Search: id:A027674 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A027674 %S A027674 1,1,1,1,1,5,7,13,25,49,89,169,319,601,1129,2129,4009,7549, %T A027674 14215,26773,50417,94945,178801,336721,634111,1194161,2248849, %U A027674 4235041,7975441,15019381,28284551,53265565,100309897,188903953 %V A027674 -1,1,1,1,1,5,7,13,25,49,89,169,319,601,1129,2129,4009,7549, %W A027674 14215,26773,50417,94945,178801,336721,634111,1194161,2248849, %X A027674 4235041,7975441,15019381,28284551,53265565,100309897,188903953 %N A027674 Numerical distance between m-th and (m+n)-th spheres in loxodromic sequence of spheres in which each 5 consecutive spheres are in mutual contact. %D A027674 H. S. M. Coxeter, 5 spheres in mutual contact, Abstracts AMS 18 (1997), p. 431, #924-05-202; also Math. Intell. 19(4) 1997 pp. 41-47. %D A027674 H. S. M. Coxeter, 1998, Numerical distances among the circles in a loxodromic sequence, Nieuw Arch. Wisk, 16, pp. 1-9. %F A027674 a(n)=a(n-1)+a(n-2)+a(n-3)+a(n-1)-a(n-5). %F A027674 7a(n) = (-1)^(n+1)*2 + 3*Sum{v=0 to [ n/2 ]} * n/(n-v) * binomial(n-v, v)* u(n-2v) where u(n)= 2u(n-1)+u(n-2) and u(0)=-1, u(1)=2 [ Floor van Lamoen (fvlamoen(AT)hotmail.com) ]. %F A027674 G.f.:(-1-x^4+x^2+2*x)/((x+1)*(x^4-2*x^3+x^2-2*x+1)) [From Maksym Voznyy (voznyy(AT)mail.ru), Aug 12 2009] %p A027674 f := proc(n) option remember; if n=0 then -1 elif n=1 then 1 elif n=2 then 1 elif n=3 then 1 elif n=4 then 1 else f(n-1)+f(n-2)+f(n-3)+f(n-4)-f(n-5); fi; end; %Y A027674 Sequence in context: A155006 A078724 A155757 this_sequence A124307 A158294 A090610 %Y A027674 Adjacent sequences: A027671 A027672 A027673 this_sequence A027675 A027676 A027677 %K A027674 sign,nice %O A027674 0,6 %A A027674 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). Search completed in 0.001 seconds