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%I A253822 #8 Jul 19 2019 11:40:28 %S A253822 1,256,833,294848,960705,340253760,1108652161,392652543616, %T A253822 1279383632513,453120695078528,1476407603267265,522900889468077120, %U A253822 1703773094786790721,603427173325465917376,1966152674976353224193,696354435116698200574208,2268938483149616833927425 %N A253822 Indices of centered triangular numbers (A005448) which are also octagonal numbers (A000567). %C A253822 Also positive integers y in the solutions to 6*x^2 - 3*y^2 - 4*x + 3*y - 2 = 0, the corresponding values of x being A253821. %H A253822 Colin Barker, <a href="/A253822/b253822.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..653</a> %H A253822 <a href="/index/Rec#order_05">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (1,1154,-1154,-1,1). %F A253822 a(n) = a(n-1)+1154*a(n-2)-1154*a(n-3)-a(n-4)+a(n-5). %F A253822 G.f.: x*(255*x^3+577*x^2-255*x-1) / ((x-1)*(x^2-34*x+1)*(x^2+34*x+1)). %e A253822 256 is in the sequence because the 256th centered triangular number is 97921, which is also the 181st octagonal number. %t A253822 LinearRecurrence[{1,1154,-1154,-1,1},{1,256,833,294848,960705},20] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jul 19 2019 *) %o A253822 (PARI) Vec(x*(255*x^3+577*x^2-255*x-1)/((x-1)*(x^2-34*x+1)*(x^2+34*x+1)) + O(x^100)) %Y A253822 Cf. A000567, A005448, A253821, A253823. %K A253822 nonn,easy %O A253822 1,2 %A A253822 _Colin Barker_, Jan 14 2015