a(n) = (4^n - (-1)^n)/5.
E.g.f.: (exp(4*x) - exp(-x))/5. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n, k)*(-1)^(n+k)*5^(k-1). -
Paul Barry, May 13 2003
a(2*n) = 4*a(2*n-1) - 1, a(2*n+1) = 4*a(2*n) + 1. In general this is true for all sequences of the type a(n) + a(n+1) = q^(n): i.e., a(2*n) = q*a(2n-1) - 1 and a(2*n+1) = q*a(2*n) + 1. -
Amarnath Murthy, Jul 15 2003
a(n) = 4^(n-1) - a(n-1).
G.f.: x/(1-3*x - 4*x^2). (End)
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n-k, k)*3^(n-2k)*4^k. -
Paul Barry, Jul 29 2004
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - (-1)^n, n > 0, a(0)=0. -
Paul Barry, Aug 25 2004
The logarithmic generating function 1/5*log((1+x)/(1-4*x)) = x + 3*x^2/2 + 13*x^3/3 + 51*x^4/4 + ... has compositional inverse 5/(4+exp(-5*x)) - 1, the e.g.f. for a signed version of
A213127. -
Peter Bala, Jun 24 2012
a(n) = (-1)^(n-1)*Sum_{k=0..n-1}
A135278(n-1,k)*(-5)^k = (4^n - (-1)^n)/5 = (-1)^(n-1)*Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-4)^k. Equals (-1)^(n-1)*Phi(n,-4), where Phi is the cyclotomic polynomial when n is an odd prime. (For n > 0.) -
Tom Copeland, Apr 14 2014
a(n) = 3*Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k) + 1 if n odd; a(n) = 3*Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k) if n even.
a(n) = F(n) + 2*Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k)*F(n-k) + 3*Sum_{k=0..n-2} a(k)*F(n-k-1), where F(n) denotes the Fibonacci numbers.
a(n) = F(n) + Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k)*(L(n-k) + F(n-k+1)), where F(n) denotes the Fibonacci numbers and L(n) denotes the Lucas numbers.
a(n) = 3^(n-1) + 4*Sum_{k=0..n-2} 3^(n-k-2)*a(k).
a(m+n) = a(m)*a(n+1) + 4*a(m-1)*a(n).
a(2*n) = Sum_{i>=0, j>=0} binomial(n-j-1,i)*binomial(n-i-1,j)*3^(2n-2i-2j-1)*4^(i+j). (End)
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