Search: id:A025172 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A025172 %S A025172 1,1,7,23,17,241,329,1511,5983,1633,57113,99529,314959,1525679,216727, %T A025172 13297657,28545857,62587199,382087111,200889431,3037005137,7882015153, %U A025172 11569015927,94076168231,84031193119,678623127841,2113526993753 %V A025172 1,1,-7,-23,17,241,329,-1511,-5983,1633,57113,99529,-314959,-1525679,-216727, %W A025172 13297657,28545857,-62587199,-382087111,-200889431,3037005137,7882015153, %X A025172 -11569015927,-94076168231,-84031193119,678623127841,2113526993753 %N A025172 Let phi = arccos(1/3), the dihedral angle of the regular tetrahedron. Then cos(n*phi) = a(n)/3^n. %C A025172 Used when showing that the regular simplex is not "scisssors-dissectable" to a cube, thus answering Hilbert's third problem. %D A025172 J. L. Dupont, Scissors Congruences, Group Homology and Characteristic Classes, World Scientific, 2001. See p. 4. %F A025172 a(0) = 1, a(1) = 1; for n >= 2, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 9*a(n-2). - Warut Roonguthai (warut822(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 11 2005 %F A025172 a(n) = (1/2)*(1-2*i*2^(1/2))^(n+1)+(1/2)*(1+2*i*2^(1/2))^(n+1), where i=sqrt(-1). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Apr 19 2003 %F A025172 a(n) is the permanent of the matrix M^n, where M = [i, 2; 1, i]. - Simone Severini (simoseve(AT)gmail.com), Apr 27 2007 %p A025172 f:=proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then RETURN(1); fi; 2*f(n-1)-9*f(n-2); end; %t A025172 Table[ n/2 3^n GegenbauerC[ n, 1/3 ], {n, 24} ] %o A025172 (PARI) {a(n)= if(n<0, 0, 3^(n-1)* subst(3* poltchebi(abs(n)), x, 1/3))} /* Michael Somos Mar 14 2007 */ %Y A025172 Sequence in context: A070411 A167224 A121815 this_sequence A115023 A009228 A031450 %Y A025172 Adjacent sequences: A025169 A025170 A025171 this_sequence A025173 A025174 A025175 %K A025172 sign %O A025172 0,3 %A A025172 Wouter Meeussen (wouter.meeussen(AT)pandora.be) %E A025172 Better description from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Apr 19 2003 %E A025172 Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Feb 22 2007. Among other things, I changed the offset and the beginning of the sequence, so some of the formulae may need to be adjusted slightly. Search completed in 0.001 seconds