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A037480 Base-3 digits are, in order, the first n terms of the periodic sequence with initial period 1,2. 2
1, 5, 16, 50, 151, 455, 1366, 4100, 12301, 36905, 110716, 332150, 996451, 2989355, 8968066, 26904200, 80712601, 242137805, 726413416, 2179240250, 6537720751, 19613162255, 58839486766, 176518460300, 529555380901 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,1,-3).

FORMULA

a(n) = (5*3^n + (-1)^n - 6)/8 . - Paul D. Hanna (pauldhanna(AT)juno.com), Sep 23 2007

MAPLE

a[0]:=0:a[1]:=1:for n from 2 to 50 do a[n]:=2*a[n-1]+3*a[n-2]+3 od: seq(a[n], n=1..33); # [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 14 2008]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A082001 A084356 A007806 * A027108 A077840 A007343

Adjacent sequences:  A037477 A037478 A037479 * A037481 A037482 A037483

KEYWORD

nonn,base,easy

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu)

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