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A190649 Continued fraction expansion of the constant A153387.

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1, 1, 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 1, 189, 1, 3, 12, 1, 1, 2, 10, 3, 1, 2, 17, 124, 2, 2, 6, 1, 137, 5, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 9, 2, 1, 5, 13, 1, 13, 2, 7, 1, 2, 309, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 8, 2, 21, 1, 1, 35, 6, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 50, 1, 6, 8, 2, 5, 2, 109, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 4, 1, 1, 6
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N. J. A. Sloane, May 16 2011

Keywords

References

  • J. M. Borwein, D. H. Bailey, and R. Girgensohn, Experimentation in Mathematics, A K Peters, Ltd., Natick, MA, 2004. x+357 pp. See pp. 202-203.

Crossrefs

Cf. A153387.

Programs

  • PARI
    default(realprecision, 500);
suminf(k = 1, 1/fibonacci(2*k-1)); \\ A153387
contfrac(%) \\ Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 01 2014

Extensions

More terms given and keyword corrected by Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 31 2014
Offset changed by Andrew Howroyd, Jul 03 2024

A001519 a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n >= 2, with a(0) = a(1) = 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 5, 13, 34, 89, 233, 610, 1597, 4181, 10946, 28657, 75025, 196418, 514229, 1346269, 3524578, 9227465, 24157817, 63245986, 165580141, 433494437, 1134903170, 2971215073, 7778742049, 20365011074, 53316291173, 139583862445, 365435296162, 956722026041
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N. J. A. Sloane

