitions of 2n into exactly two parts.  Then a(n) is the sum of all the parts in the partitions of 2n + the number of partitions of 2n + the total number of partition parts of 2n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 02 2013
a(n) is the number of self-intersecting points of star polygon {(2*n+3)/(n+1)}. - Bui Quang Tuan, Mar 25 2015
Bisection of A000096. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 16 2016
a(n+1) is the number of function calls required to compute Ackermann's function ack(2,n). - Olivier Gérard, May 11 2018
a(n-1) is the least denominator d > n of the best rational approximation of sqrt(n^2-2) by x/d (see example and PARI code). - Hugo Pfoertner, Apr 30 2019
The number of cells in a loose n X n+1 rectangular spiral where n is even. See loose rectangular spiral image. - Jeff Bowermaster, Aug 05 2019
a(n-1) is the dimension of the second cohomology group of 2n+1-dimensional Heisenberg Lie algebra h_{2n+1}. - Rafik Khalfi, Jan 27 2025

			a(5-1) = 44: The best approximation of sqrt(5^2-2) = sqrt(23) by x/d with d <= k is 24/5 for all k < 44, but sqrt(23) ~= 211/44 is the first improvement. - _Hugo Pfoertner_, Apr 30 2019

Jolley, Summation of Series, Dover (1961).

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..920
Jeff Bowermaster, Loose Rectangular Spiral
Sergio Falcon, Relationships between Some k-Fibonacci Sequences, Applied Mathematics, 2014, 5, 2226-2234.
Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
L. J. Santharoubane, Cohomology of Heisenberg Lie algebras, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 87 (1983), 23-28.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Hex-tangles
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Second Hex-tangles
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Ob-tangles
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Trap-tangles
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Star Polygon
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A091823. See A110325 for another version.
Cf. numbers of the form  n*(d*n+10-d)/2:  A008587, A056000, A028347, A140090, A028895, A045944, A186029, A007742, A022267, A033429, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734, A139273.
Cf. A000384, A014105, A002378, A005563, A000217.

[n*(2*n+3): n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 25 2011

A014106 := proc(n) n*(2*n+3) ; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Feb 13 2011
seq(k*(2*k+3), k=1..100); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 02 2013

Table[n (2 n + 3), {n, 0, 120}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 02 2015 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,5,14},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 21 2023 *)

PARI
```
a(n)=2*n^2+3*n
```

\\ least denominator > n in best rational approximation of sqrt(n^2-2)
for(n=2,47,for(k=n,oo,my(m=denominator(bestappr(sqrt(n^2-2),k)));if(m>n,print1(k,", ");break(1)))) \\ Hugo Pfoertner, Apr 30 2019

a(n) - 1 = A091823(n). - Howard A. Landman, Mar 28 2004
A014107(-n) = a(n), A000384(n+1) = a(n)+1. - Michael Somos, Nov 06 2005
G.f.: x*(5 - x)/(1 - x)^3. - Paul Barry, Feb 27 2003
E.g.f: x*(5 + 2*x)*exp(x). - Michael Somos, Nov 06 2005
a(n) = a(n-1) + 4*n + 1, n > 0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 19 2010
a(n) = 4*A000217(n) + n. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 8/9 -2*log(2)/3 = 0.4267907685155920.. [Jolley eq. 265]
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 4/9 + log(2)/3 - Pi/6. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2020
From Leo Tavares, Jan 27 2022: (Start)
a(n) = A000384(n+1) - 1. See Hex-tangles illustration.
a(n) = A014105(n) + n*2. See Second Hex-tangles illustration.
a(n) = 2*A002378(n) + n. See Ob-tangles illustration.
a(n) = A005563(n) + 2*A000217(n). See Trap-tangles illustration. (End)

