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2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 19, 22, 75, 114
COMMENTS
Related to the search of solutions of the pair of congruences p^2 == -2 (mod q), q^2 == -2 (mod p).
Cosgrave and Dilcher list terms up to 25000, including probable primes (and have a typo 23 for 22).
Octagonal numbers: n*(3*n-2). Also called star numbers.
(Formerly M4493 N1901)
+10
262
0, 1, 8, 21, 40, 65, 96, 133, 176, 225, 280, 341, 408, 481, 560, 645, 736, 833, 936, 1045, 1160, 1281, 1408, 1541, 1680, 1825, 1976, 2133, 2296, 2465, 2640, 2821, 3008, 3201, 3400, 3605, 3816, 4033, 4256, 4485, 4720, 4961, 5208, 5461
COMMENTS
Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0; then a(n) is the sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0,1,....
The spiral begins:
.
85--84--83--82--81--80
/ \
86 56--55--54--53--52 79
/ / \ \
87 57 33--32--31--30 51 78
/ / / \ \ \
88 58 34 16--15--14 29 50 77
/ / / / \ \ \ \
89 59 35 17 5---4 13 28 49 76
/ / / / / \ \ \ \ \
90 60 36 18 6 0 3 12 27 48 75
/ / / / / / / / / / /
91 61 37 19 7 1---2 11 26 47 74
\ \ \ \ \ . / / / /
92 62 38 20 8---9--10 25 46 73
\ \ \ \ . / / /
93 63 39 21--22--23--24 45 72
\ \ \ . / /
94 64 40--41--42--43--44 71
\ \ . /
95 65--66--67--68--69--70
\ .
96
.
Also the number of distinct three-cell blocks that may be removed out of A000217(n+1) square cells arranged in a stepping triangular array of side (n+1). A 5-layer triangular array of square cells, for instance, has vertices outlined thus: x x
x x x
x x x x
x x x x x
x x x x x x
x x x x x x (End)
Starting from n=1, the sequence corresponds to the Wiener index of K_{n,n} (the complete bipartite graph wherein each independent set has n vertices). - Kailasam Viswanathan Iyer, Mar 11 2009
a(n) = A001399(6n-5), number of partitions of 6*n - 5 into parts < 4. For example a(2)=8 and partitions of 6*2 - 5 = 7 into parts < 4 are: [1,1,1,1,1,1,1], [1,1,1,1,1,2],[1,1,1,1,3], [1,1,1,2,2], [1,1,2,3], [1,2,2,2], [1,3,3], [2,2,3]. - Adi Dani, Jun 07 2011 Also, sequence found by reading the line from 0 in the direction 0, 8, ..., and the parallel line from 1 in the direction 1, 21, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the generalized octagonal numbers A001082. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 10 2011 Generate a Pythagorean triple using Euclid's formula with (n, n-1) to give A,B,C. a(n) = B + (A + C)/2. - J. M. Bergot, Jul 13 2013 The number of active (ON, black) cells in n-th stage of growth of two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 773", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood. - Robert Price, May 23 2016 For n >= 1, the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(27*a(n)) is [9n-4; {1, 2n-2, 3, 2n-2, 1, 18n-8}]. For n=1, this collapses to [5; {5, 10}]. - Magus K. Chu, Oct 10 2022 a(n)*a(n+1) + 1 = (3n^2 + n - 1)^2. In general, a(n)*a(n+k) + k^2 = (3n^2 + (3k-2)n - k)^2. - Charlie Marion, May 23 2023
REFERENCES
Albert H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, NY, 1964, p. 189.
E. Deza and M. M. Deza, Figurate numbers, World Scientific Publishing (2012), page 6.
L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923, see vol. 2, p. 1.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin Books, NY, 1986, Revised edition 1987. See p. 123.
FORMULA
a(n) = n*(3*n-2).
a(n) = (3n-2)*(3n-1)*(3n)/((3n-1) + (3n-2) + (3n)), i.e., (the product of three consecutive numbers)/(their sum). a(1) = 1*2*3/(1+2+3), a(2) = 4*5*6/(4+5+6), etc. - Amarnath Murthy, Aug 29 2002 E.g.f.: exp(x)*(x+3*x^2). - Paul Barry, Jul 23 2003 a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (5*n - 4*k). - Paul Barry, Sep 06 2005 a(n) = C(n+1,2) + 5*C(n,2).
Starting (1, 8, 21, 40, 65, ...) = binomial transform of [1, 7, 6, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 30 2008 a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3), a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=8. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 02 2008 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 6. - Ant King, Sep 01 2011 a(6*a(n) + 16*n + 1) = a(6*a(n) + 16*n) + a(6*n + 1). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jan 24 2014 Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = (sqrt(3)*Pi + 9*log(3))/12 = 1.2774090575596367311949534921... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 27 2016 Inverse binomial transform of A084857. Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi/(2*sqrt(3)) = A093766. (End) Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = 3/4. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 21 2021 P(4k+4,n) = ((k+1)*n - k)^2 - (k*n - k)^2 where P(m,n) is the n-th m-gonal number (a generalization of the Apr 10 2013 formula, a(n) = (2*n-1)^2 - (n-1)^2). - Charlie Marion, Oct 07 2021 a(n) = A000384(n) + 2* A000217(n-1). See Twin Rectangular Rays illustration.
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {1, 8, 21}, {0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 07 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(50, n, n--; n*(3*n-2)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2018 (GAP) List([0..50], n -> n*(3*n-2)); # G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2018 (Haskell)
(Sage) [n*(3*n-2) for n in range(50)] # G. C. Greubel, Nov 15 2018 (Python) # Intended to compute the initial segment of the sequence, not isolated terms.
def aList():
x, y = 1, 1
yield 0
while True:
yield x
x, y = x + y + 6, y + 6
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2) with a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1.
(Formerly M3499 N1420)
+10
189
0, 1, 4, 15, 56, 209, 780, 2911, 10864, 40545, 151316, 564719, 2107560, 7865521, 29354524, 109552575, 408855776, 1525870529, 5694626340, 21252634831, 79315912984, 296011017105, 1104728155436, 4122901604639, 15386878263120, 57424611447841, 214311567528244
COMMENTS
3*a(n)^2 + 1 is a square. Moreover, 3*a(n)^2 + 1 = (2*a(n) - a(n-1))^2.
Consecutive terms give nonnegative solutions to x^2 - 4*x*y + y^2 = 1. - Max Alekseyev, Dec 12 2012 Values y solving the Pellian x^2 - 3*y^2 = 1; corresponding x values given by A001075(n). Moreover, we have a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + A001075(n-1). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 13 2006 Number of spanning trees in 2 X n grid: by examining what happens at the right-hand end we see that a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) + ... + 2*a(1) + 1, where the final 1 corresponds to the tree ==...=| !. Solving this we get a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2).
Complexity of 2 X n grid.
A016064 also describes triangles whose sides are consecutive integers and in which an inscribed circle has an integer radius. A001353 is exactly and precisely mapped to the integer radii of such inscribed circles, i.e., for each term of A016064, the corresponding term of A001353 gives the radius of the inscribed circle. - Harvey P. Dale, Dec 28 2000
n such that 3*n^2 = floor(sqrt(3)*n*ceiling(sqrt(3)*n)). - Benoit Cloitre, May 10 2003 For n>0, ratios a(n+1)/a(n) may be obtained as convergents of the continued fraction expansion of 2+sqrt(3): either as successive convergents of [4;-4] or as odd convergents of [3;1, 2]. - Lekraj Beedassy, Sep 19 2003 Ways of packing a 3 X (2*n-1) rectangle with dominoes, after attaching an extra square to the end of one of the sides of length 3. With reference to A001835, therefore: a(n) = a(n-1) + A001835(n-1) and A001835(n) = 3* A001835(n-1) + 2*a(n-1). - Joshua Zucker and the Castilleja School Math Club, Oct 28 2003 a(n+1) is a Chebyshev transform of 4^n, where the sequence with g.f. G(x) is sent to the sequence with g.f. (1/(1+x^2))G(x/(1+x^2)). - Paul Barry, Oct 25 2004 This sequence is prime-free, because a(2n) = a(n) * (a(n+1)-a(n-1)) and a(2n+1) = a(n+1)^2 - a(n)^2 = (a(n+1)+a(n)) * (a(n+1)-a(n)). - Jianing Song, Jul 06 2019 Numbers such that there is an m with t(n+m) = 3*t(m), where t(n) are the triangular numbers A000217. For instance, t(35) = 3*t(20) = 630, so 35 - 20 = 15 is in the sequence. - Floor van Lamoen, Oct 13 2005 a(n) = number of distinct matrix products in (A + B + C + D)^n where commutator [A,B] = 0 but neither A nor B commutes with C or D. - Paul D. Hanna and Max Alekseyev, Feb 01 2006 For n > 1, middle side (or long leg) of primitive Pythagorean triangles having an angle nearing Pi/3 with larger values of sides. [Complete triple (X, Y, Z), X < Y < Z, is given by X = A120892(n), Y = a(n), Z = A120893(n), with recurrence relations X(i+1) = 2*{X(i) - (-1)^i} + a(i); Z(i+1) = 2*{Z(i) + a(i)} - (-1)^i.] - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 13 2006 Number of 2 X n simple rectangular mazes. A simple rectangular m X n maze is a graph G with vertex set {0, 1, ..., m} X {0, 1, ..., n} that satisfies the following two properties: (i) G consists of two orthogonal trees; (ii) one tree has a path that sequentially connects (0,0),(0,1), ..., (0,n), (1,n), ...,(m-1,n) and the other tree has a path that sequentially connects (1,0), (2,0), ..., (m,0), (m,1), ..., (m,n). For example, a(2) = 4 because there are four 2 X 2 simple rectangular mazes:
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| | | |__ | | | | __|
| __| | __| | |__| | __|
(End)
[1, 4, 15, 56, 209, ...] is the Hankel transform of [1, 1, 5, 26, 139, 758, ...](see A005573). - Philippe Deléham, Apr 14 2007 The upper principal convergents to 3^(1/2), beginning with 2/1, 7/4, 26/15, 97/56, comprise a strictly decreasing sequence; numerators= A001075, denominators= A001353. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 27 2008 A001353 and A001835 = bisection of continued fraction [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, ...], i.e., of [1, 3, 4, 11, 15, 41, ...].
