OFFSET
0,7
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..3646
V. C. Harris, C. C. Styles, A generalization of Fibonacci numbers, Fib. Quart. 2 (1964) 277-289, sequence u(n,1,5).
V. E. Hoggatt, Jr., 7-page typed letter to N. J. A. Sloane with suggestions for new sequences, circa 1977.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1,1)
FORMULA
G.f.: (1-x)^4/((1-x)^5-x^6);
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(k, 5(n-k));
a(n) = 5a(n-1)-10a(n-2)+10a(n-3)-5a(n-4)+a(n-5)+a(n-6);
a(n) = A017837(5n).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/5)} binomial(n-k, 5k). - Paul Barry, May 09 2005
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{5, -10, 10, -5, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 20 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec((1-x)^4/((1-x)^5-x^6) + O(x^40)) \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 06 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Sep 29 2004
STATUS
approved