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A068156 G.f.: (x+2)(x+1)/((x-1)(x-2))=Sum(n=0,inf,a(n)(x/2)^n). +0
6
1, 3, 9, 21, 45, 93, 189, 381, 765, 1533, 3069, 6141, 12285, 24573, 49149, 98301, 196605, 393213, 786429, 1572861, 3145725, 6291453, 12582909, 25165821, 50331645, 100663293, 201326589, 402653181, 805306365, 1610612733 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Number of moves to solve Hard Pagoda puzzle.

Partial sums of A058295. Binomial transform of (1,2,4,2,4,2,4 ....) - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Feb 28 2003

a(n)=a(n-1)+ 3*2^(n-1); a(1)=3. - Ctibor O. Zizka (ctibor.zizka(AT)seznam.cz), Apr 17 2008

REFERENCES

Richard I. Hess, Compendium of Over 7000 Wire Puzzles, privately printed, 1991.

Richard I. Hess, Analysis of Ring Puzzles, booklet distributed at 13-th International Puzzle Party, Amsterdam, Aug 20 1993.

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients

FORMULA

a(0)=1 a(n)=A060482(2n+1). n >0 a(n+1)=2a(n)+3.

G.f.: (1+2x^2)/((1-2x)(1-x)) - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Feb 28 2003

a(n)=3*2^n+0^n-3 - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Sep 04 2003

a(n) = A099257(A033484(n)+1) = 2*A033484(n) + 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Oct 09 2004

MATHEMATICA

a=0; lst={1}; k=3; Do[a+=k; AppendTo[lst, a]; k+=k, {n, 0, 4!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Dec 15 2008]

a=3; lst={1, a}; k=6; Do[a+=k; AppendTo[lst, a]; k+=k, {n, 0, 5!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Dec 16 2008]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A084569 A110964 A107351 this_sequence A166452 A052101 A063830

Adjacent sequences: A068153 A068154 A068155 this_sequence A068157 A068158 A068159

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Mar 12 2002

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