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A000322 Pentanacci numbers: a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) + a(n-3) + a(n-4) + a(n-5) with a(0)=a(1)=a(2)=a(3)=a(4)=1.
(Formerly M3786 N1542)
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1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 9, 17, 33, 65, 129, 253, 497, 977, 1921, 3777, 7425, 14597, 28697, 56417, 110913, 218049, 428673, 842749, 1656801, 3257185, 6403457, 12588865, 24749057, 48655365, 95653929, 188050673, 369697889, 726806913, 1428864769 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,6

COMMENTS

For n>=0: a(n+2) is the number of length-n strings with letters {0,1,2,3,4} where the letter x is followed by at least x zeros, see fxtbook link below. [Joerg Arndt, Apr 08 2011]

REFERENCES

B. G. Baumgart, Letter to the editor, Fib. Quart. 2 (1964), 260, 302.

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200

Joerg Arndt, Fxtbook, pp.311-312

_Simon Plouffe_, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

_Simon Plouffe_, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

MAPLE

A000322:=(-1+z**2+2*z**3+3*z**4)/(-1+z**2+z**3+z+z**4+z**5); [Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]

a:= n-> (Matrix([[1$5]]). Matrix(5, (i, j)-> if (i=j-1) or j=1 then 1 else 0 fi)^n)[1, 5]: seq (a(n), n=0..28); # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 26 2008

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, 50]

PROG

(MAGMA) [ n le 5 select 1 else Self(n-1)+Self(n-2)+Self(n-3)+Self(n-4)+Self(n-5): n in [1..40] ];

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000045, A000288, A000383, A060455.

Sequence in context: A180565 A160426 A059743 * A205539 A020737 A147401

Adjacent sequences:  A000319 A000320 A000321 * A000323 A000324 A000325

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

STATUS

approved

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