A062786 Centered 10-gonal numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 11, 31, 61, 101, 151, 211, 281, 361, 451, 551, 661, 781, 911, 1051, 1201, 1361, 1531, 1711, 1901, 2101, 2311, 2531, 2761, 3001, 3251, 3511, 3781, 4061, 4351, 4651, 4961, 5281, 5611, 5951, 6301, 6661, 7031, 7411, 7801, 8201, 8611, 9031, 9461, 9901, 10351, 10811

Offset: 1

Jason Earls, Jul 19 2001

Deleting the least significant digit yields the (n-1)-st triangular number: a(n) = 10*A000217(n-1) + 1. - Amarnath Murthy, Dec 11 2003
All divisors of a(n) are congruent to 1 or -1, modulo 10; that is, they end in the decimal digit 1 or 9. Proof: If p is an odd prime different from 5 then 5n^2 - 5n + 1 == 0 (mod p) implies 25(2n - 1)^2 == 5 (mod p), whence p == 1 or -1 (mod 10). - Nick Hobson, Nov 13 2006
Centered decagonal numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
The partial sums of this sequence give A004466. - Leo Tavares, Oct 04 2021
The continued fraction expansion of sqrt(5*a(n)) is [5n-3; {2, 2n-2, 2, 10n-6}]. For n=1, this collapses to [2; {4}]. - Magus K. Chu, Sep 12 2022
Numbers m such that 20*m + 5 is a square. Also values of the Fibonacci polynomial y^2 - x*y - x^2 for x = n and y = 3*n - 1. This is a subsequence of A089270. - Klaus Purath, Oct 30 2022
All terms can be written as a difference of two consecutive squares a(n) = A005891(n-1)^2 - A028895(n-1)^2, and they can be represented by the forms (x^2 + 2mxy + (m^2-1)y^2) and (3x^2 + (6m-2)xy + (3m^2-2m)y^2), both of discriminant 4. - Klaus Purath, Oct 17 2023

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Pentagonal Stars.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Mid-section Stars.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Mid-section Star Pillars.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Trapezoidal Rays.
R. Yin, J. Mu, and T. Komatsu, The p-Frobenius Number for the Triple of the Generalized Star Numbers, Preprints 2024, 2024072280. See p. 2.
Index entries for sequences related to centered polygonal numbers.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A001263, A124080, A101321, A028387, A016861, A003154, A005891, A000217, A004466, A144390, A000326, A060544.

Cf. also A016754, A002378, A069099, A045943, A003215, A046092, A001844, A028896, A005448, A024966, A082970.

List([1..50], n-> 1+5*n*(n-1)); # G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019

[1+5*n*(n-1): n in [1..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019

FoldList[#1+#2 &, 1, 10Range@ 45] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
1+5*Pochhammer[Range[50]-1, 2] (* G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019 *)

j=[]; for(n=1,75,j=concat(j,(5*n*(n-1)+1))); j

for (n=1, 1000, write("b062786.txt", n, " ", 5*n*(n - 1) + 1) ) \\ Harry J. Smith, Aug 11 2009

def a(n): return(5*n**2-5*n+1) # Torlach Rush, May 10 2024

[1+5*rising_factorial(n-1, 2) for n in (1..50)] # G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019

