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A160842
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Number of lines through at least 2 points of a 2 X n grid of points.
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4
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0, 1, 6, 11, 18, 27, 38, 51, 66, 83, 102, 123, 146, 171, 198, 227, 258, 291, 326, 363, 402, 443, 486, 531, 578, 627, 678, 731, 786, 843, 902, 963, 1026, 1091, 1158, 1227, 1298, 1371, 1446, 1523, 1602, 1683, 1766, 1851, 1938, 2027, 2118, 2211, 2306, 2403, 2502
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OFFSET
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0,3
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FORMULA
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a(n) = n^2 + 2 = A059100(n) for n > 1.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n > 4. - Colin Barker, May 24 2015
G.f.: -x*(2*x^3 - 4*x^2 + 3*x + 1) / (x-1)^3. - Colin Barker, May 24 2015
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = Pi * coth(sqrt(2)*Pi) / 2^(3/2) - 1/4. - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 01 2018
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MATHEMATICA
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a[n_]:=If[n<2, n, n^2+2] Table[a[n], {n, 0, 50}]
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PROG
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(PARI) Vec(-x*(2*x^3-4*x^2+3*x+1) / (x-1)^3 + O(x^100)) \\ Colin Barker, May 24 2015
(Magma) [0, 1] cat [n^2 + 2: n in [2..100]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 30 2018
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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