A296215 Solution of the complementary equation a(n) = a(1)*b(n-2) + a(2)*b(n-3) + ... + a(n-1)*b(0), where a(0) = 1, a(1) = 3, b(0) = 2, and (a(n)) and (b(n)) are increasing complementary sequences.

1, 3, 6, 24, 87, 321, 1176, 4314, 15822, 58032, 212847, 780672, 2863317, 10501959, 38518662, 141277197, 518170812, 1900526031, 6970672818, 25566752964, 93772706622, 343935755925, 1261473710904, 4626782461218, 16969926331719, 62241612204120, 228287277978756

Offset: 0

Author

Clark Kimberling, Dec 08 2017

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

The increasing complementary sequences a() and b() are uniquely determined by the titular equation and initial values. See A295862 for a guide to related sequences.

Examples

			a(0) =1, a(1) = 3, b(0) = 2, b(1) = 4, b(2) = 5
a(2) = a(1)*b(0) = 6
Complement: (b(n)) = (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, ...)
		

Links

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

Crossrefs

Cf. A296000, A296217.

Programs

Mathematica

a[0] = 1; a[1] = 3; b[0] = 2;
a[n_] := a[n] = Sum[a[k]*b[n - k - 1], {k, 1, n - 1}];
b[n_] := b[n] = mex[Flatten[Table[Join[{a[n]}, {a[i], b[i]}], {i, 0, n - 1}]]];
u = Table[a[n], {n, 0, 200}];  (* A296215 *)
Table[b[n], {n, 0, 20}]
N[Table[a[n]/a[n - 1], {n, 1, 200, 10}], 200];
RealDigits[Last[t], 10][[1]] (* A296216 *)