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%I A120413 #24 Jun 14 2019 00:35:04 %S A120413 0,2,8,14,24,34,48,62,80,98,120,142,168,194,224,254,288,322,360,398, %T A120413 440,482,528,574,624,674,728,782,840,898,960,1022,1088,1154,1224,1294, %U A120413 1368,1442,1520,1598,1680,1762,1848,1934,2024,2114,2208,2302,2400,2498,2600 %N A120413 Largest even number strictly less than n^2. %C A120413 Longest non-intersecting route from (0, 0) to (n - 1, n - 1) staying in an (n - 1) X (n - 1) box (shortest route is length 2n A005843). %H A120413 <a href="/index/Rec#order_04">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (2,0,-2,1). %F A120413 a(n) = 2*ceiling[n^2/2] - 2 = 2*A074148(n) = A085046(n) - 1. %F A120413 From _Colin Barker_, Jul 29 2012: (Start) %F A120413 a(n) = (-1 + (-1)^n + 4*n + 2*n^2)/2. %F A120413 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4). %F A120413 G.f.: 2*x*(1 + 2*x - x^2)/((1-x)^3*(1+x)). (End) %F A120413 a(n) = n^2 - 2 for even n; a(n) = n^2 - 1 for odd n. -_Dennis P. Walsh_, Apr 15 2016 %p A120413 seq(2*ceil(n^2/2)-2,n=1..50); %t A120413 Flatten[Table[{(2n - 1)^2 - 1, 4n^2 - 2}, {n, 25}]] (* _Alonso del Arte_, Apr 15 2016 *) %o A120413 (PARI) lista(nn) = for(n=0, nn, print1((-1+(-1)^n+4*n+2*n^2)/2, ", ")); \\ _Altug Alkan_, Apr 15 2016 %K A120413 easy,nonn %O A120413 1,2 %A A120413 _Henry Bottomley_, Jul 06 2006 %E A120413 Offset corrected by _N. J. A. Sloane_, Apr 15 2016