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A104144 a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)+a(n-3)+a(n-4)+a(n-5)+a(n-6)+a(n-7)+a(n-8)+a(n-9). 6
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 511, 1021, 2040, 4076, 8144, 16272, 32512, 64960, 129792, 259328, 518145, 1035269, 2068498, 4132920, 8257696, 16499120, 32965728, 65866496, 131603200, 262947072, 525375999, 1049716729, 2097364960 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,11

COMMENTS

Might be called the Fibonacci 9-step numbers.

For n >= 8, this gives the number of integers written without 0 in base ten, the sum of digits of which is equal to n-7. E.g. a(11)=8 because we have the 8 numbers : 4, 13, 22, 31, 112, 121, 211, 1111.

The offset for this sequence is fairly arbitrary. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..208

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fibonacci n-Step Number

FORMULA

a(n)=sum_{k=1..9} a(n-k) for n>8, a(8)=1, a(n)=0 for n=0..7.

G.f.: x^8/(1-x-x^2-x^3-x^4-x^5-x^6-x^7-x^8-x^9). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 04 2011

Another form of the g.f. f: f(z)=(z^8-z^9)/(1-2*z+z^(10)), then a(n)=sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-8-9*i,i)*2^(n-8-10*i),i=0..floor((n-8)/10))-sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-9-9*i,i)*2^(n-9-10*i),i=0..floor((n-9)/10)) with sum(alpha(i),i=m..n)=0 for m>n. [From Richard Choulet (richardchoulet(AT)yahoo.fr), Feb 22 2010]

Comment from N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 04 2011: (Start)

Let b be the smallest root (in magnitude) of g(x) := 1-x-x^2-x^3-x^4-x^5-x^6-x^7-x^8-x^9).

Then b = 0.50049311828655225605926845999420216157202861343888...

Let c = -b^8/g'(b) = 0.00099310812055463178382193226558248643030626601288701...

Then a(n) is the nearest integer to c/b^n. (End)

MAPLE

for n from 0 to 50 do k(n):=sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-8-9*i, i)*2^(n-8-10*i), i=0..floor((n-8)/10))-sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-9-9*i, i)*2^(n-9-10*i), i=0..floor((n-9)/10)):od:seq(k(n), n=0..50); a:=taylor((z^8-z^9)/(1-2*z+z^(10)), z=0, 51); for p from 0 to 50 do j(p):=coeff(a, z, p):od :seq(j(p), p=0..50); [From Richard Choulet (richardchoulet(AT)yahoo.fr), Feb 22 2010]

MATHEMATICA

a={1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}; Table[s=Plus@@a; a=RotateLeft[a]; a[[ -1]]=s, {n, 50}]

LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, 50] (* From Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, May 25 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000045, A000073, A000078, A001591, A001592, A066178, A079262 (Fibonacci n-step numbers).

Sequence in context: A008861 A145115 A172318 * A194632 A123464 A113019

Adjacent sequences:  A104141 A104142 A104143 * A104145 A104146 A104147

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jean Lefort (jlefort.apmep(AT)wanadoo.fr), Mar 07 2005

EXTENSIONS

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Aug 15 2006 and again Nov 11 2006.

Dec 04 2011: I deleted an incorrect formula and replaced it with a correct one. - N. J. A. Sloane.

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