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A000244 Powers of 3: a(n) = 3^n.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187, 6561, 19683, 59049, 177147, 531441, 1594323, 4782969, 14348907, 43046721, 129140163, 387420489, 1162261467, 3486784401, 10460353203, 31381059609, 94143178827, 282429536481, 847288609443, 2541865828329, 7625597484987

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 3), L(1, 3), P(1, 3), T(1, 3). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(3, 9), L(3, 9), P(3, 9), T(3, 9). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(2n+2)) such that 0 < s(i) < 6 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 for i = 1, 2, ..., 2n + 2, s(0) = 1, s(2n+2) = 3. - Herbert Kociemba, Jun 10 2004
a(1) = 1, a(n+1) is the least number such that there are a(n) even numbers between a(n) and a(n+1). Generalization for the sequence of powers of k: 1, k, k^2, k^3, k^4, ... There are a(n) multiples of k-1 between a(n) and a(n+1). - Amarnath Murthy, Nov 28 2004
a(n) = sum of (n+1)-th row in Triangle A105728. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 18 2005
With p(n) being the number of integer partitions of n, p(i) being the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) being the number of different parts of the i-th partition of n, m(i, j) being the multiplicity of the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, Sum_{i = 1..p(n)} being the sum over i and Product_{j = 1..d(i)} being the product over j, one has: a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..p(n)} (p(i)!/(Product_{j = 1..d(i)} m(i, j)!))*2^(p(i) - 1). - Thomas Wieder, May 18 2005
For any k > 1 in the sequence, k is the first prime power appearing in the prime decomposition of repunit R_k, i.e., of A002275(k). - Lekraj Beedassy, Apr 24 2006
a(n-1) is the number of compositions of compositions. In general, (k+1)^(n-1) is the number of k-levels nested compositions (e.g., 4^(n-1) is the number of compositions of compositions of compositions, etc.). Each of the n - 1 spaces between elements can be a break for one of the k levels, or not a break at all. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 06 2006
Let S be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for every element x, y of P(A), xSy if x is a subset of y. Then a(n) = |S|. - Ross La Haye, Dec 22 2006
From Manfred Boergens, Mar 28 2023: (Start)
With regard to the comment by Ross La Haye:
Cf. A001047 if either nonempty subsets are considered or x is a proper subset of y.
Cf. a(n+1) in A028243 if nonempty subsets are considered and x is a proper subset of y. (End)
If X_1, X_2, ..., X_n is a partition of the set {1, 2, ..., 2*n} into blocks of size 2 then, for n >= 1, a(n) is equal to the number of functions f : {1, 2, ..., 2*n} -> {1, 2} such that for fixed y_1, y_2, ..., y_n in {1, 2} we have f(X_i) <> {y_i}, (i = 1, 2, ..., n). - Milan Janjic, May 24 2007
This is a general comment on all sequences of the form a(n) = [(2^k)-1]^n for all positive integers k. Example 1.1.16 of Stanley's "Enumerative Combinatorics" offers a slightly different version. a(n) in the number of functions f:[n] into P([k]) - {}. a(n) is also the number of functions f:[k] into P([n]) such that the generalized intersection of f(i) for all i in [k] is the empty set. Where [n] = {1, 2, ..., n}, P([n]) is the power set of [n] and {} is the empty set. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 28 2009
a(n) = A064614(A000079(n)) and A064614(m)A000079(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 08 2010
3^(n+1) = (1, 2, 2, 2, ...) dot (1, 1, 3, 9, ..., 3^n); e.g., 3^3 = 27 = (1, 2, 2, 2) dot (1, 1, 3, 9) = (1 + 2 + 6 + 18). - Gary W. Adamson, May 17 2010
a(n) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are 3*2^i different types of i, (i = 1, 2, ...). - Milan Janjic, Sep 24 2010
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are 2^(i-1) different types of i, (i = 1, 2, ...). - Milan Janjic, Sep 24 2010
The sequence in question ("Powers of 3") also describes the number of moves of the k-th disk solving the [RED ; BLUE ; BLUE] or [RED ; RED ; BLUE] pre-colored Magnetic Tower of Hanoi puzzle (cf. A183111 - A183125).
a(n) is the number of Stern polynomials of degree n. See A057526. - T. D. Noe, Mar 01 2011
Positions of records in the number of odd prime factors, A087436. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Mar 17 2011
Sum of coefficients of the expansion of (1+x+x^2)^n. - Adi Dani, Jun 21 2011
a(n) is the number of compositions of n elements among {0, 1, 2}; e.g., a(2) = 9 since there are the 9 compositions 0 + 0, 0 + 1, 1 + 0, 0 + 2, 1 + 1, 2 + 0, 1 + 2, 2 + 1, and 2 + 2. [From Adi Dani, Jun 21 2011; modified by editors.]
Except the first two terms, these are odd numbers n such that no x with 2 <= x <= n - 2 satisfy x^(n-1) == 1 (mod n). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Jul 03 2011
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 3-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Explanation from David Applegate, Feb 20 2017: (Start)
Since the preceding comment appears in a large number of sequences, it might be worth adding a proof.
The number of compositions of n into exactly k parts is binomial(n-1,k-1).
For a p-colored composition of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color, there are exactly p choices for the color of the first part, and p-1 choices for the color of each additional part (any color other than the color of the previous one). So, for a partition into k parts, there are p (p-1)^(k-1) valid colorings.
Thus the number of p-colored compositions of n into exactly k parts such that no adjacent parts have the same color is binomial(n-1,k-1) p (p-1)^(k-1).
The total number of p-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color is then
Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n-1,k-1) * p * (p-1)^(k-1) = p^n.
To see this, note that the binomial expansion of ((p - 1) + 1)^(n - 1) = Sum_{k = 0..n - 1} binomial(n - 1, k) (p - 1)^k 1^(n - 1 - k) = Sum_{k = 1..n} binomial(n - 1, k - 1) (p - 1)^(k - 1).
(End)
Also, first and least element of the matrix [1, sqrt(2); sqrt(2), 2]^(n+1). - M. F. Hasler, Nov 25 2011
