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%I A243860 #23 Jan 14 2023 16:51:48 %S A243860 1,4,7,12,23,48,103,220,463,960,1967,3996,8071,16240,32599,65340, %T A243860 130847,261888,523999,1048252,2096791,4193904,8388167,16776732, %U A243860 33553903,67108288,134217103,268434780,536870183,1073741040,2147482807,4294966396,8589933631,17179868160,34359737279,68719475580 %N A243860 a(n) = 2^(n+1) - (n-1)^2. %C A243860 Sequences of the form (k-1)^m - m^(k+1): %C A243860 k\m | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | %C A243860 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- %C A243860 0 | 1 | -2 | -1 | -4 | -3 | -6 | -5 | %C A243860 1 | 1 | -1 | -4 | -9 | -16 | -25 | -36 | %C A243860 2 | 1 | 0 | -7 | -26 | -63 | -124 | -215 | %C A243860 3 | 1 | 1 | -12 | -73 | -240 | -593 | -1232 | %C A243860 4 | 1 | 2 | -23 | -216 | -943 | -2882 | -7047 | %C A243860 5 | 1 | 3 | -43 | -665 | -3840 | -14601 | -42560 | %C A243860 6 | 1 | 4 | -103 | -2062 | -15759 | -75000 | -264311 | %C A243860 7 | 1 | 5 | -220 | -6345 | -64240 | -382849 | -1632960 | %C A243860 8 | 1 | 6 | -463 | -19340 | -259743 | -1936318 | -9960047 | %C A243860 9 | 1 | 7 | -960 | -58537 | -1044480 | -9732857 | -60204032 | %C A243860 10 | 1 | 8 | -1967 | -176418 | -4187743 | -48769076 | -362265615 | %C A243860 11 | 1 | 9 | -3996 | -530441 | -16767216 | -244040625 | -2175782336 | %H A243860 <a href="/index/Rec#order_04">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (5,-9,7,-2). %F A243860 a(n) = 5*a(n-1)-9*a(n-2)+7*a(n-3)-2*a(n-4). - _Colin Barker_, Jun 12 2014 %F A243860 G.f.: (6*x^3-4*x^2-x+1) / ((x-1)^3*(2*x-1)). - _Colin Barker_, Jun 12 2014 %e A243860 1 = 2^(0+1) - (0-1)^2, 4 = 2^(1+1) - (1-1)^2, 7 = 2^(2+1) - (2-1)^2. %p A243860 A243860:=n->2^(n + 1) - (n - 1)^2; seq(A243860(n), n=0..30); # _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, Jun 12 2014 %t A243860 Table[2^(n + 1) - (n - 1)^2, {n, 0, 30}] (* _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, Jun 12 2014 *) %t A243860 LinearRecurrence[{5,-9,7,-2},{1,4,7,12},40] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Nov 29 2015 *) %o A243860 (Magma) [2^(n+1) - (n-1)^2: n in [0..35]]; %o A243860 (PARI) Vec((6*x^3-4*x^2-x+1)/((x-1)^3*(2*x-1)) + O(x^100)) \\ _Colin Barker_, Jun 12 2014 %Y A243860 Sequences of the form (k-1)^m - m^(k+1): A000012 (m = 0), A023444 (m = 1), (-1)*(this sequence) for m = 2, A114285 (k = 0),(A000007-A000290) for k = 1, A024001 (k = 2), A024014 (k = 3), A024028 (k = 4), A024042 (k = 5), A024056 (k = 6), A024070 (k = 7), A024084 (k = 8), A024098 (k = 9), A024112 (k = 10), A024126 (k = 11). %K A243860 nonn,easy %O A243860 0,2 %A A243860 _Juri-Stepan Gerasimov_, Jun 12 2014