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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

George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Lost Notebook, Part I, Springer, 2005.
Tom M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 3.
Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers. New York: Dover, p. 125, 1964.
Ronald L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and Oren Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Peter Winkler, Mathematical Mind-Benders, Wellesley, Massachusetts: A K Peters, 2007.

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
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.
H. J. Brothers, Pascal's Prism: Supplementary Material.
Hsien-Kuei Hwang, Svante Janson, and Tsung-Hsi Tsai, Exact and asymptotic solutions of the recurrence f(n) = f(floor(n/2)) + f(ceiling(n/2)) + g(n): theory and applications, preprint, 2016.
Hsien-Kuei Hwang, Svante Janson, and Tsung-Hsi Tsai, Exact and Asymptotic Solutions of a Divide-and-Conquer Recurrence Dividing at Half: Theory and Applications, ACM Transactions on Algorithms, Vol. 13, No. 4 (2017), Article #47.
Z. Janelidze, F. van Niekerk, and J. Viljoen, What is the maximal connected partial symmetry index of a connected graph of a given size?, arXiv:2502.00704 [math.CO], 2025. See p. 3.
Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
Ron Knott, Pythagorean Triples and Online Calculators
Tanya Khovanova, A Miracle Equation.
Augustine O. Munagi, Pairing conjugate partitions by residue classes, Discrete Math., 308 (2008), 2492-2501. [From _Augustine O. Munagi_, Dec 18 2008]
Enrique Navarrete and Daniel Orellana, Finding Prime Numbers as Fixed Points of Sequences, arXiv:1907.10023 [math.NT], 2019.
Omar E. Pol, Determinacion geometrica de los numeros primos y perfectos.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, The groupoids of Mersenne, Fermat, Cullen, Woodall and other Numbers and their representations by means of integer sequences, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2019), [math.NT].
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Some Groupoids and their Representations by Means of Integer Sequences, International Journal of Sciences (2019) Vol. 8, No. 10.
Rusliansyah D. Suprijanto, Observation on Sums of Powers of Integers Divisible by Four, Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 8, 2014, no. 45, 2219 - 2226.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Diamond Rows
Herman Tulleken, Polyominoes 2.2: How they fit together, (2019).
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

A033581 a(n) = 6*n^2.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 6, 24, 54, 96, 150, 216, 294, 384, 486, 600, 726, 864, 1014, 1176, 1350, 1536, 1734, 1944, 2166, 2400, 2646, 2904, 3174, 3456, 3750, 4056, 4374, 4704, 5046, 5400, 5766, 6144, 6534, 6936, 7350, 7776, 8214, 8664, 9126, 9600, 10086, 10584, 11094, 11616

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Number of edges of a complete 4-partite graph of order 4n, K_n,n,n,n. - Roberto E. Martinez II, Oct 18 2001
Number of edges of the complete bipartite graph of order 7n, K_n, 6n. - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 07 2002
Number of edges in the line graph of the product of two cycle graphs, each of order n, L(C_n x C_n). - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 07 2002
Total surface area of a cube of edge length n. See A000578 for cube volume. See A070169 and A071399 for surface area and volume of a regular tetrahedron and links for the other Platonic solids. - Rick L. Shepherd, Apr 24 2002
a(n) can represented as n concentric hexagons (see example). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 21 2011
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 6, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized pentagonal numbers A001318. Opposite numbers to the members of A003154 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 08 2011
Together with 1, numbers m such that floor(2*m/3) and floor(3*m/2) are both squares. Example: floor(2*150/3) = 100 and floor(3*150/2) = 225 are both squares, so 150 is in the sequence. - Bruno Berselli, Sep 15 2014
a(n+1) gives the number of vertices in a hexagon-like honeycomb built from A003215(n) congruent regular hexagons (see link). Example: a hexagon-like honeycomb consisting of 7 congruent regular hexagons has 1 core hexagon inside a perimeter of six hexagons. The perimeter has 18 vertices. The core hexagon has 6 vertices. a(2) = 18 + 6 = 24 is the total number of vertices. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Mar 11 2015
a(n) is the area of the Pythagorean triangle whose sides are (3n, 4n, 5n). - Sergey Pavlov, Mar 31 2017
More generally, if k >= 5 we have that the sequence whose formula is a(n) = (2*k - 4)*n^2 is also the sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, (2*k - 4), ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized k-gonal numbers. In this case k = 5. - Omar E. Pol, May 13 2018
The sequence also gives the number of size=1 triangles within a match-made hexagon of size n. - John King, Mar 31 2019
For hexagons, the number of matches required is A045945; thus number of size=1 triangles is A033581; number of larger triangles is A307253 and total number of triangles is A045949. See A045943 for analogs for Triangles; see A045946 for analogs for Stars. - John King, Apr 04 2019

