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A023039 a(n) = 18a(n-1) - a(n-2). 19
1, 9, 161, 2889, 51841, 930249, 16692641, 299537289, 5374978561, 96450076809, 1730726404001, 31056625195209, 557288527109761, 10000136862780489, 179445175002939041, 3220013013190122249, 57780789062419261441 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The primitive Heronian triangle 3*a(n) +/- 2, 4*a(n) has the latter side cut into 2*a(n) +/- 3 by the corresponding altitude and has area 10*a(n)*A060645(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 25 2002

Chebyshev's polynomials T(n,x) evaluated at x=9.

The a(n) give all (unsigned, integer) solutions of Pell equation a(n)^2 - 80*b(n)^2 = +1 with b(n)=A049660(n), n>=0.

Also gives solutions to the equation x^2-1=floor(x*r*floor(x/r)) where r=sqrt(5) - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 14 2004

Appears to give all solutions >1 to the equation : x^2=ceiling(x*r*floor(x/r)) where r=sqrt(5). - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 24, 2004

For all members x of the sequence, 5*x^2 - 5 is a square, A004292(n)^2.

The a(n) are the y-values in the integer solutions of x^2-5y^2=1, see the comment in A060645. - Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 29 2011

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200

Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences

Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials.

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (18,-1).

FORMULA

a(n) ~ 1/2*(sqrt(5) + 2)^(2*n) - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), May 15 2002

Lim. n-> Inf. a(n)/a(n-1) = phi^6 = 9 + 4*Sqrt(5). - Gregory V. Richardson, Oct 13 2002

a(n) = T(n, 9) = (S(n, 18)-S(n-2, 18))/2, with S(n, x) := U(n, x/2) and T(n, x), resp. U(n, x), are Chebyshev's polynomials of the first, resp. second, kind. See A053120 and A049310. S(-2, x) := -1, S(-1, x) := 0, S(n, 18)=A049660(n+1).

a(n) = sqrt(80*A049660(n)^2 + 1) (cf. Richardson comment).

a(n) = ((9+4*sqrt(5))^n + (9-4*sqrt(5))^n)/2.

G.f.: (1-9*x)/(1-18*x+x^2).

a(n) = Cosh[2n*ArcSinh[2]] - Herbert Kociemba, Apr 24 2008

a(n) = A001077(2*n). - Michael Somos Aug 11 2009

Contribution from Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 01 2010: (Start)

a(n) = 2*A167808(6*n+1) - A167808(6*n+3)

Limit(a(n+k)/a(k), k=infinity) = a(n) + A060645(n)*sqrt(5)

Limit(a(n)/A060645(n), n=infinity) = sqrt(5)

(End)

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{18, -1}, {1, 9}, 50] (* Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 29 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) {a(n) = fibonacci(6*n) / 2 + fibonacci(6*n - 1)} - Michael Somos Aug 11 2009

(MAGMA) I:=[1, 9]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 18*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 13 2012

CROSSREFS

Bisection of A001077.

Row 2 of array A188645.

Sequence in context: A217392 A062232 A020523 * A159831 A133793 A209962

Adjacent sequences:  A023036 A023037 A023038 * A023040 A023041 A023042

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

David W. Wilson

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), May 15 2002

Chebyshev and Pell comments from Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 08 2002

STATUS

approved

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