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A005247 a(n) = 3a(n-2) - a(n-4), a(0)=2, a(1)=1, a(2)=3, a(3)=2. Alternates Lucas (A000032) and Fibonacci (A000045) sequences for even and odd n.
(Formerly M0149)
+0
5
2, 1, 3, 2, 7, 5, 18, 13, 47, 34, 123, 89, 322, 233, 843, 610, 2207, 1597, 5778, 4181, 15127, 10946, 39603, 28657, 103682, 75025, 271443, 196418, 710647, 514229, 1860498, 1346269, 4870847, 3524578, 12752043, 9227465, 33385282, 24157817 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. Crilly, Double sequences of positive integers, Math. Gaz., 69 (1985), 263-271.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..500

S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

S. Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

FORMULA

a(0)=2, a(1)=1; a(2)=3, a(n)=(1+a(n-1)a(n-2))/a(n-3), n >= 3. a(-n)=a(n).

G.f.: (2+x-3*x^2-x^3)/((1-x-x^2)*(1+x-x^2))

a(n)=F(n) if n odd, a(n)=L(n) if n even. a(n)=F(n+1)+(-1)^nF(n-1). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Sep 20 2002

MAPLE

with(combinat): A005247 := n-> if n mod 2 = 1 then fibonacci(n) else fibonacci(n+1)+fibonacci(n-1); fi;

A005247:=-(z+1)*(3*z**2-z-1)/(z**2-z-1)/(z**2+z-1); [S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation. Gives sequence with an additional leading 1.]

MATHEMATICA

CoefficientList[Series[(2 + x - 3x^2 - x^3)/(1 - 3x^2 + x^4), {x, 0, 40}], x]

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=if(n%2, fibonacci(n), fibonacci(n+1)+fibonacci(n-1))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000032, A000045, A005013, A005013.

Sequence in context: A144238 A082833 A101709 this_sequence A135259 A122147 A141486

Adjacent sequences: A005244 A005245 A005246 this_sequence A005248 A005249 A005250

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Additional comments from Michael Somos, May 01 2000

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