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A006498
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a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-3) + a(n-4), a(0) = a(1) = a(2) = 1, a(3) = 2.
(Formerly M1005)
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1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 15, 25, 40, 64, 104, 169, 273, 441, 714, 1156, 1870, 3025, 4895, 7921, 12816, 20736, 33552, 54289, 87841, 142129, 229970, 372100, 602070, 974169, 1576239, 2550409, 4126648, 6677056, 10803704, 17480761, 28284465, 45765225
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OFFSET
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0,4
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COMMENTS
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Number of compositions of n into 1's, 3's and 4's. - Len Smiley, May 08 2001
The sum of any two alternating terms (terms separated by one term) produces a number from the Fibonacci sequence. (e.g. 4+9=13, 9+25=34, 6+15=21, etc.) Taking square roots starting from the first term and every other term after, we get the Fibonacci sequence. - Sreyas Srinivasan (sreyas_srinivasan(AT)hotmail.com), May 02 2002
(1 + x + 2*x^2 + x^3)/(1 - x - x^3 - x^4) = 1 + 2*x + 4*x^2 + 6*x^3 + 9*x^4 + 15*x^5 + 25*x^6 + 40*x^7 + ... is the g.f. for the number of binary strings of length where neither 101 nor 111 occur. [Lozansky and Rousseau] Or, equivalently, where neither 000 nor 010 occur.
Equivalently, a(n+2) is the number of length-n binary strings with no two set bits with distance 2; see fxtbook link. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 10 2011
a(n) is the number of words written with the letters "a" and "b", with the following restriction: any "a" must be followed by at least two letters, the second of which is a "b". - Bruno Petazzoni (bpetazzoni(AT)ac-creteil.fr), Oct 31 2005. [This is also equivalent to the previous two conditions.]
Let a(0) = 1, then A006498 = partial products of Product_{n>2} (F(n)/F(n-1))^2 = 1*1*2*2*(3/2)*(3/2)*(5/3)*(5/3)*(8/5)*(8/5)*.... E.g., a(7) = 15 = 1*1*1*2*2*(3/2)*(3/2)*(5/3). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 13 2009
Number of permutations satisfying -k <= p(i) - i <= r and p(i)-i not in I, i=1..n, with k=1, r=3, I={1}. - Vladimir Baltic, Mar 07 2012
The 2-dimensional version, which counts sets of pairs no two of which are separated by graph-distance 2, is A273461. - Gus Wiseman, Nov 27 2019
a(n+1) is the number of multus bitstrings of length n with no runs of 4 ones. - Steven Finch, Mar 25 2020
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REFERENCES
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E. Lozansky and C. Rousseau, Winning Solutions, Springer, 1996; see pp. 157 and 172.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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D. Applegate, M. LeBrun, and N. J. A. Sloane, Dismal Arithmetic, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.9.8.
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FORMULA
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G.f.: 1 / ((1 + x^2) * (1 - x - x^2)); a(2*n) = F(n+1)^2, a(2*n - 1) = F(n+1)*F(n). a(n) = a(-4-n) * (-1)^n. - Michael Somos, Mar 10 2004
The g.f. -(1+z+2*z^2+z^3)/((z^2+z-1)*(1+z^2)) for the truncated version 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 15, 25, 40, ... was given in the Simon Plouffe thesis of 1992. [edited by R. J. Mathar, May 13 2008]
a(n) = round((-(1/5)*sqrt(5) - 1/5)*(-2*1/(-sqrt(5)+1))^n/(-sqrt(5)+1) + ((1/5)*sqrt(5) - 1/5)*(-2*1/( sqrt(5)+1))^n/(sqrt(5)+1)).
G.f.: 1/(1-x-x^2)/(1+x^2). (End)
a(n) = (-i)^n*Sum{k=0..n} U(n-2k, i/2) where i^2=-1. - Paul Barry, Nov 15 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} (-1)^k*F(n-2k+1). - Paul Barry, Oct 12 2007
F(floor(n/2) + 2)^(n mod 2)*F(floor(n/2) + 1)^(2 - (n mod 2)) where F(n) is the n-th Fibonacci number. - David Nacin, Feb 29 2012
a(n+1)*a(n+3) = a(n)*a(n+2) + a(n+1)*a(n+2) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jan 19 2014
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..floor(n/3)} Sum_{k=0..j} binomial(n-3j,k)*binomial(j,k)*2^k. - Tony Foster III, Sep 18 2017
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EXAMPLE
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G.f. = 1 + x + x^2 + 2*x^3 + 4*x^4 + 6*x^5 + 9*x^6 + 15*x^7 + 25*x^8 + 40*x^9 + ...
The a(2) = 1 through a(7) = 15 subsets with no two elements differing by 2:
{} {} {} {} {} {}
{1} {1} {1} {1} {1}
{2} {2} {2} {2}
{1,2} {3} {3} {3}
{1,2} {4} {4}
{2,3} {1,2} {5}
{1,4} {1,2}
{2,3} {1,4}
{3,4} {1,5}
{2,3}
{2,5}
{3,4}
{4,5}
{1,2,5}
{1,4,5}
(End)
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MATHEMATICA
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LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 2}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 13 2011 *)
Table[Fibonacci[Floor[n/2] + 2]^Mod[n, 2]*Fibonacci[Floor[n/2] + 1]^(2 - Mod[n, 2]), {n, 0, 40}] (* David Nacin, Feb 29 2012 *)
a[ n_] := Fibonacci[ Quotient[ n+2, 2]] Fibonacci[ Quotient[ n+3, 2]] (* Michael Somos, Jan 19 2014 *)
Table[Length[Select[Subsets[Range[n]], !MatchQ[#, {___, x_, ___, y_, ___}/; x+2==y]&]], {n, 10}] (* Gus Wiseman, Nov 27 2019 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) {a(n) = fibonacci( (n+2)\2 ) * fibonacci( (n+3)\2 )} /* Michael Somos, Mar 10 2004 */
(PARI) Vec(1/(1-x-x^3-x^4)+O(x^66))
(Magma) [ n eq 1 select 1 else n eq 2 select 1 else n eq 3 select 1 else n eq 4 select 2 else Self(n-1)+Self(n-3)+ Self(n-4): n in [1..40] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 20 2011
(Python)
def a(n, adict={0:1, 1:1, 2:1, 3:2}):
if n in adict:
return adict[n]
adict[n]=a(n-1)+a(n-3)+a(n-4)
(Haskell)
a006498 n = a006498_list !! n
a006498_list = 1 : 1 : 1 : 2 : zipWith (+) (drop 3 a006498_list)
(zipWith (+) (tail a006498_list) a006498_list)
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CROSSREFS
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Diagonal sums of number triangle A059259.
Numbers whose binary expansion has no subsequence (1,0,1) are A048716.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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