OFFSET
0,9
COMMENTS
Half the domination number of the camel's graph (from Tamerlane Chess) on a 2 X (n-6) chessboard. - David Nacin, May 28 2017
LINKS
Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1,-1,2,-1,-1,2,-1)
FORMULA
G.f.: x^7 / ( (x^6+x^3+1)*(x-1)^2 ). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 22 2011
a(n) = n/3 + O(1). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2015
a(n) = A287394(n-6)/2. - David Nacin, May 28 2017
MATHEMATICA
Array[Total@ Map[Floor[#/9] &, # + Range[0, 2]] &, 80, 0] (* or *)
CoefficientList[Series[x^7/((x^6 + x^3 + 1) (x - 1)^2), {x, 0, 79}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, Dec 12 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=n\9+(n+1)\9+(n+2)\9 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 28 2004
STATUS
approved