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A124110 Primes of the form A124080 (10 times triangular numbers) +- 1.

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11, 29, 31, 59, 61, 101, 149, 151, 211, 281, 359, 449, 659, 661, 911, 1049, 1051, 1201, 1361, 1531, 1709, 1901, 2099, 2309, 2311, 2531, 2999, 3001, 3251, 3511, 3779, 4349, 4649, 4651, 5279, 5281, 6299, 6301, 6659, 6661, 7411, 8609, 9029, 9461, 9901, 11279
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Jonathan Vos Post, Nov 26 2006

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Numbers j such that A124080(j)-1 is prime or A124080(j)+1 is prime, where repetition means a twin prime, are 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 11, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 24, 24, 25, ..., . - Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 29 2006

Examples

			a(1) = A124080(1)+1 = (10*T(1)) - 1 = 10*(1*(1+1)/2) + 1 = 10+1 = 11 is prime.
a(2) = A124080(2)-1 = (10*T(2))-1 = 10*(2*(2+1)/2) - 1 = 30-1 = 29 is prime.
a(3) = A124080(2)+1 = (10*T(2))+1 = 10*(2*(2+1)/2) + 1 = 30+1 = 31 is prime.
		

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Programs

  • Mathematica
    s = {}; Do[t = 5n(n + 1); If[PrimeQ[t - 1], AppendTo[s, t - 1]]; If[PrimeQ[t + 1], AppendTo[s, t + 1]], {n, 47}]; s (* Robert G. Wilson v *)

Formula

{A124080(j)-1 when prime} U {A124080(j)+1 when prime} = {i = 10*T(j)-1 such that i is prime} U {i = 10*T(j)+1 such that i is prime} where T(j) = A000217(j) = j*(j+1)/2.

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More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 29 2006

A002378 Oblong (or promic, pronic, or heteromecic) numbers: a(n) = n*(n+1).