One-half of the row sums of the triangular version of A035002. - J. M. Bergot, Jun 10 2013
Form an array with m(0,n) = m(n,0) = 2^n; m(i,j) equals the sum of the terms to the left of m(i,j) and the sum of the terms above m(i,j), which is m(i,j) = Sum_{k=0..j-1} m(i,k) + Sum_{k=0..i-1} m(k,j). The sum of the terms in antidiagonal(n+1) = 4*a(n). - J. M. Bergot, Jul 10 2013
a(n) = A007051(n+1) - A007051(n), and A007051 are the antidiagonal sums of an array defined by m(0,k) = 1 and m(n,k) = Sum_{c = 0..k - 1} m(n, c) + Sum_{r = 0..n - 1} m(r, k), which is the sum of the terms to left of m(n, k) plus those above m(n, k). m(1, k) = A000079(k); m(2, k) = A045623(k + 1); m(k + 1, k) = A084771(k). - J. M. Bergot, Jul 16 2013
Define an array to have m(0,k) = 2^k and m(n,k) = Sum_{c = 0..k - 1} m(n, c) + Sum_{r = 0..n - 1} m(r, k), which is the sum of the terms to the left of m(n, k) plus those above m(n, k). Row n = 0 of the array comprises A000079, column k = 0 comprises A011782, row n = 1 comprises A001792. Antidiagonal sums of the array are a(n): 1 = 3^0, 1 + 2 = 3^1, 2 + 3 + 4 = 3^2, 4 + 7 + 8 + 8 = 3^3. - J. M. Bergot, Aug 02 2013
The sequence with interspersed zeros and o.g.f. x/(1 - 3*x^2), A(2*k) = 0, A(2*k + 1) = 3^k = a(k), k >= 0, can be called hexagon numbers. This is because the algebraic number rho(6) = 2*cos(Pi/6) = sqrt(3) of degree 2, with minimal polynomial C(6, x) = x^2 - 3 (see A187360, n = 6), is the length ratio of the smaller diagonal and the side in the hexagon. Hence rho(6)^n = A(n-1)*1 + A(n)*rho(6), in the power basis of the quadratic number field Q(rho(6)). One needs also A(-1) = 1. See also a Dec 02 2010 comment and the P. Steinbach reference given in A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 02 2013
Numbers k such that sigma(3k) = 3k + sigma(k). - Jahangeer Kholdi, Nov 23 2013
All powers of 3 are perfect totient numbers (A082897), since phi(3^n) = 2 * 3^(n - 1) for n > 0, and thus Sum_{i = 0..n} phi(3^i) = 3^n. - Alonso del Arte, Apr 20 2014
The least number k > 0 such that 3^k ends in n consecutive decreasing digits is a 3-term sequence given by {1, 13, 93}. The consecutive increasing digits are {3, 23, 123}. There are 100 different 3-digit endings for 3^k. There are no k-values such that 3^k ends in '012', '234', '345', '456', '567', '678', or '789'. The k-values for which 3^k ends in '123' are given by 93 mod 100. For k = 93 + 100*x, the digit immediately before the run of '123' is {9, 5, 1, 7, 3, 9, 5, 1, 3, 7, ...} for x = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...}, respectively. Thus we see the digit before '123' will never be a 0. So there are no further terms. - Derek Orr, Jul 03 2014
All elements of A^n where A = (1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1). - David Neil McGrath, Jul 23 2014
Counts all walks of length n (open or closed) on the vertices of a triangle containing a loop at each vertex starting from any given vertex. - David Neil McGrath, Oct 03 2014
a(n) counts walks (closed) on the graph G(1-vertex;1-loop,1-loop,1-loop). - David Neil McGrath, Dec 11 2014
2*a(n-2) counts all permutations of a solitary closed walk of length (n) from the vertex of a triangle that contains 2 loops on each of the remaining vertices. In addition, C(m,k)=2*(2^m)*B(m+k-2,m) counts permutations of walks that contain (m) loops and (k) arcs. - David Neil McGrath, Dec 11 2014
a(n) is the sum of the coefficients of the n-th layer of Pascal's pyramid (a.k.a., Pascal's tetrahedron - see A046816). - Bob Selcoe, Apr 02 2016
Numbers n such that the trinomial x^(2*n) + x^n + 1 is irreducible over GF(2). Of these only the trinomial for n=1 is primitive. - Joerg Arndt, May 16 2016
Satisfies Benford's law [Berger-Hill, 2011]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2017
a(n-1) is also the number of compositions of n if the parts can be runs of any length from 1 to n, and can contain any integers from 1 to n. - Gregory L. Simay, May 26 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the n-ladder rung graph n P_2. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017
Also the number of (not necessarily maximal) cliques in the n-cocktail party graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 29 2017
a(n-1) is the number of 2-compositions of n; see Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 15 2020
a(n) is the number of faces of any dimension (vertices, edges, square faces, etc.) of the n-dimensional hypercube. For example, the 0-dimensional hypercube is a point, and its only face is itself. The 1-dimensional hypercube is a line, which has two vertices and an edge. The 2-dimensional hypercube is a square, which has four vertices, four edges, and a square face. - Kevin Long, Mar 14 2023
Number of pairs (A,B) of subsets of M={1,2,...,n} with union(A,B)=M. For nonempty subsets cf. A058481. - Manfred Boergens, Mar 28 2023
From Jianing Song, Sep 27 2023: (Start)
a(n) is the number of disjunctive clauses of n variables up to equivalence. A disjunctive clause is a propositional formula of the form l_1 OR ... OR l_m, where l_1, ..., l_m are distinct elements in {x_1, ..., x_n, NOT x_1, ..., NOT x_n} for n variables x_1, ... x_n, and no x_i and NOT x_i appear at the same time. For each 1 <= i <= n, we can have neither of x_i or NOT x_i, only x_i or only NOT x_i appearing in a disjunctive clause, so the number of such clauses is 3^n. Viewing the propositional formulas of n variables as functions {0,1}^n -> {0,1}, a disjunctive clause corresponds to a function f such that the inverse image of 0 is of the form A_1 X ... X A_n, where A_i is nonempty for all 1 <= i <= n. Since each A_i has 3 choices ({0}, {1} or {0,1}), we also find that the number of disjunctive clauses of n variables is 3^n.
Equivalently, a(n) is the number of conjunctive clauses of n variables. (End)
The finite subsequence a(2), a(3), a(4), a(5) = 9, 27, 81, 243 is one of only two geometric sequences that can be formed with all interior angles (all integer, in degrees) of a simple polygon. The other sequence is a subsequence of A007283 (see comment there). - Felix Huber, Feb 15 2024

