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A048909 9-gonal (or nonagonal) triangular numbers. 2
1, 325, 82621, 20985481, 5330229625, 1353857339341, 343874433963061, 87342752369278225, 22184715227362706161, 5634830324997758086741, 1431224717834203191326125, 363525443499562612838749081 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

We want solutions to m(7m-5)/2 = n(n+1)/2, or equivalently (14m-5)^2 = 7(2n+1)^2 + 18. This is the Pell-type equation x^2 - 7y^2 = 18.

This equation has unit solutions (x,y) = (5,1), (9, 3) and (19, 7), which lead to the family of solutions (5, 1), (9, 3), (19, 7), (61, 23), (135, 51), (299, 113), (971, 367), .... The corresponding integer solutions are (m,n) = (1,1), (10, 25), (154, 406), (2449, 6478), ... (A048907 and A048908), giving the nonagonal triangular numbers 1, 325, 82621, 20985481, ... shown here.

Also, numbers simultaneously 9-gonal and centered 9-gonal, the intersection of A001106 and A060544. - Steven Schlicker (schlicks(AT)gvsu.edu), Apr 24 2007

lim(n -> Infinity, a(n)/a(n-1) = (8 + 3*sqrt(7))^2. - Ant King, Nov 03 2011

REFERENCES

S. Schlicker, Numbers Simultaneously Polygonal and Centered Polygonal, submitted.

LINKS

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

FORMULA

Define x(n) + y(n)*sqrt(63) = (9+sqrt(63))*(8+sqrt(63))^n, s(n) = (y(n)+1)/2; then a(n) = (2+9*(s(n)^2-s(n)))/2 - Steven Schlicker (schlicks(AT)gvsu.edu), Apr 24 2007

a(n+1)=254*a(n+1)-a(n)+72. - Richard Choulet, Sep 22 2007

a(n+1)=127*a(n+1)+36+6*(448*a(n)^2+256*a(n)+25)^0.5. - Richard Choulet, Sep 22 2007

G.f.: f(z)=a(1)*z+a(2)*z^2+...=((z*(1+70*z+z^2))/((1-z)*(1-254*z+z^2)). - Richard Choulet, Sep 22 2007

From Ant King, Nov 03 2011: (Start)

a(n) = 255*a(n-1) - 255*a(n-2) + a(n-3)

a(n) = 1/112*(9*(8 + 3*sqrt(7))^(2n-1) + 9*(8-3* sqrt(7))^(2n-1) - 32)

a(n)=floor(9/112*(8 + 3*sqrt(7))^(2n-1))

(End)

MAPLE

CP := n -> 1+1/2*9*(n^2-n): N:=10: u:=8: v:=1: x:=9: y:=1: k_pcp:=[1]: for i from 1 to N do tempx:=x; tempy:=y; x:=tempx*u+63*tempy*v: y:=tempx*v+tempy*u: s:=(y+1)/2: k_pcp:=[op(k_pcp), CP(s)]: end do: k_pcp; - Steven Schlicker (schlicks(AT)gvsu.edu), Apr 24 2007

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{255, -255, 1}, {1, 325, 82621}, 12]; (* Ant King, Nov 03 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001106, A060544, A048907, A048908.

Sequence in context: A145414 A166220 A121000 * A097739 A203188 A048918

Adjacent sequences:  A048906 A048907 A048908 * A048910 A048911 A048912

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com)

EXTENSIONS

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com) at the suggestion of Richard Choulet, Sep 22 2007

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