OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Numbers B > 0 such that the centered cube number B^3 + (B+1)^3 is equal to the difference of two positive cubes, i.e., A = B^3 + (B+1)^3 = C^3 - D^3 and such that C - D = 3 (2n - 1) == 3 (mod 6), with C > D > B > 0, and A > 0, A = 27*t^3 * (27*t^6 + 1) /4 with t = 2*n-1, and where A = A352759(n), B = a(n) (this sequence), C = A355752(n) and D = A355753(n).
There are infinitely many such numbers a(n) = B in this sequence.
Subsequence of A352134.
LINKS
Vladimir Pletser, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
A. Grinstein, Ramanujan and 1729, University of Melbourne Dept. of Math and Statistics Newsletter: Issue 3, 1998.
Vladimir Pletser, Euler's and the Taxi-Cab relations and other numbers that can be written twice as sums of two cubed integers, submitted. Preprint available on ResearchGate, 2022.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Centered Cube Number
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = (9*(2*n - 1)^3 - 1) / 2.
For n > 3, a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) + 216, with a(1) = 4, a(2) = 121 and a(3) = 562.
a(n) can be extended for negative n such that a(-n) = - a(n+1) - 1.
From Jianing Song, Jul 18 2022: (Start)
G.f.: x*(4+105*x+102*x^2+5*x^3)/(1-x)^4.
E.g.f.: 5 + exp(x)*(-5+9*x+54*x^2+36*x^3). (End)
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 4 is a term because 4^3 + 5^3 = 6^3 - 3^3 and 6 - 3 = 3 = 3*(2*1 - 1).
a(2) = 121 is a term because 121^3 + 122^3 = 369^3 - 360^3 and 369 - 360 = 9 = 3*(2*2 - 1).
a(3) = (9*(2*3 - 1)^3 - 1) / 2 = 562.
a(4) = 3*562 - 3*121 + 4 + 216 = 1543.
MAPLE
restart; for n to 20 do (1/2)*(9*(2*n - 1)^3-1); end do;
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vladimir Pletser, Jul 15 2022
STATUS
approved