For n>0, a(n) equals the determinant of an (n-1) X (n-1) tridiagonal matrix with ones in the super and subdiagonals and (4, 4, 4, ...) as the main diagonal. [Corrected by Johannes Boot, Sep 04 2011] a(n) is equal to the permanent of the (n-1) X (n-1) Hessenberg matrix with 4's along the main diagonal, i's along the superdiagonal and the subdiagonal (i is the imaginary unit), and 0's everywhere else. - John M. Campbell, Jun 09 2011 2a(n) is the number of n-color compositions of 2n consisting of only even parts; see Guo in references. - Brian Hopkins, Jul 19 2011 Pisano period lengths: 1, 2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 8, 4, 18, 6, 10, 12, 12, 8, 6, 8, 18, 18, 5, 12, ... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012 a(n) is defined also by the recurrence a(1)=1; for n>1, a(n+1) = 2*a(n) + sqrt(3*a(n)^2 + 1) where a(n) is an integer for every n. This sequence is generalizable by the sequence b(n,m) of parameter m with the initial condition b(1,m) = 1, and for n > 1 b(n+1,m) = m*b(n,m) + sqrt((m^2 - 1)*b(n,m)^2 + 1) for m = 2, 3, 4, ... where b(n,m) is an integer for every n.
The first corresponding sequences are
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We obtain a general sequence of polynomials {b(n,x)} = {1, 2*x, 4*x^2 - 1, 8*x^3 - 4*x, 16*x^4 - 12*x^2 + 1, 32*x^5 - 32*x^3 + 6*x, ...} with x = m where each b(n,x) is a Gegenbauer polynomial defined by the recurrence b(n,x)- 2*x*b(n-1,x) + b(n-2,x) = 0, the same relation as the Chebyshev recurrence, but with the initial conditions b(x,0) = 1 and b(x,1) = 2*x instead b(x,0) = 1 and b(x,1) = x for the Chebyshev polynomials. (End)
If a(n) denotes the n-th term of the above sequence and we construct a triangle whose sides are a(n) - 1, a(n) + 1 and sqrt(3a(n)^2 + 1), then, for every n the measure of one of the angles of the triangle so constructed will always be 120 degrees. This result of ours was published in Mathematics Spectrum (2012/2013), Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 126-128. - K. S. Bhanu and Dr. M. N. Deshpande, Professor (Retd), Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Nagpur (India). For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 01-avoiding words of length n - 1 on alphabet {0, 1, 2, 3}. - Milan Janjic, Jan 25 2015 For n > 0, 10*a(n) is the number of vertices and roots on level n of the {4, 5} mosaic (see L. Németh Table 1 p. 6). - Michel Marcus, Oct 30 2015 (2 + sqrt(3))^n = A001075(n) + a(n)*sqrt(3), n >= 0; integers in the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(3)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 16 2018 A strong divisibility sequence, that is, gcd(a(n), a(m)) = a(gcd(n, m)) for all positive integers n and m. - Michael Somos, Dec 12 2019 The Cholesky decomposition A = C C* for tridiagonal A with A[i,i] = 4 and A[i+1,i] = A[i,i+1] = -1, as it arises in the discretized 2D Laplace operator (Poisson equation...), has nonzero elements C[i,i] = sqrt(a(i+1)/a(i)) = -1/C[i+1,i], i = 1, 2, 3, ... - M. F. Hasler, Mar 12 2021 The triples (a(n-1), 2a(n), a(n+1)), n=2,3,..., are exactly the triples (a,b,c) of positive integers a < b < c in arithmetic progression such that a*b+1, b*c+1, and c*a+1 are perfect squares. - Bernd Mulansky, Jul 10 2021
REFERENCES
J. Austin and L. Schneider, Generalized Fibonacci sequences in Pythagorean triple preserving sequences, Fib. Q., 58:1 (2020), 340-350.
Bastida, Julio R., Quadratic properties of a linearly recurrent sequence. Proceedings of the Tenth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing (Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Fla., 1979), pp. 163-166, Congress. Numer., XXIII-XXIV, Utilitas Math., Winnipeg, Man., 1979. MR0561042 (81e:10009)
G. Everest, A. van der Poorten, I. Shparlinski and T. Ward, Recurrence Sequences, Amer. Math. Soc., 2003; p. 163.
F. Faase, On the number of specific spanning subgraphs of the graphs G X P_n, Ars Combin. 49 (1998), 129-154.
R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990, p. 329.
J. D. E. Konhauser et al., Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?, MAA 1996, p. 104.
Serge Lang, Introduction to Diophantine Approximations, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1966.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Hideyuki Ohtskua, proposer, Problem B-1351, Elementary Problems and Solutions, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3 (2024), p. 258.
FORMULA
G.f.: x/(1-4*x+x^2).
a(n) = ((2 + sqrt(3))^n - (2 - sqrt(3))^n)/(2*sqrt(3)).
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*sinh(sqrt(3)*x)/sqrt(3).
a(n) = S(n-1, 4) = U(n-1, 2); S(-1, x) := 0, Chebyshev's polynomials of the second kind A049310. a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n-k, k)(-1)^k*4^(n - 2*k). - Paul Barry, Oct 25 2004 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n+k,2*k+1)*2^k. - Paul Barry, Nov 30 2004 M^n * [1,0] = [ A001075(n), A001353(n)], where M = the 2 X 2 matrix [2,3; 1,2]; e.g., a(4) = 56 since M^4 * [1,0] = [97, 56] = [ A001075(4), A001353(4)]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 27 2006 Sequence satisfies 1 = f(a(n), a(n+1)) where f(u, v) = u^2 + v^2 - 4*u*v. - Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 Rational recurrence: a(n) = (17*a(n-1)*a(n-2) - 4*(a(n-1)^2 + a(n-2)^2))/a(n-3) for n > 3. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 05 2009 If p[i] = Fibonacci(2i) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by A[i,j] = p[j-i+1], (i <= j), A[i,j] = -1, (i = j + 1), and A[i,j] = 0 otherwise, then, for n >= 1, a(n) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010 a(n) = C_{n-1}^{(1)}(2), where C_n^{(m)}(x) is the Gegenbauer polynomial. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 16 2011 a(n) = b such that Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} (sin(n*x))/(2-cos(x)) dx = c + b*log(2). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011 1, 4, 15, 56, 209, ... = INVERT(INVERT(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...)). - David Callan, Oct 13 2012 Product_{n >= 1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 1 + sqrt(3). - Peter Bala, Dec 23 2012 Product_{n >= 2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = 1/4*(1 + sqrt(3)). - Peter Bala, Dec 23 2012 a(n) = -(-i)^(n+1)*Fibonacci(n, 4*i), i = sqrt(-1). - G. C. Greubel, Jun 06 2019 a(n)^2 - a(m)^2 = a(n+m) * a(n-m), a(n+2)*a(n-2) = 16*a(n+1)*a(n-1) - 15*a(n)^2, a(n+3)*a(n-2) = 15*a(n+2)*a(n-1) - 14*a(n+1)*a(n) for all integer n, m. - Michael Somos, Dec 12 2019 a(n) = 2^n*Sum_{k >= n} binomial(2*k,2*n-1)*(1/3)^(k+1). Cf. A102591. - Peter Bala, Nov 29 2021 a(n) = Sum_{k > 0} (-1)^((k-1)/2)*binomial(2*n, n+k)*(k|12), where (k|12) is the Kronecker symbol. - Greg Dresden, Oct 11 2022
EXAMPLE
For example, when n = 3:
****
.***
.***
can be packed with dominoes in 4 different ways: 3 in which the top row is tiled with two horizontal dominoes and 1 in which the top row has two vertical and one horizontal domino, as shown below, so a(2) = 4.
