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A129743 a(n) = -(u^n-1)*(v^n-1) with u = 2+sqrt(3), v = 2-sqrt(3). +0
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2, 12, 50, 192, 722, 2700, 10082, 37632, 140450, 524172, 1956242, 7300800, 27246962, 101687052, 379501250, 1416317952, 5285770562, 19726764300, 73621286642, 274758382272, 1025412242450, 3826890587532, 14282150107682 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Each term of this sequence beyond the sixth has a primitive prime divisor. - Anthony Flatters (Anthony.Flatters(AT)uea.ac.uk), Aug 17 2007

REFERENCES

G. Everest et al., Primes generated by recurrence sequences, Amer. Math. Monthly, 114 (No. 5, 2007), 417-431.

LINKS

Anthony Flatters, Primitive Divisors of some Lehmer-Pierce Sequences, arXiv:0708.2190.

FORMULA

a(2*n) = 12*A001353(n)^2, a(2*n+1) =2*A001834(n)^2. - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), May 30 2007

Equals 2*A092184(n). - Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jul 04 2007.

O.g.f.: 2*x*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-4*x+x^2)). - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Dec 05 2007

MAPLE

u:=2+sqrt(3): v:=2-sqrt(3): a:=n->expand(-(u^n-1)*(v^n-1)): seq(a(n), n=1..28); - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), May 13 2007

MATHEMATICA

Table[Simplify[ -((2 + Sqrt[3])^n - 1)*((2 - Sqrt[3])^n - 1)], {n, 1, 30}] - Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), May 15 2007

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A039784 A028243 A003493 this_sequence A115243 A012423 A012427

Adjacent sequences: A129740 A129741 A129742 this_sequence A129744 A129745 A129746

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), May 13 2007

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu) and Stefan Steinerberger (stefan.steinerberger(AT)gmail.com), May 13 2007

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), May 30 2007

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