OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Vincenzo Librandi, X^2-AY^2=1
Wolfram MathWorld, Pell Equation
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-3,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) -3*a(n-2) +a(n-3).
G.f: x*(-28799-29764*x-x^2)/(x-1)^3.
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{3, -3, 1}, {28799, 116161, 262087}, 40]
PROG
(Magma) I:=[28799, 116161, 262087]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 3*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+1*Self(n-3): n in [1..40]];
(PARI) a(n) = 29282*n^2-484*n+1.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 03 2009
STATUS
approved