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%I A122973 #15 Oct 17 2016 10:06:16 %S A122973 1,12,42,162,642,2562,10242,40962,163842,655362,2621442,10485762, %T A122973 41943042,167772162,671088642,2684354562,10737418242,42949672962, %U A122973 171798691842,687194767362,2748779069442,10995116277762,43980465111042,175921860444162,703687441776642 %N A122973 Number of vertices on the surface of an icosahedron. %H A122973 <a href="/index/Rec#order_02">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (5,-4). %F A122973 a(n) = 1 if n=0, 10*4^(n-1)+2 otherwise. %F A122973 G.f.: 1-6*x*(-2+3*x) / ( (4*x-1)*(x-1) ). - _R. J. Mathar_, Feb 02 2011 %F A122973 For a(n)>1: a(1)=12, a(2)=42, a(n) = 5*a(n-1)-4*a(n-2). [_Harvey P. Dale_, May 05 2011] %t A122973 Join[{1},LinearRecurrence[{5,-4},{12,42},30]] (* or *) CoefficientList[ Series[1-6x (-2+3x)/((4x-1)(x-1)),{x,0,30}],x] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, May 05 2011 *) %Y A122973 Cf. A005901. %K A122973 nonn,easy %O A122973 0,2 %A A122973 Alden Chew (aldenc98(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 27 2006