			From _Omar E. Pol_, Aug 21 2011: (Start)
Illustration of initial terms as concentric hexagons:
.
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.              o o o o          o   o o o o   o
.             o       o        o   o       o   o
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.  o   o    o   o   o   o    o   o   o   o   o   o
.   o o      o   o o   o      o   o   o o   o   o
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.    6            24                   54
.
(End)

Nathaniel Johnston, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Bruno Berselli, An interpretation of initial terms.
Ivan N. Ianakiev, Hexagon-like honeycomb built form regular congruent hexagons.
Leo Tavares, Illustration: Diamond Star Rays
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Platonic Solid.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Bisection of A032528. Central column of triangle A001283.
Cf. A000217, A000290, A001105, A009111, A033428, A033583, A085250, A086729, A152734, A152751.
Cf. A000578, A001318, A003215, A005897, A045943, A045945, A045949, A070169, A071399.
Cf. A017593 (first differences).

a033581 = (* 6) . (^ 2)  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 27 2014

seq(6*n^2,n=0..44); # Nathaniel Johnston, Jun 26 2011

6 Range[44]^2 (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 02 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,6,24},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 03 2017 *)

vector(100,n,6*(n-1)^2) \\ Derek Orr, Mar 11 2015

a(n) = A000290(n)*6. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 11 2008
a(n) = A001105(n)*3 = A033428(n)*2. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 13 2008
a(n) = 12*n + a(n-1) - 6, with a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 05 2010
G.f.: 6*x*(1+x)/(1-x)^3. - Colin Barker, Feb 14 2012
For n > 0: a(n) = A005897(n) - 2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 27 2014
a(n) = 3*floor(1/(1-cos(1/n))) = floor(1/(1-n*sin(1/n))) for n > 0. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 08 2014
a(n) = t(4*n) - 4*t(n), where t(i) = i*(i+k)/2 for any k. Special case (k=1): a(n) = A000217(4*n) - 4*A000217(n). - Bruno Berselli, Aug 31 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 03 2021: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi^2/36.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi^2/72 (A086729).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = sqrt(6)*sinh(Pi/sqrt(6))/Pi.
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = sqrt(6)*sin(Pi/sqrt(6))/Pi. (End)
E.g.f.: 6*exp(x)*x*(1 + x). - Stefano Spezia, Aug 19 2022

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Nov 08 2001

A051870 18-gonal (or octadecagonal) numbers: a(n) = n(8n-7).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 18, 51, 100, 165, 246, 343, 456, 585, 730, 891, 1068, 1261, 1470, 1695, 1936, 2193, 2466, 2755, 3060, 3381, 3718, 4071, 4440, 4825, 5226, 5643, 6076, 6525, 6990, 7471, 7968, 8481, 9010, 9555, 10116, 10693, 11286, 11895, 12520

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 15 1999

Also, sequence found by reading the segment (0, 1) together with the line from 1, in the direction 1, 18, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 26 2008
This sequence does not contain any triangular numbers other than 0 and 1. See A188892. - T. D. Noe, Apr 13 2011
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 18, ... and the parallel line from 1, in the direction 1, 51, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized 18-gonal numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 18 2012
Partial sums of 16n + 1 (with offset 0), compare A005570. - Jeremy Gardiner, Aug 04 2012
All x values for Diophantine equation 32*x + 49 = y^2 are given by this sequence and A139278. - Bruno Berselli, Nov 11 2014
This is also a star enneagonal number: a(n) = A001106(n) + 9*A000217(n-1). - Luciano Ancora, Mar 30 2015

Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, p. 189.
Elena Deza and Michel Marie Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing, 2012, page 6.

Jeremy Gardiner, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..999
Omar E. Pol, Determinacion geometrica de los numeros primos y perfectos.
Wikipedia, Polygonal number.
Index to sequences related to polygonal numbers
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A014634, A014635, A033585, A033586, A033587, A035008, A069129, A085250, A129271-A129278, A139278.

