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A288599 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-4) for n >= 4, where a(0) = 2, a(1) = 4, a(2) = 6, a(3) = 10, a(4) = 16. 2
2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 28, 50, 90, 164, 300, 550, 1010, 1856, 3412, 6274, 11538, 21220, 39028, 71782, 132026, 242832, 446636, 821490, 1510954, 2779076, 5111516, 9401542, 17292130, 31805184, 58498852, 107596162, 197900194, 363995204, 669491556, 1231386950 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) is the number of letters (0's and 1's) in the n-th iteration of the mapping 00->0101, 10->1000, starting with 00; see A288596.
LINKS
FORMULA
G.f.: -((2*(-1 + x^2 + x^3 + x^4))/(1 - 2*x + x^4)).
MATHEMATICA
Join[{2}, LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, 0, -1}, {4, 6, 10, 16}, 40]]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A288596.
Sequence in context: A160444 A158422 A018161 * A067880 A059749 A334213
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Jun 14 2017
STATUS
approved

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