OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Fers is a leaper [1,1].
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
V. Kotesovec, Non-attacking chess pieces, 6ed, p.415
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 1/2*(n-1)*(n^3 + n^2 - 4n + 4) by C. Poisson, 1990.
G.f.: 2x^2*(x+1)*(x^2-2x-2)/(x-1)^5.
a(n) = 5*a(n-1)-10*a(n-2)+10*a(n-3)-5*a(n-4)+a(n-5). - Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 30 2013
MATHEMATICA
Table[(n - 1) (n^3 + n^2 - 4 n + 4) / 2, {n, 100}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 30 2013 *)
LinearRecurrence[{5, -10, 10, -5, 1}, {0, 4, 28, 102, 268}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 31 2014 *)
PROG
(Magma) I:=[0, 4, 28, 102, 268]; [n le 5 select I[n] else 5*Self(n-1)-10*Self(n-2)+10*Self(n-3)-5*Self(n-4)+Self(n-5): n in [1..40]]; /* or */ [(n-1)*(n^3+n^2-4*n+4)/2: n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 30 2013
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 28 2011
STATUS
approved