A317312 Multiples of 12 and odd numbers interleaved.

0, 1, 12, 3, 24, 5, 36, 7, 48, 9, 60, 11, 72, 13, 84, 15, 96, 17, 108, 19, 120, 21, 132, 23, 144, 25, 156, 27, 168, 29, 180, 31, 192, 33, 204, 35, 216, 37, 228, 39, 240, 41, 252, 43, 264, 45, 276, 47, 288, 49, 300, 51, 312, 53, 324, 55, 336, 57, 348, 59, 360, 61, 372, 63, 384, 65, 396, 67, 408, 69

Offset: 0

Author

Omar E. Pol, Jul 25 2018

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• mult

Comments

Partial sums give the generalized 16-gonal numbers (A274978).

a(n) is also the length of the n-th line segment of the rectangular spiral whose vertices are the generalized 16-gonal numbers.

Links

• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,2,0,-1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A008594 and A005408 interleaved.

Column 12 of A195151.

Sequences whose partial sums give the generalized k-gonal numbers: A026741 (k=5), A001477 (k=6), zero together with A080512 (k=7), A022998 (k=8), A195140 (k=9), zero together with A165998 (k=10), A195159 (k=11), A195161 (k=12), A195312 (k=13), A195817 (k=14), A317311 (k=15).

Cf. A274978.

Programs

Mathematica

{0}~Join~Riffle[2 Range@ # - 1, 12 Range@ #] &@ 35 (* or *)
CoefficientList[Series[x (1 + 12 x + x^2)/((1 - x)^2*(1 + x)^2), {x, 0, 69}], x] (* or *)
LinearRecurrence[{0, 2, 0, -1}, {0, 1, 12, 3}, 70] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 26 2018 *)

Formula

a(2n) = 12*n, a(2n+1) = 2*n + 1.

From Michael De Vlieger, Jul 26 2018: (Start)

G.f.: x*(1 + 12*x + x^2) / ((1 - x)^2*(1 + x)^2).

a(n) = 2*a(n-2) - a(n-4) for n>3. (End)

Multiplicative with a(2^e) = 3*2^(e+1), and a(p^e) = p^e for an odd prime p. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 14 2023

Dirichlet g.f.: zeta(s-1) * (1 + 5*2^(1-s)). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 25 2023

a(n) = (7 + 5*(-1)^n)*n/2. - Aaron J Grech, Aug 20 2024