A317403 a(n)=(-1)^((n-2)*(n-1)/2)*2^(n-1)*n^(n-3).

1, 1, -4, -32, 400, 6912, -153664, -4194304, 136048896, 5120000000, -219503494144, -10567230160896, 564668382613504, 33174037869887488, -2125764000000000000, -147573952589676412928, 11034809241396899282944, 884295678882933431599104, -75613185918270483380568064

Offset: 1

Author

Rigoberto Florez, Aug 26 2018

Keywords

• sign

Comments

Discriminant of Fibonacci polynomials.

Fibonacci polynomials are defined as F(0)=0, F(1)=1 and F(n)=x*F(n-1)+F(n-2) for n>1. Coefficients are given in triangle A168561 with offset 1.

Links

• Rigoberto Flórez, Robinson Higuita, and Alexander Ramírez, The resultant, the discriminant, and the derivative of generalized Fibonacci polynomials, arXiv:1808.01264 [math.NT], 2018.
• Rigoberto Flórez, Robinson Higuita, and Antara Mukherjee, Star of David and other patterns in the Hosoya-like polynomials triangles, 2018.
• R. Flórez, R. Higuita and A. Mukherjees, Characterization of the strong divisibility property for generalized Fibonacci polynomials, Integers, 18 (2018), Paper No. A14.
• R. Flórez, N. McAnally, and A. Mukherjees, Identities for the generalized Fibonacci polynomial, Integers, 18B (2018), Paper No. A2.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Discriminant
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fibonacci Polynomial

Crossrefs

Cf. A006645, A001629, A001871, A006645, A007701, A045618, A045925, A093967, A168561, A193678, A317404, A317405, A317408, A317451, A318184, A318197.

Essentially the same as A127670.

Programs

Magma

[(-1)^((n-2)*(n-1) div 2)*2^(n-1)*n^(n-3): n in [1..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 27 2018

Mathematica

Array[(-1)^((#-2)*(#-1)/2)*2^(#-1)*#^(#-3)&,20]

PARI

concat([1], [poldisc(p) | p<-Vec(x/(1-x^2-y*x) - x + O(x^20))]) \\ Andrew Howroyd, Aug 26 2018