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A158491 20n^2 - 1. 3
19, 79, 179, 319, 499, 719, 979, 1279, 1619, 1999, 2419, 2879, 3379, 3919, 4499, 5119, 5779, 6479, 7219, 7999, 8819, 9679, 10579, 11519, 12499, 13519, 14579, 15679, 16819, 17999, 19219, 20479, 21779, 23119, 24499, 25919, 27379, 28879, 30419 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

The identity (20*n^2-1)^2-(100*n^2-10)*(2*n)^2=1 can be written as a(n)^2-A158490(n)*A005843(n)^2=1.

LINKS

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

Vincenzo Librandi, X^2-AY^2=1

Index to sequences with 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*(-19-22*x+x^2)/(x-1)^3

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {19, 79, 179}, 50]

PROG

(MAGMA) I:=[19, 79, 179]; [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)=20*n^2-1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 23 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A005843, A158490.

Sequence in context: A074822 A139871 A142789 * A201783 A139941 A127270

Adjacent sequences:  A158488 A158489 A158490 * A158492 A158493 A158494

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Mar 20 2009

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