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A005995 Alkane (or paraffin) numbers l(8,n).
(Formerly M2916)
+0
4
1, 3, 12, 28, 66, 126, 236, 396, 651, 1001, 1512, 2184, 3108, 4284, 5832, 7752, 10197, 13167, 16852, 21252, 26598, 32890, 40404, 49140, 59423, 71253, 85008, 100688, 118728, 139128, 162384, 188496, 218025 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Contribution from M. F. Hasler (MHasler(AT)univ-ag.fr), May 01 2009: (Start)

Also, number of 5-element subsets of {1,...,n+5} whose elements sum to an odd integer, i.e. column 5 of A159916.

A linear recurrent sequence with constant coefficients and characteristic polynomial x^9 - 3*x^8 + 8*x^6 - 6*x^5 - 6*x^4 + 8*x^3 - 3*x + 1. (End)

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

S. M. Losanitsch, Die Isomerie-Arten bei den Homologen der Paraffin-Reihe, Chem. Ber. 30 (1897), 1917-1926.

L. Smith, Polynomial invariants of finite groups, Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 34 (1997), 211-250.

Winston C. Yang (paper in preparation).

LINKS

N. J. A. Sloane, Classic Sequences

FORMULA

G.f.: (1+3*x^2)/((1-x)^3*(1-x^2)^3).

a(2n-1)=n(n+1)(n+2)(2n+1)(2n+3)/30, a(2n)=(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)(4n^2+6n+5)/30. [From M. F. Hasler (MHasler(AT)univ-ag.fr), May 01 2009]

MAPLE

(Maple) a := n -> (Matrix([[1, 0$6, -3, -9]]).Matrix(9, (i, j)-> if (i=j-1) then 1 elif j=1 then [3, 0, -8, 6, 6, -8, 0, 3, -1][i] else 0 fi)^n)[1, 1]; seq (a(n), n=0..32); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Jul 31 2008]

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(k)= if(k%2, (k+1)*(k+3)*(k+5), (k+6)*(k^2+3*k+5))*(k+2)*(k+4)/240 [From M. F. Hasler (MHasler(AT)univ-ag.fr), May 01 2009]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A066643 A140065 A115549 this_sequence A034503 A026557 A124052

Adjacent sequences: A005992 A005993 A005994 this_sequence A005996 A005997 A005998

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Winston C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu)

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