OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
Elena Deza and Michel Marie Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), pages 136-137.
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n - 1)*(23*n^2 - 23*n + 3)/3.
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4) for n > 4.
G.f.: x*(1 + 45*x + 45*x^2 + x^3)/(1 - x)^4.
E.g.f.: 1 + exp(x)*(46*x^3/3 + 23*x^2 + 2*x - 1).
MATHEMATICA
a[n_]:=(46n^3-69n^2+29n-3)/3; Array[a, 38]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Stefano Spezia, Oct 26 2025
STATUS
approved
