OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
If Y is a 4-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 12, a(n-12) is the number of 9-subsets of X having at most one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 08 2007
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (10,-45,120,-210,252,-210,120,-45,10,-1).
FORMULA
G.f.: (4-3*x)/(1-x)^10.
a(n) = 4*b(n)-3*b(n-1) = (n+36)*binomial(n+8, 8)/9, with b(n) = binomial(n+9, 9) = A000582(n+9, 9).
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 9765230763658496531/34329858871356048000.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 101442816*log(2)/346115 - 76631112772286475409711/377628447584916528000. (End)
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (n+36) * Binomial[n+8, 8] / 9; Array[a, 30, 0] (* Amiram Eldar, Oct 21 2025 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 11 2004
STATUS
approved
