OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n>=9, a(n-9) is the number of 9-subsets of X having at least two elements in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Nov 23 2007
REFERENCES
A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, pp. 194-196.
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (8,-28,56,-70,56,-28,8,-1)
FORMULA
a(n)=C(n+6, 6)*(3n+7)/7.
G.f.: (1+2*x)/(1-x)^8.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Binomial[n+6, 6]*(3*n+7)/7, {n, 0, 50}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 27 2012 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Barry E. Williams, Dec 26 1999
STATUS
approved