			G.f. = 1 + 3*x + 9*x^2 + 27*x^3 + 81*x^4 + 243*x^5 + 729*x^6 + 2187*x^7 + ...

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
T. Banchoff, Counting the Faces of Higher-Dimensional Cubes, Beyond the Third Dimension: Geometry, computer graphics and higher dimensions, Scientific American Library, 1996.
Arno Berger and Theodore P. Hill, Benford's law strikes back: no simple explanation in sight for mathematical gem, The Mathematical Intelligencer 33.1 (2011): 85-91.
A. Bostan, Computer Algebra for Lattice Path Combinatorics, Séminaire de Combinatoire Ph. Flajolet, Mar 28 2013.
Peter J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
F. Javier de Vega, An extension of Furstenberg's theorem of the infinitude of primes, arXiv:2003.13378 [math.NT], 2020.
Nachum Dershowitz, Between Broadway and the Hudson: A Bijection of Corridor Paths, arXiv:2006.06516 [math.CO], 2020.
Joël Gay and Vincent Pilaud, The weak order on Weyl posets, arXiv:1804.06572 [math.CO], 2018.
Brian Hopkins and Stéphane Ouvry, Combinatorics of Multicompositions, arXiv:2008.04937 [math.CO], 2020.
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 7
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 268
Milan Janjic, Enumerative Formulae for Some Functions on Finite Sets
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Ross La Haye, Binary Relations on the Power Set of an n-Element Set, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 12 (2009), Article 09.2.6.
László Németh, The trinomial transform triangle, J. Int. Seqs., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.7.3. Also arXiv:1807.07109 [math.NT], 2018.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Yash Puri and Thomas Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Clique.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cocktail Party Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hanoi Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Independent Vertex Set.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ladder Rung Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Sierpiński Gasket Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex Cover.
Doron Zeilberger, The Amazing 3^n Theorem and its even more Amazing Proof [Discovered by Xavier G. Viennot and his École Bordelaise gang], arXiv:1208.2258, 2012.
Index entries for "core" sequences
Index entries for related partition-counting sequences
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3).
Index entries for sequences related to Benford's law

