OFFSET
0,22
LINKS
Vaclav Kotesovec, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000
Vaclav Kotesovec, Graph - the asymptotic ratio (50000 terms)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Octagonal Number
FORMULA
G.f.: Product_{k>=1} (1 + x^(k*(3*k-2)))*(1 + x^(k*(3*k+2))).
a(n) ~ ((sqrt(2) - 1)*zeta(3/2))^(1/3) * exp(Pi^(1/3) * (3*(sqrt(2) - 1)*zeta(3/2))^(2/3) * n^(1/3)/2) / (2^(3/2) * 3^(2/3) * Pi^(1/3) * n^(5/6)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 11 2026
EXAMPLE
a(21) = 2 because we have [21] and [16, 5].
MATHEMATICA
nmax = 100; CoefficientList[Series[Product[(1 + x^(k (3 k - 2))) (1 + x^(k (3 k + 2))), {k, 1, Floor[Sqrt[1 + 3*nmax]/3] + 1}], {x, 0, nmax}], x] (* tuned for efficiency by Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 11 2026 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 05 2017
STATUS
approved
