OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The numbers a(2), a(4), a(6) etc. are squares and a(1), a(3), a(5) ... are twice squares. Furthermore, a(1) - 2, a(3) - 2, a(5) - 2 etc. are squares and a(2) - 2, a(4) - 2, a(6) - 2 etc. are twice square.
C(n) is centered at (x(n), y(n)), where x(n) = sqrt(1 - 2/a(n)) and y(n) = 1/a(n). - David Wasserman, Feb 28 2008
C(n) is tangent to C0 because sqrt(x(n)^2 + y(n)^2) + y(n) = 1 and C(n) is tangent to C(n+1) because sqrt[(x(n+1) - x(n))^2 + (y(n+1) - y(n))^2] = y(n) + y(n+1). - David Wasserman, Feb 28 2008
a(n+1)/a(n) converges to 3 + sqrt(8). - David Wasserman, Feb 28 2008
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Francisco Javier Garcia Capitan Blog, About the A099938 sequence
David Wasserman, Illustration of this sequence
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-7,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 7*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) + a(n-3). G.f.: -2*x*(2*x^2-5*x+1) / ((x-1)*(x^2-6*x+1)). - Colin Barker, Jan 07 2013
a(n) = 1/2*(2 + (3 - 2*sqrt(2))^n*(3 + 2*sqrt(2)) + (3 - 2*sqrt(2))*(3 + 2*sqrt(2))^n). - Colin Barker, Jun 05 2016
MATHEMATICA
Table[FullSimplify[2 Cosh[n ArcSinh[1]]^2], {n, 0, 9}] (* Francisco Javier García Capitán, Jun 05 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec(-2*x*(2*x^2-5*x+1)/((x-1)*(x^2-6*x+1)) + O(x^30)) \\ Colin Barker, Jun 05 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Hartmut Neubauer (hartmut.f.neubauer(AT)t-online.de), Nov 12 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David Wasserman, Feb 28 2008
STATUS
approved