[seqfan] Re: less?

Neil Sloane njasloane at gmail.com
Tue Dec 17 13:42:43 CET 2019


I agree with Sean.  go ahead and submit it.  of course there is a simple
formula, but still, we should have it
Best regards
Neil

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On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:26 AM Sean A. Irvine <sairvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes please add this,  I too am surprised that it is not already present.
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 20:09, jnthn stdhr <jstdhr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > If I haven't made some tremendously boneheaded mistake, I'm a bit
> surprised
> > this sequence isn't in the db, so I can't decide if it should be added,
> or
> > if it's an example of one deserving of the keyword less.
> >
> > a(n) is the sum of the even positive integers less than or equal to n
> times
> > the sum of the odd positive integers less than or equal to n.
> >
> > Assuming the null set has a value of zero, this is:
> >
> > 0,0,2,8,24,54,108,192,...
> >
> > Many sequences are related, of course.  Superseeker doesn't find this
> exact
> > sequence, but lists many transformations that match.
> >
> > -First differences for n>=2,  = A5996.
> >
> > -For even n, a(n) = A179824.
> >
> > -For odd n, a(n) = A085537.
> >
> > -a(n)/2 = A007009.
> >
> > And more.
> >
> > Should I add this?
> >
> > P.S.
> > This is the number of crossings if one draws n parallel lines
> perpendicular
> > to the previous number of lines.
> >
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