OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
This is the sequence of numbers congruent to 19 mod 40.
LINKS
Karl V. Keller, Jr., Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).
FORMULA
From Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 11 2014: (Start)
G.f.: x*(19+21*x)/(1-x)^2.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3). (End)
From Elmo R. Oliveira, Apr 04 2025: (Start)
E.g.f.: 21 + exp(x)*(40*x - 21).
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n > 2. (End)
MATHEMATICA
40 Range[40] - 21 (* Alonso del Arte, Nov 10 2014 *)
CoefficientList[Series[(19 + 21 x) / (1 - x)^2, {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 11 2014 *)
PROG
(Python) for n in range(1, 101): print(40*n-21, end=", ")
(Magma) [40*n-21: n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 11 2014
(PARI) a(n)=40*n-21 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 23 2019
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Karl V. Keller, Jr., Nov 10 2014
STATUS
approved