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0, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, 72, 90, 110, 132, 156, 182, 210, 240, 272, 306, 342, 380, 420, 462, 506, 552, 600, 650, 702, 756, 812, 870, 930, 992, 1056, 1122, 1190, 1260, 1332, 1406, 1482, 1560, 1640, 1722, 1806, 1892, 1980, 2070, 2162, 2256, 2352, 2450, 2550
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4*a(n) + 1 are the odd squares A016754(n).
The word "pronic" (used by Dickson) is incorrect. - Michael Somos
According to the 2nd edition of Webster, the correct word is "promic". - R. K. Guy
a(n) is the number of minimal vectors in the root lattice A_n (see Conway and Sloane, p. 109).
Let M_n denote the n X n matrix M_n(i, j) = (i + j); then the characteristic polynomial of M_n is x^(n-2) * (x^2 - a(n)*x - A002415(n)). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 09 2002
The greatest LCM of all pairs (j, k) for j < k <= n for n > 1. - Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 19 2004
First differences are a(n+1) - a(n) = 2*n + 2 = 2, 4, 6, ... (while first differences of the squares are (n+1)^2 - n^2 = 2*n + 1 = 1, 3, 5, ...). - Alexandre Wajnberg, Dec 29 2005
25 appended to these numbers corresponds to squares of numbers ending in 5 (i.e., to squares of A017329). - Lekraj Beedassy, Mar 24 2006
A rapid (mental) multiplication/factorization technique -- a generalization of Lekraj Beedassy's comment: For all bases b >= 2 and positive integers n, c, d, k with c + d = b^k, we have (n*b^k + c)*(n*b^k + d) = a(n)*b^(2*k) + c*d. Thus the last 2*k base-b digits of the product are exactly those of c*d -- including leading 0(s) as necessary -- with the preceding base-b digit(s) the same as a(n)'s. Examples: In decimal, 113*117 = 13221 (as n = 11, b = 10 = 3 + 7, k = 1, 3*7 = 21, and a(11) = 132); in octal, 61*67 = 5207 (52 is a(6) in octal). In particular, for even b = 2*m (m > 0) and c = d = m, such a product is a square of this type. Decimal factoring: 5609 is immediately seen to be 71*79. Likewise, 120099 = 301*399 (k = 2 here) and 99990000001996 = 9999002*9999998 (k = 3). - Rick L. Shepherd, Jul 24 2021
Number of circular binary words of length n + 1 having exactly one occurrence of 01. Example: a(2) = 6 because we have 001, 010, 011, 100, 101 and 110. Column 1 of A119462. - Emeric Deutsch, May 21 2006
The sequence of iterated square roots sqrt(N + sqrt(N + ...)) has for N = 1, 2, ... the limit (1 + sqrt(1 + 4*N))/2. For N = a(n) this limit is n + 1, n = 1, 2, .... For all other numbers N, N >= 1, this limit is not a natural number. Examples: n = 1, a(1) = 2: sqrt(2 + sqrt(2 + ...)) = 1 + 1 = 2; n = 2, a(2) = 6: sqrt(6 + sqrt(6 + ...)) = 1 + 2 = 3. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 05 2006
Nonsquare integers m divisible by ceiling(sqrt(m)), except for m = 0. - Max Alekseyev, Nov 27 2006
The number of off-diagonal elements of an (n + 1) X (n + 1) matrix. - Artur Jasinski, Jan 11 2007
a(n) is equal to the number of functions f:{1, 2} -> {1, 2, ..., n + 1} such that for a fixed x in {1, 2} and a fixed y in {1, 2, ..., n + 1} we have f(x) <> y. - Aleksandar M. Janjic and Milan Janjic, Mar 13 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that round(sqrt(m+1)) - round(sqrt(m)) = 1. - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that ceiling(2*sqrt(m+1)) - 1 = 1 + floor(2*sqrt(m)). - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
Numbers m >= 0 such that fract(sqrt(m+1)) > 1/2 and fract(sqrt(m)) < 1/2 where fract(x) is the fractional part (fract(x) = x - floor(x), x >= 0). - Hieronymus Fischer, Aug 06 2007
X values of solutions to the equation 4*X^3 + X^2 = Y^2. To find Y values: b(n) = n(n+1)(2n+1). - Mohamed Bouhamida, Nov 06 2007
Nonvanishing diagonal of A132792, the infinitesimal Lah matrix, so "generalized factorials" composed of a(n) are given by the elements of the Lah matrix, unsigned A111596, e.g., a(1)*a(2)*a(3) / 3! = -A111596(4,1) = 24. - Tom Copeland, Nov 20 2007
If Y is a 2-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 2, a(n-2) is the number of 2-subsets and 3-subsets of X having exactly one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
a(n) coincides with the vertex of a parabola of even width in the Redheffer matrix, directed toward zero. An integer p is prime if and only if for all integer k, the parabola y = kx - x^2 has no integer solution with 1 < x < k when y = p; a(n) corresponds to odd k. - Reikku Kulon, Nov 30 2008
The third differences of certain values of the hypergeometric function 3F2 lead to the squares of the oblong numbers i.e., 3F2([1, n + 1, n + 1], [n + 2, n + 2], z = 1) - 3*3F2([1, n + 2, n + 2], [n + 3, n + 3], z = 1) + 3*3F2([1, n + 3, n + 3], [n + 4, n + 4], z = 1) - 3F2([1, n + 4, n + 4], [n + 5, n + 5], z = 1) = (1/((n+2)*(n+3)))^2 for n = -1, 0, 1, 2, ... . See also A162990. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 21 2009
Generalized factorials, [a.(n!)] = a(n)*a(n-1)*...*a(0) = A010790(n), with a(0) = 1 are related to A001263. - Tom Copeland, Sep 21 2011
For n > 1, a(n) is the number of functions f:{1, 2} -> {1, ..., n + 2} where f(1) > 1 and f(2) > 2. Note that there are n + 1 possible values for f(1) and n possible values for f(2). For example, a(3) = 12 since there are 12 functions f from {1, 2} to {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} with f(1) > 1 and f(2) > 2. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 24 2011
a(n) gives the number of (n + 1) X (n + 1) symmetric (0, 1)-matrices containing two ones (see [Cameron]). - L. Edson Jeffery, Feb 18 2012
a(n) is the number of positions of a domino in a rectangled triangular board with both legs equal to n + 1. - César Eliud Lozada, Sep 26 2012
a(n) is the number of ordered pairs (x, y) in [n+2] X [n+2] with |x-y| > 1. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 27 2012
a(n) is the number of injective functions from {1, 2} into {1, 2, ..., n + 1}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 27 2012
a(n) is the sum of the positive differences of the partition parts of 2n + 2 into exactly two parts (see example). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 02 2013
a(n)/a(n-1) is asymptotic to e^(2/n). - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2013
Number of positive roots in the root system of type D_{n + 1} (for n > 2). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
Number of roots in the root system of type A_n (for n > 0). - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
From Felix P. Muga II, Mar 18 2014: (Start)
a(m), for m >= 1, are the only positive integer values t for which the Binet-de Moivre formula for the recurrence b(n) = b(n-1) + t*b(n-2) with b(0) = 0 and b(1) = 1 has a root of a square. PROOF (as suggested by Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 26 2014): The sqrt(1 + 4t) appearing in the zeros r1 and r2 of the characteristic equation is (a positive) integer for positive integer t precisely if 4t + 1 = (2m + 1)^2, that is t = a(m), m >= 1. Thus, the characteristic roots are integers: r1 = m + 1 and r2 = -m.
Let m > 1 be an integer. If b(n) = b(n-1) + a(m)*b(n-2), n >= 2, b(0) = 0, b(1) = 1, then lim_{n->oo} b(n+1)/b(n) = m + 1. (End)
Cf. A130534 for relations to colored forests, disposition of flags on flagpoles, and colorings of the vertices (chromatic polynomial) of the complete graphs (here simply K_2). - Tom Copeland, Apr 05 2014
The set of integers k for which k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + sqrt(k + ...) ... is an integer. - Leslie Koller, Apr 11 2014
a(n-1) is the largest number k such that (n*k)/(n+k) is an integer. - Derek Orr, May 22 2014
Number of ways to place a domino and a singleton on a strip of length n - 2. - Ralf Stephan, Jun 09 2014
With offset 1, this appears to give the maximal number of crossings between n nonconcentric circles of equal radius. - Felix Fröhlich, Jul 14 2014
For n > 1, the harmonic mean of the n values a(1) to a(n) is n + 1. The lowest infinite sequence of increasing positive integers whose cumulative harmonic mean is integral. - Ian Duff, Feb 01 2015
a(n) is the maximum number of queens of one color that can coexist without attacking one queen of the opponent's color on an (n+2) X (n+2) chessboard. The lone queen can be placed in any position on the perimeter of the board. - Bob Selcoe, Feb 07 2015
With a(0) = 1, a(n-1) is the smallest positive number not in the sequence such that Sum_{i = 1..n} 1/a(i-1) has a denominator equal to n. - Derek Orr, Jun 17 2015
The positive members of this sequence are a proper subsequence of the so-called 1-happy couple products A007969. See the W. Lang link there, eq. (4), with Y_0 = 1, with a table at the end. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 19 2015
For n > 0, a(n) is the reciprocal of the area bounded above by y = x^(n-1) and below by y = x^n for x in the interval [0, 1]. Summing all such areas visually demonstrates the formula below giving Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1. - Rick L. Shepherd, Oct 26 2015
It appears that, except for a(0) = 0, this is the set of positive integers n such that x*floor(x) = n has no solution. (For example, to get 3, take x = -3/2.) - Melvin Peralta, Apr 14 2016
If two independent real random variables, x and y, are distributed according to the same exponential distribution: pdf(x) = lambda * exp(-lambda * x), lambda > 0, then the probability that n - 1 <= x/y < n is given by 1/a(n). - Andres Cicuttin, Dec 03 2016
a(n) is equal to the sum of all possible differences between n different pairs of consecutive odd numbers (see example). - Miquel Cerda, Dec 04 2016
a(n+1) is the dimension of the space of vector fields in the plane with polynomial coefficients up to order n. - Martin Licht, Dec 04 2016
It appears that a(n) + 3 is the area of the largest possible pond in a square (A268311). - Craig Knecht, May 04 2017
Also the number of 3-cycles in the (n+3)-triangular honeycomb acute knight graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017
Also the Wiener index of the (n+2)-wheel graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 08 2017
The left edge of a Floyd's triangle that consists of even numbers: 0; 2, 4; 6, 8, 10; 12, 14, 16, 18; 20, 22, 24, 26, 28; ... giving 0, 2, 6, 12, 20, ... The right edge generates A028552. - Waldemar Puszkarz, Feb 02 2018
a(n+1) is the order of rowmotion on a poset obtained by adjoining a unique minimal (or maximal) element to a disjoint union of at least two chains of n elements. - Nick Mayers, Jun 01 2018
From Juhani Heino, Feb 05 2019: (Start)
For n > 0, 1/a(n) = n/(n+1) - (n-1)/n.
For example, 1/6 = 2/3 - 1/2; 1/12 = 3/4 - 2/3.
Corollary of this:
Take 1/2 pill.
Next day, take 1/6 pill. 1/2 + 1/6 = 2/3, so your daily average is 1/3.
Next day, take 1/12 pill. 2/3 + 1/12 = 3/4, so your daily average is 1/4.
And so on. (End)
From Bernard Schott, May 22 2020: (Start)
For an oblong number m >= 6 there exists a Euclidean division m = d*q + r with q < r < d which are in geometric progression, in this order, with a common integer ratio b. For b >= 2 and q >= 1, the Euclidean division is m = qb*(qb+1) = qb^2 * q + qb where (q, qb, qb^2) are in geometric progression.
Some examples with distinct ratios and quotients:
6 | 4 30 | 25 42 | 18
----- ----- -----
2 | 1 , 5 | 1 , 6 | 2 ,
and also:
42 | 12 420 | 100
----- -----
6 | 3 , 20 | 4 .
Some oblong numbers also satisfy a Euclidean division m = d*q + r with q < r < d that are in geometric progression in this order but with a common noninteger ratio b > 1 (see A335064). (End)
For n >= 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(a(n)) is [n; {2, 2n}]. For n=1, this collapses to [1; {2}]. - Magus K. Chu, Sep 09 2022
a(n-2) is the maximum irregularity over all trees with n vertices. The extremal graphs are stars. (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
For n > 0, number of diagonals in a regular 2*(n+1)-gon that are not parallel to any edge (cf. A367204). - Paolo Xausa, Mar 30 2024
a(n-1) is the maximum Zagreb index over all trees with n vertices. The extremal graphs are stars. (The Zagreb index of a graph is the sum of the squares of the degrees over all vertices of the graph.) - Allan Bickle, Apr 11 2024
For n >= 1, a(n) is the determinant of the distance matrix of a cycle graph on 2*n + 1 vertices (if the length of the cycle is even such a determinant is zero). - Miquel A. Fiol, Aug 20 2024
For n > 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(16*a(n)) is [2n+1; {1, 2n-1, 1, 8n+2}]. - Magus K. Chu, Nov 20 2024
For n>=2, a(n) is the number of faces on a n+1-zone rhombic zonohedron. Each pair of a collection of great circles on a sphere intersects at two points, so there are 2*binomial(n+1,2) intersections. The dual of the implied polyhedron is a rhombic zonohedron, its faces corresponding to the intersections. - Shel Kaphan, Aug 12 2025

