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A158011
a(n) = 512n - 1.
2
511, 1023, 1535, 2047, 2559, 3071, 3583, 4095, 4607, 5119, 5631, 6143, 6655, 7167, 7679, 8191, 8703, 9215, 9727, 10239, 10751, 11263, 11775, 12287, 12799, 13311, 13823, 14335, 14847, 15359, 15871, 16383, 16895, 17407, 17919, 18431, 18943
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The identity (512*n-1)^2 - (256*n^2 - n)*32^2 = 1 can be written as a(n)^2 - A158010(n)*32^2 = 1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012
LINKS
E. J. Barbeau, Polynomial Excursions, Chapter 10: Diophantine equations (2010), pages 84-85 (row 14 in the first table at p. 85, case d(t) = t*(16^2*t-1)).
FORMULA
G.f.: x*(x+511)/(x-1)^2. - Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2). - Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, -1}, {511, 1023}, 50] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012 *)
PROG
(Magma) I:=[511, 1023]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 2*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012
(PARI) for(n=1, 50, print1(512*n - 1", ")); \\ Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 10 2012
CROSSREFS
Cf. A158010.
Sequence in context: A023691 A045118 A043451 * A032656 A031899 A143036
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 11 2009
STATUS
approved