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A099923 Fourth powers of Lucas numbers A000032. 5
16, 1, 81, 256, 2401, 14641, 104976, 707281, 4879681, 33362176, 228886641, 1568239201, 10750371856, 73680216481, 505022001201, 3461445366016, 23725169980801, 162614549665681, 1114577187760656, 7639424429247601 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

REFERENCES

A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 56.

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,15,-15,-5,1).

FORMULA

a(n) = (A000032(n))^4 = (A001254(n))^2.

L(4n) + 4(-1)^n*L(2n) + 6.

For n>1, L(n-2)*L(n-1)*L(n+1)*L(n+2) + 25.

G.f.: (16-79x-164x^2+76x^3+x^4)/((1-x)(1+3x+x^2)(1-7x+x^2)). [T. Mansour, Australas. J. Combin. 30 (2004), 207] [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Oct 26 2008]

PROG

(MAGMA) [ Lucas(n)^4 : n in [0..120]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 14 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A075515.

Fourth row of array A103324.

Sequence in context: A097522 A040271 A036179 * A105671 A145828 A095876

Adjacent sequences:  A099920 A099921 A099922 * A099924 A099925 A099926

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Ralf Stephan, Nov 01 2004

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