---- ---- ---- ||--
.||| .--| .|-- .|||
.||| .--| .|-- .|||
G.f. = x + 4*x^2 + 15*x^3 + 56*x^4 + 209*x^5 + 780*x^6 + 2911*x^7 + 10864*x^8 + ...
MAPLE
seq( simplify(ChebyshevU(n-1, 2)), n=0..20); # G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (MatrixPower[{{1, 2}, {1, 3}}, n].{{1}, {1}})[[2, 1]]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 13 2005 *) Table[GegenbauerC[n-1, 1, 2]], {n, 0, 30}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 14 2009 *) Table[-((I Sin[n ArcCos[2]])/Sqrt[3]), {n, 0, 30}] // FunctionExpand (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 16 2011 *) Table[Sinh[n ArcCosh[2]]/Sqrt[3], {n, 0, 30}] // FunctionExpand (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 16 2011 *) a[0]:=0; a[1]:=1; a[n_]:= a[n]= 4a[n-1] - a[n-2]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* Alonso del Arte, Jul 19 2011 *) LinearRecurrence[{4, -1}, {0, 1}, 30] (* Sture Sjöstedt, Dec 06 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) M = [ 1, 1, 0; 1, 3, 1; 0, 1, 1]; for(i=0, 30, print1(([1, 0, 0]*M^i)[2], ", ")) \\ Lambert Klasen (Lambert.Klasen(AT)gmx.net), Jan 25 2005
(PARI) {a(n) = real( (2 + quadgen(12))^n / quadgen(12) )}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 */ (PARI) {a(n) = polchebyshev(n-1, 2, 2)}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 */ (PARI) concat(0, Vec(x/(1-4*x+x^2) + O(x^30))) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 30 2015 (Sage) [lucas_number1(n, 4, 1) for n in range(30)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2009 (Sage) [chebyshev_U(n-1, 2) for n in (0..20)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019 (Haskell)
a001353 n = a001353_list !! n
a001353_list =
0 : 1 : zipWith (-) (map (4 *) $ tail a001353_list) a001353_list
(GAP) a:=[0, 1];; for n in [3..30] do a[n]:=4*a[n-1]-a[n-2]; od; a; # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 16 2018 (Magma) I:=[0, 1]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Jun 06 2019 (Python)
a001353 = [0, 1]
for n in range(30): a001353.append(4*a001353[-1] - a001353[-2])
CROSSREFS
Cf. A001075, A001542, A001571, A001834, A001835, A002531, A003500, A005246, A016064, A019679, A079935, A082840. Chebyshev sequence U(n, m): A000027 (m=1), this sequence (m=2), A001109 (m=3), A001090 (m=4), A004189 (m=5), A004191 (m=6), A007655 (m=7), A077412 (m=8), A049660 (m=9), A075843 (m=10), A077421 (m=11), A077423 (m=12), A097309 (m=13), A097311 (m=14), A097313 (m=15), A029548 (m=16), A029547 (m=17), A144128 (m=18), A078987 (m=19), A097316 (m=33).
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2).
(Formerly M1769 N0700)
+10
104
1, 2, 7, 26, 97, 362, 1351, 5042, 18817, 70226, 262087, 978122, 3650401, 13623482, 50843527, 189750626, 708158977, 2642885282, 9863382151, 36810643322, 137379191137, 512706121226, 1913445293767, 7141075053842, 26650854921601, 99462344632562, 371198523608647
COMMENTS
Chebyshev's T(n,x) polynomials evaluated at x=2.
x = 2^n - 1 is prime if and only if x divides a(2^(n-2)).
Any k in the sequence is succeeded by 2*k + sqrt{3*(k^2 - 1)}. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 28 2002 For all elements x of the sequence, 12*x^2 - 12 is a square. Lim_{n -> infinity} a(n)/a(n-1) = 2 + sqrt(3) = (4 + sqrt(12))/2 which preserves the kinship with the equation "12*x^2 - 12 is a square" where the initial "12" ends up appearing as a square root. - Gregory V. Richardson, Oct 10 2002 This sequence gives the values of x in solutions of the Diophantine equation x^2 - 3*y^2 = 1; the corresponding values of y are in A001353. The solution ratios a(n)/ A001353(n) are obtained as convergents of the continued fraction expansion of sqrt(3): either as successive convergents of [2;-4] or as odd convergents of [1;1,2]. - Lekraj Beedassy, Sep 19 2003 [edited by Jon E. Schoenfield, May 04 2014] a(n) is half the central value in a list of three consecutive integers, the lengths of the sides of a triangle with integer sides and area. - Eugene McDonnell (eemcd(AT)mac.com), Oct 19 2003
a(3+6*k) - 1 and a(3+6*k) + 1 are consecutive odd powerful numbers. See A076445. - T. D. Noe, May 04 2006 The intermediate convergents to 3^(1/2), beginning with 3/2, 12/7, 45/26, 168/97, comprise a strictly increasing sequence; essentially, numerators= A005320, denominators= A001075. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 27 2008 The upper principal convergents to 3^(1/2), beginning with 2/1, 7/4, 26/15, 97/56, comprise a strictly decreasing sequence; numerators= A001075, denominators= A001353. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 27 2008 Pisano period lengths: 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 8, 4, 6, 6, 10, 4, 12, 8, 6, 8, 18, 6, 5, 12, ... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012 Except for the first term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 4*x*y + y^2 + 3 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 04 2014 Except for the first term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 14*x*y + y^2 + 48 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 10 2014 A triangle with row sums generating the sequence can be constructed by taking the production matrix M. Take powers of M, extracting the top rows.
M =
1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...
2, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, ...
2, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, ...
2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, ...
2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, ...
...
The triangle generated from M is:
1,
1, 1,
3, 1, 3,
11, 3, 3, 9,
41, 11, 9, 9, 27,
...
Even-indexed terms are odd while odd-indexed terms are even. Indeed, a(2*n) = 2*(a(n))^2 - 1 and a(2*n+1) = 2*a(n)*a(n+1) - 2. - Timothy L. Tiffin, Oct 11 2016 For each n, a(0) divides a(n), a(1) divides a(2n+1), a(2) divides a(4*n+2), a(3) divides a(6*n+3), a(4) divides a(8*n+4), a(5) divides a(10n+5), and so on. Thus, a(k) divides a((2*n+1)*k) for each k > 0 and n >= 0. A proof of this can be found in Bhargava-Kedlaya-Ng's first solution to Problem A2 of the 76th Putnam Mathematical Competition. Links to the exam and its solutions can be found below. - Timothy L. Tiffin, Oct 12 2016 If any term a(n) is a prime number, then its index n will be a power of 2. This is a consequence of the results given in the previous two comments. See A277434 for those prime terms. a(2n) == 1 (mod 6) and a(2*n+1) == 2 (mod 6). Consequently, each odd prime factor of a(n) will be congruent to 1 modulo 6 and, thus, found in A002476. a(n) == 1 (mod 10) if n == 0 (mod 6), a(n) == 2 (mod 10) if n == {1,-1} (mod 6), a(n) == 7 (mod 10) if n == {2,-2} (mod 6), and a(n) == 6 (mod 10) if n == 3 (mod 6). So, the rightmost digits of a(n) form a repeating cycle of length 6: 1, 2, 7, 6, 7, 2. (End)
(2 + sqrt(3))^n = a(n) + A001353(n)*sqrt(3), n >= 0; integers in the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(3)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 16 2018 Yong Hao Ng has shown that for any n, a(n) is coprime with any member of A001834 and with any member of A001835. - René Gy, Feb 26 2018 Positive numbers k such that 3*(k-1)*(k+1) is a square. - Davide Rotondo, Oct 25 2020 a(n)*a(n+1)-1 = a(2*n+1)/2 = A001570(n) divides both a(n)^6+1 and a(n+1)^6+1. In other words, for k = a(2*n+1)/2, (k+1)^6 has divisors congruent to -1 modulo k (cf. A350916). - Max Alekseyev, Jan 23 2022
REFERENCES
Serge Lang, Introduction to Diophantine Approximations, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1966.
Eugene McDonnell, "Heron's Rule and Integer-Area Triangles", Vector 12.3 (January 1996) pp. 133-142.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
P.-F. Teilhet, Reply to Query 2094, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 10 (1903), 235-238.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1 - 2*x)/(1 - 4*x + x^2). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*cosh(sqrt(3)*x).