a(n) = 5*n*(n-1) + 1.
From  Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2007: (Start)
Binomial transform of [1, 10, 10, 0, 0, 0, ...];
Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 10, 0, 0, 0, ...]. (End)
G.f.: x*(1+8*x+x^2) / (1-x)^3. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 04 2011
a(n) = A124080(n-1) + 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(n) = A101321(10,n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
a(n) = A028387(A016861(n-1))/5 for n > 0. - Art Baker, Mar 28 2019
E.g.f.: (1+5*x^2)*exp(x) - 1. - G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi * tan(Pi/(2*sqrt(5))) / sqrt(5). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 23 2019
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 20 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 6*e - 1.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n * a(n)/n! = 6/e - 1. (End)
a(n) = A005891(n-1) + 5*A000217(n-1). - Leo Tavares, Jul 14 2021
a(n) = A003154(n) - 2*A000217(n-1). See Mid-section Stars illustration. - Leo Tavares, Sep 06 2021
From Leo Tavares, Oct 06 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A144390(n-1) + 2*A028387(n-1). See Mid-section Star Pillars illustration.
a(n) = A000326(n) + A000217(n) + 3*A000217(n-1). See Trapezoidal Rays illustration.
a(n) = A060544(n) + A000217(n-1). (End)
From Leo Tavares, Oct 31 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + 2*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + A002378(n-1).
a(n) = A069099(n) + 3*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A069099(n) + A045943(n-1).
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + 4*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + A046092(n-1).
a(n) = A001844(n-1) + 6*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A001844(n-1) + A028896(n-1).
a(n) = A005448(n) + 7*A000217(n).
a(n) = A005448(n) + A024966(n). (End)
From Klaus Purath, Oct 30 2022: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-2) + 10*(2*n-3).
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 10.
a(n) = A135705(n-1) + n.
a(n) = A190816(n) - n.
a(n) = 2*A005891(n-1) - 1. (End)

Better description from Terrel Trotter, Jr., Apr 06 2002

A033429 a(n) = 5*n^2.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 20, 45, 80, 125, 180, 245, 320, 405, 500, 605, 720, 845, 980, 1125, 1280, 1445, 1620, 1805, 2000, 2205, 2420, 2645, 2880, 3125, 3380, 3645, 3920, 4205, 4500, 4805, 5120, 5445, 5780, 6125, 6480, 6845, 7220, 7605, 8000, 8405, 8820, 9245, 9680, 10125, 10580, 11045, 11520, 12005, 12500

Offset: 0

Jeff Burch

Number of edges of the complete bipartite graph of order 6n, K_n,5n. - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 07 2002
Number of edges of the complete tripartite graph of order 4n, K_n,n,2n. - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 07 2002
a(n+1)-a(n) : 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, ... (see A017329). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 08 2011
From Larry J Zimmermann, Feb 21 2013: (Start)
The sum of the areas of 2 squares that equals the area of a rectangle with whole number sides using the formula x^2 + y^2 = (x+y+sqrt(2*x*y))(x+y-sqrt(2*x*y)), where the substitution y=2*x obtains the whole number sides of the rectangle. So x^2+(2*x)^2=5x(x).
  x     squares sum      rectangle (l,w)   area
  1     1,4     5                   5,1    5
  2     4,16    20                  10,2   20  (End)

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Lancelot Hogben, Choice and Chance by Cardpack and Chessboard, Vol. 1, Max Parrish and Co, London, 1950, p. 36.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Central column of A055096.
Cf. A000290.
Cf. numbers of the form  n*(d*n+10-d)/2:  A008587, A056000, A028347, A140090, A014106, A028895, A045944, A186029, A007742, A022267, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734, A139273.
Cf. A185019.
Cf. A001105, A033428.
Similar sequences are listed in A316466.

5*Range[50]^2 (* Alonso del Arte, May 23 2012 *)

PARI
```
a(n)=5*n^2
```

a(n) = 5*A000290(n). - Omar E. Pol, Dec 11 2008
From Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011: (Start)
G.f.: 5*x*(1+x)/(1-x)^3.
a(n) = 4*A000217(n) + A000567(n). (End)
a(n) = a(n-1)+5*(2*n-1) (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 17 2010
a(n) = A131242(10*n+4). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 27 2013
a(n) = a(n-1) + 10*n - 5, with a(0)=0. - Jean-Bernard François, Oct 04 2013
a(n) = A001105(n) + A033428(n). - Altug Alkan, Sep 28 2015
E.g.f.: 5*x*(x+1)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 17 2017
a(n) = Sum_{i = 2..6} P(i,n), where P(i,m) = m*((i-2)*m-(i-4))/2. - Bruno Berselli, Jul 04 2018
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 03 2021: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi^2/30.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi^2/60.
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = sqrt(5)*sinh(Pi/sqrt(5))/Pi.
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = sqrt(5)*sin(Pi/sqrt(5))/Pi. (End)

