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A007574
Patterns in a dual ring.
1
1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 60, 113, 207, 373, 663, 1167, 2038, 3537, 6107, 10499, 17983, 30703, 52272, 88769, 150407, 254321, 429223, 723167, 1216490, 2043361, 3427635, 5742463, 9609327, 16062463, 26821668, 44744657, 74576703, 124192237, 206650167, 343594479
OFFSET
1,2
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
C. A. Church, Jr., Lattice paths and Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, Fibonacci Quarterly 12(4) (1974) 336-338.
W. Dotson, F. Norwood and C. Taylor, Fiber optics and Fibonacci, Math. Mag., 66 (1993), 167-174.
FORMULA
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) -4*a(n-2) -2*a(n-3) +4*a(n-4) -a(n-6). G.f.: -x*(-1+x+x^2-x^3-x^4+2*x^5)/ ((x-1)^2 * (x^2+x-1)^2). [R. J. Mathar, Feb 06 2010]
MAPLE
with(combinat): A007574 := proc(n) local k; if n=1 then RETURN(1) fi; if n=2 then RETURN(3) fi; if n=3 then RETURN(7) fi; if n>3 then RETURN( fibonacci(n)+2*fibonacci(n-1)+n*sum(fibonacci(n-k), k=2..n-1)) fi; end;
MATHEMATICA
Table[ Fibonacci[n] + 2 Fibonacci[n - 1] + n*Sum[Fibonacci[n - k], {k, 2, n - 1}], {n, 1, 35} ]
LinearRecurrence[{4, -4, -2, 4, 0, -1}, {1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 60}, 60] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 08 2012 *)
CoefficientList[Series[-(- 1 + x + x^2 - x^3 - x^4 + 2 x^5) / ((x - 1)^2 (x^2 + x - 1)^2), {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 09 2013 *)
PROG
(Magma) I:=[1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 60]; [n le 6 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-4*Self(n-2)-2*Self(n-3)+4*Self(n-4)-Self(n-6): n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 09 2013
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000045.
Sequence in context: A023424 A276647 A006778 * A034480 A218281 A057703
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
STATUS
approved