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A045944
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Rhombic matchstick numbers: a(n) = n*(3*n+2).
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71
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0, 5, 16, 33, 56, 85, 120, 161, 208, 261, 320, 385, 456, 533, 616, 705, 800, 901, 1008, 1121, 1240, 1365, 1496, 1633, 1776, 1925, 2080, 2241, 2408, 2581, 2760, 2945, 3136, 3333, 3536, 3745, 3960, 4181, 4408, 4641, 4880, 5125, 5376, 5633, 5896, 6165, 6440
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0, then a(n) is the n-th term of the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0,5,.... The spiral begins:
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85--84--83--82--81--80
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56--55--54--53--52 79
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57 33--32--31--30 51 78
/ / . \ \ \
58 34 16--15--14 29 50 77
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59 35 17 5---4 13 28 49 76
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60 36 18 6 0 3 12 27 48 75
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61 37 19 7 1---2 11 26 47 74
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62 38 20 8---9--10 25 46 73
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63 39 21--22--23--24 45 72
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64 40--41--42--43--44 71
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65--66--67--68--69--70
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Connection to triangular numbers: a(n) = 4*T_n + S_n where T_n is the n-th triangular number and S_n is the n-th square. - William A. Tedeschi, Sep 12 2010
Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 16, ... and the line from 5, in the direction 5, 33, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized octagonal numbers A001082. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 18 2012
Let P denote the points from the n X n grid. A(n-1) also coincides with the minimum number of points Q needed to "block" P, that is, every line segment spanned by two points from P must contain one point from Q. - Manfred Scheucher, Aug 30 2018
Also the number of internal edges of an (n+1)*(n+1) "square" of hexagons; i.e., n+1 rows, each of n+1 edge-adjacent hexagons, stacked with minimal overhang. - Jon Hart, Sep 29 2019
For n >= 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(27*a(n)) is [9n+2; {1, 2n-1, 1, 1, 1, 2n-1, 1, 18n+4}]. - Magus K. Chu, Oct 13 2022
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FORMULA
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a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3), with a(0)=0, a(1)=5, a(2)=16. - Harvey P. Dale, May 06 2011
For n > 0, a(n)^3 + (a(n)+1)^3 + ... + (a(n)+n)^3 + 2*A000217(n)^2 = (a(n) + n + 1)^3 + ... + (a(n) + 2n)^3; see also A033954. - Charlie Marion, Dec 08 2007
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = (9 + sqrt(3)*Pi - 9*log(3))/12 = 0.3794906245574721941... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 27 2016
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi/sqrt(12) - 3/4. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 03 2020
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MATHEMATICA
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LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 5, 16}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 19 2016 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x*(5 + x)/(1 - x)^3, {x, 0, 60}], x] (* Stefano Spezia, Sep 01 2018 *)
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PROG
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. numbers of the form n*(d*n+10-d)/2: A008587, A056000, A028347, A140090, A014106, A028895, A186029, A007742, A022267, A033429, A022268, A049452, A186030, A135703, A152734, A139273.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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approved
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