Cf. A008776 (2*a(n), and first differences).
a(n) = A092477(n, 2) for n > 0.
a(n) = A159991(n) / A009964(n).
Cf. A100772, A035002. Row sums of A125076 and A153279.
a(n) = A217764(0, n).
Cf. A046816, A006521, A014945, A275414 (multisets).
The following are parallel families: A000079 (2^n), A004094 (2^n reversed), A028909 (2^n sorted up), A028910 (2^n sorted down), A036447 (double and reverse), A057615 (double and sort up), A263451 (double and sort down); A000244 (3^n), A004167 (3^n reversed), A321540 (3^n sorted up), A321539 (3^n sorted down), A163632 (triple and reverse), A321542 (triple and sort up), A321541 (triple and sort down).
Cf. A001047, A028243, A058481.

a000244 = (3 ^)  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 14 2011
a000244_list = iterate (* 3) 1  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 04 2012

[ 3^n : n in [0..30] ]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 04 2014

A000244 := n->3^n; [ seq(3^n, n=0..50) ];
A000244:=-1/(-1+3*z); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.

Table[3^n, {n, 0, 30}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 01 2006 *)
3^Range[0, 30] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 04 2014 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3}, {1}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - 3 x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
NestList[3#&,1,30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 20 2020 *)

makelist(3^n, n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */

A000244(n) = 3^n \\ Michael B. Porter, Nov 03 2009

def A000244(n): return 3**n # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 10 2022

val powersOf3: LazyList[BigInt] = LazyList.iterate(1: BigInt)(_ * 3)
(0 to 26).map(powersOf3()) // _Alonso del Arte, May 03 2020

a(n) = 3^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 3*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1-3*x).
E.g.f.: exp(3*x).
a(n) = n!*Sum_{i + j + k = n, i, j, k >= 0} 1/(i!*j!*k!). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 01 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} 2^k*binomial(n, k), binomial transform of A000079.
a(n) = A090888(n, 2). - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
a(n) = 2^(2n) - A005061(n). - Ross La Haye, Sep 10 2005
a(n) = A112626(n, 0). - Ross La Haye, Jan 11 2006
Hankel transform of A007854. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 26 2006
a(n) = 2*StirlingS2(n+1,3) + StirlingS2(n+2,2) = 2*(StirlingS2(n+1,3) + StirlingS2(n+1,2)) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jun 26 2008
a(n) = 2*StirlingS2(n+1, 3) + StirlingS2(n+2, 2) = 2*(StirlingS2(n+1, 3) + StirlingS2(n+1, 2)) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jun 09 2008
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(n) = 3/2. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 29 2008
If p(i) = Fibonacci(2i-2) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by A(i, j) = p(j-i+1), (i <= j), A(i, j) = -1, (i = j+1), and A(i, j) = 0 otherwise, then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
G.f. A(x) = M(x)/(1-M(x))^2, M(x) - o.g.f for Motzkin numbers (A001006). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 18 2010
a(n) = A133494(n+1). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Jul 27 2011
2/3 + 3/3^2 + 2/3^3 + 3/3^4 + 2/3^5 + ... = 9/8. [Jolley, Summation of Series, Dover, 1961]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A207543(n,k)*4^(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 25 2012
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A125185(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 26 2012
Sum_{n > 0} Mobius(n)/a(n) = 0.181995386702633887827... (see A238271). - Alonso del Arte, Aug 09 2012. See also the sodium 3s orbital energy in table V of J. Chem. Phys. 53 (1970) 348.
a(n) = (tan(Pi/3))^(2*n). - Bernard Schott, May 06 2022
a(n-1) = binomial(2*n-1, n) + Sum_{k >= 1} binomial(2*n, n+3*k)*(-1)^k. - Greg Dresden, Oct 14 2022
G.f.: Sum_{k >= 0} x^k/(1-2*x)^(k+1). - Kevin Long, Mar 14 2023

A001047 a(n) = 3^n - 2^n.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 5, 19, 65, 211, 665, 2059, 6305, 19171, 58025, 175099, 527345, 1586131, 4766585, 14316139, 42981185, 129009091, 387158345, 1161737179, 3485735825, 10458256051, 31376865305, 94134790219, 282412759265, 847255055011, 2541798719465, 7625463267259, 22876524019505

