A257710 Numbers n such that T(n) + T(n+1) + ... + T(n+36) is a square, where T = A000217 (triangular numbers).

5, 32, 291, 661, 4102, 8515, 13685, 113558, 182368, 377701, 2290342, 5027232, 30483491, 63130838, 101378488, 840238915, 1349295285, 2794368792, 16944086651, 37191598501, 225516999142, 467042067835, 749998177365, 6216087516438, 9982086472888, 20672740082341

Offset

1,1

Comments

Positive integers y in the solutions to 2*x^2-37*y^2-1369*y-16872 = 0.

Links

Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,0,0,7398,-7398,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,1).

Formula

G.f.: x*(5*x^16 +27*x^15 +10*x^14 +27*x^13 +259*x^12 +370*x^11 +3441*x^10 +4413*x^9 -31820*x^8 -99873*x^7 -5170*x^6 -4413*x^5 -3441*x^4 -370*x^3 -259*x^2 -27*x -5) / ((x -1)*(x^8 -86*x^4 -1)*(x^8 +86*x^4 -1)).

Mathematica

LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7398, -7398, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1}, {5, 32, 291, 661, 4102, 8515, 13685, 113558, 182368, 377701, 2290342, 5027232, 30483491, 63130838, 101378488, 840238915, 1349295285}, 50] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 05 2015 *)

Prog

(PARI) Vec(x*(5*x^16 +27*x^15 +10*x^14 +27*x^13 +259*x^12 +370*x^11 +3441*x^10 +4413*x^9 -31820*x^8 -99873*x^7 -5170*x^6 -4413*x^5 -3441*x^4 -370*x^3 -259*x^2 -27*x -5) / ((x -1)*(x^8 -86*x^4 -1)*(x^8 +86*x^4 -1)) + O(x^100))

Crossrefs

Cf. A176541, A176542, A000217, A000292, A001110, A077415.

Cf. A116476 (length 11), A257293 (length 13), A257707 (length 23), A257708 (length 25), A257709 (length 27).

Sequence in context: A354013 A331660 A001923 * A305305 A331339 A307497

Adjacent sequences: A257707 A257708 A257709 * A257711 A257712 A257713

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Colin Barker, May 04 2015

Status

approved