with(FormalPowerSeries): with(LREtools): # requires Maple 2022
gf:= (1 + 2*x + 2*x^4 - x^6 - (1-x^2)*sqrt(1 - 2*x^2 - x^4 - 2*x^6 + x^8))/(2*x*sqrt(1 - 2*x^2 - x^4 - 2*x^6 + x^8));
re:= FindRE(gf, x, a(n));
inits:= {seq(a(i-1)=[1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 26, 40, 63, 97, 153][i], i=1..14)};
rm:= (n+1)*a(n) +(n-2)*a(n-1) +2*(-n+1)*a(n-2) +2*(-n+1)*a(n-3) +(-n-3)*a(n-4) +(-n+8)*a(n-5) +2*(-n+6)*a(n-6) +2*(-n+7)*a(n-7) +(n-9)*a(n-8) +(n-10)*a(n-9)=0;
minre:= MinimalRecurrence(re, a(n), inits); minrm:= MinimalRecurrence(rm, a(n), inits); # shows that Mathar's recurrence is equivalent
f:= REtoproc(re, a(n), inits); seq(f(n), n=0..40); #
Georg Fischer, Oct 22 2022