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A259110
2*A000447(n).
3
0, 2, 20, 70, 168, 330, 572, 910, 1360, 1938, 2660, 3542, 4600, 5850, 7308, 8990, 10912, 13090, 15540, 18278, 21320, 24682, 28380, 32430, 36848, 41650, 46852, 52470, 58520, 65018, 71980, 79422, 87360, 95810, 104788, 114310, 124392, 135050, 146300, 158158, 170640, 183762, 197540, 211990, 227128, 242970
OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
J. L. Bailey, Jr., A table to facilitate the fitting of certain logistic curves, Annals Math. Stat., 2 (1931), 355-359.
J. L. Bailey, A table to facilitate the fitting of certain logistic curves, Annals Math. Stat., 2 (1931), 355-359. [Annotated scanned copy]
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n*(4*n^2-1))/3. - Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
G.f.: 2*x*(x^2+6*x+1) / (x-1)^4. - Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
a(n) = 2*binomial(2*n+1, 3). - Michel Marcus, Mar 05 2022
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {0, 2, 20, 70}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 01 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) concat(0, Vec(2*x*(x^2+6*x+1)/(x-1)^4 + O(x^100))) \\ Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000447.
Sequence in context: A226394 A287485 A003283 * A135188 A161007 A331760
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 24 2015
STATUS
approved