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A055845 a(n)=4a(n-1)-a(n-2); a(0)=1, a(1)=8. 2
1, 8, 31, 116, 433, 1616, 6031, 22508, 84001, 313496, 1169983, 4366436, 16295761, 60816608, 226970671, 847066076, 3161293633, 11798108456, 44031140191, 164326452308, 613274669041, 2288772223856 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

REFERENCES

A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, N.Y., 1964, pps. 194-196.

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients

Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences

FORMULA

a(n)={8*[(2+sqrt(3))^n-(2-sqrt(3))^n]-[(2+sqrt(3))^(n-1) -(2-sqrt(3))^(n-1)]}/(2*sqrt(3)).

3*A144721(n)^2 - 11 = a(n)^2 - Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 30 2011

EXAMPLE

G.f.(x)=(1+4x)/(1-4x+x^2).

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{4, -1}, {1, 8}, 50]  (* Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 30 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A054485.

Sequence in context: A115004 A005338 A006322 * A034556 A121097 A121093

Adjacent sequences:  A055842 A055843 A055844 * A055846 A055847 A055848

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Barry E. Williams, May 31 2000

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