A257710 Numbers n such that T(n) + T(n+1) + ... + T(n+36) is a square, where T = A000217 (triangular numbers).

5, 32, 291, 661, 4102, 8515, 13685, 113558, 182368, 377701, 2290342, 5027232, 30483491, 63130838, 101378488, 840238915, 1349295285, 2794368792, 16944086651, 37191598501, 225516999142, 467042067835, 749998177365, 6216087516438, 9982086472888, 20672740082341

Offset: 1

Author

Colin Barker, May 04 2015

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

Positive integers y in the solutions to 2*x^2-37*y^2-1369*y-16872 = 0.

Links

• Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,0,0,7398,-7398,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A176541, A176542, A000217, A000292, A001110, A077415.

Cf. A116476 (length 11), A257293 (length 13), A257707 (length 23), A257708 (length 25), A257709 (length 27).

Programs

Mathematica

LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7398, -7398, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1}, {5, 32, 291, 661, 4102, 8515, 13685, 113558, 182368, 377701, 2290342, 5027232, 30483491, 63130838, 101378488, 840238915, 1349295285}, 50] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 05 2015 *)

PARI

Vec(x*(5*x^16 +27*x^15 +10*x^14 +27*x^13 +259*x^12 +370*x^11 +3441*x^10 +4413*x^9 -31820*x^8 -99873*x^7 -5170*x^6 -4413*x^5 -3441*x^4 -370*x^3 -259*x^2 -27*x -5) / ((x -1)*(x^8 -86*x^4 -1)*(x^8 +86*x^4 -1)) + O(x^100))

Formula

G.f.: x*(5*x^16 +27*x^15 +10*x^14 +27*x^13 +259*x^12 +370*x^11 +3441*x^10 +4413*x^9 -31820*x^8 -99873*x^7 -5170*x^6 -4413*x^5 -3441*x^4 -370*x^3 -259*x^2 -27*x -5) / ((x -1)*(x^8 -86*x^4 -1)*(x^8 +86*x^4 -1)).