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A107386 a(n) = 2*a(n-1)-2*a(n-3)+a(n-4), n>6. 1
0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 7, 9, 16, 20, 29, 35, 46, 54, 67, 77, 92, 104, 121, 135, 154, 170, 191, 209, 232, 252, 277, 299, 326, 350, 379, 405, 436, 464, 497, 527, 562, 594, 631, 665, 704, 740, 781, 819, 862, 902, 947, 989, 1036, 1080, 1129 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

FORMULA

G.f.: x*(-4*x^4+2*x^5+x-1)/((1+x)*(x-1)^3). [ Sep 28 2009]

a(n)= n^2/2-3*n/2+1-(-1)^n, n>2. [ Sep 28 2009]

MATHEMATICA

Clear[M, m, v, aa] (*A107386*)m = 2; M = {{0, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 1}, {1, m, 0, - m}}; Expand[Det[M - x*IdentityMatrix[4]]] ; NSolve[Det[M - x*IdentityMatrix[4]] == 0, x] ; v[1] = {0, 1, 1, 2}; v[n_] := v[n] = M . v[n - 1]; digits = 50; aa = Table[Abs[v[n][[1]]], {n, 1, digits}]

a=2; lst={0, 1, 1, a}; Do[a=n^2-a; AppendTo[lst, a], {n, 2, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Dec 17 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A107387, A107388, A107389.

Sequence in context: A011022 A070910 A189040 * A095021 A101372 A133374

Adjacent sequences:  A107383 A107384 A107385 * A107387 A107388 A107389

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Roger L. Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), May 24 2005, corrected Sep 04 2008

EXTENSIONS

Definition replaced by recurrence by the Associate Editors of the OEIS, Sep 28 2009

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