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A253923
Octagonal numbers (A000567) which are also centered pentagonal numbers (A005891).
3
1, 7701, 219781, 1789106881, 51059956641, 415648888795141, 11862351246525781, 96564381140875635681, 2755885166244302532001, 22434030154994860543881301, 640252753580346501593005701, 5211918753572151610134715970401, 148744800214537374776845967930881
OFFSET
1,2
FORMULA
a(n) = a(n-1)+232322*a(n-2)-232322*a(n-3)-a(n-4)+a(n-5).
G.f.: -x*(x^4+7700*x^3-20242*x^2+7700*x+1) / ((x-1)*(x^2-482*x+1)*(x^2+482*x+1)).
EXAMPLE
7701 is in the sequence because it is the 51st octagonal number and the 56th centered pentagonal number.
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[(x^4 + 7700 x^3 - 20242 x^2 + 7700 x + 1) / ((1 - x) (x^2 - 482 x + 1) (x^2 + 482 x + 1)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 20 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec(-x*(x^4+7700*x^3-20242*x^2+7700*x+1)/((x-1)*(x^2-482*x+1)*(x^2+482*x+1)) + O(x^100))
(Magma) I:=[1, 7701, 219781, 1789106881, 51059956641]; [n le 5 select I[n] else Self(n-1)+232322*Self(n-2)-232322*Self(n-3)-Self(n-4)+Self(n-5): n in [1..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 20 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Colin Barker, Jan 19 2015
STATUS
approved