A195032 Vertex number of a square spiral in which the length of the first two edges are the legs of the primitive Pythagorean triple [5, 12, 13]. The edges of the spiral have length A195031.

0, 5, 17, 27, 51, 66, 102, 122, 170, 195, 255, 285, 357, 392, 476, 516, 612, 657, 765, 815, 935, 990, 1122, 1182, 1326, 1391, 1547, 1617, 1785, 1860, 2040, 2120, 2312, 2397, 2601, 2691, 2907, 3002, 3230, 3330, 3570, 3675, 3927, 4037, 4301, 4416, 4692

Offset: 0

Author

Omar E. Pol, Sep 12 2011

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

Zero together with partial sums of A195031.

The spiral contains infinitely many Pythagorean triples in which the hypotenuses on the main diagonal are the positives multiples of 13 (cf. A008595). The vertices on the main diagonal are the numbers A195037 = (5+12)*A000217 = 17*A000217, where both 5 and 12 are the first two edges in the spiral. The distance "a" between nearest edges that are perpendicular to the initial edge of the spiral is 5, while the distance "b" between nearest edges that are parallel to the initial edge is 12, so the distance "c" between nearest vertices on the same axis is 13 because from the Pythagorean theorem we can write c = (a^2 + b^2)^(1/2) = sqrt(5^2 + 12^2) = sqrt(25 + 144) = sqrt(169) = 13. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 12 2011

Links

• Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
• Ron Knott, Pythagorean triangles and Triples
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pythagorean Triple
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,2,-2,-1,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A195020, A195031, A195034, A195036, A195037.

Programs

Magma

[(2*n*(17*n+27)+(14*n-3)*(-1)^n+3)/16: n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 14 2011

Mathematica

a[n_] := (2 n (17 n + 27) + (14 n - 3)*(-1)^n + 3)/16; Array[a, 50, 0] (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 23 2018 *)

PARI

vector(50, n, n--; (2*n*(17*n+27)+(14*n-3)*(-1)^n+3)/16) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 23 2018

Sage

[(2*n*(17*n+27)+(14*n-3)*(-1)^n+3)/16 for n in range(50)] # G. C. Greubel, Nov 23 2018

Formula

From Bruno Berselli, Oct 13 2011: (Start)

G.f.: x*(5 + 12*x)/((1 + x)^2*(1 - x)^3).

a(n) = (1/2)*((2*n + (-1)^n + 3)/4)*((34*n - 3*(-1)^n+3)/4) = (2*n*(17*n + 27) + (14*n - 3)*(-1)^n + 3)/16.

a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) - 2*a(n-3) - a(n-4) + a(n-5). (End)

E.g.f.: (1/16)*((3 + 88*x + 34*x^2)*exp(x) - (3 + 14*x)*exp(-x)). - Franck Maminirina Ramaharo, Nov 23 2018