A341895 Indices of triangular numbers that are ten times other triangular numbers.

0, 4, 20, 39, 175, 779, 1500, 6664, 29600, 56979, 253075, 1124039, 2163720, 9610204, 42683900, 82164399, 364934695, 1620864179, 3120083460, 13857908224, 61550154920, 118481007099, 526235577835, 2337285022799, 4499158186320, 19983094049524, 88755280711460, 170849530073079, 758831338304095, 3370363382012699

Offset: 1

Author

Vladimir Pletser, Feb 23 2021

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Comments

Second member of the Diophantine pair (b(n), a(n)) that satisfies a(n)^2 + a(n) = 10*(b(n)^2 + b(n)) or T(a(n)) = 10*T(b(n)) where T(x) is the triangular number of x. The T(b)'s are in A068085 and the b's are in A341893.

Can be defined for negative n by setting a(-n) = -a(n+1) - 1 for all n in Z.

Examples

			a(2) = 4 is a term because its triangular number, T(a(2)) = 4*5 / 2 = 10 is ten times a triangular number.
a(4) = 38*a(1) - a(-2) + 18 = 38*0 - (-21) + 18 = 39, etc.
		

Links

• Vladimir Pletser, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
• Vladimir Pletser, Using Pell equation solutions to find all triangular numbers multiple of other triangular numbers, 2022.
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,38,-38,-1,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A341893, A068085, A166477 (n=10).

Cf. A336623, A336624, A336626, A336625, A053141, A001652, A075528, A029549, A061278, A001571, A076139, A076140, A077259, A077262, A077260, A077261, A077288, A077291, A077289, A077290, A077398, A077401, A077399, A077400, A000217.

Programs

Maple

f := gfun:-rectoproc({a(-2) = -21, a(-1) = -5, a(0) = -1, a(1) = 0, a(2) = 4, a(3) = 20, a(n) = 38*a(n-3)-a(n-6)+18}, a(n), remember); map(f, [`$`(0 .. 1000)]) ; #

Mathematica

Rest@ CoefficientList[Series[x^2*(4 + 16*x + 19*x^2 - 16*x^3 - 4*x^4 - x^5)/(1 - x - 38*x^3 + 38*x^4 + x^6 - x^7), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, May 19 2022 *)

Formula

a(n) = 38*a(n-3) - a(n-6) + 18 for n > 3, with a(-2) = -21, a(-1) = -5, a(0) = -1, a(1) = 0, a(2) = 4, a(3) = 20.

a(n) = a(n-1) + 38*(a(n-3) - a(n-4)) - (a(n-6) - a(n-7)) for n >= 4 with a(-2) = -21, a(-1) = -5, a(0) = -1, a(1) = 0, a(2) = 4, a(3) = 20.

G.f.: x^2*(4 + 16*x + 19*x^2 - 16*x^3 - 4*x^4 - x^5)/(1 - x - 38*x^3 + 38*x^4 + x^6 - x^7). - Stefano Spezia, Feb 24 2021

a(n) = (A198943(n) + 1)/2 - 1. - Hugo Pfoertner, Feb 26 2021