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2) = a(-n).
a(n) = (S(n, 4) - S(n-2, 4))/2 = T(n, 2), with S(n, x) := U(n, x/2), S(-1, x) := 0, S(-2, x) := -1. U, resp. T, are Chebyshev's polynomials of the second, resp. first, kind. S(n-1, 4) = A001353(n), n >= 0. See A049310 and A053120. a(n) = sqrt(1 + 3* A001353(n)) (cf. Richardson comment, Oct 10 2002). a(n) = 2^(-n)*Sum_{k>=0} binomial(2*n, 2*k)*3^k = 2^(-n)*Sum_{k>=0} A086645(n, k)*3^k. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 01, 2004 a(n) = ((2 + sqrt(3))^n + (2 - sqrt(3))^n)/2; a(n) = ceiling((1/2)*(2 + sqrt(3))^(n)).
a(n) = cosh(n * log(2 + sqrt(3))).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n, 2*k)*2^(n-2*k)*3^k. - Paul Barry, May 08 2003 a(n) = left term of M^n * [1,0] where M = the 2 X 2 matrix [2,3; 1,2]. Right term = A001353(n). Example: a(4) = 97 since M^4 * [1,0] = [ A001075(4), A001353(4)] = [97, 56]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 27 2006 Sequence satisfies -3 = f(a(n), a(n+1)) where f(u, v) = u^2 + v^2 - 4*u*v. - Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(3*k - 4)/(x*(3*k - 1) - 2/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 28 2013 a(n) = (tan(Pi/12)^n + tan(5*Pi/12)^n)/2. - Greg Dresden, Oct 01 2020 a(n) = (1/2)^n * [x^n] ( 4*x + sqrt(1 + 12*x^2) )^n.
The g.f. A(x) satisfies A(2*x) = 1 + x*B'(x)/B(x), where B(x) = 1/sqrt(1 - 8*x + 4*x^2) is the g.f. of A069835. The Gauss congruences a(n*p^k) == a(n*p^(k-1)) (mod p^k) hold for all primes p >= 3 and positive integers n and k.
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n) - (3/2)/a(n)) = 1.
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n) + (1/2)/a(n)) = 1/3.
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n)^2 - 3/2) = 1 - 1/sqrt(3). (End)
a(n) = binomial(2*n, n) + 2*Sum_{k > 0} binomial(2*n, n+2*k)*cos(k*Pi/3). - Greg Dresden, Oct 11 2022 2*a(n) + 2^n = 3*Sum_{k=-n..n} (-1)^k*binomial(2*n, n+6*k). - Greg Dresden, Feb 07 2023
EXAMPLE
2^6 - 1 = 63 does not divide a(2^4) = 708158977, therefore 63 is composite. 2^5 - 1 = 31 divides a(2^3) = 18817, therefore 31 is prime.
G.f. = 1 + 2*x + 7*x^2 + 26*x^3 + 97*x^4 + 362*x^5 + 1351*x^6 + 5042*x^7 + ...
MAPLE
orthopoly[T](n, 2) ;
end proc:
MATHEMATICA
Table[ Ceiling[(1/2)*(2 + Sqrt[3])^n], {n, 0, 24}]
LinearRecurrence[{4, -1}, {1, 2}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 22 2015 *) a[ n_] := LucasL[2*n, x]/2 /. x->Sqrt[2]; (* Michael Somos, Sep 05 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = subst(poltchebi(abs(n)), x, 2)};
(PARI) {a(n) = real((2 + quadgen(12))^abs(n))};
(PARI) {a(n) = polsym(1 - 4*x + x^2, abs(n))[1 + abs(n)]/2};
(PARI) my(x='x+O('x^30)); Vec((1-2*x)/(1-4*x+x^2)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Dec 19 2017 (SageMath) [lucas_number2(n, 4, 1)/2 for n in range(0, 25)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 14 2009 (Haskell)
a001075 n = a001075_list !! n
a001075_list =
1 : 2 : zipWith (-) (map (4 *) $ tail a001075_list) a001075_list
(SageMath)
def a(n):
Q = QuadraticField(3, 't')
u = Q.units()[0]
(Magma) I:=[1, 2]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1) - Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 19 2017
a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n > 1, a(0)=0 and a(1)=2.
(Formerly M2030 N0802)
+10
70
0, 2, 12, 70, 408, 2378, 13860, 80782, 470832, 2744210, 15994428, 93222358, 543339720, 3166815962, 18457556052, 107578520350, 627013566048, 3654502875938, 21300003689580, 124145519261542, 723573111879672
COMMENTS
Consider the equation core(x) = core(2x+1) where core(x) is the smallest number such that x*core(x) is a square: solutions are given by a(n)^2, n > 0. - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 06 2002 Terms > 0 give numbers k which are solutions to the inequality |round(sqrt(2)*k)/k - sqrt(2)| < 1/(2*sqrt(2)*k^2). - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 06 2006 Also numbers m such that A125650(6*m^2) is an even perfect square, where A124650(m) is a numerator of m*(m+3)/(4*(m+1)*(m+2)) = Sum_{k=1..m} 1/(k*(k+1)*(k+2)). Sequence A033581 is a bisection of A125651. - Alexander Adamchuk, Nov 30 2006 The upper principal convergents to 2^(1/2), beginning with 3/2, 17/12, 99/70, 577/408, comprise a strictly decreasing sequence; essentially, numerators = A001541 and denominators = {a(n)}. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 26 2008 These are the integer square roots of the Half-Squares, A007590(k), which occur at values of k given by A001541. Also the numbers produced by adding m + sqrt(floor(m^2/2) + 1) when m is in A002315. See array in A227972. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 31 2013 A001541(n)/a(n) is the closest rational approximation of sqrt(2) with a denominator not larger than a(n), and 2*a(n)/ A001541(n) is the closest rational approximation of sqrt(2) with a numerator not larger than 2*a(n). These rational approximations together with those obtained from the sequences A001653 and A002315 give a complete set of closest rational approximations of sqrt(2) with restricted numerator as well as denominator. - A.H.M. Smeets, May 28 2017
Conjecture: Numbers k such that c/m < k for all natural a^2 + b^2 = c^2 (Pythagorean triples), a < b < c and a+b+c = m. Numbers which correspondingly minimize c/m are A002939. - Lorraine Lee, Jan 31 2020 All of the positive integer solutions of a*b + 1 = x^2, a*c + 1 = y^2, b*c + 1 = z^2, x + z = 2*y, 0 < a < b < c are given by a=a(n), b= A005319(n), c=a(n+1), x= A001541(n), y= A001653(n+1), z= A002315(n) with 0 < n. - Michael Somos, Jun 26 2022
REFERENCES
Jay Kappraff, Beyond Measure, A Guided Tour Through Nature, Myth and Number, World Scientific, 2002; pp. 480-481.
Thomas Koshy, Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers with Applications, 2001, Wiley, pp. 77-79.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
P.-F. Teilhet, Query 2376, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 11 (1904), 138-139. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 08 2022
LINKS
J. M. Katri and D. R. Byrkit, Problem E1976, Amer. Math. Monthly, 75 (1968), 683-684.
FORMULA
a(n) = ((3+2*sqrt(2))^n - (3-2*sqrt(2))^n) / (2*sqrt(2)).
G.f.: 2*x/(1-6*x+x^2).
a(n) = (C^(2n) - C^(-2n))/sqrt(8) where C = sqrt(2) + 1. - Gary W. Adamson, May 11 2003 For all terms x of the sequence, 2*x^2 + 1 is a square. Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/a(n-1) = 3 + 2*sqrt(2). - Gregory V. Richardson, Oct 10 2002 a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2* A001541(n-1); e.g., a(4) = 70 = 3*12 + 2*17. - Zak Seidov, Dec 19 2013 Sum _{n >= 1} 1/( a(n) + 1/a(n) ) = 1/2. - Peter Bala, Mar 25 2015
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 2*x + 12*x^2 + 70*x^3 + 408*x^4 + 2378*x^5 + 13860*x^6 + ...
MAPLE
seq(combinat:-fibonacci(2*n, 2), n = 0..20); # Peter Luschny, Jun 28 2018
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{6, -1}, {0, 2}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 11 2011 *)
PROG
(Haskell)
a001542 n = a001542_list !! n
a001542_list =
0 : 2 : zipWith (-) (map (6 *) $ tail a001542_list) a001542_list
(Maxima)
a[0]:0$
a[1]:2$
a[n]:=6*a[n-1]-a[n-2]$
(PARI) {a(n) = imag( (3 + 2*quadgen(8))^n )}; /* Michael Somos, Jan 20 2017 */ (PARI) vector(21, n, 2*polchebyshev(n-1, 2, 33) ) \\ G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019 (Python)
l=[0, 2]
for n in range(2, 51): l+=[6*l[n - 1] - l[n - 2], ]
(Magma) I:=[0, 2]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 6*Self(n-1) -Self(n-2): n in [1..20]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019 (Sage) [2*chebyshev_U(n-1, 3) for n in (0..20)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019 (GAP) a:=[0, 2];; for n in [3..20] do a[n]:=6*a[n-1]-a[n-2]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Dec 23 2019
CROSSREFS
Cf. A001108, A001353, A001541, A001835, A003499, A007805, A007913, A115598, A125650, A125651, A125652.
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 5, a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2).
