OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The corresponding right Aurifeuillian factor is A220984.
LINKS
Wikipedia, Cunningham Project
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (137257, -2354918349, 5670354183893, -1944931485075299, 95029449572634843, -651636050170246351, 558545864083284007).
FORMULA
a(n) = 7^(6n+3) - 7^(5n+3) + 3 * 7^(4n+2) - 7^(3n+2) + 3 * 7^(2n+1) - 7^(n+1) + 1.
Aurifeuillian factorization: 7^(14n+7) + 1 = (7^(2n+1) + 1) * a(n) * A220984(n).
G.f.: -(184010736563880737*x^6 +268740854387875086*x^5 +14564007567924591*x^4 +73553506117028*x^3 +123792021759*x^2 +19415886*x +113) / ((x -1)*(7*x -1)*(49*x -1)*(343*x -1)*(2401*x -1)*(16807*x -1)*(117649*x -1)). [Colin Barker, Jan 04 2013]
MATHEMATICA
Table[7^(6n+3) - 7^(5n+3) + 3 * 7^(4n+2) - 7^(3n+2) + 3 * 7^(2n+1) - 7^(n+1) + 1, {n, 0, 20}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Stuart Clary, Dec 27 2012
STATUS
approved