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A074357 Coefficient of q^3 in nu(n), where nu(0)=1, nu(1)=b and, for n>=2, nu(n)=b*nu(n-1)+lambda*(1+q+q^2+...+q^(n-2))*nu(n-2) with (b,lambda)=(1,3).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 30, 168, 639, 2415, 7872, 25542, 77727, 233547, 679410, 1949862, 5490132, 15276456, 41963844, 114153990, 307595853, 822263313, 2181777252, 5751280350, 15069310365, 39269077809, 101817186264, 262776963360
Offset: 0

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Author

Y. Kelly Itakura (yitkr(AT)mta.ca), Aug 21 2002

Keywords

Comments

Coefficient of q^0 is A006130.

Examples

			The first 6 nu polynomials are nu(0)=1, nu(1)=1, nu(2)=4, nu(3)=7+3q, nu(4)=19+15q+12q^2, nu(5)=40+45q+42q^2+30q^3+9q^4, so the coefficients of q^3 are 0,0,0,0,0,30.
		

Crossrefs

Coefficient of q^0, q^1 and q^2 are in A006130, A074355 and A074356. Related sequences with other values of b and lambda are in A074082-A074089, A074352-A074354, A074358-A074363.

Programs

  • Maple
    nu := proc(b,lambda,n) global q; local qp,i ; if n = 0 then RETURN(1) ; elif n =1 then RETURN(b) ; fi ; qp:=0 ; for i from 0 to n-2 do qp := qp + q^i ; od ; RETURN( b*nu(b,lambda,n-1)+lambda*qp*nu(b,lambda,n-2)) ; end: A074357 := proc(n) RETURN( coeftayl(nu(1,3,n),q=0,3) ) ; end: for n from 0 to 30 do printf("%d,", A074357(n)) ; od ; # R. J. Mathar, Sep 20 2006
  • Mathematica
    Join[{0, 0, 0}, LinearRecurrence[{4, 6, -32, -19, 96, 54, -108, -81}, {0, 0, 30, 168, 639, 2415, 7872, 25542}, 24]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 22 2017 *)

Formula

Conjecture: O.g.f.: 3*x^5*(3*x+1)*(36*x^4+24*x^3-29*x^2-14*x+10)/(3*x^2+x-1)^4. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 22 2009

Extensions

More terms from R. J. Mathar, Sep 20 2006