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%I A123865 #52 Sep 08 2022 08:45:28 %S A123865 0,15,80,255,624,1295,2400,4095,6560,9999,14640,20735,28560,38415, %T A123865 50624,65535,83520,104975,130320,159999,194480,234255,279840,331775, %U A123865 390624,456975,531440,614655,707280,809999,923520,1048575,1185920,1336335 %N A123865 a(n) = n^4 - 1. %C A123865 a(n) mod 5 = 0 iff n mod 5 > 0: a(A008587(n)) = 4; a(A047201(n)) = 0; a(n) mod 5 = 4*(1-A079998(n)). %C A123865 A129292(n) = number of divisors of a(n) that are not greater than n. - _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Apr 09 2007 %H A123865 Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A123865/b123865.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a> %H A123865 Milan Janjic and Boris Petkovic, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.4550">A Counting Function</a>, arXiv 1301.4550 [math.CO], 2013. %H A123865 <a href="/index/Rec#order_05">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1). %F A123865 G.f.: x^2*(15 + 5*x + 5*x^2 - x^3)/(1-x)^5. - _Colin Barker_, Jan 10 2012 %F A123865 -4*a(n+1) = -4*n*(n+2)*(n^2+2*n+2) = (n+n*i)*(n+2+n*i)*(n+(n+2)*i)*(n+2+(n+2)*i), where i is the imaginary unit. - _Jon Perry_, Feb 05 2014 %F A123865 From _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Feb 14 2015: (Start) %F A123865 Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = 7/8 - Pi*coth(Pi)/4 = A256919. %F A123865 Sum_{n>=2} (-1)^n / a(n) = 1/8 - Pi/(4*sinh(Pi)). (End) %F A123865 a(n) = A005563(A005563(n)). - _Bruno Berselli_, May 28 2015 %F A123865 E.g.f.: 1 + (-1 + x + 7*x^2 + 6*x^3 + x^4)*exp(x). - _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 08 2019 %F A123865 Product_{n>=2} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 4*Pi*csch(Pi). - _Amiram Eldar_, Jan 20 2021 %p A123865 seq(n^4 -1, n=1..40); # _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 08 2019 %t A123865 Table[n^4-1,{n,40}] (* _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Apr 15 2011 *) %o A123865 (Magma) [n^4 - 1: n in [1..40]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, May 01 2011 %o A123865 (PARI) vector(40, n, n^4 -1) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 08 2019 %o A123865 (Sage) [n^4 -1 for n in (1..40)] # _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 08 2019 %o A123865 (GAP) List([1..40], n-> n^4 -1); # _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 08 2019 %Y A123865 Cf. A000583, A005563, A024002, A123866, A123867, A123868, A219086. %K A123865 nonn,easy %O A123865 1,2 %A A123865 _Reinhard Zumkeller_, Oct 16 2006