A051870 := proc(n) n*(8*n-7) ; end proc: seq(A051870(n),n=0..30) ; # R. J. Mathar, Feb 05 2011

Table[n (8 n - 7), {n, 0, 40}] (* Bruno Berselli, Nov 11 2014 *)

a(n)=n*(8*n-7) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 19 2011

G.f.: x*(1+15*x)/(1-x)^3. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 04 2011
a(n) = 16*n + a(n-1) - 15, with n > 0, a(0) = 0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 06 2010
a(16*a(n)+121*n+1) = a(16*a(n)+121*n) + a(16*n+1). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jan 24 2014
E.g.f.: (8*x^2 + x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 18 2017
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = ((1+sqrt(2))*Pi + 2*sqrt(2)*arccoth(sqrt(2)) + 8*log(2))/14. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 20 2020
Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = 8/9. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 22 2021

A033586 a(n) = 4n(2*n + 1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 12, 40, 84, 144, 220, 312, 420, 544, 684, 840, 1012, 1200, 1404, 1624, 1860, 2112, 2380, 2664, 2964, 3280, 3612, 3960, 4324, 4704, 5100, 5512, 5940, 6384, 6844, 7320, 7812, 8320, 8844, 9384, 9940, 10512, 11100, 11704, 12324, 12960, 13612, 14280

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Number of possible king moves on an (n+1) X (n+1) chessboard. E.g., for a 3 X 3 board: king has 4*5 moves, 4*3 moves and 1*8 moves, so a(2)=40. - Ulrich Schimke (ulrschimke(AT)aol.com)
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 12, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. Opposite numbers to the members of A085250 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 03 2011
Sum of the numbers from 3n to 5n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 22 2015
From Emeric Deutsch, Nov 09 2016: (Start)
a(n) is the second Zagreb index of the friendship graph F[n]. The second Zagreb index of a simple connected graph is the sum of the degree products d(i)d(j) over all edges ij of the graph. The friendship graph (or Dutch windmill graph) F[n] can be constructed by joining n copies of the cycle graph C[3] with a common vertex.
For instance, a(2)=40. Indeed, the friendship graph F[2] has 2 edges with end-point degrees 2,2 and 4 edges with end-point degrees 2,4. Then the second Zagreb index is 2*4 + 4*8 = 40. (End)
a(n) is the number of vertices in conjoined n X n dodecagons which are arranged into a square array, a.k.a. 3-4-3-12 tiling. - Donghwi Park, Dec 20 2020

E. Bonsdorff, K. Fabel and O. Riihimaa, Schach und Zahl (Chess and numbers), Walter Rau Verlag, Dusseldorf, 1966.

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Tim Krabbe, Open Chess Diary, see item 221
Wikipedia, Friendship graph
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A035005 (Queen), A035006 (Rook), A035008 (Knight), A002492 (Bishop) and A049450 (Pawn).

Cf. A000217, A005408, A008586, A014105, A085250.

[4*n*(2*n + 1) : n in [0..50]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 22 2015

A033586:=n->4*n*(2*n+1); seq(A033586(n), n=0..60); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Feb 25 2014

Table[4n*(2n + 1), {n, 0, 60}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 08 2006 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,12,40},60] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 19 2011 *)

a(n)=4*n*(2*n+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 16 2011

Binomial transform of [12, 28, 16, 0, 0, 0, ...] = (12, 40, 84, 144, 220, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 24 2007
a(n) = 4 * A014105(n). - Johannes W. Meijer, Feb 04 2010
a(n) = 16*n + a(n-1) - 4 (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 05 2010
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n >= 3. - Harvey P. Dale, May 10 2011
G.f.: 4*x*(3+x)/(1-3*x+3*x^2-x^3). - Colin Barker, Jan 06 2012
From Wesley Ivan Hurt, Feb 25 2014, Dec 22 2015: (Start)
a(n) = A008586(n) * A005408(n).
a(n) = Sum_{i=3n..5n} i.
a(-n) = A085250(n). (End)
E.g.f.: (8*x^2 + 12*x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 16 2017
From Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 21 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = (1 - log(2))/2.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1/2 - Pi/8 - log(2)/4. (End)

More terms from Erich Friedman

Crossref added, minor errors corrected and edited by Johannes W. Meijer, Feb 04 2010

A152751 3 times octagonal numbers: a(n) = 3n(3*n-2).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 3, 24, 63, 120, 195, 288, 399, 528, 675, 840, 1023, 1224, 1443, 1680, 1935, 2208, 2499, 2808, 3135, 3480, 3843, 4224, 4623, 5040, 5475, 5928, 6399, 6888, 7395, 7920, 8463, 9024, 9603, 10200, 10815, 11448, 12099, 12768, 13455, 14160, 14883, 15624, 16383, 17160

