OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,1).
FORMULA
From R. J. Mathar, Apr 20 2010: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1) - a(n-8) + a(n-9).
G.f.: ( -1-6*x-8*x^2+12*x^3-x^4-7*x^5+2*x^6-3*x^7-5*x^8 ) / ( (x-1)*(1+x^8) ). (End)
a(n) = a(n-16). - G. C. Greubel, Mar 20 2016
MATHEMATICA
PowerMod[7, Range[0, 100], 17] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 20 2011 *)
PROG
(Sage) [power_mod(7, n, 17) for n in range(0, 86)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 27 2009
(PARI) a(n) = lift(Mod(7, 17)^n); \\ Altug Alkan, Mar 20 2016
(Magma) [Modexp(7, n, 17): n in [0..100]]; // Bruno Berselli, Mar 22 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 12 2002
STATUS
approved