A294425 Solution of the complementary equation a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) + 2*b(n-1) - b(n-2) - 1, where a(0) = 1, a(1) = 3, b(0) = 2, b(1) = 4.

1, 3, 9, 17, 32, 56, 96, 163, 270, 445, 728, 1187, 1930, 3133, 5082, 8234, 13336, 21591, 34949, 56563, 91536, 148124, 239686, 387837, 627551, 1015417, 1642998, 2658446, 4301478, 6959958, 11261471, 18221465, 29482973, 47704476, 77187488, 124892004, 202079533

Offset: 0

Author

Clark Kimberling, Nov 01 2017

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

The complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. See A294414 for a guide to related sequences.

Conjecture: a(n)/a(n-1) -> (1 + sqrt(5))/2, the golden ratio.

Examples

			a(0) = 1, a(1) = 3, b(0) = 2, b(1) = 4, so that
a(2)  = a(1) + a(0) + 2*b(1) - b(0) - 1 = 9
Complement: (b(n)) = (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,...)
		

Links

• Clark Kimberling, Complementary equations, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2007), 1-13.

Crossrefs

Cf. A293076, A293765, A294414.

Programs

Mathematica

mex := First[Complement[Range[1, Max[#1] + 1], #1]] &;
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 3; b[0] = 2; b[1] = 4;
a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + a[n - 2] + 2*b[n - 1] - b[n - 2] - 1;
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}]  (* A294425 *)
Table[b[n], {n, 0, 10}]