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A119303
Expansion of (1 - 3x)/(1 - x + 2x^2 - x^3).
1
1, -2, -4, 1, 7, 1, -12, -7, 18, 20, -23, -45, 21, 88, 1, -154, -68, 241, 223, -327, -532, 345, 1082, -140, -1959, -597, 3181, 2416, -4543, -6194, 5308, 13153, -3657, -24655, -4188, 41465, 25186, -61932, -70839, 78211, 157957, -69304, -307007, -10442, 534268
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Row sums of number triangle A119302.
FORMULA
a(n) = a(n-1) - 2a(n-2) + a(n-3);
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (C(2k, n-k) + 3*C(2k, n-k-1))*(-1)^(n-k).
MATHEMATICA
RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==1, a[1]== -2, a[2]== -4, a[n]== a[n-1] - 2*a[n-2] + a[n-3]}, a, {n, 30}] (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 07 2015 *)
LinearRecurrence[{1, -2, 1}, {1, -2, -4}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 11 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A142146 A143350 A302541 * A374116 A256107 A207610
KEYWORD
easy,sign
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, May 13 2006
STATUS
approved