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A108211
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a(n) = 16*n^2 + 1.
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2
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17, 65, 145, 257, 401, 577, 785, 1025, 1297, 1601, 1937, 2305, 2705, 3137, 3601, 4097, 4625, 5185, 5777, 6401, 7057, 7745, 8465, 9217, 10001, 10817, 11665, 12545, 13457, 14401, 15377, 16385, 17425, 18497, 19601, 20737, 21905, 23105, 24337, 25601
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OFFSET
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1,1
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COMMENTS
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Area of a Maltese cross conventionally inscribed in a 5n X 5n-grid.
Areas of some other crosses, each made from unit squares, as shown in Weisstein's illustrations: Greek Cross = x-pentomino = 5. Latin Cross = 6. Saint Andrew's cross = crux decussata = 9. Saint Anthony's Cross = tau cross = crux commissa = 10. Gaullist Cross = cross of Lorraine or patriarchal cross = 13. Papal Cross = 22. - Jonathan Vos Post, Jun 18 2005
Sequence found by reading the line from 17, in the direction 17, 65,... in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized decagonal numbers A074377. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 02 2012
Conjecture: a(n) = floor(1/((4n) - log(2) + 1/(n+1) + 1/(n+2) + ... + 1/(2n)). - Clark Kimberling, Sep 09 2014
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FORMULA
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Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi*coth(Pi/4)/8 - 1/2.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 1/2 - Pi*csch(Pi/4)/8. (End)
Product_{n>=0} (1 + 1/a(n)) = sqrt(2)*csch(Pi/4)*sinh(Pi/sqrt(8)).
Product_{n>=1} (1 - 1/a(n)) = (Pi/4)*csch(Pi/4). (End)
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(Magma) I:=[17, 65, 145]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+Self(n-3): n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 08 2012
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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