A316729 Generalized 30-gonal (or triacontagonal) numbers: m*(14*m - 13) with m = 0, +1, -1, +2, -2, +3, -3, ...

0, 1, 27, 30, 82, 87, 165, 172, 276, 285, 415, 426, 582, 595, 777, 792, 1000, 1017, 1251, 1270, 1530, 1551, 1837, 1860, 2172, 2197, 2535, 2562, 2926, 2955, 3345, 3376, 3792, 3825, 4267, 4302, 4770, 4807, 5301, 5340, 5860, 5901, 6447, 6490, 7062, 7107, 7705, 7752, 8376, 8425, 9075, 9126, 9802, 9855

Offset: 0

Author

Omar E. Pol, Jul 11 2018

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

Note that in the sequences of generalized k-gonal numbers always a(3) = k. In this case k = 30.

Generalized k-gonal numbers are second k-gonal numbers and positive terms of k-gonal numbers interleaved, with k >= 5.

A general formula for the generalized k-gonal numbers is given by m*((k-2)*m-k+4)/2, with m = 0, +1, -1, +2, -2, +3, -3, ..., k >= 5.

Every sequence of generalized k-gonal numbers can be represented as vertices of a rectangular spiral constructed with line segments on the square grid, with k >= 5.

56*a(n) + 169 is a square. - Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 12 2018

Generalized k-gonal numbers are the partial sums of the sequence formed by the multiples of (k - 4) and the odd numbers (A005408) interleaved, with k >= 5. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 27 2018

Also partial sums of A317326. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 28 2018

Links

• Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,2,-2,-1,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A254474, A317326.

Sequences of generalized k-gonal numbers: A001318 (k=5), A000217 (k=6), A085787 (k=7), A001082 (k=8), A118277 (k=9), A074377 (k=10), A195160 (k=11), A195162 (k=12), A195313 (k=13), A195818 (k=14), A277082 (k=15), A274978 (k=16), A303305 (k=17), A274979 (k=18), A303813 (k=19), A218864 (k=20), A303298 (k=21), A303299 (k=22), A303303 (k=23), A303814 (k=24), A303304 (k=25), A316724 (k=26), A316725 (k=27), A303812 (k=28), A303815 (k=29), this sequence (k=30).

Programs

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[x (1 + 26 x + x^2)/((1 + x)^2 (1 - x)^3), {x, 0, 55}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 12 2018 *)
LinearRecurrence[{1, 2, -2, -1, 1}, {0, 1, 27, 30, 82}, 47] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 28 2018 *)

PARI

concat(0, Vec(x*(1 + 26*x + x^2)/((1 + x)^2*(1 - x)^3) + O(x^40))) \\ Colin Barker, Jul 16 2018

Formula

G.f.: x*(1 + 26*x + x^2)/((1 + x)^2*(1 - x)^3). - Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 12 2018

From Amiram Eldar, Mar 01 2022: (Start)

a(n) = (28*n*(n + 1) + 12*(2*n + 1)*(-1)^n - 12)/8.

a(n) = n*(7*n + 13)/2, if n is even, or (n + 1)*(7*n - 6)/2 otherwise.

Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 14/169 + Pi*cot(Pi/14)/13. (End)

Extensions

Duplicated term (1551) deleted by Colin Barker, Jul 16 2018