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%I A287796 #7 Jul 23 2025 15:42:02 %S A287796 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,10,9, %T A287796 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, %U A287796 10,11,12,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,5,6,7,8 %N A287796 Ten steps forward, nine steps back. %H A287796 <a href="/index/Rec#order_20">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -1). %F A287796 a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} (-1)^floor((2*i-2)/19). %F A287796 a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-19) - a(n-20) for n > 19. %p A287796 A287796:=n->add((-1)^floor((2*i-2)/19), i=1..n): seq(A287796(n), n=0..200); %t A287796 Table[Sum[(-1)^Floor[(2 i - 2)/19], {i, n}], {n, 0, 100}] %Y A287796 Cf. A008611 (one step back, two steps forward). %Y A287796 Cf. A058207 (three steps forward, two steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A260644 (four steps forward, three steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A271800 (five steps forward, four steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A271859 (six steps forward, five steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A287655 (seven steps forward, six steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A287793 (eight steps forward, seven steps back). %Y A287796 Cf. A287794 (nine steps forward, eight steps back). %K A287796 nonn,easy %O A287796 0,3 %A A287796 _Wesley Ivan Hurt_, May 31 2017