OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(n) = n^2(n+1)/2 is half the number of colorings of three points on a line with n+1 colors. - R. H. Hardin, Feb 23 2002
Sum of n smallest multiples of n. - Amarnath Murthy, Sep 20 2002
a(n) = number of (n+6)-bit binary sequences with exactly 7 1's none of which is isolated. A 1 is isolated if its immediate neighbor(s) are 0. - David Callan, Jul 15 2004
Also as a(n) = (1/6)*(3*n^3+3*n^2), n > 0: structured trigonal prism numbers (cf. A100177 - structured prisms; A100145 for more on structured numbers). - James A. Record (james.record(AT)gmail.com), Nov 07 2004
Kekulé numbers for certain benzenoids. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 18 2005
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-4) is the number of 5-subsets of X having at least two elements in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Nov 23 2007
a(n-1), n >= 2, is the number of ways to have n identical objects in m=2 of altogether n distinguishable boxes (n-2 boxes stay empty). - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 13 2007
a(n+1) is the convolution of (n+1) and (3n+1). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2008
The number of 3-character strings from an alphabet of n symbols, if a string and its reversal are considered to be the same.
Partial sums give A001296. - Jonathan Vos Post, Mar 26 2011
a(n-1):=N_1(n), n >= 1, is the number of edges of n planes in generic position in three-dimensional space. See a comment under A000125 for general arrangement. Comment to Arnold's problem 1990-11, see the Arnold reference, p.506. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 27 2011
Partial sums of pentagonal numbers A000326. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 07 2012
From Ant King, Oct 23 2012: (Start)
For n > 0, the digital roots of this sequence A010888(A002411(n)) form the purely periodic 9-cycle {1,6,9,4,3,9,7,9,9}.
For n > 0, the units' digits of this sequence A010879(A002411(n)) form the purely periodic 20-cycle {1,6,8,0,5,6,6,8,5,0,6,6,3,0,0,6,1,8,0,0}.
(End)
a(n) is the number of inequivalent ways to color a path graph having 3 nodes using at most n colors. Note, here there is no restriction on the color of adjacent nodes as in the above comment by R. H. Hardin (Feb 23 2002). Also, here the structures are counted up to graph isomorphism, where as in the above comment the "three points on a line" are considered to be embedded in the plane. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 20 2013
After 0, row sums of the triangle in A101468. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 10 2014
Latin Square Towers: Take a Latin square of order n, with symbols from 1 to n, and replace each symbol x with a tower of height x. Then the total number of unit cubes used is a(n). - Arun Giridhar, Mar 29 2015
This is the case k = n+4 of b(n,k) = n*((k-2)*n-(k-4))/2, which is the n-th k-gonal number. Therefore, this is the 3rd upper diagonal of the array in A139600. - Luciano Ancora, Apr 11 2015
For n > 0, a(n) is the number of compositions of n+7 into n parts avoiding the part 2. - Milan Janjic, Jan 07 2016
Also the Wiener index of the n-antiprism graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 07 2017
For n > 0, a(2n+1) is the number of non-isomorphic 5C_m-snakes, where m = 2n+1 or m = 2n (for n >= 2). A kC_n-snake is a connected graph in which the k >= 2 blocks are isomorphic to the cycle C_n and the block-cutpoint graph is a path. - Christian Barrientos, May 15 2019
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of 0°- and 45°-tilted squares that can be drawn by joining points in an n X n lattice. - Paolo Xausa, Apr 13 2021
a(n) is the number of all possible products of n rolls of a six-sided die. This can be easily seen by the recursive formula a(n) = a(n - 1) + 2 * binomial(n, 2) + binomial(n + 1, 2). - Rafal Walczak, Jun 15 2024
REFERENCES
V. I. Arnold (ed.), Arnold's Problems, Springer, 2004, comments on Problem 1990-11 (p. 75), pp. 503-510. Numbers N_1.
Christian Barrientos, Graceful labelings of cyclic snakes, Ars Combin., Vol. 60 (2001), pp. 85-96.
Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, NY, 1964, p. 194.
S. J. Cyvin and I. Gutman, Kekulé structures in benzenoid hydrocarbons, Lecture Notes in Chemistry, No. 46, Springer, New York, 1988 (see p. 166, Table 10.4/I/5).
E. Deza and M. M. Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), page 93.
L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923, see Vol. 2, p. 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).
