OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 6, a(n-6) is the number of 4-subsets of X having at most one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Nov 23 2007
Row 3 of the convolution array A213550. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 20 2012
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: (3-2*x)/(1-x)^5.
a(n) = (n+12)*binomial(n+3, 3)/4 = 3*b(n)-2*b(n-1), with b(n) = binomial(n+4, 4); cf. A000332.
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} Sum_{i=1..k} i*(n-k+3), with offset 1. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 25 2013
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 541091/1143450.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 160*log(2)/33 - 3526997/1143450. (End)
MAPLE
MATHEMATICA
Table[(n+12)Binomial[n+3, 3]/4, {n, 0, 50}] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 10 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 11 2004
STATUS
approved
