A254964 Indices of heptagonal numbers (A000566) that are also centered hexagonal numbers (A003215).
1, 2, 14, 37, 301, 806, 6602, 17689, 144937, 388346, 3182006, 8525917, 69859189, 187181822, 1533720146, 4109474161, 33671984017, 90221249714, 739249928222, 1980758019541, 16229826436861, 43486455180182, 356316931682714, 954721255944457, 7822742670582841
Offset: 1
Examples
14 is in the sequence because the 14th heptagonal number is 469, which is also the 13th centered hexagonal number.
Links
- Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,22,-22,-1,1).
Programs
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Mathematica
LinearRecurrence[{1,22,-22,-1,1},{1,2,14,37,301},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 13 2018 *)
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PARI
Vec(-x*(x^2-3*x+1)*(x^2+4*x+1)/((x-1)*(x^4-22*x^2+1)) + O(x^100))
Formula
a(n) = a(n-1)+22*a(n-2)-22*a(n-3)-a(n-4)+a(n-5).
G.f.: -x*(x^2-3*x+1)*(x^2+4*x+1) / ((x-1)*(x^4-22*x^2+1)).
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