A130487 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (k mod 9) (Partial sums of A010878).

0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 36, 37, 39, 42, 46, 51, 57, 64, 72, 72, 73, 75, 78, 82, 87, 93, 100, 108, 108, 109, 111, 114, 118, 123, 129, 136, 144, 144, 145, 147, 150, 154, 159, 165, 172, 180, 180, 181, 183, 186, 190, 195, 201, 208, 216, 216, 217, 219, 222, 226

Offset: 0

Author

Hieronymus Fischer, May 31 2007

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

Let A be the Hessenberg n X n matrix defined by A[1,j]=j mod 9, A[i,i]:=1, A[i,i-1]=-1. Then, for n >= 1, a(n)=det(A). - Milan Janjic, Jan 24 2010

Links

• Shawn A. Broyles, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,-1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A010872, A010873, A010874, A010875, A010876, A010877, A130481, A130482, A130483, A130484, A130485, A130486.

Programs

GAP

a:=[0,1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,36];; for n in [11..71] do a[n]:=a[n-1]+a[n-9]-a[n-10]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Aug 31 2019

Magma

I:=[0,1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,36]; [n le 10 select I[n] else Self(n-1) + Self(n-9) - Self(n-10): n in [1..71]]; // G. C. Greubel, Aug 31 2019

Maple

seq(coeff(series(x*(1-9*x^8+8*x^9)/((1-x^9)*(1-x)^3), x, n+1), x, n), n = 0 .. 70); # G. C. Greubel, Aug 31 2019

Mathematica

Accumulate[PadRight[{},120,Range[0,8]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 19 2018 *)
Accumulate[Mod[Range[0,100],9]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 16 2021 *)

PARI

a(n) = sum(k=0, n, k % 9); \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 28 2018

Sage

def A130487_list(prec):
    P. = PowerSeriesRing(ZZ, prec)
    return P(x*(1-9*x^8+8*x^9)/((1-x^9)*(1-x)^3)).list()
A130487_list(70) # G. C. Greubel, Aug 31 2019

Formula

a(n) = 36*floor(n/9) + A010878(n)*(A010878(n) + 1)/2.

G.f.: (Sum_{k=1..8} k*x^k)/((1-x^9)*(1-x)).

G.f.: x*(1 - 9*x^8 + 8*x^9)/((1-x^9)*(1-x)^3).