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A083686 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 1. 1
8, 15, 29, 57, 113, 225, 449, 897, 1793, 3585, 7169, 14337, 28673, 57345, 114689, 229377, 458753, 917505, 1835009, 3670017, 7340033, 14680065, 29360129, 58720257, 117440513, 234881025, 469762049, 939524097, 1879048193, 3758096385, 7516192769, 15032385537 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

LINKS

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

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

FORMULA

a(n) = 7*(2^(n+3))/8 + 1 - David Brotherton (dbroth01(AT)aol.com), Jul 29 2003

a(n) = 3*a(n-1)-2*a(n-2), n>1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 03 2011

MATHEMATICA

s=8; lst={1, s}; Do[s=s+(s-1); AppendTo[lst, s], {n, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Nov 30 2009]

PROG

(MAGMA) [7*2^n+1 : n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 03 2011

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A132298 A188558 A123526 * A089954 A134020 A197602

Adjacent sequences:  A083683 A083684 A083685 * A083687 A083688 A083689

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jun 15 2003

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