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A016185 a(n) = 9^n - 8^n. 18
0, 1, 17, 217, 2465, 26281, 269297, 2685817, 26269505, 253202761, 2413042577, 22791125017, 213710059745, 1992110014441, 18478745943857, 170706760005817, 1571545212141185, 14425381885981321, 132080236787517137, 1206736529597136217, 11004743954450081825 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(n) is also the number of n-digit numbers whose smallest decimal digit is 1. - Stefano Spezia, Nov 15 2023
LINKS
FORMULA
G.f.: x/((1-8x)(1-9x)).
E.g.f.: e^(9*x) - e^(8*x). - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jan 14 2009
a(n) = 9*a(n-1) + 8^(n-1), a(0)=0. - Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 09 2011
a(n) = 17*a(n-1) - 72*a(n-2), a(0)=0, a(1)=1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 09 2011
a(n) = A001019(n) - A001018(n). - Alois P. Heinz, Aug 19 2021
MATHEMATICA
Join[{a=0, b=1}, Table[c=17*b-72*a; a=b; b=c, {n, 40}]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 09 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A009441 A016293 A139733 * A125452 A322538 A016238
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved

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