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A159678 The general form of the recurrences are the a(j), b(j) and n(j) solutions of the 2 equations problem: 7*n(j)+1=a(j)*a(j) and 9*n(j)+1=b(j)*b(j) with positive integer numbers. 4
1, 17, 271, 4319, 68833, 1097009, 17483311, 278635967, 4440692161, 70772438609, 1127918325583, 17975920770719, 286486814005921, 4565813103324017, 72766522839178351, 1159698552323529599, 18482410314337295233, 294558866477073194129, 4694459453318833810831 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

The sequence a(j) is A157456, the sequence n(j) is A159679, the sequence b(j) this sequence here.

LINKS

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (16,-1).

FORMULA

The b(j) recurrence (this sequence here) is b(1)=1; b(2)=17; b(t+2)=16*b(t+1)-b(t)

G.f. x*(1+x) / ( 1-16*x+x^2 ). a(n) = A077412(n-1)+A077412(n-2). - R. J. Mathar, Oct 31 2011

a(1)=1, a(2)=17, a(n)=16*a(n-1)-a(n-2) [From Harvey P. Dale, Dec 25 2011]

MAPLE

for a from 1 by 2 to 100000 do b:=sqrt((9*a*a-2)/7): if (trunc(b)=b) then

n:=(a*a-1)/7: La:=[op(La), a]:Lb:=[op(Lb), b]:Ln:=[op(Ln), n]: end if: end do:

MATHEMATICA

Rest[CoefficientList[Series[x (1+x)/(1-16x+x^2), {x, 0, 30}], x]] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{16, -1}, {1, 17}, 30] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Dec 25 2011 *)

PROG

(Other) sage: [(lucas_number2(n, 16, 1)-lucas_number2(n-1, 16, 1))/14 for n in xrange(1, 20)]# [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 10 2009]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A135214 A090380 A142898 * A162803 A097830 A163093

Adjacent sequences:  A159675 A159676 A159677 * A159679 A159680 A159681

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Paul Weisenhorn (paulweisenhorn(AT)online.de), Apr 19 2009

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 10 2009

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