Better description from N. J. A. Sloane, May 15 1998

A028896 6 times triangular numbers: a(n) = 3n(n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 6, 18, 36, 60, 90, 126, 168, 216, 270, 330, 396, 468, 546, 630, 720, 816, 918, 1026, 1140, 1260, 1386, 1518, 1656, 1800, 1950, 2106, 2268, 2436, 2610, 2790, 2976, 3168, 3366, 3570, 3780, 3996, 4218, 4446, 4680, 4920, 5166, 5418, 5676

Offset: 0

Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Dec 11 1999

From Floor van Lamoen, Jul 21 2001: (Start)
Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0; then a(n) is the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0, 6, ...
The spiral begins:
                 85--84--83--82--81--80
                 /                     \
               86  56--55--54--53--52  79
               /   /                 \   \
             87  57  33--32--31--30  51  78
             /   /   /             \   \   \
           88  58  34  16--15--14  29  50  77
           /   /   /   /         \   \   \   \
         89  59  35  17   5---4  13  28  49  76
         /   /   /   /   /     \   \   \   \   \
    <==90==60==36==18===6===0   3  12  27  48  75
           /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /
         61  37  19   7   1---2  11  26  47  74
           \   \   \   \         /   /   /   /
           62  38  20   8---9--10  25  46  73
             \   \   \             /   /   /
             63  39  21--22--23--24  45  72
               \   \                 /   /
               64  40--41--42--43--44  71
                 \                     /
                 65--66--67--68--69--70
(End)
If Y is a 4-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-5) is the number of (n-4)-subsets of X having exactly two elements in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
a(n) is the maximal number of points of intersection of n+1 distinct triangles drawn in the plane. For example, two triangles can intersect in at most a(1) = 6 points (as illustrated in the Star of David configuration). - Terry Stickels (Terrystickels(AT)aol.com), Jul 12 2008
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 6, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 18, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized octagonal numbers A001082. Axis perpendicular to A195143 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Partial sums of A008588. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 28 2014
Also the number of 5-cycles in the (n+5)-triangular honeycomb acute knight graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017
a(n-4) is the maximum irregularity over all maximal 3-degenerate graphs with n vertices.  The extremal graphs are 3-stars (K_3 joined to n-3 independent vertices).  (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

Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Allan Bickle and Zhongyuan Che, Irregularities of Maximal k-degenerate Graphs, Discrete Applied Math. 331 (2023) 70-87.
Allan Bickle, A Survey of Maximal k-degenerate Graphs and k-Trees, Theory and Applications of Graphs 0 1 (2024) Article 5.
Milan Janjic, Enumerative Formulas for Some Functions on Finite Sets.
Enrique Navarrete and Daniel Orellana, Finding Prime Numbers as Fixed Points of Sequences, arXiv:1907.10023 [math.NT], 2019.
Luis Manuel Rivera, Integer sequences and k-commuting permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3081 [math.CO], 2014.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Centroid Hexagons.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Graph Cycle.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A000217, A000567, A003215, A008588, A024966, A028895, A033996, A046092, A049598, A084939, A084940, A084941, A084942, A084943, A084944, A124080.
Cf. A002378 (3-cycles in triangular honeycomb acute knight graph), A045943 (4-cycles), A152773 (6-cycles).
Cf. A007531.
The partial sums give A007531. - Leo Tavares, Jan 22 2022
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).

