A024006 a(n) = 1 - n^8.

1, 0, -255, -6560, -65535, -390624, -1679615, -5764800, -16777215, -43046720, -99999999, -214358880, -429981695, -815730720, -1475789055, -2562890624, -4294967295, -6975757440, -11019960575, -16983563040, -25599999999, -37822859360, -54875873535

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• sign
• easy

Links

• Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..420
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (9, -36, 84, -126, 126, -84, 36, -9, 1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A024004.

Programs

Magma

[1-n^8: n in [0..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 29 2011

Mathematica

Table[1-n^8,{n,0,40}] (* and *) LinearRecurrence[{9, -36, 84, -126, 126, -84, 36, -9, 1}, {1, 0, -255, -6560, -65535, -390624, -1679615, -5764800, -16777215}, 40] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Apr 15 2011 *)

PARI

a(n)=1-n^8 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 07 2015

Formula

Sum_{n>=2} -1/a(n) = 15/16 - Pi*(coth(Pi)/8) + Pi * (sin(sqrt(2)*Pi) + sinh(sqrt(2)*Pi)) / (4*sqrt(2) * (cos(sqrt(2)*Pi) - cosh(sqrt(2)*Pi))) = A339530 = 0.0040926982992862873... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 14 2015