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A078065
Expansion of (1-x)/(1+2*x+x^2+x^3).
2
1, -3, 5, -8, 14, -25, 44, -77, 135, -237, 416, -730, 1281, -2248, 3945, -6923, 12149, -21320, 37414, -65657, 115220, -202197, 354831, -622685, 1092736, -1917618, 3365185, -5905488, 10363409, -18186515, 31915109, -56007112, 98285630, -172479257, 302679996, -531166365, 932131991
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
For n > 0: a(n) = (-1)^n * (2*A005251(n-1) + 3*A005251(n+2)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 13 2015
a(0) = 1, a(1) = -3, a(2) = 5, a(n) = -2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) - a(n-3) for n > 2. - Jinyuan Wang, Apr 07 2020
PROG
(PARI) Vec((1-x)/(1+2*x+x^2+x^3)+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 27 2012
(Haskell)
a078065 n = a078065_list !! n
a078065_list = 1 : zipWith (*) (cycle [-1, 1])
(zipWith (+) (map (* 2) a005251_list) (map (* 3) $ drop 2 a005251_list))
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 13 2015
CROSSREFS
Cf. A005251.
Sequence in context: A208667 A329823 A329742 * A175378 A072655 A108301
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 17 2002
STATUS
approved