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A077863
Expansion of (1-x)^(-1)/(1-x-2*x^2-2*x^3).
0
1, 2, 5, 12, 27, 62, 141, 320, 727, 1650, 3745, 8500, 19291, 43782, 99365, 225512, 511807, 1161562, 2636201, 5982940, 13578467, 30816750, 69939565, 158730000, 360242631, 817581762, 1855527025, 4211175812, 9557393387, 21690799062, 49227937461, 111724322360
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) + 1. - Christian Krause, Jan 02 2023
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[(1-x)^(-1)/(1-x-2x^2-2x^3), {x, 0, 40}], x] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{2, 1, 0, -2}, {1, 2, 5, 12}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 14 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) my(x='x+O('x^40)); Vec((1-x)^(-1)/(1-x-2*x^2-2*x^3)) \\ Christian Krause, Jan 02 2023
CROSSREFS
Cf. A077946 (first differences).
Cf. A078006 (second differences).
Sequence in context: A299270 A190171 A091596 * A319172 A018009 A128096
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 17 2002
STATUS
approved