A123737 -id:A123737 - cp's OEIS frontend

A001652 a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - a(n-2) + 2 with a(0) = 0, a(1) = 3.

0, 3, 20, 119, 696, 4059, 23660, 137903, 803760, 4684659, 27304196, 159140519, 927538920, 5406093003, 31509019100, 183648021599, 1070379110496, 6238626641379, 36361380737780, 211929657785303, 1235216565974040, 7199369738058939, 41961001862379596, 244566641436218639

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Consider all Pythagorean triples (X, X+1, Z) ordered by increasing Z; sequence gives X values.
Numbers n such that triangular number t(n) (see A000217) = n(n+1)/2 is a product of two consecutive integers (cf. A097571).
Members of Diophantine pairs. Solution to a*(a+1) = 2*b*(b+1) in natural numbers including 0; a = a(n), b = b(n) = A053141(n); The solution of a special case of a binomial problem of H. Finner and K. Strassburger (strass(AT)godot.dfi.uni-duesseldorf.de).
The index of all triangular numbers T(a(n)) for which 4T(n)+1 is a perfect square.
The three sequences x (A001652), y (A046090) and z (A001653) may be obtained by setting u and v equal to the Pell numbers (A000129) in the formulas x = 2uv, y = u^2 - v^2, z = u^2 + v^2 [Joseph Wiener and Donald Skow]. - Antonio Alberto Olivares, Dec 22 2003
All Pythagorean triples {X(n), Y(n)=X(n)+1, Z(n)} with X M*W(n), where W(n)=transpose of vector [X(n) Y(n) Z(n)] and M a 3 X 3 matrix given by [2 1 2 / 1 2 2 / 2 2 3]. - Lekraj Beedassy, Aug 14 2006
Let b(n) = A053141 then a(n)*b(n+1) = b(n)*a(n+1) + b(n). - Kenneth J Ramsey, Sep 22 2007
In general, if b(n) = A053141(n), then a(n)*b(n+k) = a(n+k)*b(n)+b(k); e.g., 3*84 = 119*2+14; 3*2870 = 4059*2+492; 20*2870 = 5741*14+84. - Charlie Marion, Nov 19 2007
Limit_{n -> oo} a(n)/a(n-1) = 3+2*sqrt(2) = A156035. - Klaus Brockhaus, Feb 17 2009
If (p,q) is a solution of the Diophantine equation: X^2 + (X+1)^2 = Y^2 then (p+q) or (p+q+1) are perfect squares. If (p,q) is a solution of the Diophantine equation: X^2 + (X+1)^2 = Y^2 then (p+q) or (p+q)/8 are perfect squares. If (p,q) and (r,s) are two consecutive solutions of the Diophantine equation: X^2 + (X+1)^2 = Y^2 with pMohamed Bouhamida, Aug 29 2009
If (p,q) and (r,s) are two consecutive solutions of the Diophantine equation: X^2 + (X + 1)^2 = y^2 with pMohamed Bouhamida, Sep 02 2009
a(n+k) = A001541(k)*a(n) + A001542(k)*A001653(n+1) + A001108(k). - Charlie Marion, Dec 10 2010
The numbers 3*A001652 = (0, 9, 60, 357, 2088, 12177, 70980, ...) are all the nonnegative values of X such that X^2 + (X+3)^2 = Z^2 (Z is in A075841). - Bruno Berselli, Aug 26 2010
Let T(n) = n*(n+1)/2 (the n-th triangular number). For n > 0,
  T(a(n) + 2*k*A001653(n+1)) = 2*T(A053141(n-1) + k*A002315(n)) + k^2 and
  T(a(n) + (2*k+1)*A001653(n+1)) = (A001109(n+1) + k*A002315(n))^2 + k*(k+1).
  Also (a(n) + k*A001653(n))^2 + (a(n) + k*A001653(n) + 1)^2 = (A001653(n+1) + k*A002315(n))^2 + k^2. - Charlie Marion, Dec 09 2010
For n>0, A143608(n) divides a(n). - Kenneth J Ramsey, Jun 28 2012
Set a(n)=p; a(n)+1=q; the generated triple x=p^2+pq; y=q^2+pq; k=p^2+q^2 satisfies x^2+y^2=k(x+y). - Carmine Suriano, Dec 17 2013
The arms of the triangle are found with (b(n),c(n)) for 2*b(n)*c(n) and c(n)^2 - b(n)^2. Let b(1) = 1 and c(1) = 2, then b(n) = c(n-1) and c(n) = 2*c(n-1) + b(n-1). Alternatively, b(n) = c(n-1) and c(n) equals the nearest integer to b(n)*(1+sqrt(2)). - J. M. Bergot, Oct 09 2014
Conjecture: For n>1 a(n) is the index of the first occurrence of n in sequence A123737. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 02 2015
Numbers m such that Product_{k=1..m} (4*k^4+1) is a square (see A274307). - Chai Wah Wu, Jun 21 2016
Numbers m such that m^2+(m+1)^2 is a square. - César Aguilera, Aug 14 2017
For integers a and d, let P(a,d,1) = a, P(a,d,2) = a+d, and, for n>2, P(a,d,n) = 2*P(a,d,n-1) + P(a,d,n-2). Further, let p(n) = Sum_{i=1..2n} P(a,d,i). Then p(n)^2 + (p(n)+d)^2 + a^2 = P(a,d,2n+1)^2 + d^2. When a = 1 and d = 1, p(n) = a(n) and P(a,d,n) = A000129(n), the n-th Pell number. - Charlie Marion, Dec 08 2018
The terms of this sequence satisfy the Diophantine equation k^2 + (k+1)^2 = m^2, which is equivalent to (2k+1)^2 - 2*m^2 = -1. Now, with x=2k+1 and y=m, we get the Pell-Fermat equation x^2 - 2*y^2 = -1. The solutions (x,y) of this equation are respectively in A002315 and A001653. The relation k = (x-1)/2 explains Lekraj Beedassy's Nov 25 2003 formula. Thus, the corresponding numbers m = y, which express the length of the hypotenuse of these right triangles (k,k+1,m) are in A001653. - Bernard Schott, Mar 10 2019
Members of Diophantine pairs. Related to solutions of p^2 = 2q^2 + 2 in natural numbers; p = p(n) = 2*sqrt(4T(a(n))+1), q = q(n) = sqrt(8*T(a(n))+1). Note that this implies that 4*T(a(n))+1 is a perfect square (numbers of the form 8*T(n)+1 are perfect squares for all n); these T(a(n))'s are the only solutions to the given Diophantine equation. - Steven Blasberg, Mar 04 2021

