OFFSET
1,8
COMMENTS
Partials sums of A117302.
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000
Mircea Merca, Inequalities and Identities Involving Sums of Integer Functions J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 14 (2011), Article 11.9.1.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-2,0,0,0,0,1,-3,2).
FORMULA
a(n) = round((14*2^n - 127*n + 75)/889).
a(n) = floor((14*2^n - 127*n + 284)/889).
a(n) = ceiling((14*2^n - 127*n - 134)/889).
a(n) = round((14*2^n - 127*n - 14)/889).
a(n) = a(n-7) + 2^(n-6) - 1, n > 6.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2) + a(n-7) - 3*a(n-8) + 2*a(n-9), n > 9.
G.f.: -x^7/((2*x-1)*(x-1)^2*(x^6 + x^5 + x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 1)).
From Seiichi Manyama, Dec 22 2023: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^(n-k) * floor(k/7).
a(n) = floor(2^(n+1)/127) - floor((n+1)/7). (End)
EXAMPLE
a(10) = a(3) + 2^4 - 1 = 15.
MAPLE
A178460 := proc(n) add( floor(2^i/127), i=0..n) ; end proc:
PROG
(Magma) [Round((14*2^n-127*n+75)/889): n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 21 2011
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,less
AUTHOR
Mircea Merca, Dec 22 2010
STATUS
approved