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A116995
Pentagonal numbers with prime indices.
6
5, 12, 35, 70, 176, 247, 425, 532, 782, 1247, 1426, 2035, 2501, 2752, 3290, 4187, 5192, 5551, 6700, 7526, 7957, 9322, 10292, 11837, 14065, 15251, 15862, 17120, 17767, 19097, 24130, 25676, 28085, 28912, 33227, 34126, 36895, 39772, 41750, 44807
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
See also: A001248 Squares of primes. A034953 Triangular numbers (A000217) with prime indices.
FORMULA
a(n) = Prime(n)*(3*Prime(n)-1)/2. a(n) = A000326(A000040(n)).
EXAMPLE
a(1) = Pentagonal(prime(1)) = A000326(2) = 2*(3*2-1)/2 = 5.
a(2) = Pentagonal(prime(2)) = A000326(3) = 3*(3*3-1)/2 = 12.
a(3) = Pentagonal(prime(3)) = A000326(5) = 5*(3*5-1)/2 = 35.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Prime[n]*(3*Prime[n] - 1)/2, {n, 1, 60}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 04 2006 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Jonathan Vos Post, Apr 02 2006
STATUS
approved