OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
A spherical curve C is said to be dp-homogeneous if the stability group of C in the group of diffeomorphisms of the sphere acts transitively on the set of double points of C. Two spherical curves belongs to the same class if there is a diffeomorphism of the sphere sending the first curve onto the second one.
LINKS
Guy Valette, Double point-homogeneous spherical curves, Bull. Belg. Math. Soc. Simon Stevin 23 (2016), 73-86.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,-1,0,0,0,1,0,1)
FORMULA
If n>14, then a(n) = a(n-12).
G.f.: -(x^10+x^9+3*x^8+3*x^7+5*x^6+4*x^5+6*x^4+3*x^3+3*x^2+x+1) / (x^8+x^6-x^2-1).
EXAMPLE
The second term of the sequence means that all double point-homogeneous spherical curves with just one double point belong to the same orbit relatively to the group of diffeomorphisms of the sphere (it is not true for plane curves: a lemniscate of Bernoulli is not equivalent with a Pascal's limaçon). - Guy Valette, Feb 21 2017
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[-(x^10 + x^9 + 3 x^8 + 3 x^7 + 5 x^6 + 4 x^5 + 6 x^4 + 3 x^3 + 3 x^2 + x + 1)/(x^8 + x^6 - x^2 - 1), {x, 0, 120}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, Feb 21 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Guy Valette, Jun 12 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David Wasserman, Jun 29 2007
STATUS
approved