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A003154
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Centered 12-gonal numbers, or centered dodecagonal numbers: numbers of the form 6*k*(k-1) + 1.
(Formerly M4893)
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79
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1, 13, 37, 73, 121, 181, 253, 337, 433, 541, 661, 793, 937, 1093, 1261, 1441, 1633, 1837, 2053, 2281, 2521, 2773, 3037, 3313, 3601, 3901, 4213, 4537, 4873, 5221, 5581, 5953, 6337, 6733, 7141, 7561, 7993, 8437, 8893, 9361, 9841, 10333, 10837, 11353, 11881, 12421
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OFFSET
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1,2
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COMMENTS
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Binomial transform of [1, 12, 12, 0, 0, 0, ...]. Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 12, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2007
Sequence found by reading the line from 1, in the direction 1, 13, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized pentagonal numbers A001318. Opposite numbers to the members of A033581 in the same spiral. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 08 2011
The digital root has period 3 (1, 4, 1) (A146325), the same digital root as the centered triangular numbers A005448(n). - Peter M. Chema, Dec 20 2023
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REFERENCES
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M. Gardner, Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments. Freeman, NY, 1988, p. 20.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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G.f.: x*(1+10*x+x^2)/(1-x)^3. Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = 1 + Sum_{j=0..n} (12*j). E.g., a(2)=37 because 1 + 12*0 + 12*1 + 12*2 = 37. - _Xavier Acloque_, Oct 06 2003
a(n) = numerator in B_2(x) = (1/2)x^2 - (1/2)x + 1/12 = Bernoulli polynomial of degree 2. - Gary W. Adamson, May 30 2005
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 7*e - 1.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^n * a(n)/n! = 7/e - 1. (End)
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EXAMPLE
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {1, 13, 37}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 18 2016 *)
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PROG
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(Magma) [12*Binomial(n, 2)+1: n in [1..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Jul 23 2019
(GAP) List([1..50], n-> 12*Binomial(n, 2)+1 ); # G. C. Greubel, Jul 23 2019
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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STATUS
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approved
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