login
This site is supported by donations to The OEIS Foundation.
Logo

Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A058377 Number of solutions to 1 +- 2 +- 3 +- ... +- n = 0. 12
0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 4, 7, 0, 0, 35, 62, 0, 0, 361, 657, 0, 0, 4110, 7636, 0, 0, 49910, 93846, 0, 0, 632602, 1199892, 0, 0, 8273610, 15796439, 0, 0, 110826888, 212681976, 0, 0, 1512776590, 2915017360, 0, 0, 20965992017, 40536016030, 0, 0, 294245741167, 570497115729 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,7

COMMENTS

Consider the set { 1,2,3,...,n }. Sequence gives number of ways this set can be partitioned into 2 subsets with equal sums. For example, when n = 7, { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7} can be partitioned in 4 ways: {1,6,7} {2,3,4,5}; {2,5,7} {1,3,4,6}; {3,4,7} {1,2,5,6} and {1,2,4,7} {3,5,6}. - sorin (yamba_ro(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 24 2007

The "equal sums" of Sorin's comment are the positive terms of A074378 (Even triangular numbers halved). In the current sequence a(n) <> 0 iff n is the positive index (A014601) of an even triangular number (A014494). - Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 09 2010

LINKS

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

FORMULA

a(n) is half the coefficient of q^0 in product('(q^(-k)+q^k)', 'k'=1..n) for n >= 1. - Floor van Lamoen (fvlamoen(AT)hotmail.com), Oct 10 2005

a(4n+1) = a(4n+2) = 0. - Michael Somos Apr 15 2007

EXAMPLE

1+2-3=0, so a(3)=1; 1-2-3+4=0, so a(4)=1; 1+2-3+4-5-6+7=0, 1+2-3-4+5+6-7=0, 1-2+3+4-5+6-7=0, 1-2-3-4-5+6+7=0, so a(7)=4.

MAPLE

b:= proc(n, i) option remember; local m;

      m:= i*(i+1)/2;

      `if` (n>m, 0, `if` (n=m, 1, b(abs(n-i), i-1) +b(n+i, i-1)))

    end:

a:= n-> `if`(irem(n-1, 4)<2, 0, b(n, n-1)):

seq (a(n), n=1..60); # Alois P. Heinz, Oct 30 2011

MATHEMATICA

f[n_, s_] := f[n, s] = Which[n == 0, If[s == 0, 1, 0], Abs[s] > (n*(n + 1))/2, 0, True, f[n - 1, s - n] + f[n - 1, s + n]]; Table[ f[n, 0]/2, {n, 1, 50}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A069918, A025591, A063865, A063866, A063867, A111133.

Cf. A014601, A014494, A000217, A074378. - Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 09 2010

Cf. A161943. - Alois P. Heinz, Oct 30 2011

Sequence in context: A146294 A133982 A069179 * A023961 A147863 A019976

Adjacent sequences:  A058374 A058375 A058376 * A058378 A058379 A058380

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Naohiro Nomoto (6284968128(AT)geocities.co.jp), Dec 19 2000

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Sascha Kurz (sascha.kurz(AT)uni-bayreuth.de), Mar 25 2002

Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Oct 24 2002

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Transforms | Puzzles | Hot | Classics
Recent Additions | More pages | Superseeker | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement .

Last modified February 12 18:43 EST 2012. Contains 205432 sequences.