A340953 Number of ways to write n as an ordered sum of 8 nonzero triangular numbers.

1, 0, 8, 0, 28, 8, 56, 56, 70, 176, 84, 336, 196, 448, 492, 504, 953, 616, 1456, 960, 1814, 1792, 1904, 3032, 2100, 4144, 3052, 4768, 4670, 5264, 6720, 5936, 8876, 7112, 10620, 9648, 11718, 12720, 13216, 15960, 15261, 19608, 17164, 23296, 21226, 25424, 26796, 27272, 32844

Offset: 8

Author

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 31 2021

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 8..10000

Crossrefs

Cf. A000217, A007331, A010054, A053603, A053604, A319818, A340949, A340950, A340951, A340952, A340954, A340955.

Programs

Maple

b:= proc(n, k) option remember; local r, t, d; r, t, d:= $0..2;
      if n=0 then `if`(k=0, 1, 0) else
      while t<=n do r:= r+b(n-t, k-1); t, d:= t+d, d+1 od; r fi
    end:
a:= n-> b(n, 8):
seq(a(n), n=8..56);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jan 31 2021

Mathematica

nmax = 56; CoefficientList[Series[(EllipticTheta[2, 0, Sqrt[x]]/(2 x^(1/8)) - 1)^8, {x, 0, nmax}], x] // Drop[#, 8] &

Formula

G.f.: (theta_2(sqrt(x)) / (2 * x^(1/8)) - 1)^8, where theta_2() is the Jacobi theta function.