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A047209
Numbers that are congruent to {1, 4} mod 5.
55
1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 29, 31, 34, 36, 39, 41, 44, 46, 49, 51, 54, 56, 59, 61, 64, 66, 69, 71, 74, 76, 79, 81, 84, 86, 89, 91, 94, 96, 99, 101, 104, 106, 109, 111, 114, 116, 119, 121, 124, 126, 129, 131, 134, 136, 139, 141, 144, 146, 149, 151, 154
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Apart from initial term(s), dimension of the space of weight 2n cuspidal newforms for Gamma_0( 72 ).
Cf. property described by Gary Detlefs in A113801: more generally, these numbers are of the form (2*h*n+(h-4)*(-1)^n-h)/4 (h, n natural numbers), therefore ((2*h*n + (h-4)*(-1)^n - h)/4)^2 - 1 == 0 (mod h); in our case, a(n)^2 - 1 == 0 (mod 5). - Bruno Berselli, Nov 17 2010
The sum of the alternating series (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) from n=1 to infinity is (Pi/5)*cot(Pi/5), that is (1/5)*sqrt(1 + 2/sqrt(5))*Pi. - Jean-François Alcover, May 03 2013
These numbers appear in the product of a Rogers-Ramanujan identity. See A003114 also for references. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 29 2016
Let m be a product of any number of terms of this sequence. Then m - 1 or m + 1 is divisible by 5. Closed under multiplication. - David A. Corneth, May 11 2018
LINKS
William A. Stein, The modular forms database.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Determined by Spectrum.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+3x+x^2)/((1-x)(1-x^2)).
a(n) = floor((5n-2)/2). [corrected by Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 19 2013]
a(1) = 1, a(n) = 5(n-1) - a(n-1). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 12 2003
From Bruno Berselli, Nov 17 2010: (Start)
a(n) = (10*n + (-1)^n - 5)/4.
a(n) - a(n-1) - a(n-2) + a(n-3) = 0 for n > 3.
a(n) = a(n-2) + 5 for n > 2.
a(n) = 5*A000217(n-1) + 1 - 2*Sum_{i=1..n-1} a(i) for n > 1.
a(n)^2 = 5*A036666(n) + 1 (cf. also Comments). (End)
a(n) = 5*floor(n/2) + (-1)^(n+1). - Gary Detlefs, Dec 29 2011
E.g.f.: 1 + ((10*x - 5)*exp(x) + exp(-x))/4. - David Lovler, Aug 23 2022
From Amiram Eldar, Nov 22 2024: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 - (-1)^n/a(n)) = phi (A001622).
Product_{n>=2} (1 + (-1)^n/a(n)) = (Pi/5) * cosec(Pi/5) (A352324). (End)
MAPLE
seq(floor(5*k/2)-1, k=1..100); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 27 2013
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 200], MemberQ[{1, 4}, Mod[#, 5]] &] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 12 2012 *)
LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, -1}, {1, 4, 6}, 70] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 19 2024 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a047209 = (flip div 2) . (subtract 2) . (* 5)
a047209_list = 1 : 4 : (map (+ 5) a047209_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 19 2013, Jan 05 2011
(PARI) a(n)=(10*n+(-1)^n-5)/4 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015
CROSSREFS
Cf. A005408 (n=1 or 3 mod 4), A007310 (n=1 or 5 mod 6).
Cf. A045468 (primes), A032527 (partial sums).
Sequence in context: A329784 A010387 A010411 * A138812 A332587 A003259
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
EXTENSIONS
Edited by Michael Somos, Sep 22 2002
STATUS
approved