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A008794 Squares repeated. 13
0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 4, 9, 9, 16, 16, 25, 25, 36, 36, 49, 49, 64, 64, 81, 81, 100, 100, 121, 121, 144, 144, 169, 169, 196, 196, 225, 225, 256, 256, 289, 289, 324, 324, 361, 361, 400, 400, 441, 441, 484, 484, 529, 529, 576, 576 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,5

COMMENTS

Also number of non-attacking kings on n-2 X n-2 board (cf. A030978). - Koksal Karakus (karakusk(AT)hotmail.com), May 27 2002

Maximum number of 2 X 2 tiles that fit on an n X n board. - Jon Perry (perry(AT)globalnet.co.uk), Aug 10 2003

(n)-(1) + (n-1) -(2) +(n-3)-(3)+ ... + (n-r) -(r)... n terms. e.g. 5-1+4-2+3=9 6-1+5-2+4-3=9 7-1+6-2+5-3+4 =16 8-1+7-2+6-3+5-4=16 - Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 24 2005

The smallest possible number of white cells in a solution to an n X n nurikabe grid. [From Tanya Khovanova (tanyakh(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 24 2009]

(1 + x + 4x^2 + 4x^3 + 9x^4 + ...) = (1/(1-x))*(1 + 3x^2 + 5x^4 + 7x^6...) [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 07 2010]

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n)=[floor(n/2)]^2

a(n)=(2*n-1)*(-1)^n/8+(2*n^2-2*n +1)/8; a(n+1)=sum{k=0..n, k(1-(-1)^k)/2}. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 31 2003

a(n)={sqrt[sum_{j=0..n}(j+1)*(cos(j*Pi)+1)/2]-1}^2 with n>=0. - Paolo P. Lava (paoloplava(AT)gmail.com), Dec 04 2006

a(n+2) = SUM(A109613(k)*A059841(n-k): 0<=k<=n). [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Dec 05 2009]

MAPLE

G.f.: x^2*(1+x^2)/((1-x^2)^2*(1-x)).

PROG

(MAGMA) [(2*n-1)*(-1)^n/8+(2*n^2-2*n +1)/8: n in [0..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 21 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A086832.

Sequence in context: A065730 A168039 A145445 * A075709 A192032 A116682

Adjacent sequences:  A008791 A008792 A008793 * A008795 A008796 A008797

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

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

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