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A015544 Lucas sequence U(5,-8): a(n+1)=5a(n)+8a(n-1), a(0)=0, a(1)=1. 3
0, 1, 5, 33, 205, 1289, 8085, 50737, 318365, 1997721, 12535525, 78659393, 493581165, 3097180969, 19434554165, 121950218577, 765227526205, 4801739379641, 30130517107845, 189066500576353, 1186376639744525 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

FORMULA

a(n) = 5 a(n-1) + 8 a(n-2).

a(n)=(1/57)*sqrt(57)*[5/2+(1/2)*sqrt(57)]^n-(1/57)*sqrt(57)*[5/2-(1/2)*sqrt(57)]^n, with n>=0 [From Paolo P. Lava (paoloplava(AT)gmail.com), Aug 05 2008]

G.f.: x/(1-5x-8x^2). [M. F. Hasler, Mar 06 2009]

MATHEMATICA

a[n_]:=(MatrixPower[{{1, 2}, {1, -6}}, n].{{1}, {1}})[[2, 1]]; Table[Abs[a[n]], {n, -1, 40}] [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Feb 19 2010]

PROG

(PARI) A015544(n)=imag((2+quadgen(57))^n) [M. F. Hasler, Mar 06 2009]

(Other) sage: [lucas_number1(n, 5, -8) for n in xrange(0, 21)]# [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 24 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001076, A006190, A007482, A015520, A015521, A015523, A015524, A015525, A015528, A015529, A015530, A015531, A015532, A015533, A015534, A015535, A015536, A015537, A015441, A015443, A015447, A030195, A053404, A057087, A057088, A083858, A085939, A090017, A091914, A099012, A180222, A180226.

Sequence in context: A050915 A091056 A197675 * A155597 A164538 A197533

Adjacent sequences:  A015541 A015542 A015543 * A015545 A015546 A015547

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Olivier Gerard (olivier.gerard(AT)gmail.com)

EXTENSIONS

More precise definition by M. F. Hasler (www.univ-ag.fr/~mhasler), Mar 06 2009

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