OFFSET
4,1
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 4..1000
Frank A. Haight, Overflow at a traffic light, Biometrika, 46 (1959), 420-424.
Frank A. Haight, Overflow at a traffic light, Biometrika, 46 (1959), 420-424. (Annotated scanned copy)
Frank A. Haight, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, n.d..
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (16,-96,256,-256).
FORMULA
G.f. = 6*x^4/(1-4*x)^4. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 29 2004
a(n) = 6*A038846(n). - R. J. Mathar , Mar 22 2013
E.g.f.: (3 + exp(4*x)*(32*x^3 - 24*x^2 + 12*x - 3))/128. - Stefano Spezia, Jan 01 2023
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 08 2023: (Start)
Sum_{n>=4} 1/a(n) = 18*log(4/3) - 5.
Sum_{n>=4} (-1)^n/a(n) = 50*log(5/4) - 11. (End)
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := 4^(n - 4)*(n - 1)*(n - 2)*(n - 3); Array[a, 25, 4] (* Amiram Eldar, Jan 08 2023 *)
PROG
(Magma) [4^(n-4)*(n-3)*(n-2)*(n-1): n in [4..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 14 2011
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Apr 29 2004
Erroneous reference deleted by Martin J. Erickson (erickson(AT)truman.edu), Nov 03 2010
Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 27 2021
STATUS
approved