OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
The members of the sequence have exceptionally many small prime factors.
REFERENCES
D. Shanks, Solved and unsolved problems in number theory, Chelsea NY, 1985, pp. 256-257 (F. Beukers, Letter to D. Shanks, Mar. 13, 1984).
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
FORMULA
a(n) = (1/24) * binomial(2n, n)*(16^n-binomial(2n, n)^2) = Sum_{i=1..n} binomial(2n-2i, n-i)^3 * A005148(i) (Shanks and Beukers).
EXAMPLE
G.f. = x + 55*x^2 + 3080*x^3 + 176855*x^4 + 10343256*x^5 + 613052440*x^6 + ...
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (Binomial[2n, n]*(16^n-Binomial[2n, n]^2))/24
Table[(Binomial[2 n, n] (16^n - Binomial[2 n, n]^2)) / 24, {n, 0, 20}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 17 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (binomial(2*n, n) * (16^n - binomial(2*n, n)^2)) / 24)};
(Magma) [(Binomial(2*n, n)*(16^n-Binomial(2*n, n)^2))/24 : n in [0..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 17 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Oct 24 2002
STATUS
approved