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A050232 a(n) is the number of n-tosses having a run of 4 or more heads for a fair coin (i.e. probability is a(n)/2^n). +0
6
0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 8, 20, 48, 111, 251, 558, 1224, 2656, 5713, 12199, 25888, 54648, 114832, 240335, 501239, 1042126, 2160676, 4468664, 9221281, 18989899, 39034824, 80103276, 164126496, 335808927, 686182387, 1400438814 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,5

REFERENCES

Feller, W. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Application, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, p. 300, 1968.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..300

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n) = 2^n - Tetranacci(n+4), cf. A000078. - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)Eunet.yu), Feb 23 2003

CROSSREFS

Cf. A008466, A050231, A050233

Sequence in context: A050231 A136305 A026712 this_sequence A050233 A049610 A001792

Adjacent sequences: A050229 A050230 A050231 this_sequence A050233 A050234 A050235

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

Eric Weisstein (eric(AT)weisstein.com)

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