Search: id:A102446 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A102446 %S A102446 2,2,10,18,58,130,362,882,2330,5858,15178,38610,99322,253762,651050, %T A102446 1666098,4270298,10934690,28015882,71754642,183818170,470836738, %U A102446 1206109418,3089456370,7913894042,20271719522,51927295690,133014173778 %N A102446 a(n) = a(n-1) + 4*a(n-2), a(0) = a(1) = 2. %C A102446 The continued fraction expansion c_0 = 0, c_n = 1/2 (n>0) (see a paper by Bremner & Tzanakis) has convergents 2/1, 2/5, 10/9, 18/29, 58/ 65, 130/181, ... where the numerators and denominators satisfy the recurrence a_n = a_{n-1} + 4a_{n-2}. The denominators are A006131 and the numerators are the present sequence. %t A102446 a[0] = a[1] = 2; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + 4a[n - 2]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 27}] (from Robert G. Wilson v Feb 23 2005) %o A102446 sage: from sage.combinat.sloane_functions import recur_gen2b sage: it = recur_gen2b(2,2,1,4, lambda n: 0) sage: [it.next() for i in range(29)] - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 09 2008 %Y A102446 Equals 2*A006131(n). %Y A102446 Sequence in context: A015623 A164124 A003609 this_sequence A151456 A151389 A151428 %Y A102446 Adjacent sequences: A102443 A102444 A102445 this_sequence A102447 A102448 A102449 %K A102446 nonn,easy %O A102446 0,1 %A A102446 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), based on a suggestion from R. K. Guy, Feb 23 2005 %E A102446 More terms from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Feb 23 2005 Search completed in 0.005 seconds