List([0..44],n->3*n*(n+1)); # Muniru A Asiru, Mar 15 2019

[3*n*(n+1): n in [0..50]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 09 2014

[seq(6*binomial(n,2),n=1..44)]; # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 24 2006

6 Accumulate[Range[0, 50]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 05 2012 *)
6 PolygonalNumber[Range[0, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 6, 18}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017 *)

a(n)=3*n*(n+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015

first(n) = Vec(6*x/(1 - x)^3 + O(x^n), -n) \\ Iain Fox, Feb 14 2018

def A028896(n): return 3*n*(n+1) # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 07 2025

O.g.f.: 6*x/(1 - x)^3.
E.g.f.: 3*x*(x + 2)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Aug 19 2017
a(n) = 6*A000217(n).
a(n) = polygorial(3, n+1). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 16 2003
From Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 06 2007: (Start)
a(n) = A049598(n)/2.
a(n) = A124080(n) - A046092(n).
a(n) = A033996(n) - A002378(n). (End)
a(n) = A002378(n)*3 = A045943(n)*2. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008
a(n) = a(n-1) + 6*n for n>0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 05 2010
a(n) = A003215(n) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
From Philippe Deléham, Mar 26 2013: (Start)
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n>2, a(0)=0, a(1)=6, a(2)=18.
a(n) = A174709(6*n + 5). (End)
a(n) = A049450(n) + 4*n. - Lear Young, Apr 24 2014
a(n) = Sum_{i = n..2*n} 2*i. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 14 2018
a(n) = A320047(1, n, 1). - Kolosov Petro, Oct 04 2018
a(n) = T(3*n) - T(2*n-2) + T(n-2), where T(n) = A000217(n). In general, T(k)*T(n) = Sum_{i=0..k-1} (-1)^i*T((k-i)*(n-i)). - Charlie Marion, Dec 04 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 15 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/3.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2*log(2)/3 - 1/3. (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(3/Pi)*cos(sqrt(7/3)*Pi/2).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = (3/Pi)*cosh(Pi/(2*sqrt(3))). (End)

A140090 a(n) = n(3n + 7)/2.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 13, 24, 38, 55, 75, 98, 124, 153, 185, 220, 258, 299, 343, 390, 440, 493, 549, 608, 670, 735, 803, 874, 948, 1025, 1105, 1188, 1274, 1363, 1455, 1550, 1648, 1749, 1853, 1960, 2070, 2183, 2299, 2418, 2540, 2665, 2793, 2924

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, May 22 2008

This sequence is mentioned in the Guo-Niu Han's paper, chapter 6: Dictionary of the standard puzzle sequences, p. 19 (see link). - Omar E. Pol, Oct 28 2011

Number of cards needed to build an n-tier house of cards with a flat, one-card-wide roof. - Tyler Busby, Dec 28 2022

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles, 2011. [Cached copy]
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles, arXiv:2006.14070 [math.CO], 2020.
Sela Fried, Counting r X s rectangles in nondecreasing and Smirnov words, arXiv:2406.18923 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 5.
Julie Zhang, Noah A. Rosenberg, and Julia A. Palacios, The space of multifurcating ranked tree shapes: enumeration, lattice structure, and Markov chains, arXiv:2506.10856 [math.PR], 2025. See p. 33.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

The generalized pentagonal numbers b*n+3*n*(n-1)/2, for b = 1 through 12, form sequences A000326, A005449, A045943, A115067, this sequence, A140091, A059845, A140672, A140673, A140674, A140675, A151542.

Cf. numbers of the form n*(d*n + 10 - d)/2: A008587, A056000, A028347, A014106, A028895, A045944, A186029, A007742, A022267, A033429, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734, A139273.

LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,5,13},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 17 2022 *)

a(n)=n*(3*n+7)/2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015

G.f.: x*(5 - 2*x)/(1 - x)^3. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011
a(n) = (3*n^2 + 7*n)/2.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 3*n + 2 (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 24 2010
E.g.f.: (1/2)*(3*x^2 + 10*x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 17 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 22 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 117/98 - Pi/(7*sqrt(3)) - 3*log(3)/7.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2*Pi/(7*sqrt(3)) + 4*log(2)/7 - 75/98. (End)

A027468 9 times the triangular numbers A000217.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 9, 27, 54, 90, 135, 189, 252, 324, 405, 495, 594, 702, 819, 945, 1080, 1224, 1377, 1539, 1710, 1890, 2079, 2277, 2484, 2700, 2925, 3159, 3402, 3654, 3915, 4185, 4464, 4752, 5049, 5355, 5670, 5994, 6327, 6669, 7020, 7380, 7749, 8127, 8514, 8910, 9315

