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A111766 Numbers occurring in three Pythagorean triples of the form: odd: a, (a^2-1)/2, (a^2+1)/2 OR even: a, a^2/4-1, a^2/4+1. 0
0, 5, 24, 145, 840, 4901, 28560, 166465, 970224, 5654885, 32959080, 192099601, 1119638520, 6525731525, 38034750624, 221682772225, 1292061882720, 7530688524101, 43892069261880, 255821727047185 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

This parallels Cassini's identity for Fibonacci numbers (Mathworld)

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,5,-1).

FORMULA

a(n) = A000129(n-1)*A000129(n+1) = A000129(n)^2 + (-1)^n.

G.f. -x*(-5+x) / ( (1+x)*(1-6*x+x^2) ). - R. J. Mathar, Sep 21 2011

EXAMPLE

e.g. a(5) = P(4)*P(6) = 12*70 = 840 = P(5)-1 = 29^2-1

CROSSREFS

Cf. A076218, A078522 (bisections).

Sequence in context: A080996 A020055 A201952 * A009424 A184597 A009601

Adjacent sequences:  A111763 A111764 A111765 * A111767 A111768 A111769

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jeremy C. Buchanan (jbuchanan(AT)myhww.org), Nov 21 2005

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