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A074359 Coefficient of q^2 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)=(2,2).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 0, 0, 12, 64, 280, 1088, 3968, 13856, 46912, 155136, 503616, 1610496, 5086336, 15895552, 49229312, 151275008, 461662208, 1400356864, 4224703488, 12683452416, 37911164928, 112865394688, 334788444160, 989756825600
Offset: 0

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Author

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

Keywords

Comments

Coefficient of q^0 is A002605.

Examples

			The first 6 nu polynomials are nu(0)=1, nu(1)=2, nu(2)=6, nu(3)=16+4q, nu(4)=44+20q+12q^2, nu(5)=120+80q+64q^2+40q^3+8q^4, so the coefficients of q^2 are 0,0,0,0,12,64.
		

Crossrefs

Coefficient of q^0, q^1 and q^3 are in A002605, A074358 and A074360. Related sequences with other values of b and lambda are in A074082-A074089, A074352-A074357, A074361-A074363.

Programs

  • Maple
    nu := proc(n,b,lambda) if n = 0 then 1 ; elif n = 1 then b ; else b*nu(n-1,b,lambda)+lambda*nu(n-2,b,lambda)*add(q^i,i=0..n-2) ; fi ; end: A074359 := proc(n) local b,lambda,thisnu ; b := 2 ; lambda := 2 ; thisnu := nu(n,b,lambda) ; RETURN( coeftayl(thisnu,q=0,2) ) ; end: for n from 0 to 40 do printf("%d, ",A074359(n) ) ; od ; # R. J. Mathar, Mar 20 2007
  • Mathematica
    Join[{0, 0}, LinearRecurrence[{6, -6, -16, 12, 24, 8}, {0, 0, 12, 64, 280, 1088}, 24]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 23 2017 *)

Formula

Conjecture: O.g.f: 4*x^4*(-3+2*x+8*x^2+4*x^3)/(2*x^2+2*x-1)^3. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 22 2009

Extensions

More terms from R. J. Mathar, Mar 20 2007