OFFSET
6,1
COMMENTS
Number of 13-subsequences of [ 1, n ] with just 3 contiguous pairs.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 6..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (11,-55,165,-330,462,-462,330,-165,55,-11,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: 12*(7+3x)*x^6/(1-x)^11.
a(n) = C(n+1, 7)*C(n+3, 3) - Zerinvary Lajos, May 10 2005; corrected by R. J. Mathar, Mar 16 2016
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 01 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=6} 1/a(n) = 7*Pi^2/2 - 386741/11200.
Sum_{n>=6} (-1)^n/a(n) = 7*Pi^2/4 + 512*log(2)/5 - 2964833/33600. (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[12 (n + 1) Binomial[n + 3, 9], {n, 6, 31}] (* or *) Table[Binomial[n + 1, 7] Binomial[n + 3, 3], {n, 6, 31}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Mar 16 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Thi Ngoc Dinh (via R. K. Guy)
STATUS
approved