Search: id:A141385 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A141385 %S A141385 3,7,31,157,827,4407,23563,126105,675075,3614143,19349431,103593805, %T A141385 554625899,2969386479,15897666067,85113810057,455687062275, %U A141385 2439682811479,13061709929935,69930511268509,374397872321627 %N A141385 A sequence obeying a third-order linear recurrence. %C A141385 Ruling out finitely many exceptional terms, this sequence differs by a constant from several related enumerations with a slightly more complicated structure (fourth-order linear recurrence): %C A141385 For n>0, A141221(n)=a(n)-1. For n>2, A141384(n)=a(n)+1. %H A141385 G. P. Michon, Silent Prisms: A Screaming Game for Short-Sighted People. %F A141385 Recurrence: a(n+3) = 7*a(n+2)-9*a(n+1)+a(n) %F A141385 Generating function: (3-14x+9x^2)/(1-7x+9x^2-x^3) %F A141385 Formula: a(n) = A^n + B^n + C^n %F A141385 where, putting u = atan(sqrt(5319)/73), we have: %F A141385 A = 5.3538557854308282... = (7+2*srqt(22)*cos(u/3))/3 %F A141385 B = 1.5235479602692093... = (7-sqrt(22)*cos(u/3)+sqrt(66)*sin(u/3))/3 %F A141385 C = 0.1225962542999624... = (7-sqrt(22)*cos(u/3)-sqrt(66)*sin(u/3))/3 %e A141385 a(0) = 3 = A^0+B^0+C^0 %e A141385 a(1) = 7 = A+B+C %Y A141385 Cf. A141221, A141384. %Y A141385 Sequence in context: A000644 A015459 A115083 this_sequence A059296 A123332 A051342 %Y A141385 Adjacent sequences: A141382 A141383 A141384 this_sequence A141386 A141387 A141388 %K A141385 easy,nice,nonn %O A141385 0,1 %A A141385 Gerard P. Michon (g.michon(AT)att.net), Jul 02 2008, Jul 23 2008 Search completed in 0.001 seconds