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Somaya Barati, Beáta Bényi, Abbas Jafarzadeh and Daniel Yaqubi, Mixed restricted Stirling numbers, arXiv:1812.02955 [math.CO], 2018.
Phyllis Chinn and Silvia Heubach, Integer Sequences Related to Compositions without 2's, J. Integer Seq., Vol. 6 (2003), Article 03.2.3.
Robert Coquereaux and Jean-Bernard Zuber, Counting partitions by genus. II. A compendium of results, arXiv:2305.01100 [math.CO], 2023. See p. 17.
Lancelot Hogben, Choice and Chance by Cardpack and Chessboard, Vol. 1, Max Parrish and Co, London, 1950, p. 36.
Milan Janjic, Binomial Coefficients and Enumeration of Restricted Words, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol 19 (2016), Article 16.7.3.
C. Krishnamachaki, The operator (xD)^n, J. Indian Math. Soc., Vol. 15 (1923), pp. 3-4. [Annotated scanned copy]
S. M. Losanitsch, Die Isomerie-Arten bei den Homologen der Paraffin-Reihe, Chem. Ber., Vol. 30 (1897), pp. 1917-1926.
S. M. Losanitsch, Die Isomerie-Arten bei den Homologen der Paraffin-Reihe, Chem. Ber., Vol. 30 (1897), pp. 1917-1926. (Annotated scanned copy)
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pentagonal Pyramidal Number.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Wiener Index.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
Average of n^2 and n^3.
G.f.: x*(1+2*x)/(1-x)^4. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = n*Sum_{k=0..n} (n-k) = n*Sum_{k=0..n} k. - Paul Barry, Jul 21 2003
a(n) = n*A000217(n). - Xavier Acloque, Oct 27 2003
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} (i+j) = (1/2)*(n^2+n^3) = (1/2)*A011379(n). - Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 13 2006
Row sums of triangle A127739, triangle A132118; and binomial transform of [1, 5, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, ...] = (1, 6, 18, 40, 75, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 10 2007
G.f.: x*F(2,3;1;x). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2008
Sum_{j>=1} 1/a(j) = hypergeom([1, 1, 1], [2, 3], 1) = -2 + 2*zeta(2) = A195055 - 2. - Stephen Crowley, Jun 28 2009
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4); a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=6, a(3)=18. - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 20 2011
From Ant King, Oct 23 2012: (Start)
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) + 3.
a(n) = binomial(n+2,3) + 2*binomial(n+1,3).
(End)
a(n) = (24/(n+3)!)*Sum_{j=0..n} (-1)^(n-j)*binomial(n,j)*j^(n+3). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Jun 04 2013
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = (7/2)*exp(1). - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 15 2013
E.g.f.: x*(2 + 4*x + x^2)*exp(x)/2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 31 2016
From R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016: (Start)
a(n) = A057145(n+4,n).
a(n) = A080851(3,n-1). (End)
For n >= 1, a(n) = (Sum_{i=1..n} i^2) + Sum_{i=0..n-1} i^2*((i+n) mod 2). - Paolo Xausa, Apr 13 2021
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} GCD(k,n) * LCM(k,n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 22 2021
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2 + Pi^2/6 - 4*log(2). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 03 2022
EXAMPLE
a(3)=18 because 4 identical balls can be put into m=2 of n=4 distinguishable boxes in binomial(4,2)*(2!/(1!*1!) + 2!/2!) = 6*(2+1) = 18 ways. The m=2 part partitions of 4, namely (1,3) and (2,2), specify the filling of each of the 6 possible two-box choices. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 13 2007
MAPLE
seq(n^2*(n+1)/2, n=0..40);
MATHEMATICA
Table[n^2 (n + 1)/2, {n, 0, 40}]
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {0, 1, 6, 18}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 20 2011 *)
Nest[Accumulate, Range[1, 140, 3], 2]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 21 2012 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x (1 + 2 x) / (1 - x)^4, {x, 0, 45}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 08 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=n^2*(n+1)/2
(Haskell)
a002411 n = n * a000217 n -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 07 2012
(Magma) [n^2*(n+1)/2: n in [0..40]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 25 2014
(PARI) concat(0, Vec(x*(1+2*x)/(1-x)^4 + O(x^100))) \\ Altug Alkan, Jan 07 2016
(GAP) List([0..45], n->n^2*(n+1)/2); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 19 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,nice
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved