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A005902 Centered icosahedral (or cuboctahedral) numbers, also crystal ball sequence for f.c.c. lattice.

1, 13, 55, 147, 309, 561, 923, 1415, 2057, 2869, 3871, 5083, 6525, 8217, 10179, 12431, 14993, 17885, 21127, 24739, 28741, 33153, 37995, 43287, 49049, 55301, 62063, 69355, 77197, 85609, 94611, 104223, 114465, 125357, 136919, 149171, 162133, 175825, 190267, 205479

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Called "magic numbers" in some chemical contexts.
Partial sums of A005901(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Oct 30 2003
Equals binomial transform of [1, 12, 30, 20, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 01 2008
Crystal ball sequence for A_3 lattice. - Michael Somos, Jun 03 2012

			a(4) = 147 = (1, 3, 3, 1) dot (1, 12, 30, 20) = (1 + 36 + 90 + 20). - _Gary W. Adamson_, Aug 01 2008
G.f. = 1 + 13*x + 55*x^2 + 147*x^3 + 309*x^4 + 561*x^5 + 923*x^6 + 1415*x^7 + ...

H. S. M. Coxeter, Polyhedral numbers, pp. 25-35 of R. S. Cohen, J. J. Stachel and M. W. Wartofsky, eds., For Dirk Struik: Scientific, historical and political essays in honor of Dirk J. Struik, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1974.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
S. Bjornholm, Clusters, condensed matter in embryonic form, Contemp. Phys. 31 1990 pp. 309-324.
J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, Low-Dimensional Lattices VII: Coordination Sequences, Proc. Royal Soc. London, A453 (1997), 2369-2389 (pdf).
Nicolas Gastineau, Olivier Togni, Coloring of the d-th power of the face-centered cubic grid, arXiv:1806.08136 [cs.DM], 2018.
D. R. Herrick, Home Page (displays these numbers as sizes of clusters in chemistry)
Xiaogang Liang, Ilyar Hamid, and Haiming Duan, Dynamic stabilities of icosahedral-like clusters and their ability to form quasicrystals,>, AIP Advances 6, 065017 (2016).
T. P. Martin, Shells of atoms, Phys. Reports, 273 (1996), 199-241, eq. (11).
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
B. K. Teo and N. J. A. Sloane, Magic numbers in polygonal and polyhedral clusters, Inorgan. Chem. 24 (1985), 4545-4558.
K. Urner, Cuboctahedral Sphere Packing
Index entries for crystal ball sequences
Index entries for sequences related to f.c.c. lattice
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).

(1/12)*t*(2*n^3-3*n^2+n)+2*n-1 for t = 2, 4, 6, ... gives A049480, A005894, A063488, A001845, A063489, A005898, A063490, A057813, A063491, A005902, A063492, A005917, A063493, A063494, A063495, A063496.
The 28 uniform 3D tilings: cab: A299266, A299267; crs: A299268, A299269; fcu: A005901, A005902; fee: A299259, A299265; flu-e: A299272, A299273; fst: A299258, A299264; hal: A299274, A299275; hcp: A007899, A007202; hex: A005897, A005898; kag: A299256, A299262; lta: A008137, A299276; pcu: A005899, A001845; pcu-i: A299277, A299278; reo: A299279, A299280; reo-e: A299281, A299282; rho: A008137, A299276; sod: A005893, A005894; sve: A299255, A299261; svh: A299283, A299284; svj: A299254, A299260; svk: A010001, A063489; tca: A299285, A299286; tcd: A299287, A299288; tfs: A005899, A001845; tsi: A299289, A299290; ttw: A299257, A299263; ubt: A299291, A299292; bnn: A007899, A007202. See the Proserpio link in A299266 for overview.
Cf. A100171, A100174, A051673.