Examples

			a(3) = 12, since 2(3)+2 = 8 has 4 partitions with exactly two parts: (7,1), (6,2), (5,3), (4,4). Taking the positive differences of the parts in each partition and adding, we get: 6 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 12. - _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, Jun 02 2013
G.f. = 2*x + 6*x^2 + 12*x^3 + 20*x^4 + 30*x^5 + 42*x^6 + 56*x^7 + ... - _Michael Somos_, May 22 2014
From _Miquel Cerda_, Dec 04 2016: (Start)
a(1) = 2, since 45-43 = 2;
a(2) = 6, since 47-45 = 2 and 47-43 = 4, then 2+4 = 6;
a(3) = 12, since 49-47 = 2, 49-45 = 4, and 49-43 = 6, then 2+4+6 = 12. (End)
		

References

  • W. W. Berman and D. E. Smith, A Brief History of Mathematics, 1910, Open Court, page 67.
  • J. H. Conway and R. K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, 1996, p. 34.
  • J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, "Sphere Packings, Lattices and Groups", Springer-Verlag.
  • L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. 1: Divisibility and Primality. New York: Chelsea, p. 357, 1952.
  • L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2: Diophantine Analysis. New York: Chelsea, pp. 6, 232-233, 350 and 407, 1952.
  • H. Eves, An Introduction to the History of Mathematics, revised, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964, page 72.
  • Nicomachus of Gerasa, Introduction to Arithmetic, translation by Martin Luther D'Ooge, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1938, p. 254.
  • Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §8.6 Figurate Numbers, p. 291.
  • Granino A. Korn and Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (1968), pp. 980-981.
  • C. S. Ogilvy and J. T. Anderson, Excursions in Number Theory, Oxford University Press, 1966, pp. 61-62.
  • Alfred S. Posamentier, Math Charmers, Tantalizing Tidbits for the Mind, Prometheus Books, NY, 2003, pages 54-55.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • F. J. Swetz, From Five Fingers to Infinity, Open Court, 1994, p. 219.
  • James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pages 2-6.

Crossrefs

Partial sums of A005843 (even numbers). Twice triangular numbers (A000217).
1/beta(n, 2) in A061928.
A036689 and A036690 are subsequences. Cf. numbers of the form n*(n*k-k+4)/2 listed in A226488. - Bruno Berselli, Jun 10 2013
Row n=2 of A185651.
Cf. A007745, A169810, A213541, A005369 (characteristic function).
Cf. A281026. - Bruno Berselli, Jan 16 2017
Cf. A045943 (4-cycles in triangular honeycomb acute knight graph), A028896 (5-cycles), A152773 (6-cycles).
Sequences on the four axes of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A001107, A033991, A007742, A033954; starting at 1: A054552, A054556, A054567, A033951.
Sequences on the four diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A002939 = 2*A000384, A016742 = 4*A000290, A002943 = 2*A014105, A033996 = 8*A000217; starting at 1: A054554, A053755, A054569, A016754.
Sequences obtained by reading alternate terms on the X and Y axes and the two main diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A035608, A156859, A002378 = 2*A000217, A137932 = 4*A002620; starting at 1: A317186, A267682, A002061, A080335.
A335064 is a subsequence.
Second column of A003506.
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).
Cf. A347213 (Dgf at s=4).
Cf. A002378, A152811, A371912 (Zagreb indices of maximal k-degenerate graphs).

