OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
For odd n a(n) is a multiple of n and a(n)/n is the middle term of the corresponding row.
LINKS
Harvey P. Dale, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = n*(2*n^3 - 6*n^2 + 13*n - 3)/6.
G.f.: x*(1+x)*(1-x+4*x^2)/(1-x)^5. - Colin Barker, Jul 28 2012
E.g.f.: x*(6 +9*x +6*x^2 +2*x^3)/6. - G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
MAPLE
seq(n*(2*(n-1)^3+7*n-1)/6, n=1..40); # G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{5, -10, 10, -5, 1}, {1, 5, 18, 54, 135}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 01 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(40, n, n*(2*(n-1)^3+7*n-1)/6) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
(Magma) [n*(2*(n-1)^3+7*n-1)/6: n in [1..40]]; // G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
(Sage) [n*(2*(n-1)^3+7*n-1)/6 for n in (1..40)] # G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
(GAP) List([1..40], n-> n*(2*(n-1)^3+7*n-1)/6); # G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Mar 25 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Antonio G. Astudillo (afg_astudillo(AT)lycos.com), Apr 29 2003.
Formula corrected by Colin Barker, Jul 28 2012
STATUS
approved