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A129743 a(n) = -(u^n-1)*(v^n-1) with u = 2+sqrt(3), v = 2-sqrt(3). 1
2, 12, 50, 192, 722, 2700, 10082, 37632, 140450, 524172, 1956242, 7300800, 27246962, 101687052, 379501250, 1416317952, 5285770562, 19726764300, 73621286642, 274758382272, 1025412242450, 3826890587532, 14282150107682 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Each term of this sequence beyond the sixth has a primitive prime divisor. - Anthony Flatters (Anthony.Flatters(AT)uea.ac.uk), Aug 17 2007

a(n) is also the number of spanning trees for the n-gear graph - Eric Weisstein, Jul 16 2011

REFERENCES

G. Everest et al., Primes generated by recurrence sequences, Amer. Math. Monthly, 114 (No. 5, 2007), 417-431.

LINKS

Anthony Flatters, Primitive Divisors of some Lehmer-Pierce Sequences, arXiv:0708.2190.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Gear Graph

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Spanning Tree

FORMULA

a(2*n) = 12*A001353(n)^2, a(2*n+1) =2*A001834(n)^2. - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), May 30 2007

Equals 2*A092184(n). - Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jul 04 2007.

O.g.f.: 2*x*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-4*x+x^2)). - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Dec 05 2007

a(n) = +5*a(n-1)-5*a(n-2)+a(n-3). - Eric Weisstein, Jul 15 2011

MAPLE

u:=2+sqrt(3): v:=2-sqrt(3): a:=n->expand(-(u^n-1)*(v^n-1)): seq(a(n), n=1..28); - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), May 13 2007

MATHEMATICA

Table[-((2 + Sqrt[3])^n - 1)*((2 - Sqrt[3])^n - 1)], {n, 30}] // Expand - Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), May 15 2007

LinearRecurrence[{5, -5, 1}, {2, 12, 50}, 30]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A003493 A197891 A202789 * A115243 A012423 A012427

Adjacent sequences:  A129740 A129741 A129742 * A129744 A129745 A129746

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), May 13 2007

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu) and Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), May 13 2007

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), May 30 2007

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