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A103115 6*n*(n-1)-1. 0
-1, -1, 11, 35, 71, 119, 179, 251, 335, 431, 539, 659, 791, 935, 1091, 1259, 1439, 1631, 1835, 2051, 2279, 2519, 2771, 3035, 3311, 3599, 3899, 4211, 4535, 4871, 5219, 5579, 5951, 6335, 6731, 7139, 7559, 7991, 8435, 8891, 9359, 9839, 10331, 10835, 11351, 11879, 12419 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

Star numbers A003154 minus 2.

FORMULA

a(n)=A003154(n)-2.

G.f.: (1-14*x+x^2)/(x-1)^3 [R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), May 11 2009]

a(0)=-1, a(1)=-1, a(2)=11, a(n)=3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3) [From Harvey P. Dale, Nov 14 2011]

MATHEMATICA

Table[6n(n-1)-1, {n, 0, 50}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {-1, -1, 11}, 50] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Nov 14 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A029540 A118554 A092069 * A003777 A199817 A098116

Adjacent sequences:  A103112 A103113 A103114 * A103116 A103117 A103118

KEYWORD

easy,sign

AUTHOR

Jacob Landon (jacoblandon(AT)aol.com), May 09 2009

EXTENSIONS

Edited and extended by R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), May 11 2009

Entries rechecked by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 18 2009

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