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A000079 Powers of 2: a(n) = 2^n.
(Formerly M1129 N0432)
+10
3143
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608, 16777216, 33554432, 67108864, 134217728, 268435456, 536870912, 1073741824, 2147483648, 4294967296, 8589934592 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
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COMMENTS
2^0 = 1 is the only odd power of 2.
Number of subsets of an n-set.
There are 2^(n-1) compositions (ordered partitions) of n (see for example Riordan). This is the unlabeled analog of the preferential labelings sequence A000670.
This is also the number of weakly unimodal permutations of 1..n + 1, that is, permutations with exactly one local maximum. E.g., a(4) = 16: 12345, 12354, 12453, 12543, 13452, 13542, 14532 and 15432 and their reversals. - Jon Perry, Jul 27 2003 [Proof: see next line! See also A087783.]
Proof: n must appear somewhere and there are 2^(n-1) possible choices for the subset that precedes it. These must appear in increasing order and the rest must follow n in decreasing order. QED. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 26 2003
a(n+1) is the smallest number that is not the sum of any number of (distinct) earlier terms.
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 2), L(1, 2), P(1, 2), T(1, 2). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
With initial 1 omitted, same as Pisot sequences E(2, 4), L(2, 4), P(2, 4), T(2, 4). - David W. Wilson
Not the sum of two or more consecutive numbers. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 14 2004
Least deficient or near-perfect numbers (i.e., n such that sigma(n) = A000203(n) = 2n - 1). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 03 2004. [Comment from Max Alekseyev, Jan 26 2005: All the powers of 2 are least deficient numbers but it is not known if there exists a least deficient number that is not a power of 2.]
Almost-perfect numbers referred to as least deficient or slightly defective (Singh 1997) numbers. Does "near-perfect numbers" refer to both almost-perfect numbers (sigma(n) = 2n - 1) and quasi-perfect numbers (sigma(n) = 2n + 1)? There are no known quasi-perfect or least abundant or slightly excessive (Singh 1997) numbers.
The sum of the numbers in the n-th row of Pascal's triangle; the sum of the coefficients of x in the expansion of (x+1)^n.
The Collatz conjecture (the hailstone sequence will eventually reach the number 1, regardless of which positive integer is chosen initially) may be restated as (the hailstone sequence will eventually reach a power of 2, regardless of which positive integer is chosen initially).
The only hailstone sequence which doesn't rebound (except "on the ground"). - Alexandre Wajnberg, Jan 29 2005
With p(n) as the number of integer partitions of n, p(i) is the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) is the number of different parts of the i-th partition of n, m(i,j) is the multiplicity of the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, one has: a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..p(n)} (p(i)! / (Product_{j=1..d(i)} m(i,j)!)). - Thomas Wieder, May 18 2005
The number of binary relations on an n-element set that are both symmetric and antisymmetric. Also the number of binary relations on an n-element set that are symmetric, antisymmetric and transitive.