			The first few triples are (0,1,1), (3,4,5), (20,21,29), (119,120,169), ...

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Index entries for two-way infinite sequences
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-7,1).

Cf. A046090(n) = -a(-1-n).
Cf. A001108, A143608, A089950 (partial sums), A156035.
Cf. numbers m such that k*A000217(m)+1 is a square: A006451 for k=1; m=0 for k=2; A233450 for k=3; this sequence for k=4; A129556 for k=5; A001921 for k=6. - Bruno Berselli, Dec 16 2013
Cf. A053141, A001541, A001109, A274307.
Cf. A002315, A001653 (solutions of x^2 - 2*y^2 = -1).
Cf. A000129, A001333, A001542, A002024, A002378, A029549, A048739, A053142, A055997, A075841, A084159, A084703, A097571, A123737.

a:=[0,3];; for n in [3..25] do a[n]:=6*a[n-1]-a[n-2]+2; od; a; # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 08 2018

a001652 n = a001652_list !! n
a001652_list = 0 : 3 : map (+ 2)
(zipWith (-) (map (* 6) (tail a001652_list)) a001652_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 10 2012

Z:=PolynomialRing(Integers()); N:=NumberField(x^2-2); S:=[ (-2+(r2+1)*(3+2*r2)^n-(r2-1)*(3-2*r2)^n)/4: n in [1..20] ]; [ Integers()!S[j]: j in [1..#S] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Feb 17 2009

m:=30; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); [0] cat Coefficients(R!(x*(3-x)/((1-6*x+x^2)*(1-x)))); // G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2018

