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%I A206481 #37 Apr 11 2024 16:30:36 %S A206481 0,1,1,7,26,57,99,159,244,353,485,647,846,1081,1351,1663,2024,2433, %T A206481 2889,3399,3970,4601,5291,6047,6876,7777,8749,9799,10934,12153,13455, %U A206481 14847,16336,17921,19601,21383,23274,25273,27379,29599,31940,34401,36981,39687 %N A206481 a(n) + a(n+2) = n^3. %C A206481 If the offset were 0, the formula would be: a(0)=0, a(1)=1, for n>=2: a(n) = (n-1)^3 - a(n-2). %H A206481 Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A206481/b206481.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000</a> %H A206481 <a href="/index/Rec#order_06">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (4,-7,8,-7,4,-1). %F A206481 a(n) = (1/2)*((n-3)*n^2-4*cos((Pi*n)/2)+2). - _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 14 2012 %F A206481 G.f.: x^2*(1 - 3*x + 10*x^2 - 3*x^3 + x^4)/((1-x)^4*(1+x^2)). - _Paul D. Hanna_, Sep 14 2012 %t A206481 LinearRecurrence[{4, -7, 8, -7, 4, -1}, {0, 1, 1, 7, 26, 57}, 60] %t A206481 RecurrenceTable[{a[1]==0,a[2]==1,a[n]==(n-2)^3-a[n-2]},a,{n,50}] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 14 2012 *) %o A206481 (Python) %o A206481 prpr = 0 %o A206481 prev = 1 %o A206481 for n in range(1,77): %o A206481 print(prpr, end=',') %o A206481 curr = n*n*n - prpr # a(n+1) %o A206481 prpr = prev %o A206481 prev = curr %Y A206481 Cf. A144129 (bisection). %K A206481 nonn,easy %O A206481 1,4 %A A206481 _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Feb 08 2012