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A122006 Expansion of x^2*(1-x)/((1-3*x)*(1-3*x^2)). 2
0, 1, 2, 9, 24, 81, 234, 729, 2160, 6561, 19602, 59049, 176904, 531441, 1593594, 4782969, 14346720, 43046721, 129133602, 387420489, 1162241784, 3486784401, 10460294154, 31381059609, 94143001680, 282429536481, 847288078002 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Limit(n->infinity) a(n+1)/a(n)=3.

The sequence can be created by multiplying the n-th power of the matrix [[0,1,2],[1,2,0],[2,0,1]], multiplying from the right with the vector [1,0,0] and taking the middle element of the resulting vector.

REFERENCES

Alain M. Robert, "Linear Algebra, Examples and Applications", World Scientific, 2005, p. 58.

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,3,-9).

FORMULA

a(n)=3a(n-1)+3a(n-2)-9a(n-3) . [From Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Mar 09 2009]

MATHEMATICA

M = {{0, 1, 2}, {1, 2, 0}, {2, 0, 1}} v[1] = {1, 0, 0} v[n_] := v[n] = M.v[n - 1] a1 = Table[v[n][[2]], {n, 1, 50}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007179 [From Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Mar 09 2009]

Sequence in context: A023662 A131357 A079997 * A200086 A143561 A027302

Adjacent sequences:  A122003 A122004 A122005 * A122007 A122008 A122009

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Roger Bagula and Gary Adamson (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 11 2006

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