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A158546 a(n) = 144*n^2 + 12. 2

%I #28 Mar 06 2023 02:21:20

%S 12,156,588,1308,2316,3612,5196,7068,9228,11676,14412,17436,20748,

%T 24348,28236,32412,36876,41628,46668,51996,57612,63516,69708,76188,

%U 82956,90012,97356,104988,112908,121116,129612,138396,147468,156828,166476,176412,186636,197148

%N a(n) = 144*n^2 + 12.

%C The identity (24*n^2 + 1)^2 - (144*n^2 + 12) * (2*n)^2 = 1 can be written as A158547(n)^2 - a(n) * A005843(n)^2 = 1.

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A158546/b158546.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (3,-3,1).

%F G.f.: 12*(1 + 10*x + 13*x^2)/(1-x)^3.

%F a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3).

%F From _Amiram Eldar_, Mar 06 2023: (Start)

%F Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = (coth(Pi/(2*sqrt(3)))*Pi/(2*sqrt(3)) + 1)/24.

%F Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = (cosech(Pi/(2*sqrt(3)))*Pi/(2*sqrt(3)) + 1)/24. (End)

%t LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {12, 156, 588}, 50] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Feb 14 2012 *)

%o (Magma) I:=[12, 156, 588]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+1*Self(n-3): n in [1..40]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Feb 14 2012

%o (PARI) for(n=0, 40, print1(144*n^2 + 12", ")); \\ _Vincenzo Librandi_, Feb 14 2012

%Y Cf. A005843, A158547.

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,1

%A _Vincenzo Librandi_, Mar 21 2009

%E Comment rewritten, a(0) added by _R. J. Mathar_, Oct 16 2009

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