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A008588 Multiples of 6. 38
0, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72, 78, 84, 90, 96, 102, 108, 114, 120, 126, 132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162, 168, 174, 180, 186, 192, 198, 204, 210, 216, 222, 228, 234, 240, 246, 252, 258, 264, 270, 276, 282, 288, 294, 300, 306, 312, 318, 324, 330, 336, 342, 348 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

For n>3, the number of squares on the infinite 3-column half-strip chessboard at <=n knight moves from any fixed point on the short edge.

Second differences of A000578. - Cecilia Rossiter (cecilia(AT)noticingnumbers.net), Dec 15 2004

A008615(a(n)) = n. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 27 2008

A157176(a(n)) = A001018(n). [From Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 24 2009]

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 318

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).

FORMULA

a(n) = 6*n = 2*a(n-1)-a(n-2). G.f.: 6*x/(1-x)^2. [From Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 24 2010]

a(n)=Sum_k>=0 {A030308(n,k)*6*2^k}. - From Philippe Deléham, Oct 24 2011.

MAPLE

[ seq(6*n, n=0..45) ];

MATHEMATICA

Range[0, 500, 6] (* From Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, May 26 2011 *)

PROG

(MAGMA) [6*n: n in [0..60] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 16 2011

(PARI) a(n)=6*n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 08 2012

(Maxima) makelist(6*n, n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 12 2012 */

CROSSREFS

Essentially the same as A008458.

Cf. A016921, A016933, A016945, A016957, A016969.

Sequence in context: A126798 A175130 A008458 * A078596 A187389 A085129

Adjacent sequences:  A008585 A008586 A008587 * A008589 A008590 A008591

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,changed

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

STATUS

approved

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