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A007566 a(n+1) = (2n+3)*a(n) - 2n*a(n-1) + 8n, a(0) = 1, a(1) = 3.
(Formerly M3081)
3
1, 3, 21, 151, 1257, 12651, 151933, 2127231, 34035921, 612646867, 12252937701, 269564629863, 6469551117241, 168208329048891, 4709833213369677, 141294996401091151, 4521439884834917793, 153728956084387206051, 5534242419037939419061, 210301211923441697925687 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
M. E. Larsen, Summa Summarum, A. K. Peters, Wellesley, MA, 2007; see p. 36. [From N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 29 2009]
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
D. Doster, Problem 10403, Amer. Math. Monthly, Vol. 101 (1994), p. 792; Solution, Vol. 104 (1997), p. 368.
FORMULA
a(n) = 2*n*a(n-1) + (2*n-1)^2 = 2 * floor(e^(1/2) * n! * 2^n) - (2*n+1) = 2*A010844(n) - (2n+1). - Michael Somos, Mar 26 1999
EXAMPLE
1 + 3*x + 21*x^2 + 151*x^3 + 1257*x^4 + 12651*x^5 + 151933*x^6 + 2127231*x^7 + ...
MAPLE
a:=proc(n) option remember; if n = 0 then RETURN(1); fi; if n = 1 then RETURN(3); fi; (2*n+1)*a(n-1)-(2*n-2)*a(n-2) + 8*(n-1); end;
CROSSREFS
Cf. A010844.
Sequence in context: A037768 A037656 A074577 * A183412 A155627 A163472
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved

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