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This is a bisection of the Fibonacci sequence A000045. a(n) = F(2*n-1), with F(n) = A000045(n) and F(-1) = 1.
Number of ordered trees with n+1 edges and height at most 3 (height=number of edges on a maximal path starting at the root). Number of directed column-convex polyominoes of area n+1. Number of nondecreasing Dyck paths of length 2n+2. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 11 2001
Terms are the solutions x to: 5x^2-4 is a square, with 5x^2-4 in A081071 and sqrt(5x^2-4) in A002878. - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 07 2002
a(0) = a(1) = 1, a(n+1) is the smallest Fibonacci number greater than the n-th partial sum. - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 21 2002
The fractional part of tau*a(n) decreases monotonically to zero. - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 01 2003
Numbers k such that floor(phi^2*k^2) - floor(phi*k)^2 = 1 where phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Benoit Cloitre, Mar 16 2003
Number of leftist horizontally convex polyominoes with area n+1.
Number of 31-avoiding words of length n on alphabet {1,2,3} which do not end in 3. (E.g., at n=3, we have 111, 112, 121, 122, 132, 211, 212, 221, 222, 232, 321, 322 and 332.) See A028859. - Jon Perry, Aug 04 2003
Appears to give all solutions > 1 to the equation: x^2 = ceiling(x*r*floor(x/r)) where r=phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 24 2004
a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2, then the least number such that the square of any term is just less than the geometric mean of its neighbors. a(n+1)*a(n-1) > a(n)^2. - Amarnath Murthy, Apr 06 2004
All positive integer solutions of Pell equation b(n)^2 - 5*a(n+1)^2 = -4 together with b(n)=A002878(n), n >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2004
Essentially same as Pisot sequence E(2,5).
Number of permutations of [n+1] avoiding 321 and 3412. E.g., a(3) = 13 because the permutations of [4] avoiding 321 and 3412 are 1234, 2134, 1324, 1243, 3124, 2314, 2143, 1423, 1342, 4123, 3142, 2413, 2341. - Bridget Tenner, Aug 15 2005
Number of 1324-avoiding circular permutations on [n+1].
A subset of the Markoff numbers (A002559). - Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 05 2005
(x,y) = (a(n), a(n+1)) are the solutions of x/(yz) + y/(xz) + z/(xy) = 3 with z=1. - Floor van Lamoen, Nov 29 2001
Number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(2n)) such that 0 < s(i) < 5 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 for i = 1,2,...,2n, s(0) = 1, s(2n) = 1. - Herbert Kociemba, Jun 10 2004
With interpolated zeros, counts closed walks of length n at the start or end node of P_4. a(n) counts closed walks of length 2n at the start or end node of P_4. The sequence 0,1,0,2,0,5,... counts walks of length n between the start and second node of P_4. - Paul Barry, Jan 26 2005
a(n) is the number of ordered trees on n edges containing exactly one non-leaf vertex all of whose children are leaves (every ordered tree must contain at least one such vertex). For example, a(0) = 1 because the root of the tree with no edges is not considered to be a leaf and the condition "all children are leaves" is vacuously satisfied by the root and a(4) = 13 counts all 14 ordered trees on 4 edges (A000108) except (ignore dots)
|..|
.\/.
which has two such vertices. - David Callan, Mar 02 2005
Number of directed column-convex polyominoes of area n. Example: a(2)=2 because we have the 1 X 2 and the 2 X 1 rectangles. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 31 2006
Same as the number of Kekulé structures in polyphenanthrene in terms of the number of hexagons in extended (1,1)-nanotubes. See Table 1 on page 411 of I. Lukovits and D. Janezic. - Parthasarathy Nambi, Aug 22 2006
Number of free generators of degree n of symmetric polynomials in 3-noncommuting variables. - Mike Zabrocki, Oct 24 2006
Inverse: With phi = (sqrt(5) + 1)/2, log_phi((sqrt(5)*a(n) + sqrt(5*a(n)^2 - 4))/2) = n for n >= 1. - David W. Cantrell (DWCantrell(AT)sigmaxi.net), Feb 19 2007
Consider a teacher who teaches one student, then he finds he can teach two students while the original student learns to teach a student. And so on with every generation an individual can teach one more student then he could before. a(n) starting at a(2) gives the total number of new students/teachers (see program). - Ben Paul Thurston, Apr 11 2007
The Diophantine equation a(n)=m has a solution (for m >= 1) iff ceiling(arcsinh(sqrt(5)*m/2)/log(phi)) != ceiling(arccosh(sqrt(5)*m/2)/log(phi)) where phi is the golden ratio. An equivalent condition is A130255(m)=A130256(m). - Hieronymus Fischer, May 24 2007
a(n+1) = B^(n)(1), n >= 0, with compositions of Wythoff's complementary A(n):=A000201(n) and B(n)=A001950(n) sequences. See the W. Lang link under A135817 for the Wythoff representation of numbers (with A as 1 and B as 0 and the argument 1 omitted). E.g., 2=`0`, 5=`00`, 13=`000`, ..., in Wythoff code.
Bisection of the Fibonacci sequence into odd-indexed nonzero terms (1, 2, 5, 13, ...) and even-indexed terms (1, 3, 8, 21, ...) may be represented as row sums of companion triangles A140068 and A140069. - Gary W. Adamson, May 04 2008
a(n) is the number of partitions pi of [n] (in standard increasing form) such that Flatten[pi] is a (2-1-3)-avoiding permutation. Example: a(4)=13 counts all 15 partitions of [4] except 13/24 and 13/2/4. Here "standard increasing form" means the entries are increasing in each block and the blocks are arranged in increasing order of their first entries. Also number that avoid 3-1-2. - David Callan, Jul 22 2008
Let P be the partial sum operator, A000012: (1; 1,1; 1,1,1; ...) and A153463 = M, the partial sum & shift operator. It appears that beginning with any randomly taken sequence S(n), iterates of the operations M * S(n), -> M * ANS, -> P * ANS, etc. (or starting with P) will rapidly converge upon a two-sequence limit cycle of (1, 2, 5, 13, 34, ...) and (1, 1, 3, 8, 21, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 27 2008
Number of musical compositions of Rhythm-music over a time period of n-1 units. Example: a(4)=13; indeed, denoting by R a rest over a time period of 1 unit and by N[j] a note over a period of j units, we have (writing N for N[1]): NNN, NNR, NRN, RNN, NRR, RNR, RRN, RRR, N[2]R, RN[2], NN[2], N[2]N, N[3] (see the J. Groh reference, pp. 43-48). - Juergen K. Groh (juergen.groh(AT)lhsystems.com), Jan 17 2010
Given an infinite lower triangular matrix M with (1, 2, 3, ...) in every column but the leftmost column shifted upwards one row. Then (1, 2, 5, ...) = lim_{n->infinity} M^n. (Cf. A144257.) - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 18 2010
As a fraction: 8/71 = 0.112676 or 98/9701 = 0.010102051334... (fraction 9/71 or 99/9701 for sequence without initial term). 19/71 or 199/9701 for sequence in reverse. - Mark Dols, May 18 2010
For n >= 1, a(n) is the number of compositions (ordered integer partitions) of 2n-1 into an odd number of odd parts. O.g.f.: (x-x^3)/(1-3x^2+x^4) = A(A(x)) where A(x) = 1/(1-x)-1/(1-x^2).
For n > 0, determinant of the n X n tridiagonal matrix with 1's in the super and subdiagonals, (1,3,3,3,...) in the main diagonal, and the rest zeros. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 27 2011
The Gi3 sums, see A180662, of the triangles A108299 and A065941 equal the terms of this sequence without a(0). - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 14 2011
The number of permutations for which length equals reflection length. - Bridget Tenner, Feb 22 2012
Number of nonisomorphic graded posets with 0 and 1 and uniform Hasse graph of rank n+1, with exactly 2 elements of each rank between 0 and 1. (Uniform used in the sense of Retakh, Serconek and Wilson. Graded used in R. Stanley's sense that all maximal chains have the same length.)
HANKEL transform of sequence and the sequence omitting a(0) is the sequence A019590(n). This is the unique sequence with that property. - Michael Somos, May 03 2012
The number of Dyck paths of length 2n and height at most 3. - Ira M. Gessel, Aug 06 2012
Pisano period lengths: 1, 3, 4, 3, 10, 12, 8, 6, 12, 30, 5, 12, 14, 24, 20, 12, 18, 12, 9, 30, ... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
Primes in the sequence are 2, 5, 13, 89, 233, 1597, 28657, ... (apparently A005478 without the 3). - R. J. Mathar, May 09 2013
a(n+1) is the sum of rising diagonal of the Pascal triangle written as a square - cf. comments in A085812. E.g., 13 = 1+5+6+1. - John Molokach, Sep 26 2013
a(n) is the top left entry of the n-th power of any of the 3 X 3 matrices [1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1; 0, 1, 1] or [1, 1, 1; 0, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1] or [1, 1, 0; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1] or [1, 0, 1; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1]. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 03 2014
Except for the initial term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 3xy + y^2 + 1 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 04 2014
Except for the initial term, positive values of x (or y) satisfying x^2 - 18xy + y^2 + 64 = 0. - Colin Barker, Feb 16 2014
Positive values of x such that there is a y satisfying x^2 - xy - y^2 - 1 = 0. - Ralf Stephan, Jun 30 2014
a(n) is also the number of permutations simultaneously avoiding 231, 312 and 321 in the classical sense which can be realized as labels on an increasing strict binary tree with 2n-1 nodes. See A245904 for more information on increasing strict binary trees. - Manda Riehl, Aug 07 2014
(1, a(n), a(n+1)), n >= 0, are Markoff triples (see A002559 and Robert G. Wilson v's Oct 05 2005 comment). In the Markoff tree they give one of the outer branches. Proof: a(n)*a(n+1) - 1 = A001906(2*n)^2 = (a(n+1) - a(n))^2 = a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 - 2*a(n)*a(n+1), thus 1^2 + a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = 3*a(n)*a(n+1). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 30 2015
For n > 0, a(n) is the smallest positive integer not already in the sequence such that a(1) + a(2) + ... + a(n) is a Fibonacci number. - Derek Orr, Jun 01 2015
Number of vertices of degree n-2 (n >= 3) in all Fibonacci cubes, see Klavzar, Mollard, & Petkovsek. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 22 2015
Except for the first term, this sequence can be generated by Corollary 1 (ii) of Azarian's paper in the references for this sequence. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jul 02 2015
Precisely the numbers F(n)^k + F(n+1)^k that are also Fibonacci numbers with k > 1, see Luca & Oyono. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Aug 06 2015
a(n) = MA(n) - 2*(-1)^n where MA(n) is exactly the maximum area of a quadrilateral with lengths of sides in order L(n-2), L(n-2), F(n+1), F(n+1) for n > 1 and L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Jan 28 2016
a(n) is the number of bargraphs of semiperimeter n+1 having no valleys (i.e., convex bargraphs). Equivalently, number of bargraphs of semiperimeter n+1 having exactly 1 peak. Example: a(5) = 34 because among the 35 (=A082582(6)) bargraphs of semiperimeter 6 only the one corresponding to the composition [2,1,2] has a valley. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 12 2016
Integers k such that the fractional part of k*phi is less than 1/k. See Byszewski link p. 2. - Michel Marcus, Dec 10 2016
Number of words of length n-1 over {0,1,2,3} in which binary subwords appear in the form 10...0. - Milan Janjic, Jan 25 2017
With a(0) = 0 this is the Riordan transform with the Riordan matrix A097805 (of the associated type) of the Fibonacci sequence A000045. See a Feb 17 2017 comment on A097805. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 17 2017
Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that there is no triple i < j < k with e(i) < e(j) < e(k). [Martinez and Savage, 2.12] - Eric M. Schmidt, Jul 17 2017
Number of permutations of [n] that avoid the patterns 321 and 2341. - Colin Defant, May 11 2018
The sequence solves the following problem: find all the pairs (i,j) such that i divides 1+j^2 and j divides 1+i^2. In fact, the pairs (a(n), a(n+1)), n > 0, are all the solutions. - Tomohiro Yamada, Dec 23 2018
Number of permutations in S_n whose principal order ideals in the Bruhat order are lattices (equivalently, modular, distributive, Boolean lattices). - Bridget Tenner, Jan 16 2020
From Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 30 2020: (Start)
a(n) is the upper left entry of the n-th power of the 2 X 2 tridiagonal matrix M_2 = Matrix([1,1], [1,2]) from A322602: a(n) = ((M_2)^n)[1,1].
Proof: (M_2)^2 = 3*M + 1_2 (with the 2 X 2 unit matrix 1_2) from the characteristic polynomial of M_2 (see a comment in A322602) and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem. The recurrence M^n = M*M^(n-1) leads to (M_n)^n = S(n, 3)*1_2 + S(n-a, 3)*(M - 3*1_2), for n >= 0, with S(n, 3) = F(2(n+1)) = A001906(n+1). Hence ((M_2)^n)[1,1] = S(n, 3) - 2*S(n-1, 3) = a(n) = F(2*n-1) = (1/(2*r+1))*r^(2*n-1)*(1 + (1/r^2)^(2*n-1)), with r = rho(5) = A001622 (golden ratio) (see the first Aug 31 2004 formula, using the recurrence of S(n, 3), and the Michael Somos Oct 28 2002 formula). This proves a conjecture of Gary W. Adamson in A322602.
The ratio a(n)/a(n-1) converges to r^2 = rho(5)^2 = A104457 for n -> infinity (see the a(n) formula in terms of r), which is one of the statements by Gary W. Adamson in A322602. (End)
a(n) is the number of ways to stack coins with a bottom row of n coins such that any coin not on the bottom row touches exactly two coins in the row below, and all the coins on any row are contiguous [Wilf, 2.12]. - Greg Dresden, Jun 29 2020
a(n) is the upper left entry of the (2*n)-th power of the 4 X 4 Jacobi matrix L with L(i,j)=1 if |i-j| = 1 and L(i,j)=0 otherwise. - Michael Shmoish, Aug 29 2020
All positive solutions of the indefinite binary quadratic F(1, -3, 1) := x^2 - 3*x*y + y^2, of discriminant 5, representing -1 (special Markov triples (1, y=x, z=y) if y <= z) are [x(n), y(n)] = [abs(F(2*n+1)), abs(F(2*n-1))], for n = -infinity..+infinity. (F(-n) = (-1)^(n+1)*F(n)). There is only this single family of proper solutions, and there are no improper solutions. [See also the Floor van Lamoen Nov 29 2001 comment, which uses this negative n, and my Jan 30 2015 comment.] - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 23 2020
These are the denominators of the lower convergents to the golden ratio, tau; they are also the numerators of the upper convergents (viz. 1/1 < 3/2 < 8/5 < 21/13 < ... < tau < ... 13/8 < 5/3 < 2/1). - Clark Kimberling, Jan 02 2022
a(n+1) is the number of subgraphs of the path graph on n vertices. - Leen Droogendijk, Jun 17 2023
For n > 4, a(n+2) is the number of ways to tile this 3 x n "double-box" shape with squares and dominos (reflections or rotations are counted as distinct tilings). The double-box shape is made up of two horizontal strips of length n, connected by three vertical columns of length 3, and the center column can be located anywhere not touching the two outside columns.
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a(n+1) is the number of integer sequences a_1, ..., a_n such that for any number 1 <= k <= n, (a_1 + ... + a_k)^2 = a_1^3 + ... + a_k^3. - Yifan Xie, Dec 07 2024