A001652 := proc(n)
    option remember;
    if n <= 1 then
        op(n+1,[0,3]) ;
    else
        6*procname(n-1)-procname(n-2)+2 ;
    end if;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Feb 05 2016

LinearRecurrence[{7,-7,1}, {0,3,20}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 19 2011 *)
With[{c=3+2*Sqrt[2]},NestList[Floor[c*#]+3&,3,30]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 22 2012 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x (3 - x)/((1 - 6 x + x^2) (1 - x)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 21 2014 *)
Table[(LucasL[2*n + 1, 2] - 2)/4, {n, 0, 30}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2018 *)

{a(n) = subst( poltchebi(n+1) - poltchebi(n) - 2, x, 3) / 4}; /* Michael Somos, Aug 11 2006 */

concat(0, Vec(x*(3-x)/((1-6*x+x^2)*(1-x)) + O(x^50))) \\ Altug Alkan, Nov 08 2015

{a=1+sqrt(2); b=1-sqrt(2); Q(n) = a^n + b^n};
for(n=0, 30, print1(round((Q(2*n+1) - 2)/4), ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2018

(x*(3-x)/((1-6*x+x^2)*(1-x))).series(x, 30).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Mar 08 2019

G.f.: x *(3 - x) / ((1 - 6*x + x^2) * (1 - x)). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = 7*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) + a(n-3). a_{n} = -1/2 + ((1-2^{1/2})/4)*(3 - 2^{3/2})^n + ((1+2^{1/2})/4)*(3 + 2^{3/2})^n. - Antonio Alberto Olivares, Oct 13 2003
a(n) = a(n-2) + 4*sqrt(2*(a(n-1)^2)+2*a(n-1)+1). - Pierre CAMI, Mar 30 2005
a(n) = (sinh((2*n+1)*log(1+sqrt(2)))-1)/2 = (sqrt(1+8*A029549)-1)/2. - Bill Gosper, Feb 07 2010
Binomial(a(n)+1,2) = 2*binomial(A053141(n)+1,2) = A029549(n). See A053141. - Bill Gosper, Feb 07 2010
Let b(n) = A046090(n) and c(n) = A001653(n). Then for k>j, c(i)*(c(k) - c(j)) = a(k+i) + ... + a(i+j+1) + a(k-i-1) + ... + a(j-i) + k - j. For n<0, a(n) = -b(-n-1). Also a(n)*a(n+2*k+1) + b(n)*b(n+2*k+1) + c(n)*c(n+2*k+1) = (a(n+k+1) - a(n+k))^2; a(n)*a(n+2*k) + b(n)*b(n+2*k) + c(n)*c(n+2*k) = 2*c(n+k)^2. - Charlie Marion, Jul 01 2003
a(n)*a(n+1) + A046090(n)*A046090(n+1) = A001542(n+1)^2 = A084703(n+1). - Charlie Marion, Jul 01 2003
For n and j >= 1, Sum_{k=0..j} A001653(k)*a(n) - Sum_{k=0...j-1} A001653(k)*a(n-1) + A053141(j) = A001109(j+1)*a(n) - A001109(j)*a(n-1) + A053141(j) = a(n+j). - Charlie Marion, Jul 07 2003
Sum_{k=0...n} (2*k+1)*a(n-k) = A001109(n+1) - A000217(n+1). - Charlie Marion, Jul 18 2003
a(n) = A055997(n) - 1 + sqrt(2*A055997(n)*A001108(n)). - Charlie Marion, Jul 21 2003
a(n) = {A002315(n) - 1}/2. - Lekraj Beedassy, Nov 25 2003
a(2*n+k) + a(k) + 1 = A001541(n)*A002315(n+k). For k>0, a(2*n+k) - a(k-1) = A001541(n+k)*A002315(n); e.g., 803760-119 = 19601*41. - Charlie Marion, Mar 17 2003
