OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Edge Cover
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ladder Graph
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (6, 3, -2).
FORMULA
a(n) = 6*a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) - 2*a(n-3) for n > 3.
G.f.: x*(1-x)*(1+2*x)/(1-6*x-3*x^2+2*x^3).
MATHEMATICA
Table[-RootSum[2 - 3 # - 6 #^2 + #^3 &, -14 #^n - 5 #^(n + 1) + #^(n + 2) &]/30, {n, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 09 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{6, 3, -2}, {1, 7, 43}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 09 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(1 + x - 2 x^2)/(1 - 6 x - 3 x^2 + 2 x^3), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 09 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Andrew Howroyd, May 15 2017
STATUS
approved