OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
a(n)^(1/n) tends to 2.778154... - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 06 2025
LINKS
Paul D. Hanna, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..401
FORMULA
G.f. A(x) = Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*x^n satisfies the following formulas.
(1) 2*(1-x) = Sum_{n=-oo..+oo} (x - A(x)^n)^(n+1) * (A(x) - x^n)^(n+1).
(2) 2*(1-x) = Sum_{n=-oo..+oo} (x*A(x))^(n*(n-1)) / ( (1 - x*A(x)^n)*(1 - A(x)*x^n) )^(n-1).
EXAMPLE
G.f.: A(x) = x + x^2 + x^3 + 2*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 8*x^6 + 13*x^7 + 35*x^8 + 86*x^9 + 191*x^10 + 447*x^11 + 1103*x^12 + ...
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = my(A=[0, 1]); for(i=1, n, A = concat(A, 0);
A[#A] = polcoef(-2*(1-x) + sum(m=-#A, #A, (x - Ser(A)^m)^(m+1) * (Ser(A) - x^m)^(m+1) ), #A-1); ); A[n+1]}
for(n=1, 40, print1(a(n), ", "))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Paul D. Hanna, Jul 05 2025
STATUS
approved