a(n) = (A001653(n+1) - 3*A001653(n) - 2)/4. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 13 2004
a(n) = {2*A084159(n) - 1 + (-1)^(n+1)}/2. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 21 2004
a(n+1) = 3*a(n) + sqrt(8*a(n)^2 + 8*a(n) +4) + 1, a(1)=0. - Richard Choulet, Sep 18 2007
As noted (Sep 20 2006), a(n) = 5*(a(n-1) + a(n-2)) - a(n-3) + 4. In general, for n > 2*k, a(n) = A001653(k)*(a(n-k) + a(n-k-1) + 1) - a(n-2*k-1) - 1. Also a(n) = 7*(a(n-1) - a(n-2)) + a(n-3). In general, for n > 2*k, A002378(k)*(a(n-k)-a(n-k-1)) + a(n-2*k-1). - Charlie Marion, Dec 26 2007
In general, for n >= k >0, a(n) = (A001653(n+k) - A001541(k) * A001653(n) - 2*A001109(k-1))/(4*A001109(k-1)); e.g., 4059 = (33461-3*5741-2*1)/(4*1); 4059 = (195025-17*5741-2*6)/(4*6). - Charlie Marion, Jan 21 2008
From Charlie Marion, Jan 04 2010: (Start)
a(n) = ( (1 + sqrt(2))^(2*n+1) + (1-sqrt(2))^(2*n+1) - 2)/4 = (A001333(2n+1) - 1)/2.
a(2*n+k-1) = Pell(2*n-1)*Pell(2*n+2*k) + Pell(2*n-2)*Pell(2*n+2*k+1) + A001108(k+1);
a(2*n+k) = Pell(2*n)*Pell(2*n+2*k+1) + Pell(2*n-1)*Pell(2*n+2*k+2) - A055997(k+2). (End)
a(n) = A048739(2*n-1) for n > 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 31 2013
a(n+1) = 3*a(n) + 2*A001653(n) + 1 [Mohamed Bouhamida's 2009 (p,q)(r,s) comment above rewritten]. - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Jul 27 2014
a(n)^2 + (a(n)+1)^2 = A001653(n+1)^2. - Pierre CAMI, Mar 30 2005; clarified by Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Aug 31 2014
a(n+1) = 3*A001541(n) + 10*A001109(n) + A001108(n). - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Sep 09 2014
For n>0, a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2*n} A000129(k). - Charlie Marion, Nov 07 2015
a(n) = 3*A053142(n) - A053142(n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Feb 05 2016
E.g.f.: (1/4)*(-2*exp(x) - (sqrt(2) - 1)*exp((3-2*sqrt(2))*x) + (1 + sqrt(2))*exp((3+2*sqrt(2))*x)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 11 2016
a(n) = A001108(n) + 2*sqrt(A000217(A001108(n))). - Dimitri Papadopoulos, Jul 06 2017
a(A000217(n-1)) = ((A001653(n)+1)/2) * ((A001653(n)-1)/2), n > 1. - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, Mar 10 2019
a(n) = ((a(n-1)+1)*(a(n-1)-3))/a(n-2) for n > 2. - Vladimir Pletser, Apr 08 2020
In general, for each k >= 0, a(n) = ((a(n-k)+a(k-1)+1)*(a(n-k)-a(k)))/a(n-2*k) for n > 2*k. - Charlie Marion, Dec 27 2020
A generalization of the identity a(n)^2 + A046090(n)^2 = A001653(n+1)^2 follows. Let P(k,n) be the n-th k-gonal number. Then P(k,a(n)) + P(k,A046090(n)) = P(k,A001653(n+1)) + (4-k)*A001109(n). - Charlie Marion, Dec 07 2021
a(n) = A046090(n)-1 = A002024(A029549(n)). - Pontus von Brömssen, Sep 11 2024

Additional comments from Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 10 2000