Examples

			a(3) = 13: there are 14 ordered trees with 4 edges; all of them, except for the path with 4 edges, have height at most 3.

References

  • A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 13,15.
  • John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See p. 188.
  • N. G. de Bruijn, D. E. Knuth, and S. O. Rice, The average height of planted plane trees, in: Graph Theory and Computing (ed. T. C. Read), Academic Press, New York, 1972, pp. 15-22.
  • GCHQ, The GCHQ Puzzle Book, Penguin, 2016. See page 92.
  • Jurgen Groh, Computerimprovisation mit Markoffketten und "kognitiven Algorithmen", Studienarbeit, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 1987.
  • J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 39.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • R. Stanley, Enumerative combinatorics, Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997, pp. 96-100.
  • H. S. Wilf, Generatingfunctionology, 3rd ed., A K Peters Ltd., Wellesley, MA, 2006, p. 41.

Links

Crossrefs

Fibonacci A000045 = union of this sequence and A001906.
Cf. A001653, A055105, A055106, A055107, A074664, A101368, A124292, A124293, A124294, A124295, A140069, A153463, A153266, A153267, A144257, A211216, A002559, A082582.
a(n)= A060920(n, 0).
Row 3 of array A094954.
Equals A001654(n+1) - A001654(n-1), n > 0.
A122367 is another version. Inverse sequences A130255 and A130256. Row sums of A140068, A152251, A153342, A179806, A179745, A213948.
Cf. A001622, A001906, A104457, A153387, A322602.

Programs

  • GAP
    a:=[1,1];; for n in [3..10^2] do a[n]:=3*a[n-1]-a[n-2]; od; a; # Muniru A Asiru, Sep 27 2017
  • Haskell
    a001519 n = a001519_list !! n
a001519_list = 1 : zipWith (-) (tail a001906_list) a001906_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 11 2012
a001519_list = 1 : f a000045_list where f (_:x:xs) = x : f xs
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 09 2013
  • Magma
    [1] cat [(Lucas(2*n) - Fibonacci(2*n))/2: n in [1..50]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 02 2014
  • Maple
    A001519:=-(-1+z)/(1-3*z+z**2); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation; gives sequence without an initial 1
A001519 := proc(n) option remember: if n=0 then 1 elif n=1 then 1 elif n>=2 then 3*procname(n-1)-procname(n-2) fi: end: seq(A001519(n), n=0..28); # Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 14 2011
  • Mathematica
    Fibonacci /@ (2Range[29] - 1) (* Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 05 2005 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -1}, {1, 1}, 29] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 28 2012 *)
a[ n_] := With[{c = Sqrt[5]/2}, ChebyshevT[2 n - 1, c]/c]; (* Michael Somos, Jul 08 2014 *)
CoefficientList[ Series[(1 - 2x)/(1 - 3x + x^2), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 01 2015 *)
  • Maxima
    a[0]:1$ a[1]:1$ a[n]:=3*a[n-1]-a[n-2]$ makelist(a[n],n,0,30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 15 2012 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = fibonacci(2*n - 1)}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 19 2003 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = real( quadgen(5) ^ (2*n))}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 19 2003 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = subst( poltchebi(n) + poltchebi(n - 1), x, 3/2) * 2/5}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 19 2003 */
  • Sage
    [lucas_number1(n,3,1)-lucas_number1(n-1,3,1) for n in range(30)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 29 2009

Formula

G.f.: (1-2*x)/(1-3*x+x^2).
G.f.: 1 / (1 - x / (1 - x / (1 - x))). - Michael Somos, May 03 2012
a(n) = A001906(n+1) - 2*A001906(n).
a(n) = a(1-n) for all n in Z.
a(n+2) = (a(n+1)^2+1)/a(n) with a(1)=1, a(2)=2. - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 29 2002
a(n) = (phi^(2*n-1) + phi^(1-2*n))/sqrt(5) where phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Michael Somos, Oct 28 2002
a(n) = A007598(n-1) + A007598(n) = A000045(n-1)^2 + A000045(n)^2 = F(n)^2 + F(n+1)^2. - Henry Bottomley, Feb 09 2001
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+k, 2*k). - Len Smiley, Dec 09 2001
a(n) ~ (1/5)*sqrt(5)*phi^(2*n+1). - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), May 15 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} C(n, k)*F(k+1). - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 03 2002
Let q(n, x) = Sum_{i=0..n} x^(n-i)*binomial(2*n-i, i); then q(n, 1)=a(n) (this comment is essentially the same as that of L. Smiley). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 10 2002
a(n) = (1/2)*(3*a(n-1) + sqrt(5*a(n-1)^2-4)). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 12 2003
Main diagonal of array defined by T(i, 1) = T(1, j) = 1, T(i, j) = max(T(i-1, j) + T(i-1, j-1); T(i-1, j-1) + T(i, j-1)). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 05 2003
Hankel transform of A002212. E.g., Det([1, 1, 3;1, 3, 10;3, 10, 36]) = 5. - Philippe Deléham, Jan 25 2004
Solutions x > 0 to equation floor(x*r*floor(x/r)) = floor(x/r*floor(x*r)) when r=phi. - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 15 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} binomial(n+i, n-i). - Jon Perry, Mar 08 2004
a(n) = S(n-1, 3) - S(n-2, 3) = T(2*n-1, sqrt(5)/2)/(sqrt(5)/2) with S(n, x) = U(n, x/2), resp. T(n, x), Chebyshev's polynomials of the second, resp. first kind. See triangle A049310, resp. A053120. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2004
a(n) = ((-1)^(n-1))*S(2*(n-1), i), with the imaginary unit i and S(n, x) = U(n, x/2) Chebyshev's polynomials of the second kind, A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2004
a(n) = Sum_{0<=i_1<=i_2<=n} binomial(i_2, i_1)*binomial(n, i_1+i_2). - Benoit Cloitre, Oct 14 2004
a(n) = L(n,3), where L is defined as in A108299; see also A002878 for L(n,-3). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 01 2005
a(n) = a(n-1) + Sum_{i=0..n-1} a(i)*a(n) = F(2*n+1)*Sum_{i=0..n-1} a(i) = F(2*n). - Andras Erszegi (erszegi.andras(AT)chello.hu), Jun 28 2005
The i-th term of the sequence is the entry (1, 1) of the i-th power of the 2 X 2 matrix M = ((1, 1), (1, 2)). - Simone Severini, Oct 15 2005
a(n-1) = (1/n)*Sum_{k=0..n} B(2*k)*F(2*n-2*k)*binomial(2*n, 2*k) where B(2*k) is the (2*k)-th Bernoulli number. - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 02 2005
a(n) = A055105(n,1) + A055105(n,2) + A055105(n,3) = A055106(n,1) + A055106(n,2). - Mike Zabrocki, Oct 24 2006
a(n) = (2/sqrt(5))*cosh((2n-1)*psi), where psi=log(phi) and phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Hieronymus Fischer, Apr 24 2007
a(n) = (phi+1)^n - phi*A001906(n) with phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 22 2007
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) - a(n-3); a(n) = ((sqrt(5) + 5)/10)*(3/2 + sqrt(5)/2)^(n-2) + ((-sqrt(5) + 5)/10)*(3/2 - sqrt(5)/2)^(n-2). - Antonio Alberto Olivares, Mar 21 2008
a(n) = A147703(n,0). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 29 2008
Sum_{n>=0} atan(1/a(n)) = (3/4)*Pi. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Feb 27 2009
With X,Y defined as X = ( F(n) F(n+1) ), Y = ( F(n+2) F(n+3) ), where F(n) is the n-th Fibonacci number (A000045), it follows a(n+2) = X.Y', where Y' is the transpose of Y (n >= 0). - K.V.Iyer, Apr 24 2009
From Gary Detlefs, Nov 22 2010: (Start)
a(n) = Fibonacci(2*n+2) mod Fibonacci(2*n), n > 1.
a(n) = (Fibonacci(n-1)^2 + Fibonacci(n)^2 + Fibonacci(2*n-1))/2. (End)
INVERT transform is A166444. First difference is A001906. Partial sums is A055588. Binomial transform is A093129. Binomial transform of A000045(n-1). - Michael Somos, May 03 2012
a(n) = 2^n*f(n;1/2), where f(n;d), n=0,1,...,d, denote the so-called delta-Fibonacci numbers (see Witula et al. papers and comments in A000045). - Roman Witula, Jul 12 2012
a(n) = (Fibonacci(n+2)^2 + Fibonacci(n-3)^2)/5. - Gary Detlefs, Dec 14 2012
G.f.: 1 + x/( Q(0) - x ) where Q(k) = 1 - x/(x*k + 1 )/Q(k+1); (recursively defined continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Feb 23 2013
G.f.: (1-2*x)*G(0)/(2-3*x), where G(k) = 1 + 1/( 1 - x*(5*k-9)/(x*(5*k-4) - 6/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jul 19 2013
G.f.: 1 + x*(1-x^2)*Q(0)/2, where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(4*k+2 + 2*x - x^2)/( x*(4*k+4 + 2*x - x^2 ) + 1/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 11 2013
G.f.: Q(0,u), where u=x/(1-x), Q(k,u) = 1 + u^2 + (k+2)*u - u*(k+1 + u)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 07 2013
Sum_{n>=2} 1/(a(n) - 1/a(n)) = 1. Compare with A001906, A007805 and A097843. - Peter Bala, Nov 29 2013
Let F(n) be the n-th Fibonacci number, A000045(n), and L(n) be the n-th Lucas number, A000032(n). Then for n > 0, a(n) = F(n)*L(n-1) + (-1)^n. - Charlie Marion, Jan 01 2014
a(n) = A238731(n,0). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 05 2014
1 = a(n)*a(n+2) - a(n+1)*a(n+1) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jul 08 2014
a(n) = (L(2*n+4) + L(2*n-6))/25 for L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Dec 30 2014
a(n) = (L(n-1)^2 + L(n)^2)/5 with L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Dec 31 2014
a(n) = (L(n-2)^2 + L(n+1)^2)/10 with L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Oct 23 2015
a(n) = 3*F(n-1)^2 + F(n-3)*F(n) - 2*(-1)^n. - J. M. Bergot, Feb 17 2016
a(n) = (F(n-1)*L(n) + F(n)*L(n-1))/2 = (A081714(n-1) + A128534(n))/2. - J. M. Bergot, Mar 22 2016
E.g.f.: (2*exp(sqrt(5)*x) + 3 + sqrt(5))*exp(-x*(sqrt(5)-3)/2)/(5 + sqrt(5)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 04 2016
a(n) = ((M_2)^n)[1,1] = S(n, 3) - 2*S(n-1, 3), with the 2 X 2 tridiagonal matrix M_2 = Matrix([1,1], [1,2]) from A322602. For a proof see the Mar 30 2020 comment above. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 30 2020
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = A153387. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 05 2020
a(n+1) = Product_{k=1..n} (1 + 4*cos(2*Pi*k/(2*n + 1))^2). Special case of A099390. - Greg Dresden, Oct 16 2021
a(n+1) = 4^(n+1)*Sum_{k >= n} binomial(2*k,2*n)*(1/5)^(k+1). Cf. A102591. - Peter Bala, Nov 29 2021
a(n) = cosh((2*n-1)*arcsinh(1/2))/sqrt(5/4). - Peter Luschny, May 21 2022
From J. M. Bergot, May 27 2022: (Start)
a(n) = F(n-1)*L(n) - (-1)^n where L(n)=A000032(n) and F(n)=A000045(n).
a(n) = (L(n-1)^2 + L(n-1)*L(n+1))/5 + (-1)^n.
a(n) = 2*(area of a triangle with vertices at (L(n-2), L(n-1)), (F(n), F(n-1)), (L(n), L(n+1))) + 5*(-1)^n for n > 2. (End)
a(n) = A059929(n-1)+A059929(n-2), n>1. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 09 2024

Extensions

Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 24 2006, May 13 2008

A002878 Bisection of Lucas sequence: a(n) = L(2*n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 11, 29, 76, 199, 521, 1364, 3571, 9349, 24476, 64079, 167761, 439204, 1149851, 3010349, 7881196, 20633239, 54018521, 141422324, 370248451, 969323029, 2537720636, 6643838879, 17393796001, 45537549124, 119218851371, 312119004989, 817138163596, 2139295485799
Offset: 0

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N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

