A047261 Numbers that are congruent to {2, 4, 5} mod 6.

2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94, 95, 98, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113, 116, 118, 119, 122, 124

Offset

1,1

Comments

If B and C are terms in the sequence then 2*B*C is a term. B (resp. C) is a term iff B (resp. C) mod 6 = 2, 4 or 5. It follows that (2*B*C) mod 6 = (2*(B mod 6)*(C mod 6)) mod 6 = 2 or 4 and therefore 2*B*C is a term. Examples: for B=16 and C=29, 2*16*29 = 928 is a term: (2*B*C) mod 6 = (2*16*29) mod 6 = 4; (2*2*2) mod 6 = 2. - Jerzy R Borysowicz, May 24 2018

Links

Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,1,-1).

Formula

G.f.: x*(1+x)*(x^2+2) / ((1+x+x^2)*(x-1)^2). - R. J. Mathar, Oct 08 2011

A214090(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 06 2012

From Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 14 2016: (Start)

a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-3) - a(n-4) for n>4.

a(n) = (6*n - 1 - 2*cos(2*n*Pi/3))/3.

a(3k) = 6k-1, a(3k-1) = 6k-2, a(3k-2) = 6k-4. (End)

Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi/6 - log(2+sqrt(3))/(2*sqrt(3)) + log(2)/3. - Amiram Eldar, Dec 16 2021

Maple

A047261:=n->(6*n-1-2*cos(2*n*Pi/3))/3: seq(A047261(n), n=1..100); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 14 2016

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(1 + x)*(x^2 + 2)/((1 + x + x^2)*(x - 1)^2), {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Aug 16 2014 *)
Select[ Range@ 125, MemberQ[{2, 4, 5}, Mod[#, 6]] &] (* or *)
LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 1, -1}, {2, 4, 5, 8}, 62] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 13 2018 *)

Prog

(Haskell)
a047261 n = a047261_list !! n
a047261_list = 2 : 4 : 5 : map (+ 6) a047261_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2013, Jul 06 2012
(Magma) [n : n in [0..150] | n mod 6 in [2, 4, 5]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 14 2016

Crossrefs

Cf. A047242 (complement).

Cf. A007310, A047228, A047241, A047273, A056970, A214090.

Sequence in context: A191987 A138007 A284880 * A286687 A190807 A289058

Adjacent sequences: A047258 A047259 A047260 * A047262 A047263 A047264

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

More terms from Wesley Ivan Hurt, Aug 16 2014

Status

approved