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%I A191761 #29 Sep 27 2015 11:19:18 %S A191761 0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6, %T A191761 4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6,6,4,0,4,6, %U A191761 6,4,0 %N A191761 Last digit of (2*n)^2. Also period 5: repeat [0, 4, 6, 6, 4]. %C A191761 Original definition: Unit digits of the nonzero, even squares. %C A191761 This sequence is periodic with period <4,6,6,4,0> of length five. Hence, as the members of each cycle sum to 20, the terms satisfy the fifth-order homogeneous recurrence a(n)=a(n-5) and the fourth-order inhomogeneous recurrence a(n) = 20 - a(n-1) - a(n-2) - a(n-3) - a(n-4). %H A191761 <a href="/index/Rec#order_05">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (0,0,0,0,1). %F A191761 a(n) = mod(4*n^2,10). %F A191761 G.f.: (4*x+6*x^2+6*x^3+4*x^4+0*x^5)/(1-x^5) (note that the coefficients of x in the numerator are the terms that constitute the periodic cycle of the sequence). %F A191761 G.f. -2*x*(1+x)*(2*x^2+x+2) / ( (x-1)*(1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4) ). - _R. J. Mathar_, Oct 08 2011 %F A191761 a(n) = 4+(16*cos(2*Pi/5)-24*cos(Pi/5))*cos(2*Pi*n/5)/5 +(24*cos(2*Pi/5)-16*cos(Pi/5))*cos(4*Pi*n/5)/5. - _R. J. Mathar_, Oct 08 2011 %F A191761 a(n) = A010879(A016742(n)). - _Michel Marcus_, Aug 11 2015 %e A191761 a(5) = (2*5)^2 mod 10 = 100 mod 10 = 0. %t A191761 Mod[4#^2,10] &/@Range[50] %t A191761 PadRight[{},120,{0,4,6,6,4}] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 27 2015 *) %o A191761 (PARI) a(n)=4*n^2%10 \\ _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Jun 19 2011 %o A191761 (PARI) a(n)=[0, 4, 6, 6, 4][n%5+1] \\ _M. F. Hasler_, Jun 11 2011 %Y A191761 Cf. A016742, A010879, A191762. %K A191761 nonn,easy %O A191761 0,2 %A A191761 _Ant King_, Jun 18 2011