A177842 Period 27: repeat 1, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81.

1, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 9, 81, 81, 3, 81, 81, 1, 81, 81

Offset: 0

Author

Paul Curtz, May 14 2010

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

The generating formula is a(n) = A061040(n+3) - 9*A061039(n+3). This is a member of the family of sequences with A000012(n) = A000290(n+1) -A005563(n+1), with period length 1, and A177499(n) = A061038(n+2) -4*A061037(n+2), with period length 4.

a(n) here has period length 3^3 and the general series of this family has period length k^k.

Links

• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1).

Programs

PARI

a(n)=3^[0, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 0, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4][n%27+1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 17 2016

Formula

G.f.: ( -1 -81*x -3*x^9 -3*x^3 -81*x^4 -81*x^5 -9*x^6 -81*x^7 -81*x^8 -81*x^10 -3*x^12 -81*x^13 -81*x^14 -9*x^15 -81*x^16 -81*x^17 -3*x^18 -81*x^19 -81*x^20 -x^21 -81*x^22 -81*x^23 -9*x^24 -81*x^25 -81*x^26 -81*x^11 -81*x^2 ) / ( (x-1) *(1+x+x^2) *(1+x^3+x^6) *(1+x^9+x^18) ). - R. J. Mathar, Dec 09 2010

a(n) = a(n+27).