Comments

In any generalized Fibonacci sequence {f(i)}, Sum_{i=0..4n+1} f(i) = a(n)*f(2n+2). - Lekraj Beedassy, Dec 31 2002
The continued fraction expansion for F((2n+1)*(k+1))/F((2n+1)*k), k>=1 is [a(n),a(n),...,a(n)] where there are exactly k elements (F(n) denotes the n-th Fibonacci number). E.g., continued fraction for F(12)/F(9) is [4, 4,4]. - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 10 2003
See A135064 for a possible connection with Galois groups of quintics.
Sequence of all positive integers k such that continued fraction [k,k,k,k,k,k,...] belongs to Q(sqrt(5)). - Thomas Baruchel, Sep 15 2003
All positive integer solutions of Pell equation a(n)^2 - 5*b(n)^2 = -4 together with b(n)=A001519(n), n>=0.
a(n) = L(n,-3)*(-1)^n, where L is defined as in A108299; see also A001519 for L(n,+3).
Inverse binomial transform of A030191. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 04 2005
General recurrence is a(n) = (a(1)-1)*a(n-1) - a(n-2), a(1) >= 4, lim_{n->infinity} a(n) = x*(k*x+1)^n, k =(a(1)-3), x=(1+sqrt((a(1)+1)/(a(1)-3)))/2. Examples in OEIS: a(1)=4 gives A002878. a(1)=5 gives A001834. a(1)=6 gives A030221. a(1)=7 gives A002315. a(1)=8 gives A033890. a(1)=9 gives A057080. a(1)=10 gives A057081. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Sep 02 2008
Let r = (2n+1), then a(n), n>0 = Product_{k=1..floor((r-1)/2)} (1 + sin^2 k*Pi/r); e.g., a(3) = 29 = (3.4450418679...)*(4.801937735...)*(1.753020396...). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 26 2008
a(n+1) is the Hankel transform of A001700(n)+A001700(n+1). - Paul Barry, Apr 21 2009
a(n) is equal to the permanent of the (2n) X (2n) tridiagonal matrix with sqrt(5)'s along the main diagonal, i's along the superdiagonal and the subdiagonal (i is the imaginary unit), and 0's everywhere else. - John M. Campbell, Jun 09 2011
Conjecture: for n > 0, a(n) = sqrt(Fibonacci(4*n+3) + Sum_{k=2..2*n} Fibonacci(2*k)). - Alex Ratushnyak, May 06 2012
Pisano period lengths: 1, 3, 4, 3, 2, 12, 8, 6, 12, 6, 5, 12, 14, 24, 4, 12, 18, 12, 9, 6, ... . - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
The continued fraction [a(n); a(n), a(n), ...] = phi^(2n+1), where phi is the golden ratio, A001622. - Thomas Ordowski, Jun 05 2013
Solutions (x, y) = (a(n), a(n+1)) satisfying x^2 + y^2 = 3xy + 5. - Michel Lagneau, Feb 01 2014
Conjecture: except for the number 3, a(n) are the numbers such that a(n)^2+2 are Lucas numbers. - Michel Lagneau, Jul 22 2014
Comment on the preceding conjecture: It is clear that all a(n) satisfy a(n)^2 + 2 = L(2*(2*n+1)) due to the identity (17 c) of Vajda, p. 177: L(2*n) + 2*(-1)^n = L(n)^2 (take n -> 2*n+1). - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 10 2014
Limit_{n->oo} a(n+1)/a(n) = phi^2 = phi + 1 = (3+sqrt(5))/2. - Derek Orr, Jun 18 2015
If d[k] denotes the sequence of k-th differences of this sequence, then d[0](0), d[1](1), d[2](2), d[3](3), ... = A048876, cf. message to SeqFan list by P. Curtz on March 2, 2016. - M. F. Hasler, Mar 03 2016
a(n-1) and a(n) are the least phi-antipalindromic numbers (A178482) with 2*n and 2*n+1 digits in base phi, respectively. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 07 2021
Triangulate (hyperbolic) 2-space such that around every vertex exactly 7 triangles touch. Call any 7 triangles having a common vertex the first layer and let the (n+1)-st layer be all triangles that do not appear in any of the first n layers and have a common vertex with the n-th layer. Then the n-th layer contains 7*a(n-1) triangles. E.g., the first layer (by definition) contains 7 triangles, the second layer (the "ring" of triangles around the first layer) consists of 28 triangles, the third layer (the next "ring") consists of 77 triangles, and so on. - Nicolas Nagel, Aug 13 2022

Examples

			G.f. = 1 + 4*x + 11*x^2 + 29*x^3 + 76*x^4 + 199*x^5 + 521*x^6 + ... - _Michael Somos_, Jan 13 2019

References

  • J. M. Borwein and P. B. Borwein, Pi and the AGM, Wiley, 1987, p. 91.
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
  • Steven Vajda, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and the Golden Section, Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, 1989.

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000204. a(n) = A060923(n, 0), a(n)^2 = A081071(n).
Cf. A005248 [L(2n) = bisection (even n) of Lucas sequence].
Cf. A001906 [F(2n) = bisection (even n) of Fibonacci sequence], A000045, A002315, A004146, A029907, A113224, A153387, A153416, A178482, A192425, A285992 (prime subsequence).
Cf. similar sequences of the type k*F(n)*F(n+1)+(-1)^n listed in A264080.

Programs

  • GAP
    List([0..40], n-> Lucas(1,-1,2*n+1)[2] ); # G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2019
  • Haskell
    a002878 n = a002878_list !! n
a002878_list = zipWith (+) (tail a001906_list) a001906_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 11 2012
  • Magma
    [Lucas(2*n+1): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 16 2011
  • Maple
    A002878 := proc(n)
    option remember;
    if n <= 1 then
        op(n+1,[1,4]);
    else
        3*procname(n-1)-procname(n-2) ;
    end if;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Apr 30 2017
  • Mathematica
    a[n_]:= FullSimplify[GoldenRatio^n - GoldenRatio^-n]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 40, 2}]
a[1]=1; a[2]=4; a[n_]:=a[n]= 3a[n-1] -a[n-2]; Array[a, 40]
LinearRecurrence[{3, -1}, {1, 4}, 41] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 23 2017 *)
Table[Sum[(-1)^Floor[k/2] Binomial[n -Floor[(k+1)/2], Floor[k/2]] 3^(n - k), {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 40}] (* L. Edson Jeffery, Feb 26 2018 *)
a[ n_] := Fibonacci[2n] + Fibonacci[2n+2]; (* Michael Somos, Jul 31 2018 *)
a[ n_]:= LucasL[2n+1]; (* Michael Somos, Jan 13 2019 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=fibonacci(2*n)+fibonacci(2*n+2) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 16 2011
  • PARI
    for(n=1,40,q=((1+sqrt(5))/2)^(2*n-1);print1(contfrac(q)[1],", ")) \\ Derek Orr, Jun 18 2015
  • PARI
    Vec((1+x)/(1-3*x+x^2) + O(x^40)) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 26 2015
  • Python
    a002878 = [1, 4]
for n in range(30): a002878.append(3*a002878[-1] - a002878[-2])
print(a002878) # Gennady Eremin, Feb 05 2022
  • Sage
    [lucas_number2(2*n+1,1,-1) for n in (0..40)] # G. C. Greubel, Jul 15 2019

