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A007613 (8^n + 2(-1)^n )/3.
(Formerly M2129)
7
1, 2, 22, 170, 1366, 10922, 87382, 699050, 5592406, 44739242, 357913942, 2863311530, 22906492246, 183251937962, 1466015503702, 11728124029610, 93824992236886, 750599937895082, 6004799503160662, 48038396025285290 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

Equals row sums of triangle A139459(n+1). Example: 170 = (1 + 84 + 84 + 1). Triangle A139459 = the ConvOffsStoT transform of the dodecahedral numbers, A006560. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 22 2008

REFERENCES

D. S. Clark, Proof without words, Math. Mag., 63 (1990), 29.

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

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,8).

FORMULA

a(n) = A078008(3*n) - Paul Barry, Nov 29 2003

a(n) = (A082311(n)+(-1)^n)/2=(A001045(3*n+1)+(-1)^n)/2. - Paul Barry, Mar 24 2004

a(n) = sum(k=0..n, binomial(3*n, 3*k) ). - Paul Barry, Jan 13 2005

a(n) = 8*a(n-1)+6*(-1)^n. - Paul Curtz, Nov 19 2007

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=(8^n + 2(-1)^n )/3 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 06, 2011

(MAGMA) [(8^n + 2*(-1)^n )/3: n in [0..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 14 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006560, A139459.

Sequence in context: A123960 A091169 A000184 * A043037 A058441 A037567

Adjacent sequences:  A007610 A007611 A007612 * A007614 A007615 A007616

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com)

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