OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Hankel transform of A168073.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,0,27,-81).
FORMULA
a(n) = 3^n*A168071(n).
a(n) = 3^n*(sin(2*Pi*n/3)/sqrt(3) - cos(2*Pi*n/3) - 2*n + 2). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 10 2016
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{3, 0, 27, -81}, {1, 3, -18, -135}, 50] (* G. C. Greubel, Jul 09 2016 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(1 - 27 x^2 - 108 x^3) / ((1 - 3 x)^2 (1 + 3 x + 9 x^2)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 10 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec((1-27*x^2-108*x^3)/((1-3*x)^2*(1+3*x+9*x^2)) + O(x^30)) \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 03 2014
(Magma) I:=[1, 3, -18, -135]; [n le 4 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)+27*Self(n-3)-81*Self(n-4): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 10 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,sign
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Nov 18 2009
EXTENSIONS
Corrected by R. J. Mathar, Dec 03 2014
STATUS
approved