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Formula

G.f.: 2*x/(1-x)^3. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*n, a(0) = 0.
Sum_{n >= 1} a(n) = n*(n+1)*(n+2)/3 (cf. A007290, partial sums).
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1. (Cf. Tijdeman)
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = log(4) - 1 = A016627 - 1 [Jolley eq (235)].
1 = 1/2 + Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(2*a(n)) = 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/12 + 1/24 + 1/40 + 1/60 + ... with partial sums: 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, ... - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 16 2003
a(n)*a(n+1) = a(n*(n+2)); e.g., a(3)*a(4) = 12*20 = 240 = a(3*5). - Charlie Marion, Dec 29 2003
Sum_{k = 1..n} 1/a(k) = n/(n+1). - Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 04 2005
a(n) = A046092(n)/2. - Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 08 2006
Log 2 = Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(2n+1) = 1/2 + 1/12 + 1/30 + 1/56 + 1/90 + ... = (1 - 1/2) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/5 - 1/6) + (1/7 - 1/8) + ... = Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n/(n+1) = A002162. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 22 2003
a(n) = A110660(2*n). - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 21 2005
a(n-1) = n^2 - n = A000290(n) - A000027(n) for n >= 1. a(n) is the inverse (frequency distribution) sequence of A000194(n). - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jul 26 2007
(2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ...) = binomial transform of (2, 4, 2). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 28 2007
a(n) = 2*Sum_{i=0..n} i = 2*A000217(n). - Artur Jasinski, Jan 09 2007, and Omar E. Pol, May 14 2008
a(n) = A006503(n) - A000292(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 24 2008
a(n) = A061037(4*n) = (n+1/2)^2 - 1/4 = ((2n+1)^2 - 1)/4 = (A005408(n)^2 - 1)/4. - Paul Curtz, Oct 03 2008 and Klaus Purath, Jan 13 2022
a(0) = 0, a(n) = a(n-1) + 1 + floor(x), where x is the minimal positive solution to fract(sqrt(a(n-1) + 1 + x)) = 1/2. - Hieronymus Fischer, Dec 31 2008
E.g.f.: (x+2)*x*exp(x). - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 06 2009
Product_{i >= 2} (1-1/a(i)) = -2*sin(Pi*A001622)/Pi = -2*sin(A094886)/A000796 = 2*A146481. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2009, Mar 15 2009
E.g.f.: ((-x+1)*log(-x+1)+x)/x^2 also Integral_{x = 0..1} ((-x+1)*log(-x+1) + x)/x^2 = zeta(2) - 1. - Stephen Crowley, Jul 11 2009
a(A007018(n)) = A007018(n+1), i.e., A007018(n+1) = A007018(n)-th oblong numbers. - Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 13 2009
a(n) = floor((n + 1/2)^2). a(n) = A035608(n) + A004526(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 27 2010
a(n) = 2*(2*A006578(n) - A035608(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 07 2010
a(n-1) = floor(n^5/(n^3 + n^2 + 1)). - Gary Detlefs, Feb 11 2010
For n > 1: a(n) = A173333(n+1, n-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2010
a(n) = A004202(A000217(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 12 2011
a(n) = A188652(2*n+1) + 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2011
For n > 0 a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} 2*(sin(x))^(2*n-1)*(cos(x))^3). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = A002061(n+1) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(0) = 0, a(n) = A005408(A034856(n)) - A005408(n-1). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 06 2012
a(n) = A005408(A000096(n)) - A005408(n). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 07 2012
a(n) = A001318(n) + A085787(n). - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2013
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n))^(2s) = Sum_{t = 1..2*s} binomial(4*s - t - 1, 2*s - 1) * ( (1 + (-1)^t)*zeta(t) - 1). See Arxiv:1301.6293. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 03 2013
a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = 2 * a((n+1)^2), for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 08 2013
a(n) = floor(n^2 * e^(1/n)) and a(n-1) = floor(n^2 / e^(1/n)). - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2013
a(n) = 2*C(n+1, 2), for n >= 0. - Felix P. Muga II, Mar 11 2014
A005369(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 05 2014
Binomial transform of [0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Alois P. Heinz, Mar 10 2015
a(2n) = A002943(n) for n >= 0, a(2n-1) = A002939(n) for n >= 1. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 11 2015
For n > 0, a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..1} (x^(n-1) - x^n) dx). - Rick L. Shepherd, Oct 26 2015
a(n) = A005902(n) - A007588(n). - Peter M. Chema, Jan 09 2016
For n > 0, a(n) = lim_{m -> oo} (1/m)*1/(Sum_{i=m*n..m*(n+1)} 1/i^2), with error of ~1/m. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 27 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 28 2016: (Start)
Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-2) + zeta(s-1).
Convolution of nonnegative integers (A001477) and constant sequence (A007395).
Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)/n! = 3*exp(1). (End)
From Charlie Marion, Mar 06 2020: (Start)
a(n)*a(n+2k-1) + (n+k)^2 = ((2n+1)*k + n^2)^2.
a(n)*a(n+2k) + k^2 = ((2n+1)*k + a(n))^2. (End)
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = cosh(sqrt(3)*Pi/2)/Pi. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 20 2021
A generalization of the Dec 29 2003 formula, a(n)*a(n+1) = a(n*(n+2)), follows. a(n)*a(n+k) = a(n*(n+k+1)) + (k-1)*n*(n+k+1). - Charlie Marion, Jan 02 2023
a(n) = A016742(n) - A049450(n). - Leo Tavares, Mar 15 2025

Extensions

Additional comments from Michael Somos
Comment and cross-reference added by Christopher Hunt Gribble, Oct 13 2009

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

Original entry on oeis.org

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
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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

Examples

			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
		

References

  • 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.

