OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..400
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (64,-1792,28672,-286720,1835008,-7340032,16777216,-16777216).
FORMULA
a(n) = 8^(n-1)*binomial(n+8, 7).
G.f.: (-1 + (1-8*x)^(-8))/(x*8^2).
From Amiram Eldar, Nov 03 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 421654016*log(8/7) - 844560704/15.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 3365092928/15 - 1904684544*log(9/8). (End)
MATHEMATICA
Table[8^(n - 1)*Binomial[n + 8, 7], {n, 0, 30}] (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 16 2018 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(-1+1/(1-8x)^8)/(64x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 20 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(30, n, n--; 8^(n-1)*binomial(n+8, 7)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 16 2018
(Magma) [8^(n-1)*Binomial(n+8, 7): n in [0..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Aug 16 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