Formula

a(n+1) = 3*a(n) - a(n-1).
G.f.: (1+x)/(1-3*x+x^2). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = S(2*n, sqrt(5)) = S(n, 3) + S(n-1, 3); S(n, x) := U(n, x/2), Chebyshev polynomials of 2nd kind, A049310. S(n, 3) = A001906(n+1) (even-indexed Fibonacci numbers).
a(n) ~ phi^(2*n+1). - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), May 15 2002
Let q(n, x) = Sum_{i=0..n} x^(n-i)*binomial(2*n-i, i); then (-1)^n*q(n, -1) = a(n). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 10 2002
a(n) = A005248(n+1) - A005248(n) = -1 + Sum_{k=0..n} A005248(k). - Lekraj Beedassy, Dec 31 2002
a(n) = 2^(-n)*A082762(n) = 4^(-n)*Sum_{k>=0} binomial(2*n+1, 2*k)*5^k; see A091042. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 01 2004
a(n) = (-1)^n*Sum_{k=0..n} (-5)^k*binomial(n+k, n-k). - Benoit Cloitre, May 09 2004
From Paul Barry, May 27 2004: (Start)
Both bisection and binomial transform of A000204.
a(n) = Fibonacci(2n) + Fibonacci(2n+2). (End)
Sequence lists the numerators of sinh((2*n-1)*psi) where the denominators are 2; psi=log((1+sqrt(5))/2). Offset 1. a(3)=11. - Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)gmail.com), Mar 25 2009
a(n) = A001906(n) + A001906(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 11 2012
a(n) = floor(phi^(2n+1)), where phi is the golden ratio, A001622. - Thomas Ordowski, Jun 10 2012
a(n) = A014217(2*n+1) = A014217(2*n+2) - A014217(2*n). - Paul Curtz, Jun 11 2013
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/(a(n) + 5/a(n)) = 1/2. Compare with A005248, A001906, A075796. - Peter Bala, Nov 29 2013
a(n) = lim_{m->infinity} Fibonacci(m)^(4n+1)*Fibonacci(m+2*n+1)/ Sum_{k=0..m} Fibonacci(k)^(4n+2). - Yalcin Aktar, Sep 02 2014
From Peter Bala, Mar 22 2015: (Start)
The aerated sequence (b(n))n>=1 = [1, 0, 4, 0, 11, 0, 29, 0, ...] is a fourth-order linear divisibility sequence; that is, if n | m then b(n) | b(m). It is the case P1 = 0, P2 = -1, Q = -1 of the 3-parameter family of divisibility sequences found by Williams and Guy.
b(n) = (1/2)*((-1)^n - 1)*F(n) + (1 + (-1)^(n-1))*F(n+1), where F(n) is a Fibonacci number. The o.g.f. is x*(1 + x^2)/(1 - 3*x^2 + x^4).
Exp( Sum_{n >= 1} 2*b(n)*x^n/n ) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} 2*F(n)*x^n.
Exp( Sum_{n >= 1} (-2)*b(n)*x^n/n ) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} 2*F(n)*(-x)^n.
Exp( Sum_{n >= 1} 4*b(n)*x^n/n ) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} 4*A029907(n)*x^n.
Exp( Sum_{n >= 1} (-4)*b(n)*x^n/n ) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} 4*A029907(n)*(-x)^n. Cf. A002315, A004146, A113224 and A192425. (End)
a(n) = sqrt(5*F(2*n+1)^2-4), where F(n) = A000045(n). - Derek Orr, Jun 18 2015
For n > 1, a(n) = 5*F(2*n-1) + L(2*n-3) with F(n) = A000045(n). - J. M. Bergot, Oct 25 2015
For n > 0, a(n) = L(n-1)*L(n+2) + 4*(-1)^n. - J. M. Bergot, Oct 25 2015
For n > 2, a(n) = a(n-2) + F(n+2)^2 + F(n-3)^2 = L(2*n-3) + F(n+2)^2 + F(n-3)^2. - J. M. Bergot, Feb 05 2016 and Feb 07 2016
E.g.f.: ((sqrt(5) - 5)*exp((3-sqrt(5))*x/2) + (5 + sqrt(5))*exp((3+sqrt(5))*x/2))/(2*sqrt(5)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 24 2016
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^floor(k/2)*binomial(n-floor((k+1)/2), floor(k/2))*3^(n-k). - L. Edson Jeffery, Feb 26 2018
a(n)*F(m+2n-1) = F(m+4n-2)-F(m), with Fibonacci number F(m), empirical observation. - Dan Weisz, Jul 30 2018
a(n) = -a(-1-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jul 31 2018
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = A153416. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 11 2020
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n} (1 + 4*sin(2*k*Pi/(2*n+1))^2). - Seiichi Manyama, Apr 30 2021
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = (1/sqrt(5)) * A153387 (Carlitz, 1967). - Amiram Eldar, Feb 05 2022
The continued fraction [a(n);a(n),a(n),...] = phi^(2*n+1), with phi = A001622. - A.H.M. Smeets, Feb 25 2022
a(n) = 2*sinh((2*n + 1)*arccsch(2)). - Peter Luschny, May 25 2022
This gives the sequence with 2 1's prepended: b(1)=b(2)=1 and, for k >= 3, b(k) = Sum_{j=1..k-2} (2^(k-j-1) - 1)*b(j). - Neal Gersh Tolunsky, Oct 28 2022 (formula due to Jon E. Schoenfield)
For n > 0, a(n) = 1 + 1/(Sum_{k>=1} F(k)/phi^(2*n*k + k)). - Diego Rattaggi, Nov 08 2023
From Peter Bala, Apr 16 2025: (Start)
a(3*n+1) = a(n)^3 + 3*a(n).
a(5*n+2) = a(n)^5 + 5*a(n)^3 + 5*a(n).
a(7*n+3) = a(n)^7 + 7*a(n)^5 + 14*a(n)^3 + 7*a(n).
For the coefficients see A034807.
The general result is: for k >= 0, a(k*n + (k-1)/2) = 2 * T(k, a(n)/2), where T(k, x) denotes the k-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind and a(n) = ((1 + sqrt(5))/2)^(2*n+1) + ((1 - sqrt(5))/2)^(2*n+1).
Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^n/a(n) = (1/4)* (theta_3(phi) - theta_3(phi^2)) = 0.815947983588122..., where theta_3(x) = 1 + 2*Sum_{n >= 1} x^(n^2) (see A000122) and phi = (sqrt(5) - 1)/2. See Borwein and Borwein, Exercise 3 a, p. 94 and Carlitz, 1967. (End)
From Peter Bala, May 15 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n) - 1/a(n)) = 1/5 (telescoping series: 5/(a(n) - 1/a(n)) = 1/A001906(n+1) + 1/A001906(n) ).
More generally, for k >= 1, Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(k*n) - s(k)/a(k*n)) = 1/(1 + a(k)) where s(k) = a(0) + a(1) + ... + a(k-1) = Lucas(2*k) - 2.
For k >= 1, Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(a(n) + L(2*k)^2/a(n)) = (1/5) * A064170(k+2).
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n) + 9/a(n)) = 3/10 (follows from 1/(a(n) + 9/a(n)) = L(2*n)/A081076(n) - L(2*n+2)/A081076(n+1) ).
More generally, it appears that for k >= 1, Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n) + L(2*k)^2/a(n)) is rational.
Product_{n >= 1} (a(n) + 1)/(a(n) - 1) = sqrt(5) [telescoping product: Product_{k = 1..n} ((a(k) + 1)/(a(k) - 1))^2 = 5*(1 - 4/A240926(n+1)) ]. (End)

Extensions

Chebyshev and Pell comments from Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2004

A079586 Decimal expansion of Sum_{k>=1} 1/F(k) where F(k) is the k-th Fibonacci number A000045(k).

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 3, 5, 9, 8, 8, 5, 6, 6, 6, 2, 4, 3, 1, 7, 7, 5, 5, 3, 1, 7, 2, 0, 1, 1, 3, 0, 2, 9, 1, 8, 9, 2, 7, 1, 7, 9, 6, 8, 8, 9, 0, 5, 1, 3, 3, 7, 3, 1, 9, 6, 8, 4, 8, 6, 4, 9, 5, 5, 5, 3, 8, 1, 5, 3, 2, 5, 1, 3, 0, 3, 1, 8, 9, 9, 6, 6, 8, 3, 3, 8, 3, 6, 1, 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 1, 6, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 0, 0, 8, 7, 2, 9, 7, 0, 4
Offset: 1

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Author

Benoit Cloitre, Jan 26 2003

Keywords

Comments

André-Jeannin proved that this constant is irrational.
This constant does not belong to the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(5)) (Bundschuh and Väänänen, 1994). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 30 2020

Examples

			3.35988566624317755317201130291892717968890513373...

References

  • Daniel Duverney, Number Theory, World Scientific, 2010, 5.22, pp.75-76.
  • Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 358.

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000045, A000796, A001622, A002163, A002390, A084119, A093540, A016628, A105199, A153386, A153387.
Cf. A350901, A350902, A350903, A350904.

