OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,4).
FORMULA
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 4*a(n-2) for n > 1; a(0) = 4, a(1) = 9.
G.f.: (4+x)/(1-2*x-4*x^2).
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, 4}, {4, 9}, 30] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 08 2018 *)
PROG
(Magma) Z<x>:=PolynomialRing(Integers()); N<r>:=NumberField(x^2-5); S:=[ ((4+r)*(1+r)^n+(4-r)*(1-r)^n)/2: n in [0..23] ]; [ Integers()!S[j]: j in [1..#S] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Jul 21 2009
(PARI) x='x+O('x^30); Vec((4+x)/(1-2*x-4*x^2)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jan 08 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)gmail.com), Jul 20 2009
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended beyond a(5) by Klaus Brockhaus, Jul 21 2009
STATUS
approved