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A054556 4*n^2 - 9*n + 6. 9
1, 4, 15, 34, 61, 96, 139, 190, 249, 316, 391, 474, 565, 664, 771, 886, 1009, 1140, 1279, 1426, 1581, 1744, 1915, 2094, 2281, 2476, 2679, 2890, 3109, 3336, 3571, 3814, 4065, 4324, 4591, 4866, 5149, 5440, 5739, 6046, 6361, 6684, 7015, 7354, 7701, 8056 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Move in 1-4 direction in a spiral organized like A068225 etc.

Ulam's spiral (N spoke). - Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 31 2011

LINKS

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

FORMULA

Equals binomial transform of [1, 3, 8, 0, 0, 0,...] - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 30 2008

a(n)^2 = sum [i = 0 ... 2*(4*n-5)] (4*n^2-13*n+9+i)^2*(-1)^i= (n-1)*(4*n-5)+1 [From Bruno Berselli (berselli.bruno(AT)yahoo.it), Apr 29 2010]

a(n)=8*n+a(n-1)-13 (with a(1)=1) [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Aug 07 2010]

a(0)=1, a(1)=4, a(2)=15, a(n)=3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3) [From Harvey P. Dale, Aug 21 2011]

G.f.: -((6*x^2+x+1)/(x-1)^3) [From Harvey P. Dale, Aug 21 2011]

MATHEMATICA

f[n_] := 4*n^2 - 9*n + 6; Array[f, 40] [From Vladimir Orlovsky, Sep 01 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A054555, A068225, A054552, A054554, A054567, A054569, A033951.

Sequence in context: A022265 A120389 A124150 * A113693 A190093 A077414

Adjacent sequences:  A054553 A054554 A054555 * A054557 A054558 A054559

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Enoch Haga, G. L. Honaker, Jr. (Enokh(AT)comcast.net), Apr 10 2000

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Frank Ellermann, Feb 24 2002

Incorrect formula deleted by N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 02 2009

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