(Formerly M3890 N1598)
+10
69
1, 5, 19, 71, 265, 989, 3691, 13775, 51409, 191861, 716035, 2672279, 9973081, 37220045, 138907099, 518408351, 1934726305, 7220496869, 26947261171, 100568547815, 375326930089, 1400739172541, 5227629760075, 19509779867759, 72811489710961, 271736178976085
COMMENTS
Sequence also gives values of x satisfying 3*y^2 - x^2 = 2, the corresponding y being given by A001835(n+1). Moreover, quadruples(p, q, r, s) satisfying p^2 + q^2 + r^2 = s^2, where p = q and r is either p+1 or p-1, are termed nearly isosceles Pythagorean and are given by p = {x + (-1)^n}/3, r = p-(-1)^n, s = y for n > 1. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 19 2002 a(n)= A002531(1+2*n). - Anton Vrba (antonvrba(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 14 2007 361 written in base A001835(n+1) - 1 is the square of a(n). E.g., a(12) = 2672279, A001835(13) - 1 = 1542840. We have 361_(1542840) = 3*1542840 + 6*1542840 + 1 = 2672279^2. - Richard Choulet, Oct 04 2007 The lower principal convergents to 3^(1/2), beginning with 1/1, 5/3, 19/11, 71/41, comprise a strictly increasing sequence; numerators= A001834, denominators= A001835. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 27 2008 General recurrence is a(n) = (a(1) - 1)*a(n-1) - a(n-2), a(1) >= 4, lim_{n->infinity} a(n) = x*(k*x + 1)^n, k = (a(1) - 3), x = (1 + sqrt((a(1) + 1)/(a(1) - 3)))/2. Examples in OEIS: a(1) = 4 gives A002878, primes in it A121534. a(1) = 5 gives A001834, primes in it A086386. a(1) = 6 gives A030221, primes in it A299109. a(1) = 7 gives A002315, primes in it A088165. a(1) = 8 gives A033890, primes in it not in OEIS (do there exist any?). a(1) = 9 gives A057080, primes in {71, 34649, 16908641, ...}. a(1) = 10 gives A057081, primes in it {389806471, 192097408520951, ...}. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Sep 02 2008 For positive n, a(n) equals the permanent of the (2*n) X (2*n) tridiagonal matrix with sqrt(6)'s along the main diagonal, and i's along the superdiagonal and the subdiagonal (i is the imaginary unit). - John M. Campbell, Jul 08 2011 Pisano period lengths: 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 8, 4, 6, 3, 10, 4, 12, 8, 6, 8, 18, 6, 5, 12, ... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012 The aerated sequence (b(n))_{n>=1} = [1, 0, 5, 0, 19, 0, 71, 0, ...] is a fourth-order linear divisibility sequence; that is, if n | m then b(n) | b(m). It is the case P1 = 0, P2 = -2, Q = -1 of the 3-parameter family of divisibility sequences found by Williams and Guy. See A100047 for a connection with Chebyshev polynomials. - Peter Bala, Mar 22 2015 Yong Hao Ng has shown that for any n, a(n) is coprime with any member of A001835 and with any member of A001075. - René Gy, Feb 26 2018 ((-1)^n)*a(n) = X(n) = (-1)^n*(S(n, 4) + S(n-1, 4)) and Y(n) = X(n-1) gives all integer solutions (modulo sign flip between X and Y) of X^2 + Y^2 + 4*X*Y = +6, for n = -oo..+oo, with Chebyshev S polynomials (see A049310), with S(-1, x) = 0, and S(-|n|, x) = - S(|n|-2, x), for |n| >= 2. This binary indefinite quadratic form of discriminant 12, representing 6, has only this family of proper solutions (modulo sign flip), and no improper ones.
This comment is inspired by a paper by Robert K. Moniot (private communication). See his Oct 04 2020 comment in A027941 related to the case of x^2 + y^2 - 3*x*y = -1 (special Markov solutions). (End) Floretion Algebra Multiplication Program, FAMP Code: A001834 = (4/3)vesseq[ - .25'i + 1.25'j - .25'k - .25i' + 1.25j' - .25k' + 1.25'ii' + .25'jj' - .75'kk' + .75'ij' + .25'ik' + .75'ji' - .25'jk' + .25'ki' - .25'kj' + .25e], apart from initial term
REFERENCES
Bastida, Julio R. Quadratic properties of a linearly recurrent sequence. Proceedings of the Tenth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing (Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Fla., 1979), pp. 163--166, Congress. Numer., XXIII-XXIV, Utilitas Math., Winnipeg, Man., 1979. MR0561042 (81e:10009)
L. Euler, (E388) Vollstaendige Anleitung zur Algebra, Zweiter Theil, reprinted in: Opera Omnia. Teubner, Leipzig, 1911, Series (1), Vol. 1, p. 375.
Serge Lang, Introduction to Diophantine Approximations, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1966.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
P.-F. Teilhet, Reply to Query 2094, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 10 (1903), 235-238.
FORMULA
a(n) = ((1 + sqrt(3))^(2*n + 1) + (1 - sqrt(3))^(2*n + 1))/2^(n + 1). - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 10 2009 a(n) = (1/2) * ((1 + sqrt(3))*(2 + sqrt(3))^n + (1 - sqrt(3))*(2 - sqrt(3))^n). - Dean Hickerson, Dec 01 2002 From Mario Catalani, Apr 11 2003: (Start)
With a = 2 + sqrt(3), b = 2 - sqrt(3): a(n) = (1/sqrt(2))(a^(n + 1/2) - b^(n + 1/2)).
a(n) = ((1 + sqrt(3))^(2*n + 1) + (1 - sqrt(3))^(2*n + 1))/2^(n + 1). - Anton Vrba, Feb 14 2007
G.f.: (1 + x)/((1 - 4*x + x^2)). Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation. a(n) = S(2*n, sqrt(6)) = S(n, 4) + S(n-1, 4); S(n, x) := U(n, x/2), Chebyshev polynomials of 2nd kind, A049310. S(n, 4) = A001353(n). For all members x of the sequence, 3*x^2 + 6 is a square. Limit_{n->infinity} a(n)/a(n-1) = 2 + sqrt(3). - Gregory V. Richardson, Oct 10 2002 a(n) = 2* A001571(n) + 1. - Bruce Corrigan (scentman(AT)myfamily.com), Nov 04 2002 Let q(n, x) = Sum_{i=0..n} x^(n - i)*binomial(2*n - i, i); then (-1)^n*q(n, -6) = a(n). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 10 2002 a(n+1) - 2*a(n) = 3* A001835(n+1). Using the known relation A001835(n+1) = sqrt((a(n)^2 + 2)/3) it follows that a(n+1) - 2*a(n) = sqrt(3*(a(n)^2 + 2)). Therefore a(n+1)^2 + a(n)^2 - 4*a(n+1)*a(n) - 6 = 0. - Creighton Dement, Apr 18 2005 a(n) = Jacobi_P(n, 1/2, -1/2, 2)/Jacobi_P(n, -1/2, 1/2, 1). - Paul Barry, Feb 03 2006 Equals binomial transform of A026150 starting (1, 4, 10, 28, 76, ...) and double binomial transform of (1, 3, 3, 9, 9, 27, 27, 81, 81, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 30 2007 Sequence satisfies 6 = f(a(n), a(n+1)) where f(u, v) = u^2 + v^2 - 4*u*v. - Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*(cosh(sqrt(3)*x) + sqrt(3)*sinh(sqrt(3)*x)). (End)
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + 5*x + 19*x^2 + 71*x^3 + 265*x^4 + 989*x^5 + 3691*x^6 + ...
MAPLE
f:=n->((1+sqrt(3))^(2*n+1)+(1-sqrt(3))^(2*n+1))/2^(n+1); # N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 10 2009
MATHEMATICA
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 5; a[n_] := a[n] = 4a[n - 1] - a[n - 2]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 25}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 24 2004 *) Table[Expand[((1+Sqrt[3])^(2*n+1)+(1+Sqrt[3])^(2*n+1))/2^(n+1)], {n, 0, 20}] (* Anton Vrba, Feb 14 2007 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4, -1}, {1, 5}, 50] (* Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 27 2011 *) a[c_, n_] := Module[{},
p := Length[ContinuedFraction[ Sqrt[ c]][[2]]];
d := Numerator[Convergents[Sqrt[c], n p]];
t := Table[d[[1 + i]], {i, 0, Length[d] - 1, p}];
Return[t];
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = real( (2 + quadgen(12))^n * (1 + quadgen(12)) )}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 */ (PARI) {a(n) = subst( polchebyshev(n-1, 2) + polchebyshev(n, 2), x, 2)}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 19 2008 */ (SageMath) [(lucas_number2(n, 4, 1)-lucas_number2(n-1, 4, 1))/2 for n in range(1, 27)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 10 2009 (Haskell)
a001834 n = a001834_list !! (n-1)
a001834_list = 1 : 5 : zipWith (-) (map (* 4) $ tail a001834_list) a001834_list
(Magma) I:=[1, 5]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 22 2015
a(n) = 4*a(n-2) - a(n-4) for n > 1, a(n) = n for n = 0, 1.
(Formerly M2363 N0934)
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69
0, 1, 1, 3, 4, 11, 15, 41, 56, 153, 209, 571, 780, 2131, 2911, 7953, 10864, 29681, 40545, 110771, 151316, 413403, 564719, 1542841, 2107560, 5757961, 7865521, 21489003, 29354524, 80198051, 109552575, 299303201, 408855776, 1117014753, 1525870529, 4168755811
COMMENTS
Denominators of continued fraction convergents to sqrt(3), for n >= 1.
