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A108928 8*n^2 - 3. 3
5, 29, 69, 125, 197, 285, 389, 509, 645, 797, 965, 1149, 1349, 1565, 1797, 2045, 2309, 2589, 2885, 3197, 3525, 3869, 4229, 4605, 4997, 5405, 5829, 6269, 6725, 7197, 7685, 8189, 8709, 9245, 9797, 10365, 10949, 11549, 12165, 12797, 13445, 14109, 14789 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Sequence found by reading the segment (5, 29) together with the line from 29, in the direction 29, 69,..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the triangular numbers A000217. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 04 2011

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

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

FORMULA

a(n) = 2*(2*n-1)*(2*n+1)-1.

a(0)=5, a(1)=29, a(2)=69, a(n)=3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3) -- From Harvey P. Dale, Jul 21 2012

EXAMPLE

(1*3 = 3)+2 = 5; (3*5 = 15)+14 = 29; (5*7 = 35)+34 = 69; (7*9 = 63)+62 = 125; ...

MAPLE

seq(8*n^2-3, n=1..50); (Emeric Deutsch)

MATHEMATICA

8*Range[50]^2-3 (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {5, 29, 69}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 21 2012 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=8*n^2-3 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 04 2011

(MAGMA) [8*n^2 - 3: n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 05 2011

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A115706 A031394 A103094 * A097812 A176333 A100559

Adjacent sequences:  A108925 A108926 A108927 * A108929 A108930 A108931

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,changed

AUTHOR

Marcel Hetkowski Fabeny (marcelfabeny(AT)yahoo.com.br), Jul 19 2005

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Aug 01 2005

STATUS

approved

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