OFFSET
1,36
COMMENTS
A truncated triangular number is a figurate number, the number of dots in a hexagonal diagram where the side lengths alternate between two values. This sequence gives the number of ways that a number can be represented in this form.
In a sense this sequence is a hexagonal analog of A038548, which asks the same question for rectangular numbers, and A001227 for trapezoidal numbers.
These sequences usually turn out to count divisors of a particular form, of a number simply related to n, but such a formulation is not yet known in this case.
EXAMPLE
a(36) = 2 because 36 can be achieved with hexagons of sides (1,9,1,9,1,9) and (3,5,3,5,3,5).
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Allan C. Wechsler, Nov 17 2018
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Hugo Pfoertner, Sep 18 2020
STATUS
approved