Also denominators of continued fraction convergents to sqrt(3) - 1. See A048788 for numerators. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 17 2007. Convergents are 1, 2/3, 3/4, 8/11, 11/15, 30/41, 41/56, 112/153, ... Consider the mapping f(a/b) = (a + 3*b)/(a + b). Taking a = b = 1 to start with and carrying out this mapping repeatedly on each new (reduced) rational number gives the following sequence 1/1, 2/1, 5/3, 7/4, 19/11, ... converging to 3^(1/2). Sequence contains the denominators. The same mapping for N, i.e., f(a/b) = (a + Nb)/(a + b) gives fractions converging to N^(1/2). - Amarnath Murthy, Mar 22 2003 Sqrt(3) = 2/2 + 2/3 + 2/(3*11) + 2/(11*41) + 2/(41*153) + 2/(153*571), ...; the sum of the first 6 terms of this series = 1.7320490367..., while sqrt(3) = 1.7320508075... - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 15 2007 Related convergents (numerator/denominator):
Also number of domino tilings of the 3 X (n-1) rectangle with upper left corner removed iff n is even. For n=4 the 4 domino tilings of the 3 X 3 rectangle with upper left corner removed are:
. .___. . .___. . .___. . .___.
._|___| ._|___| ._| | | ._|___|
| |___| | | | | | |_|_| |___| |
|_|___| |_|_|_| |_|___| |___|_| (End)
This is the sequence of Lehmer numbers u_n(sqrt(R),Q) with the parameters R = 2 and Q = -1. It is a strong divisibility sequence, that is, gcd(a(n),a(m)) = a(gcd(n,m)) for all natural numbers n and m. - Peter Bala, Apr 18 2014 2^(-floor(n/2))*(1 + sqrt(3))^n = A002531(n) + a(n)*sqrt(3); integers in the real quadratic number field Q(sqrt(3)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 11 2018 Let T(n) = 2^(n mod 2), U(n) = a(n), V(n) = A002531(n), x(n) = V(n)/U(n). Then T(n*m) * U(n+m) = U(n)*V(m) + U(m)*V(n), T(n*m) * V(n+m) = 3*U(n)*U(m) + V(m)*V(n), x(n+m) = (3 + x(n)*x(m))/(x(n) + x(m)). - Michael Somos, Nov 29 2022
REFERENCES
Serge Lang, Introduction to Diophantine Approximations, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1966.
Russell Lyons, A bird's-eye view of uniform spanning trees and forests, in Microsurveys in Discrete Probability, AMS, 1998.
I. Niven and H. S. Zuckerman, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. 2nd ed., Wiley, NY, 1966, p. 181.
Murat Sahin and Elif Tan, Conditional (strong) divisibility sequences, Fib. Q., 56 (No. 1, 2018), 18-31.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
A. Tarn, Approximations to certain square roots and the series of numbers connected therewith, Mathematical Questions and Solutions from the Educational Times, 1 (1916), 8-12.
FORMULA
G.f.: x*(1 + x - x^2)/(1 - 4*x^2 + x^4).
a(n) = 4*a(n-2) - a(n-4). [Corrected by László Szalay, Feb 21 2014]
a(n) = -(-1)^n * a(-n) for all n in Z, would satisfy the same recurrence relation. - Michael Somos, Jun 05 2003 a(2*n) = a(2*n-1) + a(2*n-2), a(2*n+1) = 2*a(2*n) + a(2*n-1).
a(2*n) = ((2 + sqrt(3))^n - (2 - sqrt(3))^n)/(2*sqrt(3)).
a(2*n-1) = ceiling((1 + 1/sqrt(3))/2*(2 + sqrt(3))^n) = ((3 + sqrt(3))^(2*n - 1) + (3 - sqrt(3))^(2*n - 1))/6^n.
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n - k, k) * 2^floor((n - 2*k)/2). - Paul Barry, Jul 13 2004 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(floor(n/2) + k, floor((n - 1)/2 - k))*2^k. - Paul Barry, Jun 22 2005 G.f.: (sqrt(6) + sqrt(3))/12*Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - a/(1 + 1/(b^(2*k) - 1 - b^(2*k)/(c + 2*a*x/(2*x - g*m^(2*k)/(1 + a/(1 - 1/(b^(2*k + 1) + 1 - b^(2*k + 1)/(h - 2*a*x/(2*x + g*m^(2*k + 1)/Q(k + 1)))))))))). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 21 2012 a(n) = (alpha^n - beta^n)/(alpha - beta) for n odd, and a(n) = (alpha^n - beta^n)/(alpha^2 - beta^2) for n even, where alpha = 1/2*(sqrt(2) + sqrt(6)) and beta = (1/2)*(sqrt(2) - sqrt(6)). Cf. A108412. - Peter Bala, Apr 18 2014 a(n) = (-sqrt(2)*i)^n*S(n, sqrt(2)*i)*2^(-floor(n/2)) = A002605(n)*2^(-floor(n/2)), n >= 0, with i = sqrt(-1) and S the Chebyshev polynomials ( A049310). - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 10 2018 a(n+1)*a(n+2) - a(n+3)*a(n) = (-1)^n, n >= 0. - Kai Wang, Feb 06 2020 E.g.f.: sinh(sqrt(3/2)*x)*(sinh(x/sqrt(2)) + sqrt(2)*cosh(x/sqrt(2)))/sqrt(3). - Stefano Spezia, Feb 07 2020 a(n) = ((1 + sqrt(3))^n - (1 - sqrt(3))^n)/(2*2^floor(n/2))/sqrt(3) = A002605(n)/2^floor(n/2). - Robert FERREOL, Apr 13 2023
EXAMPLE
Convergents to sqrt(3) are: 1, 2, 5/3, 7/4, 19/11, 26/15, 71/41, 97/56, 265/153, 362/209, 989/571, 1351/780, 3691/2131, ... = A002531/ A002530 for n >= 1. 1 + 1/(1 + 1/(2 + 1/(1 + 1/2))) = 19/11 so a(5) = 11.
G.f. = x + x^2 + 3*x^3 + 4*x^4 + 11*x^5 + 15*x^6 + 41*x^7 + ... - Michael Somos, Mar 18 2022
MAPLE
a := proc(n) option remember; if n=0 then 0 elif n=1 then 1 elif n=2 then 1 elif n=3 then 3 else 4*a(n-2)-a(n-4) fi end; [ seq(a(i), i=0..50) ];
A002530:=-(-1-z+z**2)/(1-4*z**2+z**4); # conjectured (correctly) by Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
MATHEMATICA
Join[{0}, Table[Denominator[FromContinuedFraction[ContinuedFraction[Sqrt[3], n]]], {n, 1, 50}]] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 01 2006 *) Join[{0}, Denominator[Convergents[Sqrt[3], 50]]] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {0, 4, 0, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 3}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 29 2013 *) a[ n_] := If[n<0, -(-1)^n, 1] SeriesCoefficient[ x*(1+x-x^2)/(1-4*x^2+x^4), {x, 0, Abs@n}]; (* Michael Somos, Apr 18 2019 *) a[ n_] := ChebyshevU[n-1, Sqrt[-1/2]]*Sqrt[2]^(Mod[n, 2]-1)/I^(n-1) //Simplify; (* Michael Somos, Nov 29 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, -(-1)^n * a(-n), contfracpnqn(vector(n, i, 1 + (i>1) * (i%2)))[2, 1])}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 05 2003 */ (PARI) { default(realprecision, 2000); for (n=0, 50, a=contfracpnqn(vector(n, i, 1+(i>1)*(i%2)))[2, 1]; write("b002530.txt", n, " ", a); ); } \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 01 2009 (PARI) apply( { A002530(n, w=quadgen(12))=real((2+w)^(n\/2)*if(bittest(n, 0), 1-w/3, w/3))}, [0..30]) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 04 2019 (Magma) I:=[0, 1, 1, 3]; [n le 4 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-2) - Self(n-4): n in [1..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Feb 25 2019 (Sage) (x*(1+x-x^2)/(1-4*x^2+x^4)).series(x, 50).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Feb 25 2019 (Python)
from functools import cache
@cache
def a(n): return [0, 1, 1, 3][n] if n < 4 else 4*a(n-2) - a(n-4)
CROSSREFS
Analog for sqrt(m): A000129 (m=2), A001076 (m=5), A041007 (m=6), A041009 (m=7), A041011 (m=8), A005668 (m=10), A041015 (m=11), A041017 (m=12), ..., A042935 (m=999), A042937 (m=1000).
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,frac,core,nice,changed
Triangle read by rows, 0 <= k <= n: T(n,k) = binomial(n-[(k+1)/2],[k/2])*(-1)^[(k+1)/2].
