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A051867
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15-gonal (or pentadecagonal) numbers: n(13n-11)/2.
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15
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0, 1, 15, 42, 82, 135, 201, 280, 372, 477, 595, 726, 870, 1027, 1197, 1380, 1576, 1785, 2007, 2242, 2490, 2751, 3025, 3312, 3612, 3925, 4251, 4590, 4942, 5307, 5685, 6076, 6480, 6897, 7327, 7770, 8226, 8695, 9177, 9672, 10180, 10701
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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Sequence found by reading the line from 0, in the direction 0, 15,... and the parallel line from 1, in the direction 1, 42,..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized 15-gonal numbers. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 18 2012
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REFERENCES
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Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, p. 189.
E. Deza and M. M. Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), page 6.
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=15, a(n)=3*a(n-1)-3*a(n-2)+a(n-3). - Harvey P. Dale, Feb 29 2012
Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = 13/15. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 21 2021
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[n (13n-11)/2, {n, 0, 50}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {0, 1, 15}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 29 2012 *)
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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