A001108 a(n)-th triangular number is a square: a(n+1) = 6*a(n) - a(n-1) + 2, with a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 8, 49, 288, 1681, 9800, 57121, 332928, 1940449, 11309768, 65918161, 384199200, 2239277041, 13051463048, 76069501249, 443365544448, 2584123765441, 15061377048200, 87784138523761, 511643454094368, 2982076586042449, 17380816062160328, 101302819786919521

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

b(0)=0, c(0)=1, b(i+1)=b(i)+c(i), c(i+1)=b(i+1)+b(i); then a(i) (the number in the sequence) is 2b(i)^2 if i is even, c(i)^2 if i is odd and b(n)=A000129(n) and c(n)=A001333(n). - Darin Stephenson (stephenson(AT)cs.hope.edu) and Alan Koch
For n > 1 gives solutions to A007913(2x) = A007913(x+1). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 07 2002
If (X,X+1,Z) is a Pythagorean triple, then Z-X-1 and Z+X are in the sequence.
For n >= 2, a(n) gives exactly the positive integers m such that 1,2,...,m has a perfect median. The sequence of associated perfect medians is A001109. Let a_1,...,a_m be an (ordered) sequence of real numbers, then a term a_k is a perfect median if Sum_{j=1..k-1} a_j = Sum_{j=k+1..m} a_j. See Puzzle 1 in MSRI Emissary, Fall 2005. - Asher Auel, Jan 12 2006
This is the r=8 member of the r-family of sequences S_r(n) defined in A092184 where more information can be found.
Also, 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + ... + a(n)^3 = k(n)^4 where k(n) is A001109. - Anton Vrba (antonvrba(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 18 2006
If T_x = y^2 is a triangular number which is also a square, the least number which is both triangular and square and greater than T_x is T_(3*x + 4*y + 1) = (2*x + 3*y + 1)^2 (W. Sierpiński 1961). - Richard Choulet, Apr 28 2009
If (a,b) is a solution of the Diophantine equation 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + x = y^2, then a or (a+1) is a perfect square. If (a,b) is a solution of the Diophantine equation 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + x = y^2, then a or a/8 is a perfect square. If (a,b) and (c,d) are two consecutive solutions of the Diophantine equation 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + x = y^2 with a < c, then a+b = c-d and ((d+b)^2, d^2-b^2) is a solution, too. If (a,b), (c,d) and (e,f) are three consecutive solutions of the Diophantine equation 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + x = y^2 with a < c < e, then (8*d^2, d*(f-b)) is a solution, too. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Aug 29 2009
If (p,q) and (r,s) are two consecutive solutions of the Diophantine equation 0 + 1 + 2 + ... + x = y^2 with p < r, then r = 3p + 4q + 1 and s = 2p + 3q + 1. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Sep 02 2009
Also numbers k such that (ceiling(sqrt(k*(k+1)/2)))^2 - k*(k+1)/2 = 0. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Nov 10 2009
From Lekraj Beedassy, Mar 04 2011: (Start)
Let x=a(n) be the index of the associated triangular number T_x=1+2+3+...+x and y=A001109(n) be the base of the associated perfect square S_y=y^2. Now using the identity S_y = T_y + T_{y-1}, the defining T_x = S_y may be rewritten as T_y = T_x - T_{y-1}, or 1+2+3+...+y = y+(y+1)+...+x. This solves the Strand Magazine House Number problem mentioned in A001109 in references from Poo-Sung Park and John C. Butcher. In a variant of the problem, solving the equation 1+3+5+...+(2*x+1) = (2*x+1)+(2*x+3)+...+(2*y-1) implies S_(x+1) = S_y - S_x, i.e., with (x,x+1,y) forming a Pythagorean triple, the solutions are given by pairs of x=A001652(n), y=A001653(n). (End)
If P = 8*n +- 1 is a prime, then P divides a((P-1)/2); e.g., 7 divides a(3) and 41 divides a(20). Also, if P = 8*n +- 3 is prime, then 4*P divides (a((P-1)/2) + a((P+1)/2) + 3). - Kenneth J Ramsey, Mar 05 2012
Starting at a(2), a(n) gives all the dimensions of Euclidean k-space in which the ratio of outer to inner Soddy hyperspheres' radii for k+1 identical kissing hyperspheres is rational. The formula for this ratio is (1+3k+2*sqrt(2k*(k+1)))/(k-1) where k is the dimension. So for a(3) = 49, the ratio is 6 in the 49th dimension. See comment for A010502. - Frank M Jackson, Feb 09 2013
Conjecture: For n>1 a(n) is the index of the first occurrence of -n in sequence A123737. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 02 2015
For n=2*k, k>0, a(n) is divisible by 8 (deficient), so since all proper divisors of deficient numbers are deficient, then a(n) is deficient. For n=2*k+1, k>0, a(n) is odd.  If a(n) is a prime number, it is deficient; otherwise a(n) has one or two distinct prime factors and is therefore deficient again. sigma(a(5)) = 1723 < 3362 = 2*a(5). In either case, a(n) is deficient. - Muniru A Asiru, Apr 14 2016
The squares of NSW numbers (A008843) interleaved with twice squares from A084703, where A008843(n) = A002315(n)^2 and A084703(n) = A001542(n)^2. Conjecture: Also numbers n such that sigma(n) = A000203(n) and sigma(n-th triangular number) = A074285(n) are both odd numbers. - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 05 2016
For n > 0, numbers for which the number of odd divisors of both n and of n + 1 is odd. - Gionata Neri, Apr 30 2018
a(n) will be solutions to some (A000217(k) + A000217(k+1))/2. - Art Baker, Jul 16 2019
For n >= 2, a(n) is the base for which A058331(A001109(n)) is a length-3 repunit. Example: for n=2, A001109(2)=6 and A058331(6)=73 and 73 in base a(2)=8 is 111. See Grantham and Graves. - Michel Marcus, Sep 11 2020

