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A247842 Sum(9^k, k=2..n). 2

%I #15 Sep 08 2022 08:46:09

%S 0,81,810,7371,66420,597861,5380830,48427551,435848040,3922632441,

%T 35303692050,317733228531,2859599056860,25736391511821,

%U 231627523606470,2084647712458311,18761829412124880,168856464709124001,1519708182382116090,13677373641439044891

%N Sum(9^k, k=2..n).

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A247842/b247842.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_02">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (10,-9).

%F G.f.: 81*x^2/((1-x)*(1-9*x)).

%F a(n) = a(n-1) + 9^n = (9^(n+1) - 81)/8 = 10*a(n-1) - 9*a(n-2).

%F a(n) = A052386(n) - 9. - _Michel Marcus_, Sep 25 2014

%p A247842:=n->add(9^k, k=2..n): seq(A247842(n), n=1..30); # _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, Sep 26 2014

%t RecurrenceTable[{a[1] == 0, a[n] == a[n-1] + 9^n}, a, {n, 30}] (* or *) CoefficientList[Series[81 x / ((1 - x) (1 - 9 x)), {x, 0, 30}], x]

%o (Magma) [0] cat [&+[9^k: k in [2..n]]: n in [2..30]]; /* or */ [(9^(n+1)-81)/8: n in [1..30]];

%Y Cf. similar sequences listed in A247817.

%Y Cf. A052386.

%K nonn,easy

%O 1,2

%A _Vincenzo Librandi_, Sep 25 2014

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