OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Besides the first term, this sequence is the denominator of ((Pi)^8)/9450 = 1+1/256+1/6561+1/65536+1/390625+1/1679616+... - Mohammad K. Azarian, Nov 01 2011
For n > 0, a(n) is the largest number k such that k + n^4 divides k^2 + n^4. - Derek Orr, Oct 01 2014
Fourth powers of squares and squares of 4th powers. Squares composed with themselves twice. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 01 2016
REFERENCES
Granino A. Korn and Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (1968), p. 982.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (9,-36,84,-126,126,-84,36,-9,1).
FORMULA
Multiplicative with a(p^e) = p^(8e). - David W. Wilson, Aug 01 2001
Totally multiplicative sequence with a(p) = p^8 for primes p. - Jaroslav Krizek, Nov 01 2009
G.f.: -x*(1+x)*(x^6+246*x^5+4047*x^4+11572*x^3+4047*x^2+246*x+1)/(x-1)^9. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 07 2011
a(n) = 8*a(n-1) - 28*a(n-2) + 56*a(n-3) - 70*a(n-4) + 56*a(n-5) - 28*a(n-6) + 8*a(n-7) - a(n-8) + 40320. - Ant King, Sep 24 2013
From Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 01 2016: (Start)
a(n) = 9*a(n-1)-36*a(n-2)+84*a(n-3)-126*a(n-4)+126*a(n-5)-84*a(n-6)+36*a(n-7)-9*a(n-8)+a(n-9) for n>8.
a(n) = A000583(n)^2. (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 08 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = zeta(8) = Pi^8/9450 (A013666).
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 127*zeta(8)/128 = 127*Pi^8/1209600. (End)
E.g.f.: exp(x)*x*(1 + 127*x + 966*x^2 + 1701*x^3 + 1050*x^4 + 266*x^5 + 28*x^6 + x^7). - Stefano Spezia, Jul 29 2022
MAPLE
MATHEMATICA
Table[n^8, {n, 0, 20}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Sep 27 2008 *)
PROG
(Maxima) A001016(n):=n^8$
makelist(A001016(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(PARI) a(n)=n^8 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 24 2015
(Magma) [n^8 : n in [0..50]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 01 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,mult
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from James A. Sellers, Sep 19 2000
STATUS
approved