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A028387 a(n) = n + (n+1)^2. 186
1, 5, 11, 19, 29, 41, 55, 71, 89, 109, 131, 155, 181, 209, 239, 271, 305, 341, 379, 419, 461, 505, 551, 599, 649, 701, 755, 811, 869, 929, 991, 1055, 1121, 1189, 1259, 1331, 1405, 1481, 1559, 1639, 1721, 1805, 1891, 1979, 2069, 2161, 2255, 2351, 2449, 2549, 2651 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
a(n+1) is the least k > a(n) + 1 such that A000217(a(n)) + A000217(k) is a square. - David Wasserman, Jun 30 2005
Values of Fibonacci polynomial n^2 - n - 1 for n = 2, 3, 4, 5, ... - Artur Jasinski, Nov 19 2006
A127701 * [1, 2, 3, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 24 2007
Row sums of triangle A135223. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 23 2007
Equals row sums of triangle A143596. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 26 2008
a(n-1) gives the number of n X k rectangles on an n X n chessboard (for k = 1, 2, 3, ..., n). - Aaron Dunigan AtLee, Feb 13 2009
sqrt(a(0) + sqrt(a(1) + sqrt(a(2) + sqrt(a(3) + ...)))) = sqrt(1 + sqrt(5 + sqrt(11 + sqrt(19 + ...)))) = 2. - Miklos Kristof, Dec 24 2009
When n + 1 is prime, a(n) gives the number of irreducible representations of any nonabelian group of order (n+1)^3. - Andrew Rupinski, Mar 17 2010
a(n) = A176271(n+1, n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2010
The product of any 4 consecutive integers plus 1 is a square (see A062938); the terms of this sequence are the square roots. - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 19 2011
Or numbers not expressed in the form m + floor(sqrt(m)) with integer m. - Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 09 2012
Left edge of the triangle in A214604: a(n) = A214604(n+1,1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 25 2012
Another expression involving phi = (1 + sqrt(5))/2 is a(n) = (n + phi)(n + 1 - phi). Therefore the numbers in this sequence, even if they are prime in Z, are not prime in Z[phi]. - Alonso del Arte, Aug 03 2013
a(n-1) = n*(n+1) - 1, n>=0, with a(-1) = -1, gives the values for a*c of indefinite binary quadratic forms [a, b, c] of discriminant D = 5 for b = 2*n+1. In general D = b^2 - 4ac > 0 and the form [a, b, c] is a*x^2 + b*x*y + c*y^2. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 15 2013
a(n) has prime factors given by A038872. - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 10 2014
A253607(a(n)) = -1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 05 2015
An example of a quadratic sequence for which the continued square root map (see A257574) produces the number 2. There are infinitely many sequences with this property - another example is A028387. See Popular Computing link. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 03 2015
Left edge of the triangle in A260910: a(n) = A260910(n+2,1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 04 2015
Numbers m such that 4m+5 is a square. - Bruce J. Nicholson, Jul 19 2017
The numbers represented as 131 in base n: 131_4 = 29, 131_5 = 41, ... . If 'digits' larger than the base are allowed then 131_2 = 11 and 131_1 = 5 also. - Ron Knott, Nov 14 2017
From Klaus Purath, Mar 18 2019: (Start)
Let m be a(n) or a prime factor of a(n). Then, except for 1 and 5, there are, if m is a prime, exactly two squares y^2 such that the difference y^2 - m contains exactly one pair of factors {x,z} such that the following applies: x*z = y^2 - m, x + y = z with
x < y, where {x,y,z} are relatively prime numbers. {x,y,z} are the initial values of a sequence of the Fibonacci type. Thus each a(n) > 5, if it is a prime, and each prime factor p > 5 of an a(n) can be assigned to exactly two sequences of the Fibonacci type. a(0) = 1 belongs to the original Fibonacci sequence and a(1) = 5 to the Lucas sequence.
But also the reverse assignment applies. From any sequence (f(i)) of the Fibonacci type we get from its 3 initial values by f(i)^2 - f(i-1)*f(i+1) with f(i-1) < f(i) a term a(n) or a prime factor p of a(n). This relation is also valid for any i. In this case we get the absolute value |a(n)| or |p|. (End)
a(n-1) = 2*T(n) - 1, for n>=1, with T = A000217, is a proper subsequence of A089270, and the terms are 0,-1,+1 (mod 5). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 05 2019
a(n+1) is the number of wedged n-dimensional spheres in the homotopy of the neighborhood complex of Kneser graph KG_{2,n}. Here, KG_{2,n} is a graph whose vertex set is the collection of subsets of cardinality 2 of set {1,2,...,n+3,n+4} and two vertices are adjacent if and only if they are disjoint. - Anurag Singh, Mar 22 2021
Also the number of squares between (n+2)^2 and (n+2)^4. - Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Dec 07 2021
(x, y, z) = (A001105(n+1), -a(n-1), -a(n)) are solutions of the Diophantine equation x^3 + 4*y^3 + 4*z^3 = 8. - XU Pingya, Apr 25 2022
LINKS
Patrick De Geest, World!Of Numbers
Adalbert Kerber, A matrix of combinatorial numbers related to the symmetric groups<, Discrete Math., 21 (1978), 319-321. [Annotated scanned copy]
Clark Kimberling, Complementary Equations, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), Article 07.1.4.
