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A099786 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/4)} C(n-k,3*k)*3^(n-4*k). 6

%I #18 Sep 08 2022 08:45:15

%S 1,3,9,27,82,255,819,2727,9397,33312,120537,441855,1631017,6036879,

%T 22345074,82589247,304612975,1120960983,4116353265,15088372416,

%U 55224373105,201895801851,737506551321,2692518758163,9826402960882

%N a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/4)} C(n-k,3*k)*3^(n-4*k).

%C In general a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/4)} C(n-k,3*k) * u^k * v^(n-4*k) has g.f. (1-v*x)^2/((1-v*x)^3 - u*x^4) and satisfies the recurrence a(n) = 3*v*a(n-1) - 3*v^2*a(n-2) + v^3*a(n-3) + u*a(n-4).

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A099786/b099786.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_04">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (9,-27,27,1).

%F G.f.: (1-3*x)^2/((1-3*x)^3 - x^4).

%F a(n) = 9*a(n-1) - 27*a(n-2) + 27*a(n-3) + a(n-4).

%p seq(coeff(series((1-3*x)^2/((1-3*x)^3 - x^4), x, n+1), x, n), n = 0..30); # _G. C. Greubel_, Sep 04 2019

%t LinearRecurrence[{9,-27,27,1},{1,3,9,27},40] (* or *) CoefficientList[ Series[-((1-3 x)^2/(x (x (x (x+27)-27)+9)-1)),{x,0,40}],x] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jun 06 2011 *)

%o (PARI) my(x='x+O('x^30)); Vec((1-3*x)^2/((1-3*x)^3 - x^4)) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, Sep 04 2019

%o (Magma) I:=[1,3,9,27]; [n le 4 select I[n] else 9*Self(n-1) - 27*Self(n-2) + 27*Self(n-3) +Self(n-4): n in [1..30]]; // _G. C. Greubel_, Sep 04 2019

%o (Sage)

%o def A099786_list(prec):

%o P.<x> = PowerSeriesRing(ZZ, prec)

%o return P((1-3*x)^2/((1-3*x)^3 - x^4)).list()

%o A099786_list(30) # _G. C. Greubel_, Sep 04 2019

%o (GAP) a:=[1,3,9,27];; for n in [5..30] do a[n]:=9*a[n-1]-27*a[n-2] + 27*a[n-3] +a[n-4]; od; a; # _G. C. Greubel_, Sep 04 2019

%Y Cf. A003522, A097119.

%Y Cf. A099780, A099781, A099782, A099783, A099784, A099785, A099787.

%K easy,nonn

%O 0,2

%A _Paul Barry_, Oct 26 2004

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