OFFSET
9,1
COMMENTS
Number of 18-subsequences of [ 1, n ] with just 4 contiguous pairs.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 9..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (15,-105,455,-1365,3003,-5005,6435,-6435,5005,-3003,1365,-455,105,-15,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: 143*(5+2x)*x^9/(1-x)^15.
a(n) = C(n+1, 10)*C(n+4, 4). - Zerinvary Lajos, May 26 2005; corrected by R. J. Mathar, Mar 16 2016
From Amiram Eldar, Feb 03 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=9} 1/a(n) = 631996789/9604980 - 20*Pi^2/3.
Sum_{n>=9} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 10*Pi^2/3 + 212992*log(2)/693 - 2362196911/9604980. (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[143 (n + 1) Binomial[n + 4, 13]/2, {n, 9, 30}] (* or *) Table[Binomial[n + 1, 10] Binomial[n + 4, 4], {n, 9, 30}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Mar 16 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Thi Ngoc Dinh (via R. K. Guy)
STATUS
approved