OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
From Floor van Lamoen, Jul 21 2001: (Start)
Write 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... in a triangular spiral; then a(n) is the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0, 5, ... . The spiral begins:
.
15
/ \
16 14
/ \
17 3 13
/ / \ \
18 4 2 12
/ / \ \
19 5 0---1 11
/ / \
20 6---7---8---9--10
.
(End)
a(n) is the sum of n consecutive integers starting from 4*n+1: (5), (9+10), (13+14+15), ... - Klaus Purath, Jul 07 2020
a(n) with n>0 are the numbers with the periodic length 3 in the Bulgarian and Mancala solitaire. - Paul Weisenhorn, Jan 29 2022
LINKS
Lei Zhou, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
Leo Tavares, Illustration: X Triangles
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = A110449(n, 4) for n>3.
From Bruno Berselli, Feb 11 2011: (Start)
G.f.: x*(5 + 4*x)/(1 - x)^3.
a(n) = 9*n + a(n-1) - 4 with n>0, a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 04 2010
a(n) = A218470(9*n+4). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 27 2013
E.g.f.: (1/2)*(9*x^2 + 10*x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 17 2017
MAPLE
seq(binomial(9*n+1, 2)/9, n=0..37); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 21 2007
MATHEMATICA
Table[ n (9 n + 1)/2, {n, 0, 40}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 5, 19}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 01 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(100, n, (n-1)*(9*n-8)/2) \\ Derek Orr, Feb 06 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved