OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Although this is a list, it has offset zero because one of the references numbered the solutions starting at 0.
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..652
S. Vidhyalakshmi, V. Krithika, K. Agalya, On The Negative Pell Equation y^2 = 72*x^2 - 8, International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Engineering Research (IJETER), Volume 4, Issue 2, February (2016).
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (34,-1).
FORMULA
G.f.: 8*(1 + x)/(1 - 34*x + x^2). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 17 2017
a(n) = 34*a(n-1) - a(n-2), a(0)=8, a(1)=280. - Seiichi Manyama, Jan 17 2017
a(n) = (17+12*sqrt(2))^(-n)*(-4-3*sqrt(2) + (-4+3*sqrt(2))*(17+12*sqrt(2))^(2*n)) for n>0. - Colin Barker, Jan 17 2017
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{34, -1}, {8, 280}, 20] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 18 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=([0, 1; -1, 34]^n*[-8; 8])[1, 1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jan 17 2017
(Magma) I:=[8, 280]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 34*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 18 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 16 2017
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 17 2017
STATUS
approved