S000351


Numbers n such that the n-th triangular number n*(n+1)/2 is a palindrome in base 9.

1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 16, 24, 32, 40, 95, 121, 151, 204, 291, 364, 1051, 1078, 1093, 1824, 2000, 2615, 2624, 3184, 3280, 9841, 12328, 16278, 16404, 16562, 17844, 24107, 29479, 29524, 36595, 51140, 54420, 72759, 84022, 84265, 88285, 88573, 100015, 147624, 152898

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S000351

Ulas proves that this sequence is infinite. See the base 9 numbers in S000359.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 90 terms

T. D. Noe, Table of 90 terms

Maciej Ulas, On certain diophantine equations related to triangular and tetrahedral numbers, arXiv 0811.2477 (Nov 15 2008)

Eric W. Weisstein, MathWorld: Triangular Number

(Mma) ff[base_, len_] := Module[{n = 0, t = {}, tri, d}, While[Length[t] < len, n++; tri = n*(n + 1)/2; d = IntegerDigits[tri, base]; If[d == Reverse[d], AppendTo[t, n]]]; t]; ff[9, 40]

Cf. A003098A008509 (base 10), S000344-S000350 (bases 2-8), S000359.

nonn,base,hard

T. D. Noe, Nov 18 2014

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