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A174120
Partial sums of A024012.
1
1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 8, 36, 115, 307, 738, 1662, 3589, 7541, 15564, 31752, 64295, 129575, 260358, 522178, 1046105, 2094281, 4190992, 8384812, 16772891, 33549531, 67103338, 134211526, 268428525, 536863197, 1073733268, 2147474192
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
A024012 2^n-n^2 -> 1,1,0,-1,0,7,28,79,192,431,924,1927,3952,..
FORMULA
a(n) = (-1+2^n-n/6+n^2/2-n^3/3). G.f.: -x*(x^3+4*x^2-4*x+1) / ((x-1)^4*(2*x-1)). - Colin Barker, Oct 27 2014
MATHEMATICA
f[n_]:=Sum[2^i-i^2, {i, 0, n}]; Table[f[n], {n, 0, 5!}]
PROG
(PARI) Vec(-x*(x^3+4*x^2-4*x+1)/((x-1)^4*(2*x-1)) + O(x^100)) \\ Colin Barker, Oct 27 2014
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A011296 A176602 A322194 * A240939 A016739 A158452
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved