OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1, -2, -2).
FORMULA
a(0)=1, a(1)=1, a(2)=-1, a(n) = a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2) - 2*a(n-3). - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 14 2011
a(n) = (-1)^n * A077977(n). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 02 2019
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1-x+2x^2+2x^3), {x, 0, 40}], x] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{1, -2, -2}, {1, 1, -1}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 14 2011 *)
PROG
(Magma) I:=[1, 1, -1]; [n le 3 select I[n] else Self(n-1)-2*Self(n-2) -2*Self(n-3): n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 09 2016
(PARI) my(x='x+O('x^40)); Vec(1/(1-x+2*x^2+2*x^3)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jul 02 2019
(Sage) (1/(1-x+2*x^2+2*x^3)).series(x, 40).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Jul 02 2019
(GAP) a:=[1, 1, -1];; for n in [4..40] do a[n]:=a[n-1]-2*a[n-2]-2*a[n-3]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Jul 02 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 17 2002
STATUS
approved