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A089068 a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)+a(n-3)+2 with a(0)=0, a(1)=0 and a(2)=1. 8
0, 0, 1, 3, 6, 12, 23, 43, 80, 148, 273, 503, 926, 1704, 3135, 5767, 10608, 19512, 35889, 66011, 121414, 223316, 410743, 755475, 1389536, 2555756, 4700769, 8646063, 15902590, 29249424, 53798079, 98950095, 181997600, 334745776, 615693473 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

The a(n+2) represent the Kn12 and Kn22 sums of the square array of Delannoy numbers A008288. See A180662 for the definition of these knight and other chess sums. [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 21 2010]

Pairwise sums of A008937, A018921. [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 21 2010]

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,0,0,-1). [From Bruno Berselli (berselli.bruno(AT)yahoo.it), Sep 23 2010]

FORMULA

a(n) = A000073(n+2)-1. [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Sep 22 2010]

a(n) = a(n-1)+A001590(n+1) with a(0)=0. [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 22 2010]

a(n) = sum(A040000(m)*A000073(n-m),m=0..n). [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 22 2010]

a(n+2) = add(A008288(n-k+1,k+1),k=0..floor(n/2)). [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 22 2010]

G.f. = x^2*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-x-x^2-x^3)). [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 22 2010]

a(n) = 2*a(n-1)-a(n-4), a(0)=0, a(1)=0, a(2)=1, a(3)=3. [From Bruno Berselli (berselli.bruno(AT)yahoo.it), Sep 23 2010]

MATHEMATICA

Join[{a=0, b=0, c=1}, Table[d=a+b+c+2; a=b; b=c; c=d, {n, 50}]] (* From Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Apr 19 2011 *)

RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==a[1]==0, a[2]==1, a[n]==a[n-1]+a[n-2]+a[n-3]+2}, a[n], {n, 40}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, 0, -1}, {0, 0, 1, 3}, 40] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Sep 19 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000931, A000073, A077939, A113300, A001057, A006054, A033505.

Cf. A000073 (Kn11 & Kn21), A089068 (Kn12 & Kn22), A180668 (Kn13 & Kn23), A180669 (Kn14 & Kn24), A180670 (Kn15 & Kn25). [Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 21 2010]]

Sequence in context: A181844 A162506 A055244 * A018180 A079735 A050243

Adjacent sequences:  A089065 A089066 A089067 * A089069 A089070 A089071

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Roger L. Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 03 2003

EXTENSIONS

Corrected and information added by Johannes W. Meijer (meijgia(AT)hotmail.com), Sep 22 2010, Oct 22, 2010

Definition based on arbitrarily set floating-point precision removed - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Sep 30 2010

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