Search: id:A086902 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A086902 %S A086902 2,7,51,364,2599,18557,132498,946043,6754799,48229636,344362251, %T A086902 2458765393,17555720002,125348805407,894997357851,6390330310364, %U A086902 45627309530399,325781497023157,2326097788692498,16608466017870643 %N A086902 a(n) = 7a(n-1) + a(n-2), starting with a(0) = 2 and a(1) = 7, a(n) = [(7+sqrt(53))/2]^n + [(7-sqrt(53))/2]^n. %C A086902 a(n+1)/a(n) converges to (7+sqrt(53))/2 = 7.14005... a(0)/a(1)=2/7; a(1)/ a(2)=7/51; a(2)/a(3)=51/364; a(3)/a(4)=364/2599; ... etc. Lim a(n)/ a(n+1) as n approaches infinity = 0.1400549... = 2/(7+sqrt(53)) = (sqrt(53)-7)/2. %H A086902 Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients %H A086902 Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences %H A086902 Index entries for recurrences a(n) = k*a(n - 1) +/- a(n - 2) %H A086902 Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials. %F A086902 a(n) = 7a(n-1) + a(n-2), starting with a(0) = 2 and a(1) = 7, a(n) = [(7+sqrt(53))/2]^n + [(7-sqrt(53))/2]^n. %F A086902 E.g.f. : 2exp(7x/2)cosh(sqrt(53)x/2); a(n)=2^(1-n)sum{k=0..floor(n/2), C(n, 2k)53^k7^(n-2k)}. a(n)=2T(n, 7i/2)(-i)^n with T(n, x) Chebyshev's polynomials of the first kind (see A053120) and i^2=-1. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Nov 15 2003 %F A086902 G.f.: (2-7x)/(1-7x-x^2). [From Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Nov 16 2008] %e A086902 a(4) = 2599 = 7a(3) + a(2) = 7*364 + 51 = [(7+sqrt(53))/2]^4 + [(7-sqrt(53))/ 2]^4 = %e A086902 2598.999615 + 0.000385 = 2599 %Y A086902 Cf. A058316. %Y A086902 Sequence in context: A045598 A139008 A058721 this_sequence A138737 A046662 A118191 %Y A086902 Adjacent sequences: A086899 A086900 A086901 this_sequence A086903 A086904 A086905 %K A086902 easy,nonn %O A086902 0,1 %A A086902 Nikolay V. Kosinov (kosinov(AT)unitron.com.ua), Sep 18 2003 %E A086902 More terms from Ray Chandler (rayjchandler(AT)sbcglobal.net), Feb 14 2004 Search completed in 0.001 seconds