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A115099 a(0)=4, a(n)=3*a(n-1)-4. 8
4, 8, 20, 56, 164, 488, 1460, 4376, 13124, 39368, 118100, 354296, 1062884, 3188648, 9565940, 28697816, 86093444, 258280328, 774840980, 2324522936, 6973568804, 20920706408, 62762119220, 188286357656, 564859072964, 1694577218888 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,1

COMMENTS

A tetrahedron has 4 faces. Let's cut every corner so that we get triangular faces. This polyhedron has 8 faces. This procedure gives 4,8,20,56... faced polyhedra.

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..300

FORMULA

a(n)=2*3^n+2

EXAMPLE

a(4)=164=2*3^4+2=2*81+2=3*a(3)-4=3*56-4

MAPLE

seq(2*3^i+2, i=0..30);

MATHEMATICA

a=4; lst={a}; Do[a=a*3-4; AppendTo[lst, a], {n, 0, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Dec 25 2008]

PROG

(MAGMA) [2*3^n+2: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 05 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003462, A007051, A034472, A024023, A067771, A029858, A134931 [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Dec 25 2008]

Sequence in context: A009916 A203167 A123861 * A060919 A009333 A187010

Adjacent sequences:  A115096 A115097 A115098 * A115100 A115101 A115102

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Miklos Kristof (kristmikl(AT)freemail.hu), Mar 02 2006

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