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, R. K. Guy

a(n+1) is the sum of the elements in the n-th row of triangle pertaining to A036561. - Amarnath Murthy, Jan 02 2002
Number of 2 X n binary arrays with a path of adjacent 1's and no path of adjacent 0's from top row to bottom row. - R. H. Hardin, Mar 21 2002
With offset 1, partial sums of A027649. - Paul Barry, Jun 24 2003
Number of distinct lines through the origin in the n-dimensional lattice of side length 2. A049691 has the values for the 2-dimensional lattice of side length n. - Joshua Zucker, Nov 19 2003
a(n+1)/(n+1)=(3*3^n-2*2^n)/(n+1) is the second binomial transform of the harmonic sequence 1/(n+1). - Paul Barry, Apr 19 2005
a(n+1) is the sum of n-th row of A036561. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 14 2006
The sequence gives the sum of the lengths of the segments in Cantor's dust generating sequence up to the i-th step. Measurement unit = length of the segment of i-th step. - Giorgio Balzarotti, Nov 18 2006
Let T be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for every element x, y of P(A), xTy if x is a proper subset of y. Then a(n) = |T|. - Ross La Haye, Dec 22 2006
From Alexander Adamchuk, Jan 04 2007: (Start)
a(n) is prime for n in A057468.
p divides a(p) - 1 for prime p.
Quotients (3^p - 2^p - 1)/p, where p = prime(n), are listed in A127071.
Numbers k such that k divides 3^k - 2^k - 1 are listed in A127072.
Pseudoprimes in A127072(n) include all powers of primes {2,3,7} and some composite numbers that are listed in A127073, which includes all Carmichael numbers A002997.
Numbers n such that n^2 divides 3^n - 2^n - 1 are listed in A127074.
5 divides a(2n).
5^2 divides a(2*5n).
5^3 divides a(2*5^2n).
5^4 divides a(2*5^3n).
7^2 divides a(6*7n).
13 divides a(4n).
13^2 divides a(4*13n).
19 divides a(3n).
19^2 divides a(3*19n).
23^2 divides a(11n).
23^3 divides a(11*23n).
23^4 divides a(11*23^2n).
29 divides a(7n).
p divides a((p-1)n) for prime p>3.
p divides a((p-1)/2) for prime p in A097934. Also primes p such that 6 is a square mod p, except {2,3}, A038876(n).
p^(k+1) divides a(p^k*(p-1)/2*n) for prime p in A097934.
p^(k+1) divides a(p^k*(p-1)*n) for prime p>3.
Note the exception that for p = 23, p^(k+2) divides a(p^k*(p-1)/2*n).
There are no more such exceptions for primes p up to 600000. (End)
a(n) divides a(q*(n+1)-1), for all q integer. Leonardo Sarasua, Apr 15 2024
Final digits of terms follow sequence 1,5,9,5. - Enoch Haga, Nov 26 2007
This is also the second column sequence of the Sheffer triangle A143494 (2-restricted Stirling2 numbers). See the e.g.f. given below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 08 2011
Partial sums give A000392. - Jon Perry, Apr 05 2014
For n >= 1, this is also row 2 of A281890: when consecutive positive integers are written as a product of primes in nondecreasing order, "3" occurs in n-th position a(n) times out of every 6^n. - Peter Munn, May 17 2017
a(n) is the number of ternary sequences of length n which include the digit 2. For example, a(2)=5 since the sequences are 02,20,12,21,22. - Enrique Navarrete, Apr 05 2021
a(n-1) is the number of ways we can form disjoint unions of two nonempty subsets of [n] such that the union contains n. For example, for n = 3, a(2) = 5 since the  disjoint unions are {1}U{3}, {1}U{2,3}, {2}U{3}, {2}U{1,3}, and {1,2}U{3}. Cf. A000392 if we drop the requirement that the union contains n. - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 24 2021
Configures as a composite Koch Snowflake Fractal (see illustration in links) based on the five-fold division of the Cantor Square/Cantor Dust Fractal of (9^n-4^n)/5 see my illustration in (A016153). - John Elias, Oct 13 2021
Number of pairs (A,B) where B is a subset of {1,2,...,n} and A is a proper subset of B. - Jianing Song, Jun 18 2022
From Manfred Boergens, Mar 29 2023: (Start)
With regard to the comments by Ross La Haye and Jianing Song: Omitting "proper" gives A000244.
Number of pairs (A,B) where B is a nonempty subset of {1,2,...,n} and A is a nonempty subset of B. For nonempty proper subsets see a(n+1) in A028243. (End)
a(n) is the number of n-digit numbers whose smallest decimal digit is 7. - Stefano Spezia, Nov 15 2023
a(n-1) is the number of all possible player-reduced binary games observed by each player in an nx2 game assuming the individual strategies of k < n - 1 players are fixed and the remaining n - k - 1 player will play as one, either maintaining their status quo strategies or jointly adopting an alternative strategy. - Ambrosio Valencia-Romero, Apr 11 2024

