OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is the number of sequences over {0,1,...,9} of length n such that no two consecutive terms have distance 9. - David Nacin, May 31 2017
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (9,8).
FORMULA
a(n) = 9*a(n-1) + 8*a(n-2) with n>1, a(0) = 1, a(1) = 10.
G.f.: (1 + x)/(1 - 9*x - 8*x^2). - Bruno Berselli, Feb 02 2015
a(n) = (2^(-1-n)*((9-r)^n*(-11+r) + (9+r)^n*(11+r))) / r, where r=sqrt(113). - Colin Barker, Jan 22 2017
MATHEMATICA
RecurrenceTable[{a[0] == 1, a[1] == 10, a[n] == 9 a[n - 1] + 8 a[n - 2]}, a[n], {n, 0, 20}] (* Bruno Berselli, Feb 02 2015 *)
PROG
(Magma) [n le 1 select 10^n else 9*Self(n)+8*Self(n-1): n in [0..20]]; // Bruno Berselli, Feb 02 2015
(PARI) Vec((1 + x)/(1 - 9*x - 8*x^2) + O(x^30)) \\ Colin Barker, Jan 22 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Milan Janjic, Feb 02 2015
STATUS
approved