login
This site is supported by donations to The OEIS Foundation.
Logo

Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A052921 Expansion of (1-x)/(1-3x+2x^2-x^3). 7
1, 2, 4, 9, 21, 49, 114, 265, 616, 1432, 3329, 7739, 17991, 41824, 97229, 226030, 525456, 1221537, 2839729, 6601569, 15346786, 35676949, 82938844, 192809420, 448227521, 1042002567, 2422362079, 5631308624, 13091204281, 30433357674 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The Ca3 sums, see A180662, of triangle A065941 equal the terms of this sequence. [Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 16 2011]

First differences of A095263. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 23 2011

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 905

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-2,1).

FORMULA

G.f.: (-1+x)/(-1+3*x-2*x^2+x^3)

Recurrence: {a(0)=1, a(2)=4, a(1)=2, a(n)-2*a(n+1)+3*a(n+2)-a(n+3)}

Sum(1/23*(8-5*_alpha+7*_alpha^2)*_alpha^(-1-n), _alpha=RootOf(-1+3*_Z-2*_Z^2+_Z^3))

Binomial transform of the Padovan sequence A000931(n+5). a(n) = sum{k=0..n+1, C(n+k+1, n-2*k)}. - Paul Barry, Jun 21 2004

MAPLE

spec := [S, {S=Sequence(Union(Z, Z, Prod(Sequence(Z), Z, Z, Z)))}, unlabeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n), n=0..29);

A052921 := proc(n): add(binomial(n+k+1, n-2*k), k=0..n+1) end: seq(A052921(n), n=0..29); # [Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 16 2011]

MATHEMATICA

a=-1; b=0; c=1; lst={}; Do[AppendTo[lst, a+=b]; b+=c; c+=a, {n, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky, Jan 20 2009]

LinearRecurrence[{3, -2, 1}, {1, 2, 4}, 40] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 14 2012 *)

PROG

(MAGMA) I:=[1, 2, 4]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-2*Self(n-2)+Self(n-3): n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 14 2012

CROSSREFS

Cf. A034943.

Cf. A097550, A137531.

Sequence in context: A182904 A101891 A119967 * A018905 A024537 A171842

Adjacent sequences:  A052918 A052919 A052920 * A052922 A052923 A052924

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,changed

AUTHOR

encyclopedia(AT)pommard.inria.fr, Jan 25 2000

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Jun 05 2000

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Transforms | Puzzles | Hot | Classics
Recent Additions | More pages | Superseeker | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement .

Last modified February 15 15:20 EST 2012. Contains 205823 sequences.