John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 86-87.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200
A. Abdurrahman, CM Method and Expansion of Numbers, arXiv:1909.10889 [math.NT], 2019.
Nathan Bliss, Ben Fulan, Stephen Lovett and Jeff Sommars, Strong divisibility, cyclotomic polynomials and iterated polynomials, Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 120, No. 6 (2013), pp. 519-536.
John Elias, Illustration: Sierpinski half-hexagons, Illustration: Nicomachus triangle 2^n & 3^n correlation, Koch Snowflake Fractal Configuration.
Joël Gay, Representation of Monoids and Lattice Structures in the Combinatorics of Weyl Groups, Doctoral Thesis, Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM], Université Paris-Saclay, 2018.
Samuele Giraudo, Combinatorial operads from monoids, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, Vol. 41, No. 2 (2015), pp. 493-538; arXiv preprint, arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6938 [math.CO], 2013-2015.
Samuele Giraudo, Pluriassociative algebras I: The pluriassociative operad, Advances in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 77 (2016), pp. 1-42; arXiv preprint, arXiv:1603.01040 [math.CO], 2016.
Richard K. Guy, Letters to N. J. A. Sloane, June-August 1968
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 397.
B. D. Josephson and J. M. Boardman, Problems Drive 1961, Eureka, The Journal of the Archimedeans, Vol. 24 (1961), p. 20; entire volume.
Germain Kreweras, Inversion des polynômes de Bell bidimensionnels et application au dénombrement des relations binaires connexes, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. A-B, Vol. 268 (1969), pp. A577-A579.
Ross La Haye, Binary Relations on the Power Set of an n-Element Set, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 12 (2009), Article 09.2.6.
Richard Miles, Synchronization points and associated dynamical invariants, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., Vol. 365, No. 10 (2013), pp. 5503-5524.
Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra and Tzung-Pei Hong, On the Number of Finite Fuzzy Subsets with Analysis of Integer Sequences, Mathematics (2022) Vol. 10, No. 7, 1161.
Jon Perry, Relation to Collatz problem.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992.
Kalika Prasad, Munesh Kumari, Rabiranjan Mohanta, and Hrishikesh Mahato, The sequence of higher order Mersenne numbers and associated binomial transforms, arXiv:2307.08073 [math.NT], 2023.
D. C. Santos, E. A. Costa, and P. M. M. C. Catarino, On Gersenne Sequence: A Study of One Family in the Horadam-Type Sequence, Axioms 14, 203, (2025). See p. 4.
Ambrosio Valencia-Romero and P. T. Grogan, The strategy dynamics of collective systems: Underlying hindrances beyond two-actor coordination, PLOS ONE 19(4): e0301394 (S1 Appendix).
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-6).

Cf. A000225, A016189, A036561, A097934, A038876, A127071, A127072, A127073, A127074, A002997, A057468, A109235, A281890, A329064, A350771.
a(n) = row sums of A091913, row 2 of A047969, column 1 of A090888 and column 1 of A038719.
Cf. A000392, A240400, A000244, A028243.
Cf. partitions: A241766, A241759.
A diagonal of A262307.

a001047 n = a001047_list !! n
a001047_list = map fst $ iterate (\(u, v) -> (3 * u + v, 2 * v)) (0, 1)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 09 2013

[3^n - 2^n: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 17 2011

seq(3^n - 2^n, n=0..40); # Giorgio Balzarotti, Nov 18 2006
A001047:=1/(3*z-1)/(2*z-1); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, dropping the initial zero

Table[ 3^n - 2^n, {n, 0, 25} ]
LinearRecurrence[{5, -6}, {0, 1}, 25] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 18 2011 *)
Numerator@NestList[(3#+1)/2&,1/2,100] (* Zak Seidov, Oct 03 2011 *)

PARI
```
{a(n) = 3^n - 2^n};
```

[3**n - 2**n for n in range(25)] # Ross La Haye, Aug 19 2005; corrected by David Radcliffe, Jun 26 2016

[lucas_number1(n, 5, 6) for n in range(26)]  # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2009

