OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Amiram Eldar, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = n*9/gcd(n,9).
Sum_{k=1..n} a(k) ~ (61/18) * n^2. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 26 2022
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 7*log(2)/27. - Amiram Eldar, Sep 08 2023
From Elmo R. Oliveira, Jun 02 2026: (Start)
a(n) = 2*a(n-9) - a(n-18).
G.f.: 9*x * (1 - x + x^2) * (1 + 3*x + 3*x^2 + 4*x^3 + 6*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 5*x^6 + 9*x^7 + 5*x^8 + 4*x^9 + 6*x^10 + 4*x^11 + 3*x^12 + 3*x^13 + x^14) / (1 - x^9)^2. (End)
MATHEMATICA
LCM[9, Range[0, 60]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 21 2021 *)
PROG
(SageMath) [lcm(n, 9)for n in range(0, 57)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 09 2009
(Magma) [Lcm(n, 9): n in [0..100]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 18 2011
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Mitch Harris, Jun 18 2005
STATUS
approved
