login

Year-end appeal: Please make a donation to the OEIS Foundation to support ongoing development and maintenance of the OEIS. We are now in our 61st year, we have over 378,000 sequences, and we’ve reached 11,000 citations (which often say “discovered thanks to the OEIS”).

A342761
Fold a square sheet of paper alternately vertically to the left and horizontally downwards; after each fold, draw a line along each inward crease; after n folds, the resulting graph has a(n) edges.
2
4, 7, 10, 15, 25, 43, 79, 147, 283, 547, 1075, 2115, 4195, 8323, 16579, 33027, 65923, 131587, 262915, 525315, 1050115, 2099203, 4197379, 8392707, 16783363, 33562627, 67121155, 134234115, 268460035, 536903683, 1073790979
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
A342759 is the main sequence for this entry.
FORMULA
Theorem: a(2*t) = 2^(2*t)+3*2^(t-1)+3 for t >= 1; a(2*t+1) = 2^(2*t+1)+2^(t+1)+3 for t >= 0. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 26 2021
EXAMPLE
See illustration in Links section.
PROG
(C#) See Links section.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A342759.
It appears that a(n) = A257418(n) + 2 for n >= 2. Hugo Pfoertner, Mar 29 2021 [This is true - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 26 2021]
Sequence in context: A071408 A137461 A137379 * A096676 A092863 A310707
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved