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A055998 n*(n+5)/2. +0
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0, 3, 7, 12, 18, 25, 33, 42, 52, 63, 75, 88, 102, 117, 133, 150, 168, 187, 207, 228, 250, 273, 297, 322, 348, 375, 403, 432, 462, 493, 525, 558, 592, 627, 663, 700, 738, 777, 817, 858, 900, 943, 987, 1032, 1078, 1125, 1173, 1222, 1272 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

a(n) = A126890(n,2) for n>1. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Dec 30 2006

If X is an n-set and Y a fixed (n-3)-subset of X then a(n-3) is equal to the number of 2-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan R. Janjic (agnus(AT)blic.net), Aug 15 2007

Subsequence of A165157. [From Jaroslav Krizek (jaroslav.krizek(AT)atlas.cz), Sep 05 2009]

REFERENCES

A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, p. 193.

LINKS

Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions

FORMULA

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

a(n)=C(n,2)-2*n,n>=5 - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 25 2006

a(n) = A000217(n) + A005843(n). [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Sep 24 2008]

If we define f(n,i,a)=sum(binomial(n,k)*stirling1(n-k,i)*product(-a-j,j=0..k-1),k=0..n-i), then a(n) = -f(n,n-1,3), for n>=1. [From Milan R. Janjic (agnus(AT)blic.net), Dec 20 2008]

a(n)=n+a(n-1)+1 (with a(1)=0) [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Nov 07 2009]

a(n)= A167544(n+8). [From Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Nov 25 2009]

EXAMPLE

a(n) = A034856(n+1) - 1 = A000217(n+2) - 3. [From Jaroslav Krizek (jaroslav.krizek(AT)atlas.cz), Sep 05 2009]

For n=2, a(2)=2+0+1=3; n=3, a(3)=3+3+1=7; n=4, a(4)=4+7+1=12 [From Vincenzo Librandi (vincenzo.librandi(AT)tin.it), Nov 07 2009]

MAPLE

a:=n->sum(floor(k+2*n/(k+n)), k=2..n): seq(a(n), n=1..49); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 01 2006

[seq(binomial(n, 2)-2*n, n=5..53)]; - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 25 2006

seq(sum(k-1, k=4..n), n=3..51); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jan 28 2008

a:=n->sum(numer (k/(k+3)), k=3..n): seq(a(n), n=2..50); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), May 31 2008

with (combinat):seq((fibonacci(3, n)+n-7)/2, n=2..50); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 07 2008

MATHEMATICA

Table[Sum[Binomial[k+1, k], {k, 2, n}], {n, 1, 49}] - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 31 2007

...and/or... i=-3; s=3; lst={0}; Do[s+=n+i; If[s>0, AppendTo[lst, s]], {n, 0, 6!, 1}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Oct 30 2008]

CROSSREFS

Essentially the same as A027379. Equals A000217(n) - 3. Cf. A000096.

a(n) = A095660(n+1, 2): third column of (1, 3)-Pascal triangle.

Cf. A000096, A001477.

Cf. A002522.

Sequence in context: A095115 A141214 A027379 this_sequence A066379 A024517 A005228

Adjacent sequences: A055995 A055996 A055997 this_sequence A055999 A056000 A056001

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,new

AUTHOR

Barry E. Williams, Jun 14 2000

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