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A121470 Let M = [{0, 1}, {-1, 2}]; v[1] = {1, 7}; w[n] = {0, 3} if n is even, otherwise {0, 6}. Let v[n] = M.v[n - 1] + w[n]; then a(n) = v[n][[1]]. 1
1, 7, 16, 31, 49, 73, 100, 133, 169, 211, 256, 307, 361, 421, 484, 553, 625, 703, 784, 871, 961, 1057, 1156, 1261, 1369, 1483, 1600, 1723, 1849, 1981, 2116, 2257, 2401, 2551, 2704, 2863, 3025, 3193, 3364, 3541, 3721, 3907, 4096, 4291, 4489, 4693, 4900 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

FORMULA

a(n)=2*a(n-1)-2*a(n-3)+a(n-4) = 5/8-3n/2+9n^2/4+3*(-1)^n/8. G.f.: x*(1+5*x+2*x^2+x^3)/((1+x)*(1-x)^3). [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Jul 10 2009]

MAPLE

A121410 := proc(nmin) local M, a, v, wev, wod, n ; a := [] ; M := linalg[matrix](2, 2, [0, 1, -1, 2]) ; v := linalg[vector](2, [1, 7]) ; wev := linalg[vector](2, [0, 3]) ; wod := linalg[vector](2, [0, 6]) ; while nops(a) < nmin do a := [op(a), v[1]] ; n := nops(a)+1 ; v := evalm(M &* v) ; if n mod 2 = 0 then v := evalm(v+wev) ; else v := evalm(v+wod) ; fi ; od: RETURN(a) ; end: A121410(80) ; - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Sep 18 2007

MATHEMATICA

M := {{0, 1}, {-1, 2} } v[1] = {1, 7} w[n_] = If[Mod[n, 2] == 0, {0, 3}, {0, 6}] v[n_] := v[n] = M.v[n - 1] + w[n] a = Table[v[n][[1]], {n, 1, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003215, A005448.

Sequence in context: A024627 A180724 A140511 * A019541 A190661 A176449

Adjacent sequences:  A121467 A121468 A121469 * A121471 A121472 A121473

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Roger Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 07 2006

EXTENSIONS

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Sep 16 2006

More terms from R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Sep 18 2007

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