G.f.: x/((1-2*x)*(1-3*x)).
a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2).
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2^(n-1). - Jon Perry, Aug 23 2002
Starting 0, 0, 1, 5, 19, ... this is 3^n/3 - 2^n/2 + 0^n/6, the binomial transform of A086218. - Paul Barry, Aug 18 2003
a(n) = A083323(n)-1 = A056182(n)/2 = (A002783(n)-1)/2 = (A003063(n+2)-A003063(n+1))/2. - Ralf Stephan, Jan 12 2004
Binomial transform of A000225. - Ross La Haye, Feb 07 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n, k)*2^k. - Ross La Haye, Aug 20 2005
a(n) = 2^(2n) - A083324(n). - Ross La Haye, Sep 10 2005
a(n) = A112626(n, 1). - Ross La Haye, Jan 11 2006
E.g.f.: exp(3*x) - exp(2*x). - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jan 14 2009
a(n) = A217764(n,1). - Ross La Haye, Mar 27 2013
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 3^(n-1). - Toby Gottfried, Mar 28 2013
a(n) = A000244(n) - A000079(n). - Omar E. Pol, Mar 28 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..2} Stirling1(2,k)*(k+1)^n = c_2^{(-n)}, poly-Cauchy numbers. - Takao Komatsu, Mar 28 2013
a(n) = A227048(n,A098294(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 30 2013
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k*3^(n-k). - J. M. Bergot, Mar 27 2018
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = A329064. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 20 2020
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*(2^(n-k) + 2^k - 2).
a(n) = A001117(n) + 2*A000918(n) + 1. - Ambrosio Valencia-Romero, Mar 08 2022
a(n) = A000225(n) + A028243(n+1). - Ambrosio Valencia-Romero, Mar 09 2022
From Peter Bala, Jun 27 2025: (Start)
exp(Sum_{n >=1} a(2*n)/a(n)*x^n/n) = Sum_{n >= 0} a(n+1)*x^n.
exp(Sum_{n >=1} a(3*n)/a(n)*x^n/n) = 1 + 19*x + 247*x^2 + ... is the g.f. of A019443.
exp(Sum_{n >=1} a(4*n)/a(n)*x^n/n) = 1 + 65*x + 2743*x^2 + ... is the g.f. of A383754.
The following are all examples of telescoping series:
Sum_{n >= 1} 6^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = 2, since 6^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = b(n) - b(n+1), where b(n) = 2^n/a(n);
Sum_{n >= 1} 18^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)) = 22/75, since 18^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)) = c(n) - c(n+1), where c(n) = (5*6^n - 2*4^n)/(15*a(n)*a(n+1));
Sum_{n >= 1} 54^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)*a(n+3)) = 634/48735 since 54^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)*a(n+3)) = d(n) - d(n+1), where d(n) = (57*18^n - 38*12^n + 8*8^n)/(513*a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)).
Sum_{n >= 1} 6^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = 14/25; Sum_{n >= 1} (-6)^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = -6/25.
Sum_{n >= 1} 6^n/(a(n)*a(n+3)) = 306/1805.
Sum_{n >= 1} 6^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = 4282/80275; Sum_{n >= 1} (-6)^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = -1698/80275. (End)

Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 24 2010

A027649 a(n) = 2*(3^n) - 2^n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 14, 46, 146, 454, 1394, 4246, 12866, 38854, 117074, 352246, 1058786, 3180454, 9549554, 28665046, 86027906, 258149254, 774578834, 2323998646, 6972520226, 20918609254, 62757924914, 188277969046, 564842295746, 1694543664454, 5083664547794, 15251060752246

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Poly-Bernoulli numbers B_n^(k) with k=-2.
Binomial transform of A007051, if both sequences start at 0. Binomial transform of A000225(n+1). - Paul Barry, Mar 24 2003
Euler expands (1-z)/(1-5z+6z^2) and finds the general term. Section 226 of the Introductio indicates that he could have written down the recursion relation: a(n) = 5 a(n-1)-6 a(n-2). - V. Frederick Rickey (fred-rickey(AT)usma.edu), Feb 10 2006
Let R be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for every element x, y of P(A), xRy if x is a subset of y or y is a subset of x. Then a(n) = |R|. - Ross La Haye, Dec 22 2006
With regard to the comment by Ross La Haye: For proper subsets see A056182. - For nonempty subsets see A091344. - For nonempty proper subsets see a(n+1) in A260217. - Manfred Boergens, Aug 02 2023
If x, y are two n-bit binary strings then a(n) gives the number of pairs (x,y) such that XOR(x, y) = ABS(x - y). - Ramasamy Chandramouli, Feb 15 2009
Equals row sums of the triangular version of A038573. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 04 2009
Inverse binomial transform of A085350. - Paul Curtz, Nov 14 2009
Related to the number of even a's in a nontrivial cycle (should one exist) in the 3x+1 Problem, where a <= floor(log_2(2*(3^n) - 2^n)). The value n correlates to the number of odds in such a nontrivial cycle. See page 1288 of Crandall's paper. Also, this relation gives another proof that the number of odds divided by the number of evens in a nontrivial cycle is bounded by log 2 / log 3 (this observation does not resolve the finite cycles conjecture as the value could be arbitrarily close to this bound). However, the same argument gives that log 2 / log 3 is less than or equal to the number of odds divided by the number of evens in a divergent sequence (should one exist), as log 2 / log 3 is the limit value for a cycle of an arbitrarily large length, where the length is given by the value n. - Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Aug 04 2011
Row sums of Riordan triangle A106516. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2015
Number of restricted barred preferential arrangements having 3 bars in which the sections are all restricted sections such that (for fixed sections i and j) section i or section j is empty. - Sithembele Nkonkobe, Oct 12 2015
This is also row 2 of A281891: for n >= 1, when consecutive positive integers are written as a product of primes in nondecreasing order, a factor of 2 or 3 occurs in n-th position a(n) times out of every 6^n. - Peter Munn, May 18 2017
Also row sums of A124929. - Omar E. Pol, Jun 15 2017
This is the sum of A318921(n) for n in the range 2^(k+1) to 2^(k+2)-1. See A318921 for proof. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 25 2018
a(n) is also the number of acyclic orientations of the complete bipartite graph K_{2,n}. - Vincent Pilaud, Sep 15 2020
a(n-1) is also the number of n-digit numbers whose largest decimal digit is 2. - Stefano Spezia, Nov 15 2023

Leonhard Euler, Introductio in analysin infinitorum (1748), section 216.

