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A005708 a(n)=a(n-1)+a(n-6).
(Formerly M0496)
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19
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 27, 34, 43, 55, 71, 92, 119, 153, 196, 251, 322, 414, 533, 686, 882, 1133, 1455, 1869, 2402, 3088, 3970, 5103, 6558, 8427, 10829, 13917, 17887, 22990, 29548, 37975, 48804, 62721, 80608, 103598, 133146, 171121, 219925, 282646 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,7

COMMENT

This comment covers a family of sequences which satisfy a recurrence of the form a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-m), with a(n) = 1 for n = 0...m-1. The generating function is 1/(1-x-x^m). Also a(n) = sum(binomial(n-(m-1)*i, i), i=0..n/m). This family of binomial summations or recurrences gives the number of ways to cover (without overlapping) a linear lattice of n sites with molecules that are m sites wide. Special case: m=1: A000079; m=4: A003269; m=5: A003520; m=6: A005708; m=7: A005709; m=8: A005710.

REFERENCES

E. Di Cera and Y. Kong, Theory of multivalent binding in one and two-dimensional lattices, Biophysical Chemistry, Vol. 61 (1996), pp. 107-124.

Problem E3274, Amer. Math. Monthly, 95 (1988), 555.

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

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.

INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 379

FORMULA

a(n) = term (1,1) in the 6x6 matrix [1,1,0,0,0,0; 0,0,1,0,0,0; 0,0,0,1,0,0; 0,0,0,0,1,0; 0,0,0,0,0,1]; 1,0,0,0,0,0]^n. - Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Jul 27 2008

MAPLE

with(combstruct): SeqSetU := [S, {S=Sequence(U), U=Set(Z, card > 5)}, unlabeled]: seq(count(SeqSetU, size=j), j=6..59); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 10 2006

A005708:=-1/(-1+z+z**6); [S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]

ZL:=[S, {a = Atom, b = Atom, S = Prod(X, Sequence(Prod(X, b))), X = Sequence(b, card >= 5)}, unlabelled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=5..58); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 26 2008

M := Matrix(6, (i, j)-> if j=1 and member(i, [1, 6]) then 1 elif (i=j-1) then 1 else 0 fi); a := n -> (M^(n))[1, 1]; seq (a(n), n=0..53); - Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Jul 27 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000045, A000079, A000930, A003269, A003520, A005709, A005710, A005711.

Sequence in context: A126327 A098132 A017900 this_sequence A085793 A143286 A160339

Adjacent sequences: A005705 A005706 A005707 this_sequence A005709 A005710 A005711

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Mohammad K. Azarian (ma3(AT)evansville.edu)

Additional comments from Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 16 2000

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