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008

a(n) also can be represented as n concentric triangles (see example). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 21 2011

			From _Omar E. Pol_, Aug 21 2011: (Start)
Illustration of initial terms as concentric triangles:
.
.                                          o
.                                         o o
.                                        o   o
.                                       o     o
.                 o                    o   o   o
.                o o                  o   o o   o
.               o   o                o   o   o   o
.              o     o              o   o     o   o
.    o        o   o   o            o   o   o   o   o
.   o o      o   o o   o          o   o   o o   o   o
.           o           o        o   o           o   o
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.    3            24                       63
(End)

Ivan Panchenko, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A000567, A064201, A139267, A152995.
3 times n-gonal numbers: A045943, A033428, A062741, A094159, A152773, A152759, A152767, A153783, A153448, A153875.
Cf. A033581, A085250, A152734, A194273. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 21 2011
Cf. numbers of the form n*(n*k - k + 6)/2, this sequence is the case k=18: see Comments lines of A226492.

s=0;lst={s};Do[s+=n;AppendTo[lst,s],{n,3,6!,18}];lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Apr 02 2009 *)
3*PolygonalNumber[8,Range[0,40]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 08 2022 *)

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

a(n) = 9*n^2 - 6*n = 3*A000567(n) = A064201(n)/3.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 18*n - 15 with n > 0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 26 2010
G.f.: 3*x*(1+5*x)/(1-x)^3. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 21 2011
From Elmo R. Oliveira, Dec 25 2024: (Start)
E.g.f.: 3*exp(x)*x*(1 + 3*x).
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n >= 3.
a(n) = n + A152995(n). (End)

A139275 a(n) = n(8n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 9, 34, 75, 132, 205, 294, 399, 520, 657, 810, 979, 1164, 1365, 1582, 1815, 2064, 2329, 2610, 2907, 3220, 3549, 3894, 4255, 4632, 5025, 5434, 5859, 6300, 6757, 7230, 7719, 8224, 8745, 9282, 9835, 10404, 10989, 11590, 12207, 12840

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Apr 26 2008

Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 9,..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217.

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Omar E. Pol, Determinacion geometrica de los numeros primos y perfectos.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A000217, A014634, A014635, A033585, A033586, A033587, A035008, A051870, A069129, A085250, A072279, A139272, A139273, A139274, A139276, A139278, A139279, A139280, A139281, A139282.

Table[n (8 n + 1), {n, 0, 40}] (* Bruno Berselli, Sep 21 2016 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,9,34},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 21 2020 *)

a(n) = n*(8*n+1); \\ Altug Alkan, Sep 21 2016

a(n) = 8*n^2 + n.
Sequences of the form a(n) = 8*n^2+c*n have generating functions x{c+8+(8-c)x} / (1-x)^3 and recurrence a(n) = 3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3). The inverse binomial transform is 0, c+8, 16, 0, 0, ... (0 continued). This applies to A139271-A139278, positive or negative c. - R. J. Mathar, May 12 2008
a(n) = 16*n + a(n-1) - 7 with n>0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 03 2010
a(n) = A000217(5*n) - A000217(3*n). - Bruno Berselli, Sep 21 2016
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 8 - (1+sqrt(2))*Pi/2 - 4*log(2) - sqrt(2) * log(1+sqrt(2)) = 0.1887230016056779928... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 21 2016
From G. C. Greubel, Jul 18 2017: (Start)
G.f.: x*(7*x + 9)/(1-x)^3.
E.g.f.: (8*x^2 + 9*x)*exp(x). (End)

A139271 a(n) = 2n(4*n-3).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 2, 20, 54, 104, 170, 252, 350, 464, 594, 740, 902, 1080, 1274, 1484, 1710, 1952, 2210, 2484, 2774, 3080, 3402, 3740, 4094, 4464, 4850, 5252, 5670, 6104, 6554, 7020, 7502, 8000, 8514, 9044, 9590, 10152, 10730, 11324, 11934, 12560, 13202, 13860, 14534, 15224

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Apr 26 2008

Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 2, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. Opposite numbers to the members of A033585 in the same spiral.
Twice decagonal numbers (or twice 10-gonal numbers). - Omar E. Pol, May 15 2008
a(n) is the number of walks in a cubic lattice of n dimensions that reach the point of origin for the first time after 4 steps. - Shel Kaphan, Mar 20 2023

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Omar E. Pol, Determinacion geometrica de los numeros primos y perfectos.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A000217, A014634, A014635, A033585, A033586, A033587, A035008, A051870, A069129, A085250, A139272, A139273, A139274, A139275, A139276, A139278, A139279, A139280, A139281, A139282.
Cf. A001107.
Cf. numbers of the form n*(n*k-k+4)/2 listed in A226488 (this sequence is the case k=16). - Bruno Berselli, Jun 10 2013
Row n=2 of A361397.

