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Twice nonagonal numbers (or twice 9-gonal numbers): a(n) = n(7n-5).
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%I #29 Feb 08 2024 18:52:50

%S 0,2,18,48,92,150,222,308,408,522,650,792,948,1118,1302,1500,1712,

%T 1938,2178,2432,2700,2982,3278,3588,3912,4250,4602,4968,5348,5742,

%U 6150,6572,7008,7458,7922,8400,8892,9398,9918,10452,11000

%N Twice nonagonal numbers (or twice 9-gonal numbers): a(n) = n(7n-5).

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (3,-3,1).

%F a(n) = A001106(n)*2 = 7*n^2 - 5*n = n*(7*n-5).

%F a(n) = 14*n + a(n-1) - 12, with a(0)=0. - _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 03 2010

%F G.f.: 2*x*(1 + 6*x)/(1 - x)^3. - _Philippe Deléham_, Apr 03 2013

%t s=0;lst={s};Do[s+=n;AppendTo[lst,s],{n,2,6!,14}];lst (* _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Apr 02 2009 *)

%t 2*PolygonalNumber[9,Range[0,40]] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{0,2,18},50] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Feb 08 2024 *)

%o (PARI) a(n)=n*(7*n-5) \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Jun 17 2017

%Y Cf. A001106.

%Y Cf. numbers of the form n*(n*k-k+4))/2 listed in A226488 (this sequence is the case k=14). - _Bruno Berselli_, Jun 10 2013

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,2

%A _Omar E. Pol_, May 15 2008