OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Using (n+sqrt(4+n^2))/2, after the integer 1 for n=0, the reduced metallic means are b(1) = (1+sqrt(5))/2, b(2) = 1+sqrt(2), b(3) = (3+sqrt(13))/2, b(4) = 2+sqrt(5), b(5) = (5+sqrt(29))/2, b(6) = 3+sqrt(10), b(7) = (7+sqrt(53))/2, b(8) = 4+sqrt(17), b(9) = (9+sqrt(85))/2, b(10) = 5+sqrt(26), b(11) = (11+sqrt(125))/2 = (11+5*sqrt(5))/2, ... . The last value yields the radicals in a(n) or A013946.
b(2) = 2.41, b(3) = 3.30, b(4) = 4.24, b(5) = 5.19 are "good" approximations of fractal dimensions corresponding to dimensions 3, 4, 5, 6: 2.48, 3.38, 4.33 and 5.45 based on models. See "Arbres DLA dans les espaces de dimension supérieure: la théorie des peaux entropiques" in Queiros-Condé et al. link. DLA: beginning of the title of the Witten et al. link.
Consider the symmetric array of the half extended Rydberg-Ritz spectrum of the hydrogen atom:
0, 1/0, 1/0, 1/0, 1/0, 1/0, 1/0, 1/0, ...
-1/0, 0, 3/4, 8/9, 15/16, 24/25, 35/36, 48/49, ...
-1/0, -3/4, 0, 5/36, 3/16, 21/100, 2/9, 45/196, ...
-1/0, -8/9, -5/36, 0, 7/144, 16/225, 1/12, 40/441, ...
-1/0, -15/16, -3/16, -7/144, 0, 9/400, 5/144, 33/784, ...
-1/0, -24/25, -21/100, -16/225, -9/400, 0, 11/900, 24/1225, ...
-1/0, -35/36, -2/9, -1/12, -5/144, -11/900, 0, 13/1764, ...
-1/0, -48/49, -45/196, -40/441, -33/784, -24/1225, -13/1764, 0, ... .
The numerators are almost A165795(n).
Successive rows: A000007(n)/A057427(n), A005563(n-1)/A000290(n), A061037(n)/A061038(n), A061039(n)/A061040(n), A061041(n)/A061042(n), A061043(n)/A061044(n), A061045(n)/A061046(n), A061047(n)/A061048(n), A061049(n)/A061050(n).
A144433(n) or A195161(n+1) are the numerators of the second upper diagonal (denominators: A171522(n)).
c(n+1) = a(n) + a(n+1) = 6, 7, 15, 18, 34, 39, 63, 70, 102, 111, ... .
c(n+3) - c(n+1) = 9, 11, 19, 21, 29, 31, ... = A090771(n+2).
The final digit of a(n) is neither 4 nor 8. - Paul Curtz, Jan 30 2019
LINKS
Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Diogo Queiros-Condé, Jean Chaline, and Jacques Dubois, Le monde des fractales La Nature trans-échelles, 478p., ellipses, Paris, 2015, page 220.
T. A. Witten, Jr. and L. M. Sander, Diffusion-Limited Aggregation, a Kinetic Critical Phenomenom, Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 47 (Nov 09 1981), pp. 1400-1403.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0,3,0,-3,0,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = numerator(1 + n^2/4). (Previous name.) See A010685 (denominators).
a(2*k) = 1 + k^2.
a(2*k+1) = 5 + 4*k*(k+1).
a(2*k+1) = 4*a(2*k) + 4*k + 1.
a(4*k+2) = A069894(k). - Paul Curtz, Jan 30 2019
a(-n) = a(n).
a(n) = A168077(n) + period 2: repeat 1, 4.
a(n) = A171621(n) + period 2: repeat 2, 8.
From Colin Barker, Aug 15 2015: (Start)
a(n) = (5 - 3*(-1)^n)*(4 + n^2)/8.
a(n) = n^2/4 + 1 for n even;
a(n) = n^2 + 4 for n odd.
a(n) = 3*a(n-2) - 3*a(n-4) + a(n-6) for n>5.
G.f.: (1 + 5*x - x^2 - 2*x^3 + 2*x^4 + 5*x^5)/ (1 - x^2)^3. (End)
E.g.f.: (5/8)*(x^2 + x + 4)*exp(x) - (3/8)*(x^2 - x + 4)*exp(-x). - Robert Israel, Aug 18 2015
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = (4*coth(Pi)+tanh(Pi))*Pi/8 + 1/2. - Amiram Eldar, Mar 22 2022
MAPLE
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{0, 3, 0, -3, 0, 1}, {1, 5, 2, 13, 5, 29}, 60] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 15 2015 *)
a[n_] := (n^2 + 4) / 4^Mod[n + 1, 2]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 52}] (* Peter Luschny, Mar 18 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) vector(60, n, n--; numerator(1+n^2/4)) \\ Michel Marcus, Aug 15 2015
(PARI) Vec((1+5*x-x^2-2*x^3+2*x^4+5*x^5)/(1-x^2)^3 + O(x^60)) \\ Colin Barker, Aug 15 2015
(PARI) a(n)=if(n%2, n^2+4, (n/2)^2+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2015
(Magma) [Numerator(1+n^2/4): n in [0..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 15 2015
(Sage) [numerator(1+n^2/4) for n in (0..60)] # G. C. Greubel, Feb 09 2019
(Python) [(n*n+4)//4**((n+1)%2) for n in range(60)] # Gennady Eremin, Mar 18 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Aug 15 2015
EXTENSIONS
New name by Peter Luschny, Mar 18 2022
STATUS
approved