OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,1,-1).
FORMULA
G.f.: x^2*(x^5+2*x^4+x^3+2*x^2+x+1)/((x-1)^2*(x+1)*(x^2-x+1)*(x^2+x+1)). - Colin Barker, Jun 22 2012
From Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 16 2016: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-6) - a(n-7) for n>7.
a(n) = (24*n-27+3*cos(n*Pi)+6*cos(n*Pi/3)+2*sqrt(3)*sin(2*n*Pi/3))/18.
a(6k) = 8k-1, a(6k-1) = 8k-3, a(6k-2) = 8k-4, a(6k-3) = 8k-6, a(6k-4) = 8k-7, a(6k-5) = 8k-8. (End)
Sum_{n>=2} (-1)^n/a(n) = (6-3*sqrt(2))*log(2)/16 + 3*sqrt(2)*log(sqrt(2)+2)/8 - (2-sqrt(2))*Pi/16. - Amiram Eldar, Dec 27 2021
MAPLE
A047498:=n->(24*n-27+3*cos(n*Pi)+6*cos(n*Pi/3)+2*sqrt(3)*sin(2*n*Pi/3))/18: seq(A047498(n), n=1..100); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 16 2016
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[0, 100], MemberQ[{0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7}, Mod[#, 8]]&] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1}, {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8}, 100] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 23 2015 *)
PROG
(Magma) [n : n in [0..100] | n mod 8 in [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 16 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved