A317317 Multiples of 17 and odd numbers interleaved.

0, 1, 17, 3, 34, 5, 51, 7, 68, 9, 85, 11, 102, 13, 119, 15, 136, 17, 153, 19, 170, 21, 187, 23, 204, 25, 221, 27, 238, 29, 255, 31, 272, 33, 289, 35, 306, 37, 323, 39, 340, 41, 357, 43, 374, 45, 391, 47, 408, 49, 425, 51, 442, 53, 459, 55, 476, 57, 493, 59, 510, 61, 527, 63, 544, 65, 561, 67, 578, 69

Offset: 0

Author

Omar E. Pol, Jul 25 2018

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• mult

Comments

Partial sums give the generalized 21-gonal numbers (A303298).

a(n) is also the length of the n-th line segment of the rectangular spiral whose vertices are the generalized 21-gonal numbers.

Links

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

Crossrefs

Cf. A008599 and A005408 interleaved.

Column 17 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).

Cf. A303298.

Programs

Mathematica

With[{nn=40},Riffle[17*Range[0,nn],2*Range[0,nn]+1]] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {0,2,0,-1},{0,1,17,3},80] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 06 2020 *)

PARI

concat(0, Vec(x*(1 + 17*x + x^2) / ((1 - x)^2*(1 + x)^2) + O(x^60))) \\ Colin Barker, Jul 29 2018

Formula

a(2n) = 17*n, a(2n+1) = 2*n + 1.

From Colin Barker, Jul 29 2018: (Start)

G.f.: x*(1 + 17*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) = 17*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 + 15/2^s). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 25 2023