OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(n) is the perimeter (rounded down) of pentaflake after n iterations, let a(0) = 1. The total number of sides is 5*A000302(n).
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Kival Ngaokrajang, Illustration for n = 0..4
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pentaflake
Wikipedia, n-flake
FORMULA
Equals floor((2/(phi))^(2*n)), where phi is the golden ratio. - G. C. Greubel, Jul 05 2017
MAPLE
A240523:=n->floor(4^n/((1+sqrt(5))/2)^(2*n)); seq(A240523(n), n=0..50); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 07 2014
MATHEMATICA
Table[Floor[4^n/(((1 + Sqrt[5]))/2)^(2 n)], {n, 0, 50}] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 07 2014 *)
Table[Floor[4^n/GoldenRatio^(2n)], {n, 0, 40}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 24 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = floor(4^n/((1+sqrt(5))/2)^(2*n))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Kival Ngaokrajang, Apr 07 2014
STATUS
approved