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A081018 (Lucas(4n+1)-1)/5, or Fibonacci(2n)*Fibonacci(2n+1), or A081017/5. +0
2
0, 2, 15, 104, 714, 4895, 33552, 229970, 1576239, 10803704, 74049690, 507544127, 3478759200, 23843770274, 163427632719, 1120149658760, 7677619978602, 52623190191455, 360684711361584, 2472169789339634, 16944503814015855 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENT

Another interpretation of this sequence is: nonnegative integers k such that (k + 1)^2 + (2k)^2 is a perfect square. So apart from a(0) = 0, a(n) + 1 and 2a(n) form the legs of a pythagorean triple. - Nick Hobson, Jan 13 2007

REFERENCES

Hugh C. Williams, Edouard Lucas and Primality Testing, John Wiley and Sons, 1998, p. 75

A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 28.

FORMULA

a(n) = 8a(n-1)-8a(n-2)+a(n-3)

F(3) + F(7) + F(11) +...+ F(4n+3).

MAPLE

luc := proc(n) option remember: if n=0 then RETURN(2) fi: if n=1 then RETURN(1) fi: luc(n-1)+luc(n-2): end: for n from 0 to 25 do printf(`%d, `, (luc(4*n+1)-1)/5) od:

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000045 (Fibonacci numbers), A000032 (Lucas numbers), A081017.

Partial sums of A033891. Bisection of A001654 and A059840.

Equals A089508 + 1.

Sequence in context: A037753 A037641 A027080 this_sequence A006675 A037524 A037733

Adjacent sequences: A081015 A081016 A081017 this_sequence A081019 A081020 A081021

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

R. K. Guy (rkg(AT)cpsc.ucalgary.ca), Mar 01, 2003

EXTENSIONS

More terms and Maple code from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Mar 03, 2003

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