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A007482 Number of subsequences of [ 1,...,2n ] in which each odd number has an even neighbor.
(Formerly M2893)
34
1, 3, 11, 39, 139, 495, 1763, 6279, 22363, 79647, 283667, 1010295, 3598219, 12815247, 45642179, 162557031, 578955451, 2061980415, 7343852147, 26155517271, 93154256107, 331773802863, 1181629920803, 4208437368135 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The even neighbor must differ from the odd number by exactly one.

If we defined this sequence by the recurrence (a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2)) that it satisfies, we could prefix it with an initial 0.

a(n) equals term (1,2) in M^n, M = the 3x3 matrix [1,1,2; 1,0,1; 2,1,1]. [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 12 2009]

a(n) equals term (2,2) in M^n, M = the 3x3 matrix [0,1,0; 1,3,1; 0,1,0]. [From Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Sep 18 2009]

Contribution from Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Aug 06 2010: (Start)

Starting with "1" = INVERT transform of A002605: (1, 2, 6, 16, 44,...).

Example: a(3) = 39 = (16, 6, 2, 1) dot (1, 1, 3, 11) = (16 + 6 + 6 + 11). (End)

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Moser, William O.J.: Numbers of subsequences without isolated odd members. Fibonacci Quarterly, 34, No. 2, 152-155 (1996). Math. Rev. 97d:11017.

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

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 442

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature 3,2.

FORMULA

Let b(0)=1, b(k)=floor(b(k-1))+2/b(k-1); then, for n>0, b(n)=a(n)/a(n-1). - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Sep 09 2002

The Hankel transform of this sequence is [1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...]. - Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Nov 21 2007

G.f.: 1/(1-3x-2x^2). a(n)=3a(n-1)+2a(n-2). a(n)=(ap^(n+1)-am^(n+1))/(ap-am), ap := (3+sqrt(17))/2, am := (3-sqrt(17))/2.

a(n)=sum{k=0..floor(n/2), C(n-k, k)2^k*3^(n-2k)} - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Apr 23 2005

a(n)=Sum_{k, 0<=k<=n}A112906(n,k). - Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Nov 21 2007

MATHEMATICA

a[n_]:=(MatrixPower[{{1, 4}, {1, 2}}, n].{{1}, {1}})[[2, 1]]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}] [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Feb 19 2010]

PROG

(Other) sage: [lucas_number1(n, 3, -2) for n in xrange(1, 25)] # [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 22 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007455, A007481, A007483, A007484.

Row sums of triangle A073387.

Cf. A000045, A000129, A001045.

Cf. A002605 [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Aug 06 2010]

Sequence in context: A089579 A166336 A002783 * A134760 A132889 A149061

Adjacent sequences:  A007479 A007480 A007481 * A007483 A007484 A007485

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

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

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