			a(1) = ((3 + 2*sqrt(2)) + (3 - 2*sqrt(2)) - 2) / 4 = (3 + 3 - 2) / 4 = 4 / 4 = 1;
a(2) = ((3 + 2*sqrt(2))^2 + (3 - 2*sqrt(2))^2 - 2) / 4 = (9 + 4*sqrt(2) + 8 + 9 - 4*sqrt(2) + 8 - 2) / 4 = (18 + 16 - 2) / 4 = (34 - 2) / 4 = 32 / 4 = 8, etc.

A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, NY, 1964, p. 193.
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W. Sierpiński, Pythagorean triangles, Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY, 2003, pp. 21-22 MR2002669
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James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pages 257-258.

Indranil Ghosh, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1304 (terms 0..200 from T. D. Noe)
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Zongyun Chen, Steven J. Miller, and Chenghan Wu, Geometric Proof of the Irrationality of Square-Roots for Select Integers, arXiv:2410.14434 [math.HO], 2024. See pp. 10-11.
Leonhard Euler, De solutione problematum diophanteorum per numeros integros, Par. 19.
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Jon Grantham and Hester Graves, The abc Conjecture Implies That Only Finitely Many Cullen Numbers Are Repunits, arXiv:2009.04052 [math.NT], 2020.
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Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-7,1).
Index entries for two-way infinite sequences

Cf. A000217, A000290, A001109, A001110, A007913, A000203, A084301, A001652, A072221.
Partial sums of A002315. A000129, A005319.
a(n) = A115598(n), n > 0. - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Jul 27 2014

a001108 n = a001108_list !! n
a001108_list = 0 : 1 : map (+ 2)
   (zipWith (-) (map (* 6) (tail a001108_list)) a001108_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 10 2012

m:=30; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); [0] cat Coefficients(R!(x*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-6*x+x^2)))); // G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2018

A001108:=-(1+z)/(z-1)/(z**2-6*z+1); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, without the leading 0

Table[(1/2)(-1 + Sqrt[1 + Expand[8(((3 + 2Sqrt[2])^n - (3 - 2Sqrt[2])^n)/(4Sqrt[2]))^2]]), {n, 0, 100}] (* Artur Jasinski, Dec 10 2006 *)
Transpose[NestList[{#[[2]],#[[3]],6#[[3]]-#[[2]]+2}&,{0,1,8},20]][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 04 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{7, -7, 1}, {0, 1, 8}, 50] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 12 2012 *)

