A287396 a(n) = (7*(csc(2*Pi/7))^2)^n + (7*(csc(4*Pi/7))^2)^n + (7*(csc(8*Pi/7))^2)^n.
3, 56, 1568, 53312, 1931776, 71300096, 2645479424, 98305622016, 3654656065536, 135885355483136, 5052615982317568, 187873377732526080, 6985794697679601664, 259756778648305139712, 9658687473893481906176, 359144636249686988029952, 13354285908291066433372160
Offset: 0
Links
- Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..600
- Roman Witula, Ramanujan Type Trigonometric Formulas: The General Form for the Argument 2Pi/7, J. Integer Seq., 12 (2009), Article 09.8.5.
- Roman Witula and Damian Slota, New Ramanujan-Type Formulas and Quasi-Fibonacci Numbers of Order 7, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), Article 07.5.6
- Roman Witula and Damian Slota, Quasi-Fibonacci Numbers of Order 11, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), Article 07.8.5
- Roman Witula, Damian Slota and Adam Warzynski, Quasi-Fibonacci Numbers of the Seventh Order, J. Integer Seq., 9 (2006), Article 06.4.3.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (56,-784,3136).
Programs
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Mathematica
LinearRecurrence[{56,-784,3136},{3,56,1568},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 08 2017 *) -
PARI
Vec((3 - 28*x)*(1 - 28*x) / (1 - 56*x + 784*x^2 - 3136*x^3) + O(x^30)) \\ Colin Barker, May 25 2017
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PARI
polsym(x^3 - 56*x^2 + 784* x - 3136, 20) \\ Joerg Arndt, May 26 2017
Formula
a(n) = x1^n + x2^n + x3^n, where x1, x2, x3 are the roots of x^3 - 56*x^2 + 784* x - 3136, x1 = 7*(csc(2*Pi/7))^2, x2 = 7*(csc(4*Pi/7))^2, x3 = 7*(csc(8*Pi/7))^2.
a(n) = 56*a(n-1) - 784*a(n-2) + 3136*a(n-3) for n>2, a(0) = 3, a(1) = 56, a(2) = 1568.
G.f.: (3 - 28*x)*(1 - 28*x) / (1 - 56*x + 784*x^2 - 3136*x^3). - Colin Barker, May 25 2017