OFFSET
4,2
COMMENTS
If Y_i (i=1,2,3,4) are 2-blocks of an n-set X then, for n>=8, a(n-2) is the number of (n-3)-subsets of X intersecting each Y_i (i=1,2,3,4). - Milan Janjic, Nov 09 2007
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 4..1000
Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
For n>4, a(n) = n*(n^2 + 3*n - 22)/6.
G.f.: x^4*(1 + 11*x - 22*x^2 + 14*x^3 - 3*x^4)/(1-x)^4. - Colin Barker, Feb 22 2012
E.g.f.: x*(72 +48*x +8*x^2 -3*x^2 + (-72 +24*x +4*x^2)*exp(x))/24. - G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
MAPLE
seq( `if`(n=4, 1, n*(n^2 +3*n -22)/6), n=4..50); # G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
MATHEMATICA
f[n_]:=Sum[i+i^2-8, {i, 1, n}]/2; Table[f[n], {n, 5, 5!}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Mar 08 2010 *)
Table[If[n==4, 1, n*(n^2 +3*n -22)/6], {n, 4, 50}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec(x^4*(1 + 11*x - 22*x^2 + 14*x^3 - 3*x^4)/(1-x)^4 + O(x^50)) \\ Michel Marcus, Jan 10 2015
(PARI) vector(50, n, my(m=n+3); if(m==4, 1, m*(m^2 +3*m -22)/6)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
(Magma) [1] cat [n*(n^2 +3*n -22)/6: n in [5..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
(Sage) [1]+[n*(n^2 +3*n -22)/6 for n in (5..50)] # G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
(GAP) Concatenation([1], List([5..50], n-> n*(n^2 +3*n -22)/6 )); # G. C. Greubel, Jan 23 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, May 28 2000
STATUS
approved