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A001840
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Expansion of g.f. x/((1 - x)^2*(1 - x^3)).
(Formerly M0638 N0233)
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70
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0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 51, 57, 63, 70, 77, 84, 92, 100, 108, 117, 126, 135, 145, 155, 165, 176, 187, 198, 210, 222, 234, 247, 260, 273, 287, 301, 315, 330, 345, 360, 376, 392, 408, 425, 442, 459, 477, 495, 513, 532, 551, 570, 590
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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a(n-3) is the number of aperiodic necklaces (Lyndon words) with 3 black beads and n-3 white beads.
Number of triangular partitions (see Almkvist).
Consists of arithmetic progression quadruples of common difference n+1 starting at A045943(n). Refers to the least number of coins needed to be rearranged in order to invert the pattern of a (n+1)-rowed triangular array. For instance, a 5-rowed triangular array requires a minimum of a(4)=5 rearrangements (shown bracketed here) for it to be turned upside down.
.....{*}..................{*}*.*{*}{*}
.....*.*....................*.*.*.{*}
....*.*.*....---------\......*.*.*
..{*}*.*.*...---------/.......*.*
{*}{*}*.*{*}..................{*}
Partial sums of 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,... - Jon Perry, Mar 01 2004
Sum of three successive terms is a triangular number in natural order starting with 3: a(n)+a(n+1)+a(n+2) = T(n+2) = (n+2)*(n+3)/2. - Amarnath Murthy, Apr 25 2004
Apply Riordan array (1/(1-x^3),x) to n. - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005
In the Moree definition, (-1)^n*a(n) is the 3rd Witt transform of A033999 and (-1)^n*A004524(n) with 2 leading zeros dropped is the 2nd Witt transform of A033999. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 08 2008
Column sums of:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.....
1 2 3 4 5 6.....
1 2 3.....
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1 2 3 5 7 9 12 15 18 - Jon Perry, Nov 16 2010
a(n) is the sum of the positive integers <= n that have the same residue modulo 3 as n. They are the additive counterpart of the triple factorial numbers. - Peter Luschny, Jul 06 2011
a(n+1) is the number of 3-tuples (w,x,y) with all terms in {0,...,n} and w=3*x+y. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 04 2012
a(n+1) is the number of pairs (x,y) with x and y in {0,...,n}, x-y = (1 mod 3), and x+y < n. - Clark Kimberling, Jul 02 2012
a(n+1) is the number of partitions of n into two sorts of part(s) 1 and one sort of (part) 3. - Joerg Arndt, Jun 10 2013
Arrange A004523 in rows successively shifted to the right two spaces and sum the columns:
1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6...
1 2 2 3 4 4 5...
1 2 2 3 4...
1 2 2...
1...
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Also the number of triples of positive integers summing to n + 4, the first less than each of the other two. Also the number of triples of positive integers summing to n + 2, the first less than or equal to each of the other two. - Gus Wiseman, Oct 11 2020
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REFERENCES
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Tom M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 73, problem 25.
Ulrich Faigle, Review of Gerhard Post and G.J. Woeginger, Sports tournaments, home-away assignments and the break minimization problem, MR2224983(2007b:90134), 2007.
Hansraj Gupta, Partitions of j-partite numbers into twelve or a smaller number of parts. Collection of articles dedicated to Professor P. L. Bhatnagar on his sixtieth birthday. Math. Student 40 (1972), 401-441 (1974).
Richard K. Guy, A problem of Zarankiewicz, in P. Erdős and G. Katona, editors, Theory of Graphs (Proceedings of the Colloquium, Tihany, Hungary), Academic Press, NY, 1968, pp. 119-150, (p. 126, divided by 2).
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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Richard K. Guy, A problem of Zarankiewicz, Research Paper No. 12, Dept. of Math., Univ. Calgary, Jan. 1967. [Annotated and scanned copy, with permission]
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FORMULA
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Euler transform of length 3 sequence [2, 0, 1].
a(3*k-1) = k*(3*k + 1)/2;
a(3*k) = 3*k*(k + 1)/2;
a(3*k+1) = (k + 1)*(3*k + 2)/2.
a(n) = floor( (n+1)*(n+2)/6 ) = floor( A000217(n+1)/3 ).
