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A072265 Variant of Lucas numbers: a(n)=a(n-1)+4*a(n-2) starting with a(0)=2 and a(1)=1. +0
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2, 1, 9, 13, 49, 101, 297, 701, 1889, 4693, 12249, 31021, 80017, 204101, 524169, 1340573, 3437249, 8799541, 22548537, 57746701, 147940849, 378927653, 970691049, 2486401661, 6369165857, 16314772501, 41791435929 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,1

REFERENCES

Thomas Koshy, "Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers with Applications", Wiley, 2001, p. 471.

FORMULA

G.f.: (2-x)/(1-x-4x^2). - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 02 2003

a(n) = ((1+sqrt(17))/2)^n + ((1-sqrt(17))/2)^n = 4*A006131(n-1)+A006131(n+1) = A075117(4, n).

MAPLE

a := n -> (Matrix([[1, 2]]). Matrix([[1, 1], [4, 0]])^n)[1, 2]; seq (a(n), n=0..26); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 15 2008]

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, polsym(4+x-x^2, n)[n+1])

(Other) sage: [lucas_number2(n, 1, -4) for n in xrange(0, 27)]# [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 30 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006131.

Sequence in context: A078623 A099599 A085488 this_sequence A058876 A083162 A094633

Adjacent sequences: A072262 A072263 A072264 this_sequence A072266 A072267 A072268

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

M. Kristof (kristmikl(AT)freemail.hu), Jul 08 2002

EXTENSIONS

Edited and extended by Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), Sep 03 2002

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