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
Taylor Brysiewicz, Holger Eble, and Lukas Kühne, Enumerating chambers of hyperplane arrangements with symmetry, arXiv:2105.14542 [math.CO], 2021.
R. E. Crandall, On the 3x+1 problem, Math. Comp., 32 (1978) 1281-1292.
Shalosh B. Ekhad, N. J. A. Sloane, and Doron Zeilberger, A Meta-Algorithm for Creating Fast Algorithms for Counting ON Cells in Odd-Rule Cellular Automata, arXiv:1503.01796 [math.CO], 2015; see also the Accompanying Maple Package.
Shalosh B. Ekhad, N. J. A. Sloane, and Doron Zeilberger, Odd-Rule Cellular Automata on the Square Grid, arXiv:1503.04249 [math.CO], 2015.
John Elias, Illustration of initial terms: Reflected Sierpinski triangle
K. Imatomi, M. Kaneko, and E. Takeda, Multi-Poly-Bernoulli Numbers and Finite Multiple Zeta Values, J. Int. Seq. 17 (2014) # 14.4.5
Ken Kamano, Sums of Products of Poly-Bernoulli Numbers of Negative Index, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 15 (2012), #12.1.3.
K. Kamano, Sums of Products of Bernoulli Numbers, Including Poly-Bernoulli Numbers, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010), 10.5.2.
Masanobu Kaneko, Poly-Bernoulli numbers, Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, 9 no. 1 (1997), Pages 221-228.
Takao Komatsu, Some recurrence relations of poly-Cauchy numbers, J. Nonlinear Sci. Appl., (2019) Vol. 12, Issue 12, 829-845.
Ross La Haye, Binary Relations on the Power Set of an n-Element Set, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 12 (2009), Article 09.2.6.
S. Nkonkobe and V. Murali, On some properties and relations between restricted barred preferential arrangements, multi-poly-bernoulli numbers and related numbers, arXiv:1509.07352 [math.CO], 2015.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Sierpinski Sieve
Wikipedia, Sierpinski triangle
Index entries for sequences related to Bernoulli numbers.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-6).

Row n = 2 of array A099594.
Also occurs as a row, column, diagonal or as row sums in A038573, A085870, A090888, A106516, A217764, A281891.
Cf. A000079, A000225, A001047, A007051, A053581, A056182, A085350, A091344, A124929, A166060, A260217, A318921.

a027649 n = a027649_list !! n
a027649_list = map fst $ iterate (\(u, v) -> (3 * u + v, 2 * v)) (1, 1)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 09 2013

[2*(3^n)-2^n: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 17 2011

a(n, k):= (-1)^n*sum( (-1)^'m'*'m'!*Stirling2(n,'m')/('m'+1)^k,'m'=0..n);
seq(a(n, -2), n=0..30);

Table[2(3^n)-2^n,{n,0,30}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {5,-6},{1,4},31]  (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 22 2011 *)

a(n)=2*(3^n)-2^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 16 2011

Vec((1-x)/((1-2*x)*(1-3*x)) + O(x^50)) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 12 2015

[2*(3^n - 2^(n-1)) for n in (0..30)] # G. C. Greubel, Aug 01 2022

G.f.: (1-x)/((1-2*x)*(1-3*x)).
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2^(n-1), with a(0) = 1.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*(2^(k+1) - 1). - Paul Barry, Mar 24 2003
Partial sums of A053581. - Paul Barry, Jun 26 2003
Main diagonal of array (A085870) defined by T(i, 1) = 2^i - 1, T(1, j) = 2^j - 1, T(i, j) = T(i-1, j) + T(i-1, j-1). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 05 2003
a(n) = A090888(n, 3). - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+2, k+1)*Sum_{j=0..floor(k/2)} A001045(k-2j). - Paul Barry, Apr 17 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Sum_{j=0..n} binomial(n,j)*binomial(j+1,k+1). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2006
a(n) = A166060(n+1)/6. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 21 2009
a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2), a(0)=1, a(1)=4. - Harvey P. Dale, Apr 22 2011
a(n) = A217764(n,2). - Ross La Haye, Mar 27 2013
For n>0, a(n) = 3 * a(n-1) + 2^(n-1) = 2 * (a(n-1) + 3^(n-1)). - J. Conrad, Oct 29 2015
for n>0, a(n) = 2 * (1 + 2^(n-2) + Sum_{x=1..n-2} Sum_{k=0..x-1} (binomial(x-1,k)*(2^(k+1) + 2^(n-x+k)))). - J. Conrad, Dec 10 2015
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*(2*exp(x) - 1). - Stefano Spezia, May 18 2024

Better formulas from David W. Wilson and Michael Somos
Incorrect formula removed by Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 18 2010
Duplications (due to corrections to A numbers) removed by Peter Munn, Jun 15 2017

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A102485 a(n) = 53^n - 42^n.