Programs

  • Maple
    Digits := 120: c := Pi/2 + I*arccsch(2):
Jeannin := n -> sqrt(5/4)*add(I^(1-j)/sin(j*c), j = 1..n):
evalf(Jeannin(1000)); # Peter Luschny, Nov 15 2023
  • Mathematica
    digits = 105; Sqrt[5]*NSum[(-1)^n/(GoldenRatio^(2*n + 1) - (-1)^n), {n, 0, Infinity}, WorkingPrecision -> digits, NSumTerms -> digits] // RealDigits[#, 10, digits] & // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 09 2013 *)
First@RealDigits[Sqrt[5]/4 ((Log[5] + 2 QPolyGamma[1, 1/GoldenRatio^4] - 4 QPolyGamma[1, 1/GoldenRatio^2])/(2 Log[GoldenRatio]) + EllipticTheta[2, 0, 1/GoldenRatio^2]^2), 10, 105] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Nov 18 2015 *)
  • PARI
    /* Fast computation without splitting into even and odd indices, see the Arndt reference */
lambert2(x, a, S)=
{
/* Return G(x,a) = Sum_{n>=1} a*x^n/(1-a*x^n) (generalized Lambert series)
   computed as Sum_{n=1..S} x^(n^2)*a^n*( 1/(1-x^n) + a*x^n/(1-a*x^n) )
   As series in x correct up to order S^2.
   We also have G(x,a) = Sum_{n>=1} a^n*x^n/(1-x^n) */
    return( sum(n=1,S, x^(n^2)*a^n*( 1/(1-x^n) + a*x^n/(1-a*x^n) ) ) );
}
inv_fib_sum(p=1, q=1, S)=
{
/* Return Sum_{n>=1} 1/f(n) where f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(n) = p*f(n-1) + q*f(n-1)
   computed using generalized Lambert series.
   Must have p^2+4*q > 0 */
    my(al,be);
    \\ Note: the q here is -q in the Horadam paper.
    \\ The following numerical examples are for p=q=1:
    al=1/2*(p+sqrt(p^2+4*q));  \\ == +1.6180339887498...
    be=1/2*(p-sqrt(p^2+4*q));  \\ == -0.6180339887498...
    return( (al-be)*( 1/(al-1) + lambert2(be/al, 1/al, S) ) ); \\ == 3.3598856...
}
default(realprecision,100);
S = 1000; /* (be/al)^S == -0.381966^S == -1.05856*10^418 << 10^-100 */
inv_fib_sum(1,1,S) /* 3.3598856... */ /* Joerg Arndt, Jan 30 2011 */
  • PARI
    suminf(k=1, 1/(fibonacci(k))) \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 19 2019
  • Sage
    m=120; numerical_approx(sum(1/fibonacci(k) for k in (1..10*m)), digits=m) # G. C. Greubel, Feb 20 2019

Formula

Alternating series representation: 3 + Sum_{k >= 1} (-1)^(k+1)/(F(k)*F(k+1)*F(k+2)). - Peter Bala, Nov 30 2013
From Amiram Eldar, Oct 04 2020: (Start)
Equals sqrt(5) * Sum_{k>=0} (1/(phi^(2*k+1) - 1) - 2*phi^(2*k+1)/(phi^(4*(2*k+1)) - 1)), where phi is the golden ratio (A001622) (Greig, 1977).
Equals sqrt(5) * Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k/(phi^(2*k+1) - (-1)^k) (Griffin, 1992).
Equals A153386 + A153387. (End)
From Gleb Koloskov, Sep 14 2021: (Start)
Equals 1 + c1*(c2 + 32*Integral_{x=0..infinity} f(x) dx),
where c1 = sqrt(5)/(8*log(phi)) = A002163/(8*A002390),
c2 = 2*arctan(2)+log(5) = 2*A105199+A016628,
phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 = A001622,
f(x) = sin(x)*(4+cos(2*x))/((exp(Pi*x/log(phi))-1)*(2*cos(2*x)+3)*(7-2*cos(2*x))) (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 27 2022: (Start)
Equals 3 + 2 * Sum_{k>=1} 1/(F(2*k-1)*F(2*k+1)*F(2*k+2)) (Bruckman, 1987).
Equals 2 + Sum_{k>=1} 1/A350901(k) (André-Jeannin, Problem H-450, 1991).
Equals lim_{n->oo} A350903(n)/(A350904(n)*A350902(n)) (André-Jeannin, 1991). (End)
Equals sqrt(5/4)*Sum_{j>=1} i^(1-j)/sin(j*c) where c = Pi/2 + i*arccsch(2). - Peter Luschny, Nov 15 2023
Equals lim_{n->oo} A203006(n)/A003266(n) (Z.W. M. Trzaska, 1996). - Raul Prisacariu, Sep 04 2024

A153386 Decimal expansion of Sum_{n>=1} 1/Fibonacci(2*n).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 3, 5, 3, 7, 0, 5, 0, 8, 8, 3, 6, 2, 5, 2, 9, 8, 5, 0, 2, 9, 8, 5, 2, 8, 9, 6, 6, 5, 1, 5, 9, 9, 0, 0, 6, 3, 6, 7, 0, 1, 1, 5, 9, 1, 0, 7, 1, 1, 3, 8, 5, 6, 3, 2, 3, 5, 2, 6, 3, 6, 6, 5, 1, 3, 1, 0, 4, 7, 2, 7, 8, 6, 2, 8, 9, 0, 9, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 6, 5, 0, 2, 3, 1, 6, 6, 3, 6, 9, 6, 9, 3, 3, 6, 5, 3, 2, 7, 9
Offset: 1

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Author

Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 25 2008

Keywords

Examples

			1.535370508836252985029852896651599006367...

References

  • Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 94, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 5.14.1, p. 358.

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000045, A001906 (Fibonacci(2*n)), A065563.
Cf. A000796, A001113, A002163, A002390, A016628, A079586, A153387, A256178, A265288, A360928.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    rd[k_] := rd[k] = RealDigits[ N[ Sum[ 1/Fibonacci[2*n], {n, 1, 2^k}], 105]][[1]]; rd[k = 4]; While[ rd[k] != rd[k - 1], k++]; rd[k] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 29 2012 *)
RealDigits[Sqrt[5] * (Log[5] + 2*QPolyGamma[0, 1, 1/GoldenRatio^4] - 4*QPolyGamma[0, 1, 1/GoldenRatio^2]) / (8*ArcCsch[2]), 10, 105][[1]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 26 2023 *)
  • PARI
    sumpos(n=1, 1/fibonacci(2*n)) \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 04 2021

Formula

Equals sqrt(5) * (L((3-sqrt(5))/2) - L((7-3*sqrt(5))/2)), where L(x) = Sum_{k>=1} x^k/(1-x^k) (Horadam, 1988, equation (4.6)). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 04 2020
From Gleb Koloskov, Sep 04 2021: (Start)
Equals 1/2 + (sqrt(5)/log(phi))*(log(5)/8 + 3*Integral_{x=0..infinity} sin(x)/((4*sin(x)^2+5)*(exp(Pi*x/log(phi))-1)) dx), where phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 = A001622.
Equals 1/2 + (A002163/A002390)*(A016628/8 + 3*Integral_{x=0..infinity} sin(x)/((4*sin(x)^2+5)*(A001113^(A000796*x/A002390)-1)) dx). (End)
Equals 1 + Sum_{n>=1} 1/A065563(2*n-1) (André-Jeannin, 1993). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 15 2022
From Peter Bala, Aug 17 2022: (Start)
Equals 5/3 - 3*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(F(2*n)*F(2*n+2)*F(2*n+4)), where F(n) = Fibonacci(n).
Conjecture: Equals 151/96 - 6*Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(F(2*n)*F(2*n+4)*F(2*n+6)). (End)
Equals A360928 * sqrt(5). - Kevin Ryde, Feb 27 2023

A158933 Decimal expansion of Sum_{n>=1} ((-1)^(n+1))/F(n) where F(n) is the n-th Fibonacci number A000045(n).

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 8, 9, 1, 4, 4, 6, 4, 8, 5, 7, 0, 6, 7, 1, 5, 8, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 0, 5, 5, 0, 9, 6, 1, 5, 7, 2, 9, 1, 6, 6, 9, 5, 4, 8, 8, 1, 9, 5, 1, 5, 8, 9, 6, 9, 1, 3, 6, 0, 0, 2, 5, 0, 2, 6, 4, 8, 5, 0, 6, 3, 0, 3, 5, 7, 6, 1, 7, 3, 8, 8, 6, 4, 5, 5, 1, 5, 8, 2, 4, 1, 1, 5, 8, 3, 1, 8, 2, 8, 5
Offset: 0

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Author

Michel Lagneau, Mar 26 2011

Keywords

Comments

André-Jeannin (1989) proved that this constant is irrational, and Tachiya (2004) proved that it does not belong to the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(5)). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 30 2020

Examples

			0.2891446485706715831123055096157291669...