Offset: 0

Olivier Gérard

Staggered diagonal of triangular spiral in A051682, between (0,1,11) spoke and (0,8,25) spoke. - Paul Barry, Mar 15 2003
Number of permutations of n distinct letters (ABCD...) each of which appears thrice with n-2 fixed points. - Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 15 2006
Number of n permutations (n>=2) of 4 objects u, v, z, x with repetition allowed, containing n-2=0 u's. Example: if n=2 then n-2 =zero (0) u, a(1)=9 because we have vv, zz, xx, vx, xv, zx, xz, vz, zv. A027465 formatted as a triangular array: diagonal: 9, 27, 54, 90, 135, 189, 252, 324, ... . - Zerinvary Lajos, Aug 06 2008
a(n) is also the least weight of self-conjugate partitions having n different parts such that each part is a multiple of 3. - Augustine O. Munagi, Dec 18 2008
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 9, ..., and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 27, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized hendecagonal numbers A195160. Axis perpendicular to A195147 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Sum of the numbers from 4*n to 5*n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Nov 01 2014

			The first such self-conjugate partitions, corresponding to a(n)=1,2,3,4 are 3+3+3, 6+6+6+3+3+3, 9+9+9+6+6+6+3+3+3, 12+12+12+9+9+9+6+6+6+3+3+3. - _Augustine O. Munagi_, Dec 18 2008

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Augustine O. Munagi, Pairing conjugate partitions by residue classes, Discrete Math., Vol. 308, No. 12 (2008), pp. 2492-2501.
Enrique Navarrete and Daniel Orellana, Finding Prime Numbers as Fixed Points of Sequences, arXiv:1907.10023 [math.NT], 2019.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Centroid Triangles.
D. Zvonkine, Counting ramified coverings and intersection theory on Hurwitz spaces II (local structure of Hurwitz spaces and combinatorial results), Moscow Mathematical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2007), pp. 135-162.
D. Zvonkine, Home Page.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
Index entries for two-way infinite sequences.

Third diagonal of A027465.
Cf. A000459, A002378, A008585, A024966, A028895, A028896, A038764, A033996, A045943, A046092, A049598, A059073, A080855, A134171, A283394.
Cf. A060544.

[9*n*(n+1)/2: n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 29 2012

[seq(9*binomial(n+1,2), n=0..50)]; # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 24 2006

Table[(9/2)*n*(n+1), {n,0,50}] (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 22 2017 *)

PARI
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a(n)=9*n*(n+1)/2
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[9*binomial(n+1, 2) for n in (0..50)] # G. C. Greubel, May 20 2021

Numerators of sequence a[n, n-2] in (a[i, j])^2 where a[i, j] = binomial(i-1, j-1)/2^(i-1) if j<=i, 0 if j>i.
a(n) = (9/2)*n*(n+1).
a(n) = 9*C(n, 1) + 9*C(n, 2) (binomial transform of (0, 9, 9, 0, 0, ...)). - Paul Barry, Mar 15 2003
G.f.: 9*x/(1-x)^3.
a(-1-n) = a(n).
a(n) = 9*C(n+1,2), n>=0. - Zerinvary Lajos, Aug 06 2008
a(n) = a(n-1) + 9*n (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 19 2010
a(n) = A060544(n+1) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(n) = A218470(9*n+8). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 27 2013
E.g.f.: (9/2)*x*(x+2)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Aug 22 2017
a(n) = A060544(n+1) - 1. See Centroid Triangles illustration. - Leo Tavares, Dec 27 2021
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 15 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 2/9.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 4*log(2)/9 - 2/9. (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(9/(2*Pi))*cos(sqrt(17)*Pi/6).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 9*sqrt(3)/(4*Pi). (End)

More terms from Patrick De Geest, Oct 15 1999

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