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%I A187273 #34 Feb 19 2024 10:20:31
%S A187273 0,3,12,27,72,135,324,567,1296,2187,4860,8019,17496,28431,61236,98415,
%T A187273 209952,334611,708588,1121931,2361960,3720087,7794468,12223143,
%U A187273 25509168,39858075,82904796,129140163,267846264,416118303,860934420,1334448351,2754990144,4261625379,8781531084,13559717115,27894275208
%N A187273 a(n) = (n/4)*3^(n/2)*((1+sqrt(3))^2+(-1)^n*(1-sqrt(3))^2).
%H A187273 Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A187273/b187273.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>
%H A187273 R. Kemp, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-365X(82)90123-6">On the number of words in the language {w in Sigma* | w = w^R }^2</a>, Discrete Math., 40 (1982), 225-234. See Lemma 1.
%H A187273 <a href="/index/Rec#order_04">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (0,6,0,-9).
%F A187273 From _Colin Barker_, Jul 24 2013: (Start)
%F A187273 a(n) = 6*a(n-2) - 9*a(n-4).
%F A187273 G.f.: 3*x*(x+1)*(3*x+1) / (3*x^2-1)^2. (End)
%F A187273 a(2*n) = 4*n*3^n, a(2*n+1) = (2*n+1)*3^(n+1). - _Andrew Howroyd_, Mar 28 2016
%p A187273 See A187272.
%t A187273 LinearRecurrence[{0,6,0,-9},{0,3,12,27},40] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Apr 21 2014 *)
%t A187273 CoefficientList[Series[3 x (x + 1) (3 x + 1)/(3 x^2 - 1)^2, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Apr 23 2014 *)
%o A187273 (PARI) for(n=0,50, print1(round((n/4)*3^(n/2)*((1+sqrt(3))^2+(-1)^n*(1-sqrt(3))^2)), ", ")) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, Jul 08 2018
%o A187273 (Magma) [Round((n/4)*3^(n/2)*((1+Sqrt(3))^2+(-1)^n*(1-Sqrt(3))^2)): n in [0..50]]; // _G. C. Greubel_, Jul 08 2018
%o A187273 (Python)
%o A187273 def A187273(n): return n*3**(1+(n>>1)) if n&1 else (n<<1)*3**(n>>1) # _Chai Wah Wu_, Feb 19 2024
%K A187273 nonn,easy
%O A187273 0,2
%A A187273 _N. J. A. Sloane_, Mar 07 2011