Let q(n, x) = Sum_{i=0, n} x^(n-i)*binomial(2*n-i, i); then q(n, 5)=a(n); a(n) = 7a(n-1) - a(n-2). -
Benoit Cloitre, Nov 10 2002
a(n+2) = 7a(n+1) - a(n).
G.f.: (1-x)/(1-7x+x^2).
a(n)*a(n+3) = 35 + a(n+1)*a(n+2). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+k, 2k)*5^k. -
Paul Barry, Aug 30 2004
If another "1" is inserted at the beginning of the sequence, then
A002310,
A002320 and
A049685 begin with 1, 2; 1, 3; and 1, 1; respectively and satisfy a(n+1) = (a(n)^2+5)/a(n-1). -
Graeme McRae, Jan 30 2005
a(n) = (-1)^n*U(2n, i*sqrt(5)/2), U(n, x) Chebyshev polynomial of second kind, i=sqrt(-1). -
Paul Barry, Mar 13 2005
a(n) = S(n, 7) - S(n-1, 7) with Chebyshev S polynomials S(n-1, 7) =
A004187(n), for n >= 0. -
Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 09 2021
E.g.f.: exp(7*x/2)*(3*cosh(3*sqrt(5)*x/2) + sqrt(5)*sinh(3*sqrt(5)*x/2))/3. -
Stefano Spezia, Apr 14 2025
a(n) = sqrt(2/9) * sqrt(1 - T(2*n+1, -7/2)), where T(k, x) denotes the k-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind.
a(n) divides a(3*n+1); a(n) divides a(5*n+2); in general, for k >= 0, a(n) divides a((2*k+1)*n + k).
The aerated sequence [b(n)]n>=1 = [1, 0, 6, 0, 41, 0, 281, 0, ...] is a fourth-order linear divisibility sequence; that is, if n | m then b(n) | b(m). It is the case P1 = 0, P2 = -9, Q = 1 of the 3-parameter family of divisibility sequences found by Williams and Guy.
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(n) - 1/a(n)) = 1/5 (telescoping series: for n >= 1, 1/(a(n) - 1/a(n)) = 1/
A290903(n-1) - 1/
A290903(n).) (End)
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