A085438 a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} binomial(i+1,2)^3.

1, 28, 244, 1244, 4619, 13880, 35832, 82488, 173613, 339988, 627484, 1102036, 1855607, 3013232, 4741232, 7256688, 10838265, 15838476, 22697476, 31958476, 44284867, 60479144, 81503720, 108503720, 142831845, 186075396, 240085548, 307008964, 389321839

Offset: 1

Author

André F. Labossière, Jun 30 2003

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Examples

			a(10) = (90*(10^7)+630*(10^6)+1638*(10^5)+1890*(10^4)+840*(10^3)-48*(10))/5040 = 339988.
		

References

• Elisabeth Busser and Gilles Cohen, Neuro-Logies - "Chercher, jouer, trouver", La Recherche, April 1999, No. 319, page 97.

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000
• Feihu Liu, Guoce Xin, and Chen Zhang, Ehrhart Polynomials of Order Polytopes: Interpreting Combinatorial Sequences on the OEIS, arXiv:2412.18744 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 13.
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (8,-28,56,-70,56,-28,8,-1).

Crossrefs

Column k=3 of A334781.

Cf. A000292, A087127, A024166, A024166, A085439, A085440, A085441, A085442, A000332, A086020, A086021, A086022, A000389, A086023, A086024, A000579, A086025, A086026, A000580, A086027, A086028, A027555, A086029, A086030.

Programs

Magma

[(90*n^7 +630*n^6 +1638*n^5 +1890*n^4+ 840*n^3 -48*n)/ Factorial(7): n in [1..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Nov 22 2017

Mathematica

Table[(90*n^7 + 630*n^6 + 1638*n^5 + 1890*n^4 + 840*n^3 - 48*n)/7!, {n, 1, 50}] (* G. C. Greubel, Nov 22 2017 *)

PARI

Vec(x*(x^4+20*x^3+48*x^2+20*x+1)/(x-1)^8 + O(x^100)) \\ Colin Barker, May 02 2014

PARI

a(n) = sum(i=1, n, binomial(i+1, 2)^3); \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 22 2017

Formula

a(n) = (90*n^7 +630*n^6 +1638*n^5 +1890*n^4+ 840*n^3 -48*n)/7!.

a(n) = (C(n+2, 3)/35)*(35 +210*C(n-1, 1) +399*C(n-1, 2) +315*C(n-1, 3) +90*C(n-1, 4)).

G.f.: x*(x^4+20*x^3+48*x^2+20*x+1) / (x-1)^8. - Colin Barker, May 02 2014

Extensions

More terms from Colin Barker, May 02 2014

Formula and example edited by Colin Barker, May 02 2014