Crossrefs

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. similar sequences listed in A299645.
Cf. A005408.
Cf. A016754.
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).

Programs

Formula

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

A033996 8 times triangular numbers: a(n) = 4*n*(n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 8, 24, 48, 80, 120, 168, 224, 288, 360, 440, 528, 624, 728, 840, 960, 1088, 1224, 1368, 1520, 1680, 1848, 2024, 2208, 2400, 2600, 2808, 3024, 3248, 3480, 3720, 3968, 4224, 4488, 4760, 5040, 5328, 5624, 5928, 6240, 6560, 6888, 7224, 7568, 7920, 8280
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N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 11 1999

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Write 0, 1, 2, ... in a clockwise spiral; sequence gives numbers on one of 4 diagonals.
Also, least m > n such that T(m)*T(n) is a square and more precisely that of A055112(n). {T(n) = A000217(n)}. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 14 2004
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 8, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 24, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized decagonal numbers A074377. Axis perpendicular to A195146 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Number of diagonals with length sqrt(5) in an (n+1) X (n+1) square grid. Every 1 X 2 rectangle has two such diagonals. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 25 2015
Imagine a board made of squares (like a chessboard), one of whose squares is completely surrounded by square-shaped layers made of adjacent squares. a(n) is the total number of squares in the first to n-th layer. a(1) = 8 because there are 8 neighbors to the unit square; adding them gives a 3 X 3 square. a(2) = 24 = 8 + 16 because we need 16 more squares in the next layer to get a 5 X 5 square: a(n) = (2*n+1)^2 - 1 counting the (2n+1) X (2n+1) square minus the central square. - R. J. Cano, Sep 26 2015
The three platonic solids (the simplex, hypercube, and cross-polytope) with unit side length in n dimensions all have rational volume if and only if n appears in this sequence, after 0. - Brian T Kuhns, Feb 26 2016
The number of active (ON, black) cells in the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 645", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood. - Robert Price, May 19 2016
The square root of a(n), n>0, has continued fraction [2n; {1,4n}] with whole number part 2n and periodic part {1,4n}. - Ron Knott, May 11 2017
Numbers k such that k+1 is a square and k is a multiple of 4. - Bruno Berselli, Sep 28 2017
a(n) is the number of vertices of the octagonal network O(n,n); O(m,n) is defined by Fig. 1 of the Siddiqui et al. reference. - Emeric Deutsch, May 13 2018
a(n) is the number of vertices in conjoined n X n octagons which are arranged into a square array, a.k.a. truncated square tiling. - Donghwi Park, Dec 20 2020
a(n-2) is the number of ways to place 3 adjacent marks in a diagonal, horizontal, or vertical row on an n X n tic-tac-toe grid. - Matej Veselovac, May 28 2021

Examples

			Spiral with 0, 8, 24, 48, ... along lower right diagonal:
.
  36--37--38--39--40--41--42
   |                       |
  35  16--17--18--19--20  43
   |   |               |   |
  34  15   4---5---6  21  44
   |   |   |       |   |   |
  33  14   3   0   7  22  45
   |   |   |   | \ |   |   |
  32  13   2---1   8  23  46
   |   |           | \ |   |
  31  12--11--10---9  24  47
   |                   | \ |
  30--29--28--27--26--25  48
                            \
[Reformatted by _Jon E. Schoenfield_, Dec 25 2016]
		

References

  • Stuart M. Ellerstein, J. Recreational Math. 29 (3) 188, 1998.
  • R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2nd ed., 1994, p. 99.
  • Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 170.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000217, A016754, A002378, A024966, A027468, A028895, A028896, A045943, A046092, A049598, A088538, A124080, A008590 (first differences), A130809 (partial sums).
Sequences on the four axes of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A001107, A033991, A007742, A033954; starting at 1: A054552, A054556, A054567, A033951.
Sequences on the four diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A002939 = 2*A000384, A016742 = 4*A000290, A002943 = 2*A014105, A033996 = 8*A000217; starting at 1: A054554, A053755, A054569, A016754.
Sequences obtained by reading alternate terms on the X and Y axes and the two main diagonals of the square spiral: Starting at 0: A035608, A156859, A002378 = 2*A000217, A137932 = 4*A002620; starting at 1: A317186, A267682, A002061, A080335.

Programs

  • Magma
    [ 4*n*(n+1) : n in [0..50] ]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 09 2014
  • Maple
    seq(8*binomial(n+1, 2), n=0..46); # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 24 2006
    [seq((2*n+1)^2-1, n=0..46)];
  • Mathematica
    Table[(2n - 1)^2 - 1, {n, 50}] (* Alonso del Arte, Mar 31 2013 *)
  • PARI
    nsqm1(n) = { forstep(x=1,n,2, y = x*x-1; print1(y, ", ") ) }
    

Formula

a(n) = 4*n^2 + 4*n = (2*n+1)^2 - 1.
G.f.: 8*x/(1-x)^3.
a(n) = A016754(n) - 1 = 2*A046092(n) = 4*A002378(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, May 25 2004
a(n) = A049598(n) - A046092(n); a(n) = A124080(n) - A002378(n). - Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 06 2007
a(n) = 8*A000217(n). - Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008
a(n) = A005843(n) * A163300(n). - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Jul 26 2009
a(n) = a(n-1) + 8*n (with a(0)=0). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 17 2010
For n > 0, a(n) = A058031(n+1) - A062938(n-1). - Charlie Marion, Apr 11 2013
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 25 2015
a(n) = A000578(n+1) - A152618(n). - Bui Quang Tuan, Apr 01 2015
a(n) - a(n-1) = A008590(n), n > 0. - Altug Alkan, Sep 26 2015
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 19 2016: (Start)
E.g.f.: 4*x*(2 + x)*exp(x).
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/4. (End)
Product_{n>=1} a(n)/A016754(n) = Pi/4. - Daniel Suteu, Dec 25 2016
a(n) = A056220(n) + A056220(n+1). - Bruce J. Nicholson, May 29 2017
sqrt(a(n)+1) - sqrt(a(n)) = (sqrt(n+1) - sqrt(n))^2. - Seiichi Manyama, Dec 23 2018
a(n)*a(n+k) + 4*k^2 = m^2 where m = (a(n) + a(n+k))/2 - 2*k^2; for k=1, m = 4*n^2 + 8*n + 2 = A060626(n). - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, May 22 2019
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1/4 - log(2)/2. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 21 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(4/Pi)*cos(Pi/sqrt(2)).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 4/Pi (A088538). (End)