Table[8n^2-6n,{n,0,40}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,2,20},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 26 2016 *)

a(n)=2*n*(4*n-3) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 17 2017

a(n) = 8*n^2 - 6*n.
Sequences of the form a(n) = 8*n^2 + c*n have generating functions x{c+8+(8-c)x} / (1-x)^3 and recurrence a(n) = 3a(n-1) - 3a(n-2) + a(n-3). The inverse binomial transform is 0, c+8, 16, 0, 0, ... (0 continued). This applies to A139271-A139278, positive or negative c. - R. J. Mathar, May 12 2008
a(n) = A001107(n)*2. - Omar E. Pol, May 15 2008
a(n) = 16*n + a(n-1) - 14 (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 03 2010
From G. C. Greubel, Jul 18 2017: (Start)
G.f.: (2*x)*(7*x+1)/(1-x)^3.
E.g.f.: (8*x^2 + 2*x)*exp(x). (End)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi/12 + log(2)/2. - Amiram Eldar, Mar 28 2023

Corrected by Harvey P. Dale, Sep 26 2016

A139273 a(n) = n(8n - 3).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 5, 26, 63, 116, 185, 270, 371, 488, 621, 770, 935, 1116, 1313, 1526, 1755, 2000, 2261, 2538, 2831, 3140, 3465, 3806, 4163, 4536, 4925, 5330, 5751, 6188, 6641, 7110, 7595, 8096, 8613, 9146, 9695, 10260, 10841, 11438, 12051, 12680

Offset: 0

Omar E. Pol, Apr 26 2008

Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 5, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. Opposite numbers to the members of A139277 in the same spiral.
Also, sequence of numbers of the form d*A000217(n-1) + 5*n with generating functions x*(5+(d-5)*x)/(1-x)^3; the inverse binomial transform is 0,5,d,0,0,.. (0 continued). See Crossrefs. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011
Even decagonal numbers divided by 2. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 19 2011

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5000
Omar E. Pol, Determinacion geometrica de los numeros primos y perfectos.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

Cf. A000217, A014634, A014635, A033585, A033586, A033587, A035008, A051870, A069129, A085250, A072279, A139272, A139274, A139275, A139276, A139278, A139279, A139280, A139281, A139282.

Cf. numbers of the form n*(d*n+10-d)/2: A008587, A056000, A028347, A140090, A014106, A028895, A045944, A186029, A007742, A022267, A033429, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734.

[ n*(8*n-3) : n in [0..40] ];  // Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011

Table[n (8 n - 3), {n, 0, 40}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 5, 26}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 02 2012 *)

a(n)=n*(8*n-3) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015

a(n) = 8*n^2 - 3*n.
Sequences of the form a(n) = 8*n^2 + c*n have generating functions x{c+8+(8-c)x} / (1-x)^3 and recurrence a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). The inverse binomial transform is 0, c+8, 16, 0, 0, ... (0 continued). This applies to A139271-A139278, positive or negative c. - R. J. Mathar, May 12 2008
a(n) = 16*n + a(n-1) - 11 for n>0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 03 2010
From Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011: (Start)
G.f.: x*(5 + 11*x)/(1 - x)^3.
a(n) = 4*A000217(n) + A051866(n). (End)
a(n) = A028994(n)/2. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 19 2011
a(0)=0, a(1)=5, a(2)=26; for n>2, a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). - Harvey P. Dale, Feb 02 2012
E.g.f.: (8*x^2 + 5*x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 18 2017
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 4*log(2)/3 - (sqrt(2)-1)*Pi/6 - sqrt(2)*arccoth(sqrt(2))/3. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2020

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

A051870 18-gonal (or octadecagonal) numbers: a(n) = n(8n-7).

A033586 a(n) = 4n(2*n + 1).

A152751 3 times octagonal numbers: a(n) = 3n(3*n-2).

A139275 a(n) = n(8n+1).

A139271 a(n) = 2n(4*n-3).

A139273 a(n) = n(8n - 3).

A152746 Six times hexagonal numbers: 6n(2*n-1).

A139278 a(n) = n(8n+7).