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1, 1, -1, 1, -1, -1, 1, -1, -2, 1, 1, -1, -3, 2, 1, 1, -1, -4, 3, 3, -1, 1, -1, -5, 4, 6, -3, -1, 1, -1, -6, 5, 10, -6, -4, 1, 1, -1, -7, 6, 15, -10, -10, 4, 1, 1, -1, -8, 7, 21, -15, -20, 10, 5, -1, 1, -1, -9, 8, 28, -21, -35, 20, 15, -5, -1, 1, -1, -10, 9, 36, -28, -56, 35, 35, -15, -6, 1, 1, -1, -11, 10, 45, -36, -84, 56, 70
COMMENTS
Let L(n,x) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^(n-k) and Pi=3.14...:
L(n,x) = Product_{k=1..n} (x - 2*cos((2*k-1)*Pi/(2*n+1)));
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k) = L(n,1) = A010892(n+1); Sum_{k=0..n} abs(T(n,k)) = A000045(n+2); T(2*n,k) + T(2*n+1,k+1) = 0 for 0 <= k <= 2*n;
T(n,0) = A000012(n) = 1; T(n,1) = -1 for n > 0; T(n,2) = -(n-1) for n > 1; T(n,3) = A000027(n)=n for n > 2; T(n,n-3) = A058187(n-3)*(-1)^floor(n/2) for n > 2; T(n,n-2) = A008805(n-2)*(-1)^floor((n+1)/2) for n > 1; T(n,n-1) = A008619(n-1)*(-1)^floor(n/2) for n > 0; T(n,n) = L(n,0) = (-1)^floor((n+1)/2);
L(n,2) = 1; L(n,-2) = A005408(n)*(-1)^n; Row n of the matrix inverse ( A124645) has g.f.: x^floor(n/2)*(1-x)^(n-floor(n/2)). - Paul D. Hanna, Jun 12 2005 Conjecture: Let N=2*n+1, with n > 2. Then T(n,k) (0 <= k <= n) gives the k-th coefficient in the characteristic function p_N(x)=0, of degree n in x, for the n X n tridiagonal unit-primitive matrix G_N (see [Jeffery]) of the form
G_N=A_{N,1}=
(0 1 0 ... 0)
(1 0 1 0 ... 0)
(0 1 0 1 0 ... 0)
...
(0 ... 0 1 0 1)
(0 ... 0 1 1),
with solutions phi_j = 2*cos((2*j-1)*Pi/N), j=1,2,...,n. For example, for n=3,
G_7=A_{7,1}=
(0 1 0)
(1 0 1)
(0 1 1).
We have {T(3,k)}=(1,-1,-2,1), while the characteristic function of G_7 is p(x) = x^3-x^2-2*x+1 = 0, with solutions phi_j = 2*cos((2*j-1)*Pi/7), j=1,2,3. (End)
The roots to the polynomials are chaotic using iterates of the operation (x^2 - 2), with cycle lengths L and initial seeds returning to the same term or (-1)* the seed. Periodic cycle lengths L are shown in A003558 such that for the polynomial represented by row r, the cycle length L is A003558(r-1). The matrices corresponding to the rows as characteristic polynomials are likewise chaotic [cf. Kappraff et al., 2005] with the same cycle lengths but substituting 2*I for the "2" in (x^2 - 2), where I = the Identity matrix. For example, the roots to x^3 - x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0 are 1.801937..., -1.246979..., and 0.445041... With 1.801937... as the initial seed and using (x^2 - 2), we obtain the 3-period trajectory of 8.801937... -> 1.246979... -> -0.445041... (returning to -1.801937...). We note that A003558(2) = 3. The corresponding matrix M is: [0,1,0; 1,0,1; 0,1,1,]. Using seed M with (x^2 - 2*I), we obtain the 3-period with the cycle completed at (-1)*M. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 07 2012
REFERENCES
Friedrich L. Bauer, 'De Moivre und Lagrange: Cosinus eines rationalen Vielfachen von Pi', Informatik Spektrum 28 (Springer, 2005).
Jay Kappraff, S. Jablan, G. Adamson, & R. Sazdonovich: "Golden Fields, Generalized Fibonacci Sequences, & Chaotic Matrices"; FORMA, Vol 19, No 4, (2005).
FORMULA
T(n,k) = binomial(n-floor((k+1)/2),floor(k/2))*(-1)^floor((k+1)/2).
T(n+1, k) = if sign(T(n, k-1))=sign(T(n, k)) then T(n, k-1)+T(n, k) else -T(n, k-1) for 0 < k < n, T(n, 0) = 1, T(n, n) = (-1)^floor((n+1)/2).
G.f.: A(x, y) = (1 - x*y)/(1 - x + x^2*y^2). - Paul D. Hanna, Jun 12 2005 The generating polynomial (in z) of row n >= 0 is (u^(2*n+1) + v^(2*n+1))/(u + v), where u and v are defined by u^2 + v^2 = 1 and u*v = z. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 16 2011
EXAMPLE
Triangle begins:
1;
1, -1;
1, -1, -1;
1, -1, -2, 1;
1, -1, -3, 2, 1;
1, -1, -4, 3, 3, -1;
1, -1, -5, 4, 6, -3, -1;
1, -1, -6, 5, 10, -6, -4, 1;
1, -1, -7, 6, 15, -10, -10, 4, 1;
1, -1, -8, 7, 21, -15, -20, 10, 5, -1;
1, -1, -9, 8, 28, -21, -35, 20, 15, -5, -1;
1, -1, -10, 9, 36, -28, -56, 35, 35, -15, -6, 1;
...
MAPLE
A108299 := proc(n, k): binomial(n-floor((k+1)/2), floor(k/2))*(-1)^floor((k+1)/2) end: seq(seq( A108299 (n, k), k=0..n), n=0..11); # Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 08 2011
MATHEMATICA
t[n_, k_?EvenQ] := I^k*Binomial[n-k/2, k/2]; t[n_, k_?OddQ] := -I^(k-1)*Binomial[n+(1-k)/2-1, (k-1)/2]; Table[t[n, k], {n, 0, 12}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, May 16 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) {T(n, k)=polcoeff(polcoeff((1-x*y)/(1-x+x^2*y^2+x^2*O(x^n)), n, x)+y*O(y^k), k, y)} (Hanna)
(Haskell)
a108299 n k = a108299_tabl !! n !! k
a108299_row n = a108299_tabl !! n
a108299_tabl = [1] : iterate (\row ->
zipWith (+) (zipWith (*) ([0] ++ row) a033999_list)
(zipWith (*) (row ++ [0]) a059841_list)) [1, -1]
CROSSREFS
Triangle sums (see the comments): A193884 (Kn11), A154955 (Kn21), A087960 (Kn22), A000007 (Kn3), A010892 (Fi1), A134668 (Fi2), A078031 (Ca2), A193669 (Gi1), A001519 (Gi3), A193885 (Ze1), A050935 (Ze3). - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 08 2011
Array T(m,n) read by antidiagonals: number of domino tilings (or dimer tilings) of the m X n grid (or m X n rectangle), for m>=1, n>=1.
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0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 3, 3, 1, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0, 1, 8, 11, 11, 8, 1, 0, 13, 0, 36, 0, 13, 0, 1, 21, 41, 95, 95, 41, 21, 1, 0, 34, 0, 281, 0, 281, 0, 34, 0, 1, 55, 153, 781, 1183, 1183, 781, 153, 55, 1, 0, 89, 0, 2245, 0, 6728, 0, 2245, 0, 89, 0, 1, 144, 571, 6336, 14824, 31529, 31529, 14824, 6336, 571, 144, 1
COMMENTS
There are many versions of this array (or triangle) in the OEIS. This is the main entry, which ideally collects together all the references to the literature and to other versions in the OEIS. But see A004003 for further information. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 14 2015
REFERENCES
S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, pp. 406-412.
P. E. John, H. Sachs, and H. Zernitz, Problem 5. Domino covers in square chessboards, Zastosowania Matematyki (Applicationes Mathematicae) XIX 3-4 (1987), 635-641.
R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., pp. 547 and 570.
Darko Veljan, Kombinatorika: s teorijom grafova (Croatian) (Combinatorics with Graph Theory) mentions the value 12988816 = 2^4*901^2 for the 8 X 8 case on page 4.
LINKS
F. Ardila and R. P. Stanley, Tilings, arXiv:math/0501170 [math.CO], 2005. Laura Florescu, Daniela Morar, David Perkinson, Nicholas Salter, and Tianyuan Xu, Sandpiles and Dominos, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 22(1), 2015.
FORMULA
T(m, n) = Product_{j=1..ceiling(m/2)} Product_{k=1..ceiling(n/2)} (4*cos(j*Pi/(m+1))^2 + 4*cos(k*Pi/(n+1))^2).
EXAMPLE
0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...
0, 3, 0, 11, 0, 41, ...
1, 5, 11, 36, 95, 281, ...
0, 8, 0, 95, 0, 1183, ...
1, 13, 41, 281, 1183, 6728, ...
