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A255260
a(n) = a(n-1) + sum of the pentagonal numbers which are among the first (n-1) terms of the sequence, with a(1)=1.
3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, 76, 117, 275, 433, 591, 749, 907, 1065, 1223, 1381, 1539, 1697, 1855, 2013, 2171, 2329, 2487, 2645, 2803, 2961, 3119, 3277, 3435, 3593, 3751, 3909, 4067, 4225, 4383, 4541, 4699, 4857, 5015, 5173, 5331, 5489, 5647, 5805
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(7) = 17 because a(6) = 11, pentagonal numbers already in the sequence are 1 and 5, and 11+1+5 = 17.
PROG
(PARI) vector(100, n, if(n==1, a_n_1=sum_=1, a_n_1+=sum_; if(ispolygonal(a_n_1, 5), sum_+=a_n_1)); a_n_1)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Colin Barker, Feb 19 2015
STATUS
approved