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A085296 Runs of zeros in Catalan sequence modulo 3: consecutive occurrences of binomial(2k,k)/(k+1) (Mod 3) = 0. 1
3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 120, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 363, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 120, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 1092, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 120, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 363, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 120, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 3279, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3, 120, 3, 12, 3, 39, 3, 12, 3 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

When we prepend a '1' to the Catalan sequence modulo 3, the only nonzero digit strings are {1,1,1,2,2,2} and {2,2,2,1,1,1}; see A085297 for the occurrences of these digit strings.

LINKS

R. Stephan, Some divide-and-conquer sequences ...

R. Stephan, Table of generating functions

FORMULA

a(2n-1)=3, a(2n)=3*(a(n)+1), for n>=1.

a(n) = (9 * 3^A007814(n) - 1) / 2 - 1. - Ralf Stephan (ralf(AT)ark.in-berlin.de), Oct 10 2003

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000108, A039969, A085297.

Sequence in context: A110121 A069522 A170857 * A009781 A175046 A093855

Adjacent sequences:  A085293 A085294 A085295 * A085297 A085298 A085299

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Paul D. Hanna (pauldhanna(AT)juno.com), Jun 24 2003

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