OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
This sequence occurs twice as a linear spoke in the hexagonal spiral constructed from A002266:
17 17 17 17 17 18 18
16 11 11 11 11 12 12 18
16 11 6 6 7 7 7 12 18
16 10 6 3 3 3 3 7 12 18
16 10 6 3 1 1 1 4 7 12 19
16 10 6 2 0 0 0 1 4 8 13 19
15 10 5 2 0 0 1 4 8 13 19
15 10 5 2 2 2 4 8 13 19
15 9 5 5 5 4 8 13 19
15 9 9 9 9 8 13 20
15 14 14 14 14 14 20
a(-1-n) = 0, 1, 4, 8, 13, 19, 26, 35, 45, ... also occurs twice in the same spiral.
Difference table:
0, 1, 3, 6, 11, 17, 24, 32, 41, 52, ... = a(n)
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, ... = A047256(n+1)
1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, ... = A130782.
There is no linear spoke with three copies in this spiral. Compare with the spiral illustrated in sequence A330707 and constructed from A002265 where the same spokes occur three times: A006578, A001859 and A077043, essentially. Strictly, three times from 1, 1, 1 for A006578, from 2, 2, 2 for A001859 and from 7, 7, 7 for A077043.
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1,0,0,1,-2,1).
FORMULA
a(8+n) - a(8-n) = 20*n.
G.f.: x*(1 + x)*(1 + x^2 + x^3) / ((1 - x)^3*(1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)). - Colin Barker, Feb 11 2020
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, -1, 0, 0, 1, -2, 1}, {0, 1, 3, 6, 11, 17, 24}, 45] (* Amiram Eldar, Feb 12 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) concat(0, Vec(x*(1 + x)*(1 + x^2 + x^3) / ((1 - x)^3*(1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)) + O(x^50))) \\ Colin Barker, Feb 11 2020, Apr 24 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Feb 11 2020
STATUS
approved