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A007654 Numbers n such that standard deviation of 1,...,n is an integer.
(Formerly M3154)
13
0, 3, 48, 675, 9408, 131043, 1825200, 25421763, 354079488, 4931691075, 68689595568, 956722646883, 13325427460800, 185599261804323, 2585064237799728, 36005300067391875, 501489136705686528 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Gives solutions to the Diophantine equation k=sqrt[n*(n+1)/3]. - Anton Lorenz Vrba (anton(AT)a-l-v.net), Jun 28 2005

REFERENCES

D. A. Benaron, personal communication.

E. Keith Lloyd, The standard deviation of 1,2, ..., n - Pell's equation and rational triangles, Math. Gaz. vol 81 no 491 (1997) pp 231-243.

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..100

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients

Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences

FORMULA

3*(A001353)^2.

a(m) = 14a(m-1) - a(m-2) + 6.

G.f.: -3*x^2*(1+x)/(-1+x)/(1-14*x+x^2) = -3+1/2/(-1+x)+1/2*(-97*x+7)/(1-14*x+x^2). - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nov 20 2007

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007655.

Sequence in context: A140650 A081540 A024042 * A001080 A099852 A195635

Adjacent sequences:  A007651 A007652 A007653 * A007655 A007656 A007657

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Corrected by Keith Lloyd Mar 15, 1996.

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