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A187307
Hankel transform of an alternating sum of Motzkin numbers.
2
1, 2, 2, -1, -5, -5, 1, 8, 8, -1, -11, -11, 1, 14, 14, -1, -17, -17, 1, 20, 20, -1, -23, -23, 1, 26, 26, -1, -29, -29, 1, 32, 32, -1, -35, -35, 1, 38, 38, -1, -41, -41, 1, 44, 44, -1, -47, -47, 1, 50, 50, -1, -53, -53, 1, 56, 56, -1, -59, -59, 1
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Hankel transform of A187306.
LINKS
Paul Barry, On a Central Transform of Integer Sequences, arXiv:2004.04577 [math.CO], 2020.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+x^2-x^3)/(1-x+x^2)^2.
a(n) = (1/3)*(2*n+2-(n-1)*cos(2*n*Pi/3)-(n-1)*cos(4*n*Pi/3)-cos((2*n+1)*Pi/3)-sin((8*n+1)*Pi/6))*(-1)^floor(n/3). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 25 2017
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, -3, 2, -1}, {1, 2, 2, -1}, 120] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 21 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec((1+x^2-x^3)/(1-x+x^2)^2 + O(x^80)) \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 26 2017
CROSSREFS
Cf. A187306.
Sequence in context: A158068 A210879 A176265 * A280785 A204851 A114292
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Mar 08 2011
STATUS
approved