OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Rotated by 7 places, the period is palindromic: 1,-2,-2,4,-2,4,-2,-2,1.
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1).
FORMULA
G.f.: (-2+2*x+4*x^3+x^6+2*x^4+2*x^7)/((1+x+x^2)*(x^6+x^3+1)). a(n)= -a(n-1)-a(n-2)-a(n-3)-a(n-4)-a(n-5)-a(n-6)-a(n-7)-a(n-8). - R. J. Mathar, Apr 09 2009
MATHEMATICA
PadRight[{}, 120, {-2, 4, -2, 4, -2, -2, 1, 1, -2}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 11 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=[-2, 4, -2, 4, -2, -2, 1, 1, -2][n%9+1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 13 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,easy,less
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Mar 13 2009
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by R. J. Mathar, Apr 09 2009
STATUS
approved