A253447 Indices of centered octagonal numbers (A016754) which are also centered heptagonal numbers (A069099).
1, 15, 435, 13021, 390181, 11692395, 350381655, 10499757241, 314642335561, 9428770309575, 282548466951675, 8467025238240661, 253728208680268141, 7603379235169803555, 227847648846413838495, 6827826086157245351281, 204606934935870946699921
Offset: 1
Examples
15 is in the sequence because the 15th centered octagonal number is 841, which is also the 16th centered heptagonal number.
Links
- Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..678
- Giovanni Lucca, Circle Chains Inscribed in Symmetrical Lenses and Integer Sequences, Forum Geometricorum, Volume 16 (2016) 419-427.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (31,-31,1).
Programs
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PARI
Vec(-x*(x^2-16*x+1)/((x-1)*(x^2-30*x+1)) + O(x^100))
Formula
a(n) = 31*a(n-1)-31*a(n-2)+a(n-3).
G.f.: -x*(x^2-16*x+1) / ((x-1)*(x^2-30*x+1)).
a(n) = (8+(4+sqrt(14))*(15+4*sqrt(14))^(-n)-(-4+sqrt(14))*(15+4*sqrt(14))^n)/16. - Colin Barker, Mar 03 2016
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