Nandini Nilakantan and Anurag Singh, Homotopy type of neighborhood complexes of Kneser graphs, KG_{2,k}, Proceeding-Mathematical Sciences, 128, Article number: 53(2018).
Yanni Pei and Jiang Zeng, Counting signed derangements with right-to-left minima and excedances, arXiv:2206.11236 [math.CO], 2022.
Popular Computing (Calabasas, CA), The CSR Function, Vol. 4 (No. 34, Jan 1976), pages PC34-10 to PC34-11. Annotated and scanned copy.
Zdzislaw Skupień and Andrzej Żak, Pair-sums packing and rainbow cliques, in Topics In Graph Theory, A tribute to A. A. and T. E. Zykovs on the occasion of A. A. Zykov's 90th birthday, ed. R. Tyshkevich, Univ. Illinois, 2013, pages 131-144, (in English and Russian).
FORMULA
a(n) = sqrt(A062938(n)). - Floor van Lamoen, Oct 08 2001
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 5, a(n) = (n+1)*a(n-1) - (n+2)*a(n-2) for n > 1. - Gerald McGarvey, Sep 24 2004
a(n) = A105728(n+2, n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 18 2005
a(n) = A109128(n+2, 2). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 20 2005
a(n) = 2*T(n+1) - 1, where T(n) = A000217(n). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 15 2007
a(n) = A005408(n) + A002378(n); A084990(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} a(k). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 20 2007
Binomial transform of [1, 4, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...] = (1, 5, 11, 19, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 20 2007
G.f.: (1+2*x-x^2)/(1-x)^3. a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 11 2009
a(n) = (n + 2 + 1/phi) * (n + 2 - phi); where phi = 1.618033989... Example: a(3) = 19 = (5 + .6180339...) * (3.381966...). Cf. next to leftmost column in A162997 array. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 23 2009
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*(n+1), with n > 0, a(0) = 1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 18 2010
For k < n, a(n) = (k+1)*a(n-k) - k*a(n-k-1) + k*(k+1); e.g., a(5) = 41 = 4*11 - 3*5 + 3*4. - Charlie Marion, Jan 13 2011
a(n) = lower right term in M^2, M = the 2 X 2 matrix [1, n; 1, (n+1)]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 29 2011
G.f.: (x^2-2*x-1)/(x-1)^3 = G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x*(k+1)*(k+4)/(1 - 1/(1 + (k+1)*(k+4)/G(k+1)); (continued fraction, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 16 2012
Sum_{n>0} 1/a(n) = 1 + Pi*tan(sqrt(5)*Pi/2)/sqrt(5). - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Oct 11 2013
E.g.f.: exp(x) (1+4*x+x^2). - Tom Copeland, Dec 02 2013
a(n) = A005408(A000217(n)). - Tony Foster III, May 31 2016
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 29 2021: (Start)
Product_{n>=0} (1 + 1/a(n)) = -Pi*sec(sqrt(5)*Pi/2).
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = -Pi*sec(sqrt(5)*Pi/2)/6. (End)
EXAMPLE
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 13 2016: (Start)
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(End)
From Klaus Purath, Mar 18 2019: (Start)
Examples:
a(0) = 1: 1^1-0*1 = 1, 0+1 = 1 (Fibonacci A000045).
a(1) = 5: 3^2-1*4 = 5, 1+3 = 4 (Lucas A000032).
a(2) = 11: 4^2-1*5 = 11, 1+4 = 5 (A000285); 5^2-2*7 = 11, 2+5 = 7 (A001060).
a(3) = 19: 5^2-1*6 = 19, 1+5 = 6 (A022095); 7^2-3*10 = 19, 3+7 = 10 (A022120).
a(4) = 29: 6^2-1*7 = 29, 1+6 = 7 (A022096); 9^2-4*13 = 29, 4+9 = 13 (A022130).
a(11)/5 = 31: 7^2-2*9 = 31, 2+7 = 9 (A022113); 8^2-3*11 = 31, 3+8 = 11 (A022121).
a(24)/11 = 59: 9^2-2*11 = 59, 2+9 = 11 (A022114); 12^2-5*17 = 59, 5+12 = 17 (A022137).
(End)
MATHEMATICA
FoldList[## + 2 &, 1, 2 Range@ 45] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 02 2011 *)
Table[n + (n + 1)^2, {n, 0, 100}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 17 2012 *)
Table[ FrobeniusNumber[{n, n + 1}], {n, 2, 30}] (* Zak Seidov, Jan 14 2015 *)
PROG
(Sage) [n+(n+1)^2 for n in range(0, 48)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 03 2008
(Magma) [n + (n+1)^2: n in [0..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 26 2011
(PARI) a(n)=n^2+3*n+1 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 10 2011
(Haskell)
a028387 n = n + (n + 1) ^ 2 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 17 2014
CROSSREFS
Complement of A028392. Third column of array A094954.
Cf. A000217, A002522, A062392, A127701, A135223, A143596, A052905, A162997, A062938 (squares of this sequence).
A110331 and A165900 are signed versions.
Cf. A002327 (primes), A094210.
Frobenius number for k successive numbers: this sequence (k=2), A079326 (k=3), A138984 (k=4), A138985 (k=5), A138986 (k=6), A138987 (k=7), A138988 (k=8).
Sequence in context: A088059 A165900 A110331 * A106071 A073847 A024833
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Minor edits by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 04 2010, following suggestions from the Sequence Fans Mailing List
STATUS
approved

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