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A192909 Constant term in the reduction by (x^2 -> x + 1) of the polynomial p(n,x) defined below at Comments.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 9, 27, 83, 259, 811, 2541, 7963, 24957, 78221, 245165, 768413, 2408415, 7548629, 23659463, 74155215, 232422687, 728476151, 2283243129, 7156307287, 22429820697, 70301181369, 220343094521, 690615411545, 2164577236699
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Author

Clark Kimberling, Jul 12 2011

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Comments

The titular polynomial is defined by p(n,x) = (x^2)*p(n-1,x) + x*p(n-2,x) + 1, with p(0,x) = 1, p(1,x) = x + 1.

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Programs

  • GAP
    a:=[1,1,3,9,27];; for n in [6..30] do a[n]:=4*a[n-1]-3*a[n-2] +a[n-3]-a[n-5]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Jan 11 2019
  • Magma
    m:=30; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); Coefficients(R!( (x^2-x+1)*(x^2+2*x-1)/((1-x)*(x^4+x^3+3*x-1)) )); // G. C. Greubel, Jan 11 2019
    
  • Mathematica
    u = 1; v = 1; a = 1; b = 1; c = 1; d = 1; e = 1; f = 1;
    q = x^2; s = u*x + v; z = 24;
    p[0, x_] := a;  p[1, x_] := b*x + c
    p[n_, x_] := d*(x^2)*p[n - 1, x] + e*x*p[n - 2, x] + f;
    Table[Expand[p[n, x]], {n, 0, 8}]
    reduce[{p1_, q_, s_, x_}]:= FixedPoint[(s PolynomialQuotient @@ #1 + PolynomialRemainder @@ #1 &)[{#1, q, x}] &, p1]
    t = Table[reduce[{p[n, x], q, s, x}], {n, 0, z}];
    u0 = Table[Coefficient[Part[t, n], x, 0], {n, 1, z}] (* A192909 *)
    u1 = Table[Coefficient[Part[t, n], x, 1], {n, 1, z}] (* A192910 *)
    Simplify[FindLinearRecurrence[u0]]
    Simplify[FindLinearRecurrence[u1]]
    LinearRecurrence[{4,-3,1,0,-1}, {1,1,3,9,27}, 30] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 11 2019 *)
  • PARI
    my(x='x+O('x^30)); Vec((x^2-x+1)*(x^2+2*x-1)/((1-x)*(x^4+x^3+3*x -1))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jan 11 2019
    
  • Sage
    ((x^2-x+1)*(x^2+2*x-1)/((1-x)*(x^4+x^3+3*x-1))).series(x, 30).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Jan 11 2019
    

Formula

a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) - a(n-5).
G.f.: (x^2-x+1)*(x^2+2*x-1) / ( (1-x)*(x^4+x^3+3*x-1) ). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 13 2011