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A051938 Truncated triangular numbers: a(n)=n*(n+1)/2-18. 1
3, 10, 18, 27, 37, 48, 60, 73, 87, 102, 118, 135, 153, 172, 192, 213, 235, 258, 282, 307, 333, 360, 388, 417, 447, 478, 510, 543, 577, 612, 648, 685, 723, 762, 802, 843, 885, 928, 972, 1017, 1063, 1110, 1158, 1207, 1257, 1308, 1360, 1413, 1467, 1522, 1578 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

6,1

COMMENTS

If a 3-set Y and a 3-set Z, having one element in common, are subsets of an n-set X then a(n+2) is the number of 3-subests of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan R. Janjic (agnus(AT)blic.net), Oct 03 2007

LINKS

Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).

FORMULA

a(n)=n+a(n-1) (with a(6)=3) [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Aug 06 2010]

MATHEMATICA

i=6; s=-3; lst={}; Do[s+=n+i; AppendTo[lst, s], {n, 0, 6!, 1}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Oct 30 2008]

CROSSREFS

a(n)=A000217(n)-18, n>5

Cf. A155212 [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Jan 22 2009]

Sequence in context: A063211 A063111 A031063 * A171834 A177955 A074893

Adjacent sequences:  A051935 A051936 A051937 * A051939 A051940 A051941

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Klaus Strassburger (strass(AT)ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de), Dec 21 1999

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