OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
J. L. Bailey, Jr., A table to facilitate the fitting of certain logistic curves, Annals Math. Stat., 2 (1931), 355-359.
J. L. Bailey, A table to facilitate the fitting of certain logistic curves, Annals Math. Stat., 2 (1931), 355-359. [Annotated scanned copy]
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n*(4*n^2-1))/3. - Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
G.f.: 2*x*(x^2+6*x+1) / (x-1)^4. - Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
a(n) = 2*binomial(2*n+1, 3). - Michel Marcus, Mar 05 2022
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {0, 2, 20, 70}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 01 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) concat(0, Vec(2*x*(x^2+6*x+1)/(x-1)^4 + O(x^100))) \\ Colin Barker, Jun 28 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 24 2015
STATUS
approved