A001027 Powers of 18. (Formerly M5062 N2192)

1, 18, 324, 5832, 104976, 1889568, 34012224, 612220032, 11019960576, 198359290368, 3570467226624, 64268410079232, 1156831381426176, 20822964865671168, 374813367582081024, 6746640616477458432, 121439531096594251776, 2185911559738696531968, 39346408075296537575424, 708235345355337676357632, 12748236216396078174437376

Offset

0,2

Comments

The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n>=1, a(n) equals the number of 18-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011

References

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..100

P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 282

Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences

Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.

Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992

Y. Puri and T. Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (18).

Formula

G.f.: 1/(1-18x), e.g.f.: exp(18x).

a(n) = 18^n; a(n) = 18*a(n-1) with a(0)=1. - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 21 2010

Maple

A001027:=-1/(-1+18*z); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation

Mathematica

Table[18^n, {n, 0, 40}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 15 2011 *)

Prog

(Sage) [18**n for n in range(20)] # F. Chapoton, Feb 23 2020
(Sage) [lucas_number1(n, 18, 0) for n in range(1, 17)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 29 2009
(Magma) [ 18^n: n in [0..20] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 21 2010
(PARI) a(n)=18^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 28 2015

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A207498 A285878 A171292 * A285875 A223311 A041145

Adjacent sequences: A001024 A001025 A001026 * A001028 A001029 A001030

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

More terms from James A. Sellers, Sep 19 2000

Status

approved