OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
a(n) is the second Zagreb index of the first type of dendrimer nanostar G[n], shown pictorially in the Iranmanesh et al. reference (Fig. 1).
The second Zagreb index of a simple connected graph is the sum of the degree products d(i)d(j) over all edges ij of the graph.
The M-polynomial of the dendrimer nanostar G[n] is M(G[n]; x, y) = (4*2^n + 23)*x^2*y^2 + (8*2^n + 34)*x^2*y^3 + (2*2^n + 16)*x^3*y^3.
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
E. Deutsch and Sandi Klavzar, M-polynomial and degree-based topological indices, Iranian J. Math. Chemistry, 6, No. 2, 2015, 93-102.
A. Iranmanesh, N. A. Gholami, Computing the Szeged index of two type dendrimer nanostars, Croatica Chemica Acta, 81, No. 2, 2008, 299-303.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-2).
FORMULA
From Colin Barker, May 30 2018: (Start)
G.f.: 2*(261 - 481*x) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)).
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2) for n>1.
(End)
MAPLE
seq(82*2^n+440, n = 0..40);
PROG
(PARI) Vec(2*(261 - 481*x) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)) + O(x^40)) \\ Colin Barker, May 30 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Emeric Deutsch, May 29 2018
STATUS
approved