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A051047 For definition see Mathematica code. +0
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1, 3, 8, 120, 1680, 23408, 326040, 4541160, 63250208, 880961760, 12270214440, 170902040408, 2380358351280, 33154114877520, 461777249934008, 6431727384198600, 89582406128846400, 1247721958419651008 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

The recurrence gives an infinite sequence of polynomials S={x,x+2,c_1(x),c_2(x),...} such that the product of any two consecutive polynomials, increased by 1, is the square of a polynomial - see the Jones reference.

REFERENCES

Jones, B. W. "A Variation of a Problem of Davenport and Diophantus." Quart. J. Math. (Oxford) Ser. (2) 27, 349-353, 1976.

LINKS

Andrej Dujella and Attila Petho, Generalization of a theorem of Baker and Davenport [From William Stein, Oct 24 2009]

MATHEMATICA

With[{x = 1},

Join[{x, x + 2},

RecurrenceTable[{c[-1] == c[0] == 0,

c[k] == (4 x^2 + 8 x + 2) c[k - 1] - c[k - 2] + 4 (x + 1)}, c, {k, 1, 12}]]]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A051048. Essentially the same as A045899.

Sequence in context: A123279 A134803 A030063 this_sequence A036504 A132491 A083112

Adjacent sequences: A051044 A051045 A051046 this_sequence A051048 A051049 A051050

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com)

EXTENSIONS

Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 25 2009, following correspondence with Eric Weisstein

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