OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
If Y is a 4-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 9, a(n-9) is the number of 6-subsets of X having at most one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 08 2007
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-21,35,-35,21,-7,1).
FORMULA
G.f.: (4-3*x)/(1-x)^7.
a(n) = 4*b(n) - 3*b(n-1) = (n+24)*binomial(n+5, 5)/6, with b(n) = binomial(n+6, 6) = A000579(n+6, 6).
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 617753422765/2001827195368.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 70080*log(2)/3059 - 470272440453461/30027407930520. (End)
E.g.f.: (1/6!)*(2880 + 15120*x + 16200*x^2 + 6000*x^3 + 900*x^4 + 54*x^5 + x^6)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2025
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (n+24) * Binomial[n+5, 5]/6; Array[a, 30, 0] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2025 *)
PROG
(Magma)
A095669:= func< n | (n+24)*Binomial(n+5, 5)/6 >;
[A095669(n): n in [0..40]]; // G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2025
(SageMath)
def A095669(n): return (n+24)*binomial(n+5, 5)//6
print([A095669(n) for n in range(41)]) # G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2025
(PARI) a(n) = (n+24)*binomial(n+5, 5)/6 \\ Bruce Nye, Feb 19 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 11 2004
STATUS
approved
