A214827 a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) + a(n-3), with a(0) = 1, a(1) = a(2) = 5.

1, 5, 5, 11, 21, 37, 69, 127, 233, 429, 789, 1451, 2669, 4909, 9029, 16607, 30545, 56181, 103333, 190059, 349573, 642965, 1182597, 2175135, 4000697, 7358429, 13534261, 24893387, 45786077, 84213725, 154893189, 284892991, 523999905

Offset: 0

Author

Abel Amene, Jul 29 2012

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

See comments in A214727.

Links

• Robert Price, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• Martin Burtscher, Igor Szczyrba, Rafał Szczyrba, Analytic Representations of the n-anacci Constants and Generalizations Thereof, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 18 (2015), Article 15.4.5.
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,1,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A000213, A000288, A000322, A000383, A060455, A136175, A141036, A141523, A214825-A214831.

Programs

GAP

a:=[1,5,5];; for n in [4..40] do a[n]:=a[n-1]+a[n-2]+a[n-3]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Apr 24 2019

Magma

R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), 40); Coefficients(R!( (1+4*x-x^2)/(1-x-x^2-x^3) )); // G. C. Greubel, Apr 24 2019

Mathematica

LinearRecurrence[{1,1,1},{1,5,5},40] (* Ray Chandler, Dec 08 2013 *)

PARI

my(x='x+O('x^40)); Vec((1+4*x-x^2)/(1-x-x^2-x^3)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 24 2019

Sage

((1+4*x-x^2)/(1-x-x^2-x^3)).series(x, 40).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Apr 24 2019

Formula

G.f.: (x^2-4*x-1)/(x^3+x^2+x-1).

a(n) = -A000073(n) + 4*A000073(n+1) + A000073(n+2). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 29 2012