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A005894
Centered tetrahedral numbers.
(Formerly M3850)
72
1, 5, 15, 35, 69, 121, 195, 295, 425, 589, 791, 1035, 1325, 1665, 2059, 2511, 3025, 3605, 4255, 4979, 5781, 6665, 7635, 8695, 9849, 11101, 12455, 13915, 15485, 17169, 18971, 20895, 22945, 25125, 27439, 29891, 32485, 35225, 38115, 41159, 44361, 47725, 51255, 54955
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Binomial transform of (1,4,6,4,0,0,0,...). - Paul Barry, Jul 01 2003
If X is an n-set and Y a fixed 4-subset of X then a(n-4) is equal to the number of 4-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan Janjic, Jul 30 2007
REFERENCES
Elena Deza and Michel Marie Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), page 127.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
T. P. Martin, Shells of atoms, Phys. Rep., 273 (1996), 199-241, eq. (10).
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Luis Manuel Rivera, Integer sequences and k-commuting permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3081 [math.CO], 2014.
B. K. Teo and N. J. A. Sloane, Magic numbers in polygonal and polyhedral clusters, Inorgan. Chem. 24 (1985), 4545-4558.
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n + 1)*(n^2 + n + 3)/3.
G.f.: (1+x)*(1+x^2)/(1-x)^4. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = C(n, 0) + 4*C(n, 1) + 6*C(n, 2) + 4*C(n, 3). - Paul Barry, Jul 01 2003
a(n) is the sum of 4 consecutive tetrahedral (or pyramidal) numbers: Sum_{i=-2..1} A000292(n+i). - Alexander Adamchuk, May 20 2006
a(n) = binomial(n+3,n) + binomial(n+2,n-1) + binomial(n+1,n-2) + binomial(n,n-3). (modified by G. C. Greubel, Nov 30 2017)
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*n^2 + 2, n>=1 (first differences A005893). - Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 27 2011
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4); a(0)=1, a(1)=5, a(2)=15, a(3)=35. - Harvey P. Dale, Nov 03 2011
E.g.f.: (3 + 12*x + 9*x^2 + 2*x^3)*exp(x)/3. - G. C. Greubel, Nov 30 2017
a(n) = A006527(n)+A006527(n+1) = A000330(n-1)+A000330(n+1). - R. J. Mathar, Jun 05 2025
MATHEMATICA
Table[(2n+1)(n^2+n+3)/3, {n, 0, 40}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {1, 5, 15, 35}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 03 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=(2*n+1)*(n^2+n+3)/3 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015
(Magma) [(2*n+1)*(n^2+n+3)/3: n in [0..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Nov 30 2017
CROSSREFS
(1/12)*t*(2*n^3-3*n^2+n)+2*n-1 for t = 2, 4, 6, ... gives A049480, A005894, A063488, A001845, A063489, A005898, A063490, A057813, A063491, A005902, A063492, A005917, A063493, A063494, A063495, A063496.
Cf. A000292.
The 28 uniform 3D tilings: cab: A299266, A299267; crs: A299268, A299269; fcu: A005901, A005902; fee: A299259, A299265; flu-e: A299272, A299273; fst: A299258, A299264; hal: A299274, A299275; hcp: A007899, A007202; hex: A005897, A005898; kag: A299256, A299262; lta: A008137, A299276; pcu: A005899, A001845; pcu-i: A299277, A299278; reo: A299279, A299280; reo-e: A299281, A299282; rho: A008137, A299276; sod: A005893, A005894; sve: A299255, A299261; svh: A299283, A299284; svj: A299254, A299260; svk: A010001, A063489; tca: A299285, A299286; tcd: A299287, A299288; tfs: A005899, A001845; tsi: A299289, A299290; ttw: A299257, A299263; ubt: A299291, A299292; bnn: A007899, A007202. See the Proserpio link in A299266 for overview.
Sequence in context: A063382 A393110 A069983 * A374711 A015622 A346761
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,nice
STATUS
approved