OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The identity (80000*n^2 -39200*n +4801)^2 - (100*n^2 -49*n +6)*(8000*n -1960)^2 = 1 can be written as A157653(n)^2 - a(n)*A157652(n)^2 = 1.
The continued fraction expansion of sqrt(a(n)) is [10n-3; {1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 20n-6}]. - Magus K. Chu, Sep 09 2022
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Vincenzo Librandi, X^2-AY^2=1
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) -3*a(n-2) +a(n-3).
G.f.: x*(57 + 137*x + 6*x^2)/(1-x)^3.
E.g.f.: (6 + 51*x + 100*x^2)*exp(x) - 6. - G. C. Greubel, Nov 17 2018
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {57, 308, 759}, 40]
PROG
(Magma) I:=[57, 308, 759]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+1*Self(n-3): n in [1..40]];
(PARI) a(n) = 100*n^2 - 49*n + 6.
(Sage) [100*n^2-49*n+6 for n in (1..40)] # G. C. Greubel, Nov 17 2018
(GAP) List([1..40], n -> 100*n^2-49*n+6); # G. C. Greubel, Nov 17 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 03 2009
STATUS
approved