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A164395
Number of binary strings of length n with no substrings equal to 0001 or 0101.
3
1, 2, 4, 8, 14, 24, 42, 72, 122, 208, 354, 600, 1018, 1728, 2930, 4968, 8426, 14288, 24226, 41080, 69658, 118112, 200274, 339592, 575818, 976368, 1655554, 2807192, 4759930, 8071040, 13685426, 23205288, 39347370, 66718224, 113128802, 191823544
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) - 2*a(n-4). - Andrew Howroyd, Feb 14 2018
G.f.: (1 + x^2)/((1 - x)*(1 - x - 2*x^3)). - R. J. Mathar, Dec 01 2011
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, -1, 2, -2}, {1, 2, 4, 8}, 50] (* G. C. Greubel, Sep 18 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec((1 + x^2)/((1 - x)*(1 - x - 2*x^3)) + O(x^40)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Sep 18 2017
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A164400 A164405 A164163 * A164160 A164394 A164171
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Aug 14 2009
EXTENSIONS
a(0)-a(3) prepended by Andrew Howroyd, Feb 14 2018
STATUS
approved