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A145284
a(n) = number of monomials in n-th power of polynomial x^3-x^2-x-1
0
4, 6, 8, 13, 16, 17, 21, 25, 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 42, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67, 70, 73, 76, 79, 82, 85, 88, 91, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 109, 112, 115, 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 133, 136, 139, 142, 145, 148, 151, 154, 157, 160, 163, 166, 169, 172, 175, 178, 181
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(n)=Length[(x^3-x^2-x-1)^n]
MATHEMATICA
a = {}; k = x^3 - x^2- x - 1; m = k; Do[AppendTo[a, Length[m]]; m = Expand[m*k], {n, 1, 100}]; a (*Artur Jasinski*)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A121613 A008438 A141641 * A023560 A340960 A261680
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artur Jasinski, Oct 06 2008
STATUS
approved