MAPLE
(Maple code for the even-numbered rows from N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 15 2015. This is not totally satisfactory since it uses floating point. However, it is useful for getting the initial values quickly.) Digits:=100;
p:=evalf(Pi);
z:=proc(h, d) global p; evalf(cos( h*p/(2*d+1) )); end;
T:=proc(m, n) global z; round(mul( mul( 4*z(h, m)^2+4*z(k, n)^2, k=1..n), h=1..m)); end;
MATHEMATICA
T[_?OddQ, _?OddQ] = 0;
T[m_, n_] := Product[2*(2+Cos[2j*Pi/(m+1)]+Cos[2k*Pi/(n+1)]), {k, 1, n/2}, {j, 1, m/2}];
Flatten[Table[Round[T[m-n+1, n]], {m, 1, 12}, {n, 1, m}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 25 2011, updated May 28 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) {T(n, k) = sqrtint(abs(polresultant(polchebyshev(n, 2, x/2), polchebyshev(k, 2, I*x/2))))} \\ Seiichi Manyama, Apr 13 2020
CROSSREFS
See also A004003 for more literature on the dimer problem. Rows 2-13, 16 (without zeros) are A000045, A001835, A005178, A003775, A028468, A028469, A028470, A028471, A028472, A028473, A028474, A241908, A340532.
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - a(n-2) with a(0) = 2, a(1) = 4.
(Formerly M1278)
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2, 4, 14, 52, 194, 724, 2702, 10084, 37634, 140452, 524174, 1956244, 7300802, 27246964, 101687054, 379501252, 1416317954, 5285770564, 19726764302, 73621286644, 274758382274, 1025412242452, 3826890587534, 14282150107684, 53301709843202, 198924689265124
COMMENTS
a(n) gives values of x satisfying x^2 - 3*y^2 = 4; corresponding y values are given by 2* A001353(n). If M is any given term of the sequence, then the next one is 2*M + sqrt(3*M^2 - 12). - Lekraj Beedassy, Feb 18 2002 For n > 0, the three numbers a(n) - 1, a(n), and a(n) + 1 form a Fleenor-Heronian triangle, i.e., a Heronian triangle with consecutive sides, whose area A(n) may be obtained from the relation [4*A(n)]^2 = 3([a(2n)]^2 - 4); or A(n) = 3* A001353(2*n)/2 and whose semiperimeter is 3*a[n]/2. The sequence is symmetrical about a[0], i.e., a[-n] = a[n]. For n > 0, a(n) + 2 is the number of dimer tilings of a 2*n X 2 Klein bottle (cf. A103999). Tsumura shows that, for prime p, a(p) is composite (contrary to a conjecture of Juricevic). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 13 2010 Except for the first term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 4*x*y + y^2 + 12 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 04 2014 Except for the first term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 14*x*y + y^2 + 192 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 16 2014 a(n) gives values of x satisfying 3*x^2 - 4*y^2 = 12; corresponding y values are given by A005320. - Sture Sjöstedt, Dec 19 2017 Middle side lengths of almost-equilateral Heronian triangles. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 20 2020 For all elements k of the sequence, 3*(k-2)*(k+2) is a square. - Davide Rotondo, Oct 25 2020
REFERENCES
B. C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Notebooks Part IV, Springer-Verlag, see p. 82.
J. M. Borwein and P. B. Borwein, Pi and the AGM, Wiley, 1987, p.91.
Michael P. Cohen, Generating Heronian Triangles With Consecutive Integer Sides. Journal of Recreational Mathematics, vol. 30 no. 2 1999-2000 p. 123.
L. E. Dickson, History of The Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2 pp. 197;198;200;201. Chelsea NY.
Charles R. Fleenor, Heronian Triangles with Consecutive Integer Sides, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Volume 28, no. 2 (1996-7) 113-115.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
R. P. Stanley. Enumerative combinatorics. Vol. 2, volume 62 of Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
V. D. To, "Finding All Fleenor-Heronian Triangles", Journal of Recreational Mathematics vol. 32 no.4 2003-4 pp. 298-301 Baywood NY.
LINKS
Hideyuki Ohtskua, proposer, Problem B-1351, Elementary Problems and Solutions, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3 (2024), p. 258. A. V. Zarelua, On Matrix Analogs of Fermat's Little Theorem, Mathematical Notes, vol. 79, no. 6, 2006, pp. 783-796. Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 79, no. 6, 2006, pp. 840-855.
FORMULA
a(n) = ( 2 + sqrt(3) )^n + ( 2 - sqrt(3) )^n.
G.f.: 2*(1 - 2*x)/(1 - 4*x + x^2). Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation. a(n) = trace of n-th power of the 2 X 2 matrix [1 2 / 1 3]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 30 2003 [corrected by Joerg Arndt, Jun 18 2020] From the addition formula, a(n+m) = a(n)*a(m) - a(m-n), it is easy to derive multiplication formulas, such as: a(2*n) = (a(n))^2 - 2, a(3*n) = (a(n))^3 - 3*(a(n)), a(4*n) = (a(n))^4 - 4*(a(n))^2 + 2, a(5*n) = (a(n))^5 - 5*(a(n))^3 + 5*(a(n)), a(6*n) = (a(n))^6 - 6*(a(n))^4 + 9*(a(n))^2 - 2, etc. The absolute values of the coefficients in the expansions are given by the triangle A034807. - John Blythe Dobson, Nov 04 2007 Let F(x) = Product_{n=0..infinity} (1 + x^(4*n + 1))/(1 + x^(4*n + 3)). Let alpha = 2 - sqrt(3). This sequence gives the simple continued fraction expansion of 1 + F(alpha) = 2.24561 99455 06551 88869 ... = 2 + 1/(4 + 1/(14 + 1/(52 + ...))). Cf. A174500. Also F(-alpha) = 0.74544 81786 39692 68884 ... has the continued fraction representation 1 - 1/(4 - 1/(14 - 1/(52 - ...))) and the simple continued fraction expansion 1/(1 + 1/((4 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/((14 - 2) + 1/(1 + 1/((52 - 2) + 1/(1 + ...))))))).
F(alpha)*F(-alpha) has the simple continued fraction expansion 1/(1 + 1/((4^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + 1/((14^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + 1/((52^2 - 4) + 1/(1 + ...))))))).
(End)
a(n) = [x^n] ( (1 + 4*x + sqrt(1 + 8*x + 12*x^2))/2 )^n for n >= 1. - Peter Bala, Jun 23 2015 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} (-1)^k*n*(n - k - 1)!/(k!*(n - 2*k)!)*4^(n - 2*k) for n >= 1. - Peter Luschny, May 10 2016 a(n) = trace(M^n), where M is the 2 X 2 matrix [0, 1; -1, 4].
Consequently the Gauss congruences hold: a(n*p^k) = a(n*p^(k-1)) ( mod p^k ) for all prime p and positive integers n and k. See Zarelua and also Stanley (Ch. 5, Ex. 5.2(a) and its solution).
2*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/( a(n) - 6/a(n) ) = 1.
6*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/( a(n) + 2/a(n) ) = 1.
8*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/( a(n) + 24/(a(n) - 12/(a(n))) ) = 1.
8*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/( a(n) + 8/(a(n) + 4/(a(n))) ) = 1.
Series acceleration formulas for sums of reciprocals:
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1/2 - 6*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n)*(a(n)^2 - 6)),
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = 1/8 + 24*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n)*(a(n)^2 + 12)),
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 1/6 + 2*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n)*(a(n)^2 + 2)) and
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 1/8 + 8*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n)*(a(n)^2 + 12)).
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/a(n) = ( theta_3(2-sqrt(3))^2 - 1 )/4 = 0.34770 07561 66992 06261 .... See Borwein and Borwein, Proposition 3.5 (i), p.91.
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = ( 1 - theta_3(sqrt(3)-2)^2 )/4. Cf. A003499 and A153415. (End) a(n) = tan(Pi/12)^n + tan(5*Pi/12)^n. - Greg Dresden, Oct 01 2020 a(n) = S(n, 4) - S(n-2, 4) = 2*T(n, 2), for n >= 0, with S and T Chebyshev polynomials, with S(-1, x) = 0 and S(-2, x) = -1. S(n, 4) = A001353(n+1), for n >= -1, and T(n, 2) = A001075(n).
MAPLE
A003500 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then 2*n+2 else 4*procname(n-1)-procname(n-2); fi;
end proc;
MATHEMATICA
a[0]=2; a[1]=4; a[n_]:= a[n]= 4a[n-1] -a[n-2]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 23}]
LinearRecurrence[{4, -1}, {2, 4}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 20 2011 *)
PROG
(Sage) [lucas_number2(n, 4, 1) for n in range(0, 24)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 14 2009 (Haskell)
a003500 n = a003500_list !! n
a003500_list = 2 : 4 : zipWith (-)
(map (* 4) $ tail a003500_list) a003500_list
(PARI) x='x+O('x^99); Vec(-2*(-1+2*x)/(1-4*x+x^2)) \\ Altug Alkan, Apr 04 2016 (Magma) I:=[2, 4]; [n le 2 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 14 2018
CROSSREFS
Cf. this sequence (middle side lengths), A016064 (smallest side lengths), A335025 (largest side lengths).
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