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A341893
Indices of triangular numbers that are one-tenth of other triangular numbers.
4
0, 1, 6, 12, 55, 246, 474, 2107, 9360, 18018, 80029, 355452, 684228, 3039013, 13497834, 25982664, 115402483, 512562258, 986657022, 4382255359, 19463867988, 37466984190, 166410301177, 739114421304, 1422758742216, 6319209189385, 28066884141582, 54027365220036, 239963538895471, 1065802482958830, 2051617119619170
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The indices of triangular numbers that are one-tenth of other triangular numbers [t of T(t) such that T(t)=T(u)/10].
First member of the Diophantine pair (t, u) that satisfies 10*(t^2 + t) = u^2 + u; a(n) = t.
The T(t)'s are in A068085 and the u's are in A341895.
Also, nonnegative t such that 40*t^2 + 40*t + 1 is a square.
Can be defined for negative n by setting a(n) = a(-1-n) for all n in Z.
FORMULA
a(n) = (-1 + sqrt(8*b(n) + 1))/2 where b(n) = A068085(n).
a(n) = 38 a(n-3) - a(n-6) + 18 for n > 3, with a(-2) = 6, a(-1) = 1, a(0) = 0, a(1) = 0, a(2) = 1, a(3) = 6.
a(n) = a(n-1) + 38*(a(n-3) - a(n-4)) - (a(n-6) - a(n-7)) for n >= 4 with a(-2) = 6, a(-1) = 1, a(0) = 0, a(1) = 0, a(2) = 1, a(3) = 6.
G.f.: x^2*(1 + 4*x+x^2)*(1+x+x^2)/ ((1-x)*(1-38*x^3+x^6)). - Stefano Spezia, Feb 24 2021
a(n) = A180003(n) - 1. - Hugo Pfoertner, Feb 28 2021
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 12 is a term because its triangular number, (12*13) / 2 = 78 is one-tenth of 780, the triangular number of 39.
a(4) = 38 a(1) - a(-2) +18 = 0 - 6 +18 = 12 ;
a(5) = 38 a(2) - a(-1) + 18 = 38*1 - 1 +18 = 55.
MAPLE
f := gfun:-rectoproc({a(-3) = 6, a(-2) = 1, a(-1) = 0, a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(2) = 6, a(n) = 38*a(n-3)-a(n-6)+18}, a(n), remember); map(f, [`$`(0 .. 1000)])[] ;
MATHEMATICA
Rest@ CoefficientList[Series[(x^2*(1 + 5*x + 6*x^2 + 5*x^3 + x^4))/(1 - x - 38*x^3 + 38*x^4 + x^6 - x^7), {x, 0, 31}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, May 19 2022 *)
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Vladimir Pletser, Feb 23 2021
STATUS
approved