OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
If Y is a 5-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 7, a(n-7) is the number of 3-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 (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = (n+15)*(n+2)*(n+1)/6 = 5*b(n)-4*b(n-1), with b(n) = A000292(n) = binomial(n+3, 3).
G.f.: (5-4*x)/(1-x)^4.
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 19 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 3873307/10930920.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 12*log(2)/13 - 5282411/10930920. (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[(n^3 + 15 n^2 + 14 n)/6, {n, 100}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jul 06 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 16 2004
STATUS
approved
