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A104188 4n (4n - 1). 2
0, 12, 56, 132, 240, 380, 552, 756, 992, 1260, 1560, 1892, 2256, 2652, 3080, 3540, 4032, 4556, 5112, 5700, 6320, 6972, 7656, 8372, 9120, 9900, 10712, 11556, 12432, 13340, 14280, 15252, 16256, 17292, 18360, 19460, 20592, 21756, 22952, 24180 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

There is a ball-hating monster that lives in a box. You throw 4 numbered balls into the box. He throws 2 balls out. Repeat. Then a(n) gives the number of ordered possibilities the monster has to throw the balls back at each stage (2,1 is different from 1,2).

FORMULA

a(n) = (4(n-1)!)/((4(n-1))-2)!)

a(n)=32*n+a(n-1)-20 (with a(0)=0) [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Nov 13 2010]

EXAMPLE

a(3)=56 because ((4(3-1)!)/((4(3-1))-2)!))=(8!/6!)=(8*7)=56

MAPLE

for n from 1 to 100 do printf(`%d, `, (4*n-4)*(4*n-5)) od: (Sellers)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A207102 A009653 A133001 * A069552 A035005 A001386

Adjacent sequences:  A104185 A104186 A104187 * A104189 A104190 A104191

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Ruppi Rana (ruppi.rana(AT)gmail.com), Mar 12 2005

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Apr 10 2005

Simpler defintion from Ralf Stephan, May 20 2007

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