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A158392 676n^2 - 2n. 2

%I #15 Sep 08 2022 08:45:43

%S 674,2700,6078,10808,16890,24324,33110,43248,54738,67580,81774,97320,

%T 114218,132468,152070,173024,195330,218988,243998,270360,298074,

%U 327140,357558,389328,422450,456924,492750,529928,568458,608340,649574,692160

%N 676n^2 - 2n.

%C The identity (676*n-1)^2-(676*n^2-2*n)*(26)^2=1 can be written as A158393(n)^2-a(n)*(26)^2=1.

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A158392/b158392.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=5785989&amp;tstart=0">X^2-AY^2=1</a>

%H E. J. Barbeau, <a href="http://www.math.toronto.edu/barbeau/home.html">Polynomial Excursions</a>, Chapter 10: <a href="http://www.math.toronto.edu/barbeau/hxpol10.pdf">Diophantine equations</a> (2010), pages 84-85 (row 15 in the first table at p. 85, case d(t) = t*(26^2*t-2)).

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (3,-3,1).

%F a(n) = 3*a(n-1) -3*a(n-2) +a(n-3).

%F G.f.: x*(-674-678*x)/(x-1)^3.

%t LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{674,2700,6078},50]

%o (Magma) I:=[674, 2700, 6078]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+1*Self(n-3): n in [1..50]];

%o (PARI) a(n) = 676*n^2 - 2*n.

%Y Cf. A158393.

%K nonn,easy

%O 1,1

%A _Vincenzo Librandi_, Mar 18 2009

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