A295139 Solution of the complementary equation a(n) = 3*a(n-2) + b(n-2), where a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, b(0) = 3, b(1) = 4, and (a(n)) and (b(n)) are increasing complementary sequences.

1, 2, 6, 10, 23, 37, 77, 120, 242, 372, 739, 1130, 2232, 3406, 6713, 10236, 20158, 30728, 60495, 92206, 181509, 276643, 544553, 829956, 1633687, 2489897, 4901091, 7469722, 14703305, 22409199, 44109949, 67227632, 132329883

Offset: 0

Author

Clark Kimberling, Nov 19 2017

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

The increasing complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. See A295053 for a guide to related sequences.

The sequence a(n+1)/a(n) appears to have two convergent subsequences, with limits 1.52..., 1.96...

Examples

			a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, b(0) = 3, b(1) = 4
a(2) =3*a(0) + b(0) = 6
Complement: (b(n)) = (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, ...)
		

Links

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

Crossrefs

Cf. A295053.

Programs

Mathematica

mex := First[Complement[Range[1, Max[#1] + 1], #1]] &;
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; b[0] = 3; b[1]=4;
a[n_] := a[n] = 3 a[n - 2] + b[n - 2];
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 18}]  (* A295139 *)
Table[b[n], {n, 0, 10}]