# Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences! http://oeis.org/ Search: id:a126665 Showing 1-1 of 1 %I A126665 #22 Apr 04 2024 15:01:15 %S A126665 53,61,67,71,73,73,71,67,61,53,43,31,17,1,-17,-37,-59,-83,-109,-137, %T A126665 -167,-199,-233,-269,-307,-347,-389,-433,-479,-527,-577,-629,-683, %U A126665 -739,-797,-857,-919,-983,-1049,-1117,-1187,-1259,-1333,-1409,-1487,-1567,-1649,-1733,-1819,-1907,-1997,-2089,-2183,-2279 %N A126665 a(n) = -n^2 + 9n + 53. %C A126665 Quadratic equation derived from the four primes 61, 67, 71, 73 using the method of common differences. Many of the initial terms are primes. %H A126665 Michael M. Ross, Natural Numbers %H A126665 Robert Sacks, Number Spiral: Method of Common Differences %H A126665 Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1). %F A126665 From _Arkadiusz Wesolowski_, Oct 24 2013: (Start) %F A126665 a(n) = - A186950(n+19). %F A126665 G.f.: (53 - 98*x + 43*x^2)/(1 - x)^3. (End) %e A126665 For n=8, -1*8^2 + 9*8 + 53 = 61. %t A126665 Table[ - n^2 + 9*n + 53, {n, 0, 46}] (* _Arkadiusz Wesolowski_, Oct 24 2013 *) %t A126665 LinearRecurrence[{3,-3,1},{53,61,67},60] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Apr 04 2024 *) %o A126665 (PARI) a(n) = -n^2 + 9*n + 53 \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jun 30 2013 %o A126665 (Magma) [-n^2+9*n+53 : n in [0..46]]; // _Arkadiusz Wesolowski_, Oct 24 2013 %K A126665 sign,easy %O A126665 0,1 %A A126665 _Michael M. Ross_, Mar 13 2007 # Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement: http://oeis.org/LICENSE