OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Equivalently, numbers of the form m*(19*m+2), where m = 0, -1, 1, -2, 2, -3, 3,...
Also, integer values of h*(h+2)/19.
LINKS
Bruno Berselli, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,2,-2,-1,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: x^2*(17 + 4*x + 17*x^2)/((1 + x)^2*(1 - x)^3).
a(n) = a(-n+1) = (38*n*(n-1) + 15*(-1)^n*(2*n - 1)-1)/8 + 2.
Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = 19/4 - cot(2*Pi/19)*Pi/2. - Amiram Eldar, Mar 15 2022
MAPLE
A219396:=proc(q)
local n;
for n from 1 to q do if type(sqrt(19*n+1), integer) then print(n);
fi; od; end:
A219396(1000); # Paolo P. Lava, Feb 19 2013
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 10000], IntegerQ[Sqrt[19 # + 1]] &]
CoefficientList[Series[x (17 + 4 x + 17 x^2)/((1 + x)^2 (1 - x)^3), {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 18 2013 *)
LinearRecurrence[{1, 2, -2, -1, 1}, {0, 17, 21, 72, 80}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 08 2021 *)
PROG
(Magma) [n: n in [0..10000] | IsSquare(19*n+1)];
(Magma) I:=[0, 17, 21, 72, 80]; [n le 5 select I[n] else Self(n-1)+2*Self(n-2)-2*Self(n-3)-Self(n-4)+Self(n-5): n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 18 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Bruno Berselli, Dec 03 2012
EXTENSIONS
Typo corrected in the first comment by Mokhtar Mohamed, Dec 03 2012
STATUS
approved