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A055998 n*(n+5)/2. 27
0, 3, 7, 12, 18, 25, 33, 42, 52, 63, 75, 88, 102, 117, 133, 150, 168, 187, 207, 228, 250, 273, 297, 322, 348, 375, 403, 432, 462, 493, 525, 558, 592, 627, 663, 700, 738, 777, 817, 858, 900, 943, 987, 1032, 1078, 1125, 1173, 1222, 1272 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

a(n) = A126890(n,2) for n>1. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Dec 30 2006

If X is an n-set and Y a fixed (n-3)-subset of X then a(n-3) is equal to the number of 2-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan R. Janjic (agnus(AT)blic.net), Aug 15 2007

Bisection of A165157. [From Jaroslav Krizek (jaroslav.krizek(AT)atlas.cz), Sep 05 2009]

REFERENCES

A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, p. 193.

LINKS

Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions

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

FORMULA

G.f.: x(3-2x)/(1-x)^3.

a(n) = A027379(n), n>0.

a(n)=C(n,2)-2*n,n>=5 - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 25 2006

a(n) = A000217(n) + A005843(n). [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Sep 24 2008]

If we define f(n,i,a)=sum(binomial(n,k)*stirling1(n-k,i)*product(-a-j,j=0..k-1),k=0..n-i), then a(n) = -f(n,n-1,3), for n>=1. [From Milan R. Janjic (agnus(AT)blic.net), Dec 20 2008]

a(n)= A167544(n+8). [From Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Nov 25 2009]

a(n)=n+a(n-1)+2 (with a(0)=0) [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Aug 07 2010]

a(n) = sum((k+2)!/(k+1)!,k=1..n) [From Gary Detlefs (gdetlefs(AT)aol.com), Aug 10 2010]

a(n) = A034856(n+1) - 1 = A000217(n+2) - 3. [From Jaroslav Krizek (jaroslav.krizek(AT)atlas.cz), Sep 05 2009]

a(n) = A014695(n+2)*A178242(n). - Paul Curtz, Jan 16 2011

MATHEMATICA

f[n_]:=n*(n+5)/2; f[Range[0, 100]] (*From Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 10 2011*)

CROSSREFS

a(n) = A095660(n+1, 2): third column of (1, 3)-Pascal triangle.

Cf. A000096, A001477.

Cf. A002522.

Sequence in context: A095115 A141214 A027379 * A066379 A024517 A005228

Adjacent sequences:  A055995 A055996 A055997 * A055999 A056000 A056001

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Barry E. Williams, Jun 14 2000

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