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A065705
a(n) = Lucas(10*n).
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2, 123, 15127, 1860498, 228826127, 28143753123, 3461452808002, 425730551631123, 52361396397820127, 6440026026380244498, 792070839848372253127, 97418273275323406890123, 11981655542024930675232002, 1473646213395791149646646123, 181246502592140286475862241127
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Lim_{n->infinity} a(n+1)/a(n) = (123 + sqrt(15125))/2 = 122.9918693812...
Lim_{n->infinity} a(n)/a(n+1) = (123 - sqrt(15125))/2 = 0.00813061875578...
From Peter Bala, Oct 14 2019: (Start)
Let F(x) = Product_{n >= 0} (1 + x^(4*n+1))/(1 + x^(4*n+3)). Let Phi = 1/2*(sqrt(5) - 1). This sequence gives the partial denominators in the simple continued fraction expansion of the number F(Phi^10) = 1.0081300769... = 1 + 1/(123 + 1/(15127 + 1/(1860498 + ...))).
Also F(-Phi^10) = 0.9918699143... has the continued fraction representation 1 - 1/(123 - 1/(15127 - 1/(1860498 - ...))) and the simple continued fraction expansion 1/(1 + 1/((123 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/((15127 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/((1860498 - 2) + 1/(1 + ...))))))).
F(Phi^10)*F(-Phi^10) = 0.9999338930... has the simple continued fraction expansion 1/(1 + 1/((123^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + 1/((15127^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + 1/((1860498^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + ...))))))).
1/2 + (1/2)*F(Phi^10)/F(-Phi^10) = 1.0081967213... has the simple continued fraction expansion 1 + 1/((123 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/((1860498 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/(28143753123 - 2) + 1/(1 + ...))))). (End)
REFERENCES
R. P. Stanley. Enumerative combinatorics. Vol. 2, volume 62 of Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
LINKS
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
A. V. Zarelua, On Matrix Analogs of Fermat's Little Theorem,Mathematical Notes, vol. 79, no. 6, 2006, pp. 783-796. Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 79, no. 6, 2006, pp. 840-855.
FORMULA
a(n) = 123*a(n-1) - a(n-2), starting with a(0) = 2 and a(1) = 123.
a(n) = ((123 + sqrt(15125))/2)^n + ((123 - sqrt(15125))/2)^n.
a(n)^2 = a(2*n) + 2.
G.f.: (2 - 123*x)/(1 - 123*x + x^2). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 18 2008
From Peter Bala, Oct 14 2019: (Start)
a(n) = F(10*n+10)/F(10) - F(10*n-10)/F(10) = A049670(n+1) - A049670(n-1).
a(n) = trace(M^n), where M is the 2 X 2 matrix [0, 1; 1, 1]^10 = [34, 55; 55, 89].
Consequently the Gauss congruences hold: a(n*p^k) = a(n*p^(k-1)) ( mod p^k ) for all prime p and positive integers n and k. See Zarelua and also Stanley (Ch. 5, Ex. 5.2(a) and its solution).
121*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n) - 125/a(n)) = 1: (125 = Lucas(10) + 2 and 121 = Lucas(10) - 2)
125*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n) + 121/a(n)) = 1.
x*exp(Sum_{n >= 1} a(n)*x^/n) = x + 123*x^2 + 15128*x^3 + ... is the o.g.f. for A049670. (End)
E.g.f.: exp((1/2)*(123 - 55*sqrt(5))*x)*(1 + exp(55*sqrt(5)*x)). - Stefano Spezia, Oct 18 2019
EXAMPLE
a(4) = 228826127 = 123*a(3) - a(2) = 123*1860498 - 15127=((123+sqrt(15125))/2)^4 + ( (123-sqrt(15125))/2)^4 =228826126.99999999562986 + 0.00000000437013 = 228826127.
a(4) = L(10 * 4) = L(40) = 228826127. - Indranil Ghosh, Feb 08 2017
MATHEMATICA
LucasL[10*Range[0, 20]] (* Paolo Xausa, Mar 04 2024 *)
PROG
(Magma) [Lucas(10*n): n in [0..90]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 14 2011
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000032: a(n) = A000032(10*n).
Cf. Lucas(k*n): A005248 (k = 2), A014448 (k = 3), A056854 (k = 4), A001946 (k = 5), A087215 (k = 6), A087281 (k = 7), A087265 (k = 8), A087287 (k = 9), A089772 (k = 11), A089775 (k = 12).
Sequence in context: A230586 A024244 A088055 * A012870 A183720 A042921
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Nikolay V. Kosinov (kosinov(AT)unitron.com.ua), Oct 25 2003
STATUS
approved