A062786 Centered 10-gonal numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 11, 31, 61, 101, 151, 211, 281, 361, 451, 551, 661, 781, 911, 1051, 1201, 1361, 1531, 1711, 1901, 2101, 2311, 2531, 2761, 3001, 3251, 3511, 3781, 4061, 4351, 4651, 4961, 5281, 5611, 5951, 6301, 6661, 7031, 7411, 7801, 8201, 8611, 9031, 9461, 9901, 10351, 10811
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Jason Earls, Jul 19 2001

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Deleting the least significant digit yields the (n-1)-st triangular number: a(n) = 10*A000217(n-1) + 1. - Amarnath Murthy, Dec 11 2003
All divisors of a(n) are congruent to 1 or -1, modulo 10; that is, they end in the decimal digit 1 or 9. Proof: If p is an odd prime different from 5 then 5n^2 - 5n + 1 == 0 (mod p) implies 25(2n - 1)^2 == 5 (mod p), whence p == 1 or -1 (mod 10). - Nick Hobson, Nov 13 2006
Centered decagonal numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
The partial sums of this sequence give A004466. - Leo Tavares, Oct 04 2021
The continued fraction expansion of sqrt(5*a(n)) is [5n-3; {2, 2n-2, 2, 10n-6}]. For n=1, this collapses to [2; {4}]. - Magus K. Chu, Sep 12 2022
Numbers m such that 20*m + 5 is a square. Also values of the Fibonacci polynomial y^2 - x*y - x^2 for x = n and y = 3*n - 1. This is a subsequence of A089270. - Klaus Purath, Oct 30 2022
All terms can be written as a difference of two consecutive squares a(n) = A005891(n-1)^2 - A028895(n-1)^2, and they can be represented by the forms (x^2 + 2mxy + (m^2-1)y^2) and (3x^2 + (6m-2)xy + (3m^2-2m)y^2), both of discriminant 4. - Klaus Purath, Oct 17 2023

Crossrefs

Programs

  • GAP
    List([1..50], n-> 1+5*n*(n-1)); # G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019
    
  • Magma
    [1+5*n*(n-1): n in [1..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019
    
  • Mathematica
    FoldList[#1+#2 &, 1, 10Range@ 45] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
    1+5*Pochhammer[Range[50]-1, 2] (* G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019 *)
  • PARI
    j=[]; for(n=1,75,j=concat(j,(5*n*(n-1)+1))); j
    
  • PARI
    for (n=1, 1000, write("b062786.txt", n, " ", 5*n*(n - 1) + 1) ) \\ Harry J. Smith, Aug 11 2009
    
  • Python
    def a(n): return(5*n**2-5*n+1) # Torlach Rush, May 10 2024
  • Sage
    [1+5*rising_factorial(n-1, 2) for n in (1..50)] # G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019
    

Formula

a(n) = 5*n*(n-1) + 1.
From Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2007: (Start)
Binomial transform of [1, 10, 10, 0, 0, 0, ...];
Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 10, 0, 0, 0, ...]. (End)
G.f.: x*(1+8*x+x^2) / (1-x)^3. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 04 2011
a(n) = A124080(n-1) + 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
a(n) = A101321(10,n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
a(n) = A028387(A016861(n-1))/5 for n > 0. - Art Baker, Mar 28 2019
E.g.f.: (1+5*x^2)*exp(x) - 1. - G. C. Greubel, Mar 30 2019
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi * tan(Pi/(2*sqrt(5))) / sqrt(5). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 23 2019
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 20 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 6*e - 1.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n * a(n)/n! = 6/e - 1. (End)
a(n) = A005891(n-1) + 5*A000217(n-1). - Leo Tavares, Jul 14 2021
a(n) = A003154(n) - 2*A000217(n-1). See Mid-section Stars illustration. - Leo Tavares, Sep 06 2021
From Leo Tavares, Oct 06 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A144390(n-1) + 2*A028387(n-1). See Mid-section Star Pillars illustration.
a(n) = A000326(n) + A000217(n) + 3*A000217(n-1). See Trapezoidal Rays illustration.
a(n) = A060544(n) + A000217(n-1). (End)
From Leo Tavares, Oct 31 2021: (Start)
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + 2*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + A002378(n-1).
a(n) = A069099(n) + 3*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A069099(n) + A045943(n-1).
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + 4*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + A046092(n-1).
a(n) = A001844(n-1) + 6*A000217(n-1).
a(n) = A001844(n-1) + A028896(n-1).
a(n) = A005448(n) + 7*A000217(n).
a(n) = A005448(n) + A024966(n). (End)
From Klaus Purath, Oct 30 2022: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-2) + 10*(2*n-3).
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 10.
a(n) = A135705(n-1) + n.
a(n) = A190816(n) - n.
a(n) = 2*A005891(n-1) - 1. (End)

Extensions

Better description from Terrel Trotter, Jr., Apr 06 2002

A028896 6 times triangular numbers: a(n) = 3*n*(n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 6, 18, 36, 60, 90, 126, 168, 216, 270, 330, 396, 468, 546, 630, 720, 816, 918, 1026, 1140, 1260, 1386, 1518, 1656, 1800, 1950, 2106, 2268, 2436, 2610, 2790, 2976, 3168, 3366, 3570, 3780, 3996, 4218, 4446, 4680, 4920, 5166, 5418, 5676
Offset: 0

