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A083858 Expansion of x/(1-3x-6x^2). 13
0, 1, 3, 15, 63, 279, 1215, 5319, 23247, 101655, 444447, 1943271, 8496495, 37149111, 162426303, 710173575, 3105078543, 13576277079, 59359302495, 259535569959, 1134762524847, 4961500994295, 21693078131967, 94848240361671 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

Binomial transform of A015443. A row of array A083857.

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,6).

FORMULA

a(n)=3a(n-1)+6a(n-2), a(0)=0, a(1)=1; a(n)=(3sqrt(33)/2+21/2)^(n/2)/sqrt(33)-(21/2-3sqrt(33)/2)^(n/2)(-1)^n/sqrt(33).

MATHEMATICA

a[n_]:=(MatrixPower[{{1, 2}, {1, -4}}, n].{{1}, {1}})[[2, 1]]; Table[Abs[a[n]], {n, -1, 40}] [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Feb 19 2010]

PROG

(Other) sage: [lucas_number1(n, 3, -6) for n in xrange(0, 24)]# [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 22 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A015523, A015524.

Sequence in context: A103454 A111303 A118339 * A151241 A080948 A098102

Adjacent sequences:  A083855 A083856 A083857 * A083859 A083860 A083861

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 06 2003

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