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%I A030517 #29 Mar 22 2022 17:45:40 %S A030517 1,2,13,52,273,1302,6573,32552,163073,813802,4070573,20345052, %T A030517 101733073,508626302,2543170573,12715657552,63578483073,317891438802, %U A030517 1589458170573,7947285970052,39736434733073,198682149251302,993410770670573,4967053731282552 %N A030517 Number of walks of length n between two vertices on an icosahedron at distance 1. %H A030517 Colin Barker, <a href="/A030517/b030517.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a> %H A030517 <a href="/index/Rec#order_04">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (4,10,-20,-25). %F A030517 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2*A030518(n-1) + 5*a(n-2). %F A030517 A030518(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2*A030518(n-1) + 5*A030518(n-2). %F A030517 From _Emeric Deutsch_, Apr 03 2004: (Start) %F A030517 a(n) = 5^n/12 - (-1)^n/12 + (sqrt(5))^(n+1)/20 + (-sqrt(5))^(n+1)/20. %F A030517 a(n) = 4*a(n-1) + 10*a(n-2) - 20*a(n-3) - 25*a(n-4) for n>=5. (End) %F A030517 From _Colin Barker_, Oct 17 2016: (Start) %F A030517 G.f.: x*(1 - 2*x - 5*x^2)/((1 + x)*(1 - 5*x)*(1 - 5*x^2)). %F A030517 a(n) = (5^n - 1)/12 for n even. %F A030517 a(n) = (6*5^((n-1)/2) + 5^n + 1)/12 for n odd. (End) %t A030517 LinearRecurrence[{4, 10, -20, -25}, {1, 2, 13, 52}, 24] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Jul 12 2021 *) %o A030517 (PARI) Vec(x*(1-2*x-5*x^2)/((1+x)*(1-5*x)*(1-5*x^2)) + O(x^30)) \\ _Colin Barker_, Oct 17 2016 %Y A030517 Cf. A030518. %K A030517 nonn,walk,easy %O A030517 1,2 %A A030517 _Yasutoshi Kohmoto_