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A182228 a(n) = 3*a(n-2) - a(n-1) for n > 1, a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1. 6

%I #53 Sep 08 2022 08:45:55

%S 0,1,-1,4,-7,19,-40,97,-217,508,-1159,2683,-6160,14209,-32689,75316,

%T -173383,399331,-919480,2117473,-4875913,11228332,-25856071,59541067,

%U -137109280,315732481,-727060321,1674257764,-3855438727,8878212019,-20444528200,47079164257,-108412748857

%N a(n) = 3*a(n-2) - a(n-1) for n > 1, a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1.

%C This is A006130 with minus signs on every other term. - _T. D. Noe_, Apr 23 2012

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A182228/b182228.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_02">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (-1,3).

%F From _R. J. Mathar_, Apr 22 2013: (Start)

%F a(n) = -A140167(n).

%F G.f.: x/(1 + x - 3*x^2). (End)

%F G.f.: 1 - Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + 3*x^2 - (k+2)*x + x*(k+1 - 3*x)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - _Sergei N. Gladkovskii_, Oct 06 2013

%F E.g.f.: (-1/sqrt(13))*(exp(-(1+sqrt(13))*x/2) - exp(-(1-sqrt(13))*x/2)). - _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 30 2015

%F a(n) = (-(-1)^n/sqrt(13))*(((1 + sqrt(13))/2)^n - ((1 - sqrt(13))/2)^n). - _Taras Goy_, Jul 17 2018

%t RecurrenceTable[{a[n]== - a[n-1] + 3*a[n-2], a[0]== 0, a[1]== 1}, a, {n,0,200}] (* _G. C. Greubel_, Aug 30 2015 *)

%t LinearRecurrence[{-1,3},{0,1},40] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Oct 23 2016 *)

%o (Python)

%o prpr = 0

%o prev = 1

%o for i in range(2,55):

%o current = prpr*3-prev

%o print (current, end=',')

%o prpr = prev

%o prev = current

%o (Magma) [n le 2 select n-1 else -Self(n-1) + 3*Self(n-2): n in [1..40]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 31 2015

%Y Cf. A140167.

%K sign,easy

%O 0,4

%A _Alex Ratushnyak_, Apr 19 2012

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