OFFSET
7,1
COMMENTS
Number of 12-subsequences of [ 1, n ] with just 2 contiguous pairs.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 7..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (11,-55,165,-330,462,-462,330,-165,55,-11,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: 9*(4+x)*x^7/(1-x)^11.
a(n) = binomial(n+1, 8)*binomial(n+2, 2). - Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 28 2005; corrected by R. J. Mathar, Feb 13 2016
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 01 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=7} 1/a(n) = 387341/14700 - 8*Pi^2/3.
Sum_{n>=7} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 4*Pi^2/3 + 23552*log(2)/105 - 7435703/44100. (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[9*(n + 1)*Binomial[n + 2, 9]/2, {n, 7, 40}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 09 2006 *)
PROG
(Magma) [9*(n+1)*Binomial(n+2, 9)/2: n in [7..33]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 26 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Thi Ngoc Dinh (via R. K. Guy)
STATUS
approved
