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A143451
Expansion of 1/(x^k*(1-x-2*x^(k+1))) for k=8.
2
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25, 35, 49, 67, 89, 115, 145, 179, 217, 267, 337, 435, 569, 747, 977, 1267, 1625, 2059, 2593, 3267, 4137, 5275, 6769, 8723, 11257, 14507, 18625, 23811, 30345, 38619, 49169, 62707, 80153, 102667, 131681, 168931, 216553, 277243
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is also the number of length n ternary words with at least 8 0-digits between any other digits.
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n>=17, 3*a(n-17) equals the number of 3-colored compositions of n with all parts >=9, such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 27 2011
FORMULA
G.f.: 1/(x^8*(1-x-2*x^9)).
a(n) = 2n+1 if n<=9, else a(n) = a(n-1) + 2a(n-9). - Milan Janjic, Mar 09 2015
MAPLE
a:= proc(k::nonnegint) local n, i, j; if k=0 then unapply(3^n, n) else unapply((Matrix(k+1, (i, j)-> if (i=j-1) or j=1 and i=1 then 1 elif j=1 and i=k+1 then 2 else 0 fi)^(n+k))[1, 1], n) fi end(8): seq(a(n), n=0..62);
MATHEMATICA
Series[1/(1-x-2*x^9), {x, 0, 62}] // CoefficientList[#, x]& // Drop[#, 8]& (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 13 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec(1/(x^8*(1-x-2*x^9))+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 27 2012
CROSSREFS
8th column of A143453.
Sequence in context: A356845 A225105 A374909 * A352547 A014261 A066640
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Aug 16 2008
STATUS
approved