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Search: id:A006578
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| A006578 |
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Triangular numbers plus quarter squares: n*(n+1)/2 + floor(n^2/4) (i.e. A000217(n) + A002620(n)).
(Formerly M3329)
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| 0, 1, 4, 8, 14, 21, 30, 40, 52, 65, 80, 96, 114, 133, 154, 176, 200, 225, 252, 280, 310, 341, 374, 408, 444, 481, 520, 560, 602, 645, 690, 736, 784, 833, 884, 936, 990, 1045, 1102, 1160, 1220, 1281, 1344, 1408, 1474, 1541, 1610, 1680, 1752, 1825, 1900, 1976, 2054
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENT
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Equals (1, 2, 3, 4,...) convolved with (1, 2, 1, 2,...). a(4) = 14 = (1, 2, 3, 4) dot (2, 1, 2, 1) = (2 + 2 + 6 + 4). [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), May 01 2009]
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REFERENCES
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N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.
Marc LeBrun (mlb(AT)well.com), personal communication.
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LINKS
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S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.
S. Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.
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FORMULA
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Expansion of x*(1+2x) / ((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)).
Partial sums of A032766. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 30 2003
a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)-a(n-3)+3 = A002620(n)+A004526(n) = A002378(n)-A002620(n) = A001859(n)-A004526(n+1) - Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Mar 08 2000
a(n)=(6n^2+4n-1+(-1)^n)/8. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 30 2003
a(-1-n)=A001859(n). - Michael Somos May 10 2006
Row sums of triangle A104567 = (1, 4, 8, 14, 21,...). - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), May 05 2007
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MAPLE
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A006578:=-(1+2*z)/(1+z)/(z-1)**3; [Conjectured by S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]
with (combinat):seq(count(Partition((3*n+1)), size=3), n=0..52); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 28 2008
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PROGRAM
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(PARI) a(n)=(3*(n+1)^2+1)\4-n-1 /* Michael Somos Mar 10 2006 */
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A001859, A077043.
A006578 + A002620 = A002378 = n(n+1).
Cf. A104567.
Sequence in context: A131937 A088804 A027924 this_sequence A122224 A004797 A053459
Adjacent sequences: A006575 A006576 A006577 this_sequence A006579 A006580 A006581
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).
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EXTENSIONS
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More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Mar 20 2000
Offset and description changed by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Nov 30 2006
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