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000045, A001622, A079586.
Cf. A153386, A153387, A324007.

Programs

  • Maple
    with(combinat, fibonacci):Digits:=100:s:=0:for n from 1 to 2000 do: a1:=fibonacci(n):s:=s+evalf(1/a1)*(-1)^(n+1):od:print(s):
  • Mathematica
    digits = 95; NSum[(-1)^(n+1)*(1/Fibonacci[n]), {n, 1, Infinity}, WorkingPrecision -> digits+1, NSumTerms -> digits] // RealDigits[#, 10, digits]& // First (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 28 2014 *)
  • PARI
    -sumalt(n=1,(-1)^n/fibonacci(n)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 03 2016

Formula

Equals sqrt(5) * Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k/(phi^(2*k+1) + (-1)^k), where phi is the golden ratio (A001622). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 04 2020
Equals A153387 - A153386. - Joerg Arndt, Oct 04 2020
Equals 1 - A324007. - Amiram Eldar, Feb 09 2023

Extensions

Offset corrected by Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Jun 28 2011

A228040 Decimal expansion of sum of reciprocals, row 2 of Wythoff array, W = A035513.

Original entry on oeis.org

6, 2, 9, 5, 2, 4, 8, 3, 9, 8, 7, 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 4, 9, 5, 3, 5, 4, 6, 1, 7, 9, 5, 3, 4, 1, 8, 5, 0, 1, 9, 3, 3, 1, 6, 2, 5, 9, 6, 8, 3, 8, 2, 8, 8, 8, 6, 0, 8, 7, 7, 9, 7, 3, 8, 1, 9, 0, 7, 0, 8, 3, 7, 2, 8, 2, 7, 4, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 7, 0, 4, 4, 6, 4, 5, 7, 0
Offset: 0

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Author

Clark Kimberling, Aug 05 2013

Keywords

Comments

Let c be the constant given by A079586, that is, the sum of reciprocals of the Fibonacci numbers F(k) for k>=1. The number c-1, the sum of reciprocals of row 1 of W, is known to be irrational (see A079586). Conjecture: the same is true for all the other rows of W.
Let h be the constant given at A153387 and s(n) the sum of reciprocals of numbers in row n of W. Then h < 1 + s(n)*floor(n*tau) < c. Thus, s(n) -> 0 as n -> oo.

Examples

			1/4 + 1/7 + 1/11 + ... = 0.629524839876312449535461795341...

Crossrefs

Cf. A035513, A079586, A093540, A228041, A228042, A228043.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := f[n] = Fibonacci[n]; g = GoldenRatio; w[n_, k_] := w[n, k] = f[k + 1]*Floor[n*g] + f[k]*(n - 1);
n = 2; Table[w[n, k], {n, 1, 5}, {k, 1, 5}]
r = N[Sum[1/w[n, k], {k, 1, 2000}], 120]
RealDigits[r, 10]

Formula

Equals A093540 - 4/3. - Amiram Eldar, May 22 2021

A360957 Decimal expansion of Sum_{i>=1 and i!=0 (mod 3)} 1/Fibonacci(i).

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 6, 9, 6, 3, 8, 3, 5, 2, 7, 3, 1, 0, 1, 4, 9, 3, 5, 6, 0, 3, 6, 1, 3, 0, 2, 0, 6, 9, 6, 8, 9, 3, 3, 8, 8, 3, 9, 1, 3, 6, 3, 8, 8, 8, 2, 1, 0, 7, 4, 3, 8, 9, 5, 8, 1, 9, 2, 4, 4, 5, 3, 8, 9, 6, 4, 4, 8, 0, 1, 1, 5, 8, 5, 8, 2, 4, 2, 0, 0, 3, 3, 0, 9, 6, 0, 6, 1, 6, 7, 7, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 9, 2, 3, 6, 3, 4, 3, 8, 1
Offset: 1

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Author

Kevin Ryde, Feb 28 2023

Keywords

Comments

Sum of reciprocals of all odd Fibonacci numbers, so Sum_{j>=0} 1/A014437(j)

Examples

			2.6963835273101493560361302069689338...

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A014437, A079586, A153387, A360958.

Formula

Equals A079586 - A360958.

A228041 Decimal expansion of sum of reciprocals, row 3 of Wythoff array, W = A035513.

Original entry on oeis.org

4, 2, 9, 9, 4, 2, 8, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 5, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 8, 6, 0, 0, 5, 6, 5, 1, 4, 5, 9, 4, 6, 3, 5, 8, 9, 8, 4, 4, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 6, 8, 6, 5, 9, 8, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 7, 7, 7, 6, 9, 0, 7, 6, 6, 2, 5, 6, 5, 1, 5, 9, 4, 9, 8, 3, 4, 1, 6, 9, 1, 8, 0, 7, 7, 0
Offset: 0

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Author

Clark Kimberling, Aug 05 2013

Keywords

Comments

Let c be the constant given by A079586, that is, the sum of reciprocals of the Fibonacci numbers F(k) for k>=1. The number c-1, the sum of reciprocals of row 1 of W, is known to be irrational (see A079586). Conjecture: the same is true for all the other rows of W.
Let h be the constant given at A153387 and s(n) the sum of reciprocals of numbers in row n of W. Then h < 1 + s(n)*floor(n*tau) < c. Thus, s(n) -> 0 as n -> oo.

Examples

			1/6 + 1/10 + 1/16 + ...  = 0.4299428331215887765860056514594635898444...

Crossrefs

Cf. A035513, A079586, A228040, A228042, A228043.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := f[n] = Fibonacci[n]; g = GoldenRatio; w[n_, k_] := w[n, k] = f[k + 1]*Floor[n*g] + f[k]*(n - 1);
n = 3; Table[w[n, k], {n, 1, 5}, {k, 1, 5}]
r = N[Sum[1/w[n, k], {k, 1, 2000}], 120]
RealDigits[r, 10]

Formula

Equals A079586/2 - 5/4. - Amiram Eldar, May 22 2021

A228042 Decimal expansion of sum of reciprocals, row 4 of Wythoff array, W = A035513.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 8, 6, 6, 2, 8, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1, 4, 3, 9, 2, 5, 1, 7, 7, 2, 4, 0, 0, 3, 7, 6, 7, 6, 3, 9, 6, 4, 2, 3, 9, 3, 2, 2, 9, 6, 3, 5, 0, 4, 4, 5, 7, 7, 3, 2, 2, 8, 2, 8, 8, 3, 1, 8, 5, 1, 2, 7, 1, 7, 7, 5, 0, 4, 3, 4, 3, 9, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2, 7, 8, 7, 1, 8, 0
Offset: 0

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Author

Clark Kimberling, Aug 05 2013

Keywords

Comments

Let c be the constant given by A079586, that is, the sum of reciprocals of the Fibonacci numbers F(k) for k>=1. The number c-1, the sum of reciprocals of row 1 of W, is known to be irrational (see A079586). Conjecture: the same is true for all the other rows of W.
Let h be the constant given at A153387 and s(n) the sum of reciprocals of numbers in row n of W. Then h < 1 + s(n)*floor(n*tau) < c. Thus, s(n) -> 0 as n -> oo.

Examples

			1/9 + 1/15 + 1/24 + ... = 0.28662855541439251772400376763964239322963...

Crossrefs

Cf. A035513, A079586, A228040, A228041, A228043.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := f[n] = Fibonacci[n]; g = GoldenRatio; w[n_, k_] := w[n, k] = f[k + 1]*Floor[n*g] + f[k]*(n - 1);
n = 4; Table[w[n, k], {n, 1, 5}, {k, 1, 5}]
r = N[Sum[1/w[n, k], {k, 1, 2000}], 120]
RealDigits[r, 10]

Formula

Equals A079586/3 - 5/6. - Amiram Eldar, May 22 2021
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