G.f.: x / ((1-x)^2 * (1-x^3)).
a(n) = 1 + a(n-1) + a(n-3) - a(n-4).
a(-3-n) = a(n). (End)
a(n) = a(n-3) + n for n > 2; a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=2. - Paul Barry, Jul 14 2004
a(n) = binomial(n+3, 3)/(n+3) + cos(2*Pi*(n-1)/3)/9 + sqrt(3)sin(2*Pi*(n-1)/3)/9 - 1/9. - Paul Barry, Jan 01 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k*(cos(2*Pi*(n-k)/3 + Pi/3)/3 + sqrt(3)*sin(2*Pi*(n-k)/3 + Pi/3)/3 + 1/3).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/3)} n-3*k. (End)
For n > 1, a(n) = A000217(n) - a(n-1) - a(n-2); a(0)=0, a(1)=1.
G.f.: x/(1 + x + x^2)/(1 - x)^3. - Maksym Voznyy (voznyy(AT)mail.ru), Jul 27 2009
a(n) = (4 + 3*n^2 + 9*n)/18 + ((n mod 3) - ((n-1) mod 3))/9. - Klaus Brockhaus, Oct 01 2009
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + a(n-3) - 2*a(n-4) + a(n-5), with n>4, a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=2, a(3)=3, a(4)=5. - Harvey P. Dale, Jul 25 2011
G.f.: x*G(0), where G(k) = 1 + x*(3*k+4)/(3*k + 2 - 3*x*(k+2)*(3*k+2)/(3*(1+x)*k + 6*x + 4 - x*(3*k+4)*(3*k+5)/(x*(3*k+5) + 3*(k+1)/G(k+1)))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 10 2013
0 = a(n)*(a(n+2) + a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(-2*a(n+2) - a(n+3) + a(n+4)) + a(n+2)*(a(n+2) - 2*a(n+3) + a(n+4)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jan 22 2014
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 20/3 - 2*Pi/sqrt(3). - Amiram Eldar, Sep 27 2022
E.g.f.: (exp(x)*(4 + 12*x + 3*x^2) - 4*exp(-x/2)*cos(sqrt(3)*x/2))/18. - Stefano Spezia, Apr 05 2023
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EXAMPLE
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G.f. = x + 2*x^2 + 3*x^3 + 5*x^4 + 7*x^5 + 9*x^6 + 12*x^7 + 15*x^8 + 18*x^9 + ...
1+2+3=6=t(3), 2+3+5=t(4), 5+7+9=t(5).
[n] a(n)
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[1] 1
[2] 2
[3] 3
[4] 1 + 4
[5] 2 + 5
[6] 3 + 6
[7] 1 + 4 + 7
[8] 2 + 5 + 8
[9] 3 + 6 + 9
a(7) = floor(2/3) +floor(3/3) +floor(4/3) +floor(5/3) +floor(6/3) +floor(7/3) +floor(8/3) +floor(9/3) = 12. - Bruno Berselli, Aug 29 2013
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MAPLE
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A001840 := n->floor((n+1)*(n+2)/6);
A001840:=-1/((z**2+z+1)*(z-1)**3); # conjectured (correctly) by Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
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MATHEMATICA
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a[0]=0; a[1]=1; a[n_]:= a[n]= n(n+1)/2 -a[n-1] -a[n-2]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 100}]
f[n_] := Floor[(n + 1)(n + 2)/6]; Array[f, 59, 0] (* Or *)
CoefficientList[ Series[ x/((1 + x + x^2)*(1 - x)^3), {x, 0, 58}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)
a[ n_] := With[{m = If[ n < 0, -3 - n, n]}, SeriesCoefficient[ x /((1 - x^3) (1 - x)^2), {x, 0, m}]]; (* Michael Somos, Jul 11 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{2, -1, 1, -2, 1}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 5}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 25 2011 *)
Table[Length[Select[Join@@Permutations/@IntegerPartitions[n+4, {3}], #[[1]]<#[[2]]&&#[[1]]<#[[3]]&]], {n, 0, 15}] (* Gus Wiseman, Oct 05 2020 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) {a(n) = (n+1) * (n+2) \ 6}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 11 2004 */
(Magma) [ n le 2 select n else n*(n+1)/2-Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..58] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Oct 01 2009
(Sage) [binomial(n, 2) // 3 for n in range(2, 61)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 01 2009
(Haskell)
a001840 n = a001840_list !! n
a001840_list = scanl (+) 0 a008620_list
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CROSSREFS
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Ordered union of triangular matchstick numbers A045943 and generalized pentagonal numbers A001318.
A337483 counts either weakly increasing or weakly decreasing triples.
A337484 counts neither strictly increasing nor strictly decreasing triples.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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