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Author

Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Dec 11 1999

Keywords

Comments

From Floor van Lamoen, Jul 21 2001: (Start)
Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0; then a(n) is the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0, 6, ...
The spiral begins:
85--84--83--82--81--80
/ \
86 56--55--54--53--52 79
/ / \ \
87 57 33--32--31--30 51 78
/ / / \ \ \
88 58 34 16--15--14 29 50 77
/ / / / \ \ \ \
89 59 35 17 5---4 13 28 49 76
/ / / / / \ \ \ \ \
<==90==60==36==18===6===0 3 12 27 48 75
/ / / / / / / / / /
61 37 19 7 1---2 11 26 47 74
\ \ \ \ / / / /
62 38 20 8---9--10 25 46 73
\ \ \ / / /
63 39 21--22--23--24 45 72
\ \ / /
64 40--41--42--43--44 71
\ /
65--66--67--68--69--70
(End)
If Y is a 4-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-5) is the number of (n-4)-subsets of X having exactly two elements in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
a(n) is the maximal number of points of intersection of n+1 distinct triangles drawn in the plane. For example, two triangles can intersect in at most a(1) = 6 points (as illustrated in the Star of David configuration). - Terry Stickels (Terrystickels(AT)aol.com), Jul 12 2008
Also sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 6, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 18, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized octagonal numbers A001082. Axis perpendicular to A195143 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Partial sums of A008588. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 28 2014
Also the number of 5-cycles in the (n+5)-triangular honeycomb acute knight graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 27 2017
a(n-4) is the maximum irregularity over all maximal 3-degenerate graphs with n vertices. The extremal graphs are 3-stars (K_3 joined to n-3 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

Crossrefs

Cf. A002378 (3-cycles in triangular honeycomb acute knight graph), A045943 (4-cycles), A152773 (6-cycles).
Cf. A007531.
The partial sums give A007531. - Leo Tavares, Jan 22 2022
Cf. A002378, A046092, A028896 (irregularities of maximal k-degenerate graphs).

Programs

Formula

O.g.f.: 6*x/(1 - x)^3.
E.g.f.: 3*x*(x + 2)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Aug 19 2017
a(n) = 6*A000217(n).
a(n) = polygorial(3, n+1). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 16 2003
From Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 06 2007: (Start)
a(n) = A049598(n)/2.
a(n) = A124080(n) - A046092(n).
a(n) = A033996(n) - A002378(n). (End)
a(n) = A002378(n)*3 = A045943(n)*2. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008
a(n) = a(n-1) + 6*n for n>0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 05 2010
a(n) = A003215(n) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
From Philippe Deléham, Mar 26 2013: (Start)
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n>2, a(0)=0, a(1)=6, a(2)=18.
a(n) = A174709(6*n + 5). (End)
a(n) = A049450(n) + 4*n. - Lear Young, Apr 24 2014
a(n) = Sum_{i = n..2*n} 2*i. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 14 2018
a(n) = A320047(1, n, 1). - Kolosov Petro, Oct 04 2018
a(n) = T(3*n) - T(2*n-2) + T(n-2), where T(n) = A000217(n). In general, T(k)*T(n) = Sum_{i=0..k-1} (-1)^i*T((k-i)*(n-i)). - Charlie Marion, Dec 04 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 15 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 1/3.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2*log(2)/3 - 1/3. (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(3/Pi)*cos(sqrt(7/3)*Pi/2).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = (3/Pi)*cosh(Pi/(2*sqrt(3))). (End)

A131242 Partial sums of A059995: a(n) = sum_{k=0..n} floor(k/10).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 180, 186, 192, 198
Offset: 0

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Author

Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 21 2007

Keywords

Comments

Complementary with A130488 regarding triangular numbers, in that A130488(n)+10*a(n)=n(n+1)/2=A000217(n).

Examples

			As square array :
    0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,    0
    1,   2,   3,   4,   5,   6,   7,   8,   9,   10
   12,  14,  16,  18,  20,  22,  24,  26,  28,   30
   33,  36,  39,  42,  45,  48,  51,  54,  57,   60
   64,  68,  72,  76,  80,  84,  88,  92,  96,  100
  105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145,  150
  156, 162, 168, 174, 180, 186, 192, 198, 204,  210
... - _Philippe Deléham_, Mar 27 2013
		

Crossrefs

Programs

  • Mathematica
    Table[(1/2)*Floor[n/10]*(2*n - 8 - 10*Floor[n/10]), {n,0,50}] (* G. C. Greubel, Dec 13 2016 *)
    Accumulate[Table[FromDigits[Most[IntegerDigits[n]]],{n,0,110}]] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{2,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,-2,1},{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2},120] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 06 2017 *)
  • PARI
    for(n=0,50, print1((1/2)*floor(n/10)*(2n-8-10*floor(n/10)), ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Dec 13 2016
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=my(k=n\10); k*(n-5*k-4) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 13 2016

Formula

a(n) = (1/2)*floor(n/10)*(2n-8-10*floor(n/10)).
a(n) = A059995(n)*(2n-8-10*A059995(n))/2.
a(n) = (1/2)*A059995(n)*(n-8+A010879(n)).
a(n) = (n-A010879(n))*(n+A010879(n)-8)/20.
G.f.: x^10/((1-x^10)(1-x)^2).
From Philippe Deléham, Mar 27 2013: (Start)
a(10n) = A051624(n).
a(10n+1) = A135706(n).
a(10n+2) = A147874(n+1).
a(10n+3) = 2*A005476(n).
a(10n+4) = A033429(n).
a(10n+5) = A202803(n).
a(10n+6) = A168668(n).
a(10n+7) = 2*A147875(n).
a(10n+8) = A135705(n).
a(10n+9) = A124080(n). (End)
a(n) = A008728(n-10) for n>= 10. - Georg Fischer, Nov 03 2018

A195148 Concentric 20-gonal numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 20, 41, 80, 121, 180, 241, 320, 401, 500, 601, 720, 841, 980, 1121, 1280, 1441, 1620, 1801, 2000, 2201, 2420, 2641, 2880, 3121, 3380, 3641, 3920, 4201, 4500, 4801, 5120, 5441, 5780, 6121, 6480, 6841, 7220, 7601, 8000, 8401, 8820, 9241, 9680, 10121
Offset: 0

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Author

Omar E. Pol, Sep 17 2011

Keywords

Comments

Concentric icosagonal numbers.
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 20, ..., and the same line from 1, in the direction 1, 41, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized dodecagonal numbers A195162. Main axis, perpendicular to A124080 in the same spiral.

