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A253475
Indices of centered square numbers (A001844) which are also centered hexagonal numbers (A003215).
4
1, 6, 55, 540, 5341, 52866, 523315, 5180280, 51279481, 507614526, 5024865775, 49741043220, 492385566421, 4874114620986, 48248760643435, 477613491813360, 4727886157490161, 46801248083088246, 463284594673392295, 4586044698650834700, 45397162391834954701
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Also positive integers x in the solutions to 4*x^2 - 6*y^2 - 4*x + 6*y = 0, the corresponding values of y being A054318.
Also indices of centered hexagonal numbers (A003215) which are also hexagonal numbers (A000384).
Also indices of terms in sequence A193218 which are the square root of a sum of 5th powers (A000539). - Daniel Poveda Parrilla, Jun 10 2017
LINKS
Editors, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, Query 4500: The equation x(x+1)/2 = y*(y+1)/3, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 22 (1915), 255-260 (I).
Editors, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, Query 4500: The equation x(x+1)/2 = y*(y+1)/3, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 22 (1915), 255-260 (II).
Editors, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, Query 4500: The equation x(x+1)/2 = y*(y+1)/3, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 22 (1915), 255-260 (III).
Editors, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, Query 4500: The equation x(x+1)/2 = y*(y+1)/3, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 22 (1915), 255-260 (IV).
FORMULA
a(n) = 11*a(n-1)-11*a(n-2)+a(n-3).
G.f.: x*(5*x-1) / ((x-1)*(x^2-10*x+1)).
a(n) = sqrt((-2-(5-2*sqrt(6))^n-(5+2*sqrt(6))^n)*(2-(5-2*sqrt(6))^(1+n)-(5+2*sqrt(6))^(1+n)))/(4*sqrt(2)). - Gerry Martens, Jun 04 2015
2*a(n) = 1+A054320(n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Feb 07 2022
EXAMPLE
6 is in the sequence because the 6th centered square number is 61, which is also the 5th centered hexagonal number.
PROG
(PARI) Vec(x*(5*x-1)/((x-1)*(x^2-10*x+1)) + O(x^100))
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Colin Barker, Jan 02 2015
STATUS
approved