OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Paul Barry, Centered polygon numbers, heptagons and nonagons, and the Robbins numbers, arXiv:2104.01644 [math.CO], 2021.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-2,-3,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*C(n+2k+2,n-k).
a(n) = -2*a(n-1) -3*a(n-2) -a(n-3), n>=3. - Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 22 2011
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1+2x+3x^2+x^3), {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 19 2011 *)
LinearRecurrence[{-2, -3, -1}, {1, -2, 1}, 30] (* G. C. Greubel, Apr 29 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^50); Vec(1/(1+2*x+3*x^2+x^3)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 29 2018
(Magma) I:=[1, -2, 1]; [n le 3 select I[n] else -2*Self(n-1) -3*Self(n-2) -Self(n-3): n in [1..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 29 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,sign
AUTHOR
Paul Barry, Feb 04 2007
STATUS
approved