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A138238
Alternating sum of the squares of the first n Jacobsthal numbers.
1
0, 1, 0, 9, -16, 105, -336, 1513, -5712, 23529, -92752, 373737, -1489488, 5968873, -23853648, 95458281, -381745744, 1527157737, -6108281424, 24433824745, -97733900880, 390938399721, -1563748006480
OFFSET
0,4
FORMULA
G.f. : x(1+2x)/((1-x^2)(1+2x-8x^2));
a(n)=4*2^n/9-4(-4)^n/45-(-1)^n/18-3/10;
a(n)=(13-4*J(2n+1))(-1)^n/30+4*J(n)/3-3/10, J(n)=A001045(n);
a(n)=sum{k=0..n (-1)^(k+1)*J(k)^2};
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{-2, 9, 2, -8}, {0, 1, 0, 9}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 13 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A119283.
Sequence in context: A308248 A179307 A014720 * A177171 A226232 A267088
KEYWORD
easy,sign
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Mar 07 2008
STATUS
approved