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A005709 a(n)=a(n-1)+a(n-7).
(Formerly M0492)
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17
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 17, 22, 28, 35, 43, 53, 66, 83, 105, 133, 168, 211, 264, 330, 413, 518, 651, 819, 1030, 1294, 1624, 2037, 2555, 3206, 4025, 5055, 6349, 7973, 10010, 12565, 15771, 19796, 24851 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,8

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 380

MAPLE

A005709 := proc(n) option remember; if n <=6 then 1; else A005709(n-1)+A005709(n-7); fi; end;

with(combstruct): SeqSetU := [S, {S=Sequence(U), U=Set(Z, card > 6)}, unlabeled]: seq(count(SeqSetU, size=j), j=7..55); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 10 2006

A005709:=-1/(-1+z+z**7); [S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]

ZL:=[S, {a = Atom, b = Atom, S = Prod(X, Sequence(Prod(X, b))), X = Sequence(b, card >= 6)}, unlabelled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=6..54); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 26 2008

M := Matrix(7, (i, j)-> if j=1 and member(i, [1, 7]) then 1 elif (i=j-1) then 1 else 0 fi); a := n -> (M^(n))[1, 1]; seq (a(n), n=0..48); - Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Jul 27 2008

MATHEMATICA

f[ n_Integer ] := f[ n ]=If[ n>7, f[ n-1 ]+f[ n-7 ], 1 ]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000045, A000079, A000930, A003269, A003520, A005708, A005710, A005711.

Sequence in context: A062010 A071218 A017901 this_sequence A101917 A127273 A143287

Adjacent sequences: A005706 A005707 A005708 this_sequence A005710 A005711 A005712

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

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

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