Crossrefs

A195322 and A195317 interleaved.
Cf. A032527, A195048, A195049. Column 20 of A195040. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 29 2011

Programs

Formula

From Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 27 2011: (Start)
a(n) = 5*n^2 + 2*(-1)^n-2;
a(n) = -a(n-1) + 10*n^2 - 10*n + 1. (End)
G.f.: x*(1+18*x+x^2)/((1+x)*(1-x)^3). - Bruno Berselli, Sep 27 2011
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi^2/120 + tan(Pi/sqrt(5))*Pi/(8*sqrt(5)). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 17 2023

A069131 Centered 18-gonal numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 19, 55, 109, 181, 271, 379, 505, 649, 811, 991, 1189, 1405, 1639, 1891, 2161, 2449, 2755, 3079, 3421, 3781, 4159, 4555, 4969, 5401, 5851, 6319, 6805, 7309, 7831, 8371, 8929, 9505, 10099, 10711, 11341, 11989, 12655, 13339, 14041, 14761, 15499, 16255, 17029, 17821
Offset: 1

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Author

Terrel Trotter, Jr., Apr 07 2002

Keywords

Comments

Equals binomial transform of [1, 18, 18, 0, 0, 0, ...]. Example: a(3) = 55 = (1, 2, 1) dot (1, 18, 18) = (1 + 36 + 18). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 24 2010
Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 18, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 28 2011
From Lamine Ngom, Aug 19 2021: (Start)
Sequence is a spoke of the hexagonal spiral built from the terms of A016777 (see illustration in links section).
a(n) is a bisection of A195042.
a(n) is a trisection of A028387.
a(n) + 1 is promic (A002378).
a(n) + 2 is a trisection of A002061.
a(n) + 9 is the arithmetic mean of its neighbors.
4*a(n) + 5 is a square: A016945(n)^2. (End)

Examples

			a(5) = 181 because 9*5^2 - 9*5 + 1 = 225 - 45 + 1 = 181.
		

Crossrefs

Programs

Formula

a(n) = 9*n^2 - 9*n + 1.
a(n) = 18*n + a(n-1) - 18 (with a(1)=1). - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 08 2010
G.f.: ( x*(1+16*x+x^2) ) / ( (1-x)^3 ). - R. J. Mathar, Feb 04 2011
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3); a(1)=1, a(2)=19, a(3)=55. - Harvey P. Dale, Jan 20 2014
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 21 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi*tan(sqrt(5)*Pi/6)/(3*sqrt(5)).
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 10*e - 1.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n * a(n)/n! = 10/e - 1. (End)
From Lamine Ngom, Aug 19 2021: (Start)
a(n) = 18*A000217(n) + 1 = 9*A002378(n) + 1.
a(n) = 3*A003215(n) - 2.
a(n) = A247792(n) - 9*n.
a(n) = A082040(n) + A304163(n) - a(n-1) = A016778(n) + A016790(n) - a(n-1), n > 0.
a(n) + a(n+1) = 2*A247792(n) = A010008(n), n > 0.
a(n+1) - a(n) = 18*n = A008600(n). (End)
From Leo Tavares, Oct 31 2021: (Start)
a(n)= A000290(n) + A139278(n-1)
a(n) = A069129(n) + A002378(n-1)
a(n) = A062786(n) + 8*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A062786(n) + A033996(n-1)
a(n) = A060544(n) + 9*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A060544(n) + A027468(n-1)
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + 10*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A016754(n-1) + A124080
a(n) = A069099(n) + 11*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A069099(n) + A152740(n-1)
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + 12*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A003215(n-1) + A049598(n-1)
a(n) = A005891(n-1) + 13*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A005891(n-1) + A152741(n-1)
a(n) = A001844(n) + 14*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A001844(n) + A163756(n-1)
a(n) = A005448(n) + 15*A000217(n-1)
a(n) = A005448(n) + A194715(n-1). (End)
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(1 + 9*x^2) - 1. - Nikolaos Pantelidis, Feb 06 2023

A152740 11 times triangular numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 11, 33, 66, 110, 165, 231, 308, 396, 495, 605, 726, 858, 1001, 1155, 1320, 1496, 1683, 1881, 2090, 2310, 2541, 2783, 3036, 3300, 3575, 3861, 4158, 4466, 4785, 5115, 5456, 5808, 6171, 6545, 6930, 7326, 7733, 8151, 8580, 9020, 9471, 9933, 10406, 10890, 11385, 11891
Offset: 0

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Author

Omar E. Pol, Dec 12 2008

Keywords

Comments

Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 11, ... and the same line from 0, in the direction 0, 33, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized tridecagonal numbers A195313. Axis perpendicular to A195149 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 18 2011
Sum of the numbers from 5*n to 6*n. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 22 2015

Crossrefs

Programs

Formula

a(n) = 11*n*(n+1)/2 = 11*A000217(n).
a(n) = a(n-1) + 11*n with n > 0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 26 2010
a(n) = A069125(n+1) - 1. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 03 2011
From Philippe Deléham, Mar 27 2013: (Start)
G.f.: 11*x/(1-x)^3.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n > 2, a(0)=0, a(1)=11, a(2)=33.
a(n) = A218530(11*n+10).
a(n) = A211013(n)+n = A022269(n)+5*n = A022268(n)+6*n = A180223(n)+9*n = A051865(n)+10*n. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{i=5*n..6*n} i. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 22 2015
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 21 2023: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 2/11.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = (4*log(2) - 2)/11.
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -(11/(2*Pi))*cos(sqrt(19/11)*Pi/2).
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = (11/(2*Pi))*cos(sqrt(3/11)*Pi/2). (End)
E.g.f.: 11*exp(x)*x*(2 + x)/2. - Elmo R. Oliveira, Dec 25 2024
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