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A135492 Number of ways to toss a coin n times and not get a run of five. 4
2, 4, 8, 16, 30, 58, 112, 216, 416, 802, 1546, 2980, 5744, 11072, 21342, 41138, 79296, 152848, 294624, 567906, 1094674, 2110052, 4067256, 7839888, 15111870, 29129066, 56148080, 108228904, 208617920, 402123970, 775118874, 1494089668, 2879950432 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

FORMULA

a(n)=a(n-1)+a(n-2)+a(n-3)+a(n-4)

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + a[n - 2] + a[n - 3] + a[n - 4]; a[1] = 2; a[2] = 4; a[3] = 8; a[4] = 16; Array[a, 33] - Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Feb 10 2008

CROSSREFS

a(n)=2*A000078(n+3). Cf. A135491, A135493.

Sequence in context: A164180 A164179 A027559 * A164191 A164193 A164192

Adjacent sequences:  A135489 A135490 A135491 * A135493 A135494 A135495

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

James R FitzSimons (cherry(AT)getnet.net), Feb 07 2008

EXTENSIONS

Corrected and extended by Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Feb 10 2008

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