[(2*n+1)*(5*n^2+5*n+3)/3: n in [0..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 01 2017

A005902 := n -> (2*n+1)*(5*n^2+5*n+3)/3;
A005902:=(z+1)*(z**2+8*z+1)/(z-1)**4; # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation

f[n_] := (2n + 1)(5n^2 + 5n + 3)/3; Array[f, 36, 0] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4,-6,4,-1},{1,13,55,147},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 08 2015 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(x^3 + 9*x^2 + 9*x + 1)/(x - 1)^4, {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Indranil Ghosh, Apr 08 2017 *)

{a(n) = (2*n + 1) * (5*n^2 + 5*n + 3) / 3}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 03 2012 */

x='x+O('x^50); Vec((x^3 + 9*x^2 + 9*x + 1)/(x - 1)^4) \\ Indranil Ghosh, Apr 08 2017

def a(n): return (2*n+1)*(5*n**2+5*n+3)//3
print([a(n) for n in range(40)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 13 2021

a(n) = (2*n+1)*(5*n^2+5*n+3)/3.
For n > 0, n*a(n) = (Sum_{i=0..n-1} a(i)) + 2*A005891(n)*A000217(n). - Bruno Berselli, Feb 02 2011
a(-1 - n) = -a(n). - Michael Somos, Jun 03 2012
From Indranil Ghosh, Apr 08 2017: (Start)
G.f.: (x^3 + 9x^2 + 9x + 1)/(x - 1)^4.
E.g.f.: (1/3)*exp(x)*(10x^3 + 45x^2 + 36x + 3).
(End)
a(n) = A100171(n+1) - A008778(n-1) = A100174(n+1) - A000290(n) = A005917(n+1) - A006331(n) = A051673(n+1) + A000578(n). - Bruce J. Nicholson, Jul 05 2018

A005915 Hexagonal prism numbers: a(n) = (n + 1)(3n^2 + 3*n + 1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 14, 57, 148, 305, 546, 889, 1352, 1953, 2710, 3641, 4764, 6097, 7658, 9465, 11536, 13889, 16542, 19513, 22820, 26481, 30514, 34937, 39768, 45025, 50726, 56889, 63532, 70673, 78330, 86521, 95264, 104577, 114478, 124985, 136116, 147889, 160322, 173433, 187240

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Also as a(n) = (1/6)*(18*n^3 - 18*n^2 + 6*n), n>0: structured rhombic dodecahedral numbers (vertex structure 7) (A100157 = alternate vertex); structured tetrakis hexahedral numbers (vertex structure 7) (Cf. A100174 = alternate vertex); and structured hexagonal anti-diamond numbers (vertex structure 7) (Cf. A007588 = alternate vertex) (Cf. A100188 = structured anti-diamonds). Cf. A100145 for more on structured polyhedral numbers. - James A. Record (james.record(AT)gmail.com), Nov 07 2004

a(n) is the number of 4-tuples (w,x,y,z) with all terms in {0,...,n} and w=x or x=y or y=z. - Clark Kimberling, May 31 2012

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), pp. 4545-4558.

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
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.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).

Cf. A143804.
Cf. A260260 (comment). - Bruno Berselli, Jul 22 2015
Cf. A007588, A100145, A100157, A100174, A100188, A143804, A213829.

[(n + 1)*(3*n^2 + 3*n + 1): n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 16 2011

A005915:=(1+10*z+7*z**2)/(z-1)**4; # Conjectured by Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation

Table[(n+1)(3n^2+3n+1),{n,0,50}]  (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 31 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4,-6,4,-1},{1,14,57,148},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 25 2011 *)

PARI
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a(n) = (n + 1)*(3*n^2 + 3*n + 1);
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a(n) = (n+1)^3 + 6*(n*(n+1)*(2*n+1)/6). - Klaus Strassburger (strass(AT)ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de)
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4); a(0)=1, a(1)=14, a(2)=57, a(3)=148. - Harvey P. Dale, Jun 25 2011
G.f.: (1+10*x+7*x^2)/(1-x)^4. - Harvey P. Dale, Jun 25 2011
Equals row sums of triangle A143804 and binomial transform of [1, 13, 30, 18, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 01 2008
2*a(n+1) = A213829(n). - Clark Kimberling, Jul 04 2012
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(1 + x)*(1 + 12*x + 3*x^2). - Elmo R. Oliveira, Aug 04 2025

More terms from James Sellers, Dec 24 1999

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A005915 Hexagonal prism numbers: a(n) = (n + 1)(3n^2 + 3*n + 1).