OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,6,-6,-8,8,3,-3).
FORMULA
M[n_] := If[Mod[n,2] == 1, {{0, 1, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 3, 1}}, {{0, 1, 0, 0}, {3, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 1}}]; v[1] = {0, 1, 1, 0}; v[n_] := v[n] = M[n].v[n - 1] a(n) =Sum[v[n][[i]],{i,1,4}]
a(n) = +a(n-1) +6*a(n-2) -6*a(n-3) -8*a(n-4) +8*a(n-5) +3*a(n-6) -3*a(n-7). G.f.: x*(2+2*x-8*x^2-7*x^3+4*x^5+3*x^6) / ( (1+x)*(3*x^4-5*x^2+1)*(x-1)^2 ). [From R. J. Mathar, May 24 2010]
MATHEMATICA
M[n_] := If[Mod[n, 2] == 1, {{0, 1, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 3, 1}}, {{0, 1, 0, 0}, {3, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1, 1}}]; v[1] = {0, 1, 1, 0}; v[n_] := v[n] = M[n].v[n - 1]; a = Table[Apply[Plus, v[n]], {n, 1, 50}] Table[Det[M[n] - x*IdentityMatrix[4]], {n, 0, 1}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,uned
AUTHOR
Roger L. Bagula, Jan 11 2008
STATUS
approved