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a(n)=(real((3+quadgen(32))^n)-1)/2
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a(n)=(subst(poltchebi(abs(n)),x,3)-1)/2

a(n)=if(n<0,a(-n),(polsym(1-6*x+x^2,n)[n+1]-2)/4)

x='x+O('x^99); concat(0, Vec(x*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-6*x+x^2)))) \\ Altug Alkan, May 01 2018

a(0) = 0, a(n+1) = 3*a(n) + 1 + 2*sqrt(2*a(n)*(a(n)+1)). - Jim Nastos, Jun 18 2002
a(n) = floor( (1/4) * (3+2*sqrt(2))^n ). - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 04 2002
a(n) = A001653(k)*A001653(k+n) - A001652(k)*A001652(k+n) - A046090(k)*A046090(k+n). - Charlie Marion, Jul 01 2003
a(n) = A001652(n-1) + A001653(n-1) = A001653(n) - A046090(n) = (A001541(n)-1)/2 = a(-n). - Michael Somos, Mar 03 2004
a(n) = 7*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) + a(n-3). - Antonio Alberto Olivares, Oct 23 2003
a(n) = Sum_{r=1..n} 2^(r-1)*binomial(2n, 2r). - Lekraj Beedassy, Aug 21 2004
If n > 1, then both A000203(n) and A000203(n+1) are odd numbers: n is either a square or twice a square. - Labos Elemer, Aug 23 2004
a(n) = (T(n, 3)-1)/2 with Chebyshev's polynomials of the first kind evaluated at x=3: T(n, 3) = A001541(n). - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 18 2004
G.f.: x*(1+x)/((1-x)*(1-6*x+x^2)). Binet form: a(n) = ((3+2*sqrt(2))^n + (3-2*sqrt(2))^n - 2)/4. - Bruce Corrigan (scentman(AT)myfamily.com), Oct 26 2002
a(n) = floor(sqrt(2*A001110(n))) = floor(A001109(n)*sqrt(2)) = 2*(A000129(n)^2) - (n mod 2) = A001333(n)^2 - 1 + (n mod 2). - Henry Bottomley, Apr 19 2000, corrected by Eric Rowland, Jun 23 2017
A072221(n) = 3*a(n) + 1. - David Scheers, Dec 25 2006
A028982(a(n)) + 1 = A028982(a(n) + 1). - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Mar 28 2011
a(n+1)^2 + a(n)^2 + 1 = 6*a(n+1)*a(n) + 2*a(n+1) + 2*a(n). - Charlie Marion, Sep 28 2011
a(n) = 2*A001653(m)*A053141(n-m-1) + A002315(m)*A046090(n-m-1) + a(m) with m < n; otherwise, a(n) = 2*A001653(m)*A053141(m-n) - A002315(m)*A001652(m-n) + a(m). See Link to Generalized Proof re Square Triangular Numbers. - Kenneth J Ramsey, Oct 13 2011
a(n) = A048739(2n-2), n > 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 31 2013
From Peter Bala, Jan 28 2014: (Start)
A divisibility sequence: that is, a(n) divides a(n*m) for all n and m. Case P1 = 8, P2 = 12, Q = 1 of the 3-parameter family of linear divisibility sequences found by Williams and Guy.
a(2*n+1) = A002315(n)^2 = Sum_{k = 0..4*n + 1} Pell(n), where Pell(n) = A000129(n).
a(2*n) = (1/2)*A005319(n)^2 = 8*A001109(n)^2.
(2,1) entry of the 2 X 2 matrix T(n,M), where M = [0, -3; 1, 4] and T(n,x) is the Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind. (End)
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(exp(2*x)*cosh(2*sqrt(2)*x) - 1)/2. - Stefano Spezia, Oct 25 2024

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Apr 19 2000

More terms from Lekraj Beedassy, Aug 21 2004

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