OFFSET
2,1
LINKS
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Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = (3*n^3 +21*n^2 -6*n +14)/2.
G.f.: z^2*(55-87*z+57*z^2-16*z^3)/(1-z)^4.
The Hosoya polynomial is [t - 4t^2 - 3t^3 - 2t^5 - 3t^6 + 2t^7 + 4nt - nt^2 - 3nt^3 + nt^5 - nt^7 + t^{n+2} + 4t^{n+3} + 4t^{n+4}](t-1)^2.
MAPLE
a := proc (n) options operator, arrow: (3/2)*n^3+(21/2)*n^2-3*n+7 end proc: seq(a(n), n = 2 .. 40);
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {55, 133, 259, 442}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 18 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Emeric Deutsch, Jun 29 2013
STATUS
approved