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A083527 a(n) is the number of times that sums 1+-4+-9+-16+-...+-n^2 of the first n squares is zero. There are 2^(n-1) choices for the sign patterns. +0
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0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 5, 0, 0, 43, 57, 0, 0, 239, 430, 0, 0, 2904, 5419, 0, 0, 27813, 50213, 0, 0, 348082, 649300, 0, 0, 3913496, 7287183, 0, 0, 50030553, 93696497, 0, 0, 611793542, 1161079907, 0, 0, 8009933135, 15176652567, 0, 0, 103683431845 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,12

COMMENT

The frequency of each possible sum is computed by the Mathematica program without explicitly computing the individual sums.

a(n) is the maximal number of subsets of the first n squares that share the same sum. Cf. A025591, A083309.

a(n)=0 when n==1 or 2 (mod 4).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Extremal Sums of Sequences

FORMULA

a(n) is half the coefficient of x^0 in the product_{k=1..n} x^(k^2)+x^(k^-2).

Equals A158092/2.

EXAMPLE

a(7) = 1 because there is only one sign pattern of the first seven squares that yields zero: 1+4-9+16-25-36+49.

MATHEMATICA

d={1, 1}; nMax=60; zeroLst={0}; Do[p=n^2; d=PadLeft[d, Length[d]+p]+PadRight[d, Length[d]+p]; If[1==Mod[Length[d], 2], AppendTo[zeroLst, d[[(Length[d]+1)/2]]], AppendTo[zeroLst, 0]], {n, 2, nMax}]; zeroLst/2

p = 1; t = {}; Do[p = Expand[p(x^(n^2) + x^(-n^2))]; AppendTo[t, Select[p, NumberQ[ # ] &]/2], {n, 51}]; t (from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(at)rgwv.com), Oct 31 2005)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A015818, A063865, A113263, A158092.

Sequence in context: A099222 A019178 A075534 this_sequence A113038 A082512 A068385

Adjacent sequences: A083524 A083525 A083526 this_sequence A083528 A083529 A083530

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Apr 29 2003

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