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A001630 Tetranacci numbers: a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) + a(n-3) + a(n-4), with a(0)=a(1)=0, a(2)=1, a(3)=2.
(Formerly M0795 N0301)
9
0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 23, 44, 85, 164, 316, 609, 1174, 2263, 4362, 8408, 16207, 31240, 60217, 116072, 223736, 431265, 831290, 1602363, 3088654, 5953572, 11475879, 22120468, 42638573, 82188492, 158423412, 305370945, 588621422, 1134604271, 2187020050 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

REFERENCES

W. C. Lynch, The t-Fibonacci numbers and polyphase sorting, Fib. Quart., 8 (1970), pp. 6ff.

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

S. 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.

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

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,1,1,1).

FORMULA

a(n) = A000078(n)+A000078(n+1) = a(n-1)+A000078(n+1)-A000078(n-1). - Henry Bottomley

a(0)=a(1)=0, a(2)=1, a(3)=2, a(4)=3; a(n) = 2*a(n-1)-a(n-5), n>=5. [From Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 21 2010]

MAPLE

A001630:=-z**2*(1+z)/(-1+z+z**2+z**3+z**4); [S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]

(Maple) a := proc(n) option operator; local M; M := Matrix(4, (i, j)-> if (i=j-1) or j=1 then 1 else 0 fi)^n; M[1, 4]+M[1, 3] end; seq (a(n), n=0..34); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 01 2008]

MATHEMATICA

a=0; b=0; c=1; d=2; lst={a, b, c, d}; Do[e=a+b+c+d; AppendTo[lst, e]; a=b; b=c; c=d; d=e, {n, 4!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Sep 30 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000032.

Sequence in context: A068012 A019138 A154324 * A164363 A103341 A023675

Adjacent sequences:  A001627 A001628 A001629 * A001631 A001632 A001633

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Oct 09 2000

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