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%I A164080 #13 Oct 24 2023 13:57:54 %S A164080 0,9,324,11025,374544,12723489,432224100,14682895929,498786237504, %T A164080 16944049179225,575598885856164,19553418069930369,664240615491776400, %U A164080 22564627508650467249,766533094678624110084,26039560591564569275625 %N A164080 Perfect squares one less than a triangular number. %H A164080 <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (35, -35, 1). %F A164080 a(n) = A164055(n)-1. %F A164080 a(n) = A072221(n)*(A072221(n)+1)/2 - 1. %F A164080 a(n) = 35*a(n-1) -35*a(n-2) +a(n-3) = 9*A001110(n-1). G.f.: 9*x^2*(1+x)/((1-x)*(x^2-34*x+1)). [_R. J. Mathar_, Oct 21 2009] %e A164080 324=18^2 is a perfect square and 325=A000217(25) is a triangular number. Therefore 324 is in this sequence. %t A164080 LinearRecurrence[{35,-35,1},{0,9,324},20] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Oct 24 2023 *) %K A164080 nonn %O A164080 1,2 %A A164080 _Tanya Khovanova_ & Alexey Radul, Aug 09 2009 %E A164080 Comments turned into formulas. - _R. J. Mathar_, Oct 21 2009