OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(n) is also the number of paths of length 2n in the E8 graph that begin and end at the vertex farthest from the trivalent vertex.
LINKS
V. Jones, Planar Algebras I, arXiv:math/9909027v1 [math.QA]
FORMULA
G.f.: (1 - 8*x + 21*x^2 - 21*x^3 + 6*x^4)/(1 - 9*x + 28*x^2 - 36*x^3 + 17*x^4 - 2*x^5)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Stephen Bigelow (bigelow(AT)math.ucsb.edu), Jan 29 2009
STATUS
approved