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A072251 (3*a(n)+1)/2^(2*n + 1) = 23-6*n. 0
15, 45, 117, 213, -171, -4779, -35499, -207531, -1092267, -5417643, -25864875, -120236715, -548055723, -2460658347, -10916375211, -47960468139, -209021741739, -904806443691, -3894103681707, -16675926354603, -71101751929515, -301999193762475, -1278365519227563 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

Related to the Collatz conjecture.

FORMULA

a(n) = ((46-12*n)*4^n-1)/3. - Don Reble (djr(AT)nk.ca), Oct 31 2005

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A060536 A014634 A126228 * A002756 A039450 A127069

Adjacent sequences:  A072248 A072249 A072250 * A072252 A072253 A072254

KEYWORD

sign,easy,less

AUTHOR

N. Rathankar (rathankar(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 08 2002

EXTENSIONS

Edited and extended by David Wasserman (dwasserm(AT)earthlink.net), Dec 27 2006

Corrected by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Mar 01 2007

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