The first differences are the sequence itself. - Alexandre Wajnberg and Eric Angelini, Sep 07 2005
a(n) is the largest number with shortest addition chain involving n additions. - David W. Wilson, Apr 23 2006
Beginning with a(1) = 0, numbers not equal to the sum of previous distinct natural numbers. - Giovanni Teofilatto, Aug 06 2006
For n >= 1, a(n) is equal to the number of functions f:{1, 2, ..., n} -> {1, 2} such that for a fixed x in {1, 2, ..., n} and a fixed y in {1, 2} we have f(x) != y. - Aleksandar M. Janjic and Milan Janjic, Mar 27 2007
Let P(A) be the power set of an n-element set A. Then a(n) is the number of pairs of elements {x,y} of P(A) for which x = y. - Ross La Haye, Jan 09 2008
a(n) is the number of different ways to run up a staircase with n steps, taking steps of sizes 1, 2, 3, ... and r (r <= n), where the order IS important and there is no restriction on the number or the size of each step taken. - Mohammad K. Azarian, May 21 2008
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] such that every initial segment is an interval of integers. Example: a(3) counts 1234, 2134, 2314, 2341, 3214, 3241, 3421, 4321. The map "p -> ascents of p" is a bijection from these permutations to subsets of [n]. An ascent of a permutation p is a position i such that p(i) < p(i+1). The permutations shown map to 123, 23, 13, 12, 3, 2, 1 and the empty set respectively. - David Callan, Jul 25 2008
2^(n-1) is the largest number having n divisors (in the sense of A077569); A005179(n) is the smallest. - T. D. Noe, Sep 02 2008
a(n) appears to match the number of divisors of the modified primorials (excluding 2, 3 and 5). Very limited range examined, PARI example shown. - Bill McEachen, Oct 29 2008
Successive k such that phi(k)/k = 1/2, where phi is Euler's totient function. - Artur Jasinski, Nov 07 2008
A classical transform consists (for general a(n)) in swapping a(2n) and a(2n+1); examples for Jacobsthal A001045 and successive differences: A092808, A094359, A140505. a(n) = A000079 leads to 2, 1, 8, 4, 32, 16, ... = A135520. - Paul Curtz, Jan 05 2009
This is also the (L)-sieve transform of {2, 4, 6, 8, ..., 2n, ...} = A005843. (See A152009 for the definition of the (L)-sieve transform.) - John W. Layman, Jan 23 2009
a(n) = a(n-1)-th even natural number (A005843) for n > 1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Apr 25 2009
For n >= 0, a(n) is the number of leaves in a complete binary tree of height n. For n > 0, a(n) is the number of nodes in an n-cube. - K.V.Iyer, May 04 2009
Permutations of n+1 elements where no element is more than one position right of its original place. For example, there are 4 such permutations of three elements: 123, 132, 213, and 312. The 8 such permutations of four elements are 1234, 1243, 1324, 1423, 2134, 2143, 3124, and 4123. - Joerg Arndt, Jun 24 2009
Catalan transform of A099087. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 29 2009
a(n) written in base 2: 1,10,100,1000,10000,..., i.e., (n+1) times 1, n times 0 (A011557(n)). - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 02 2009
Or, phi(n) is equal to the number of perfect partitions of n. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Oct 10 2009
These are the 2-smooth numbers, positive integers with no prime factors greater than 2. - Michael B. Porter, Oct 04 2009
A064614(a(n)) = A000244(n) and A064614(m) < A000244(n) for m < a(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 08 2010
a(n) is the largest number m such that the number of steps of iterations of {r - (largest divisor d < r)} needed to reach 1 starting at r = m is equal to n. Example (a(5) = 32): 32 - 16 = 16; 16 - 8 = 8; 8 - 4 = 4; 4 - 2 = 2; 2 - 1 = 1; number 32 has 5 steps and is the largest such number. See A105017, A064097, A175125. - Jaroslav Krizek, Feb 15 2010
a(n) is the smallest proper multiple of a(n-1). - Dominick Cancilla, Aug 09 2010
The powers-of-2 triangle T(n, k), n >= 0 and 0 <= k <= n, begins with: {1}; {2, 4}; {8, 16, 32}; {64, 128, 256, 512}; ... . The first left hand diagonal T(n, 0) = A006125(n + 1), the first right hand diagonal T(n, n) = A036442(n + 1) and the center diagonal T(2*n, n) = A053765(n + 1). Some triangle sums, see A180662, are: Row1(n) = A122743(n), Row2(n) = A181174(n), Fi1(n) = A181175(n), Fi2(2*n) = A181175(2*n) and Fi2(2*n + 1) = 2*A181175(2*n + 1). - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 10 2010
Records in the number of prime factors. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Mar 12 2011
Row sums of A152538. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 10 2008
A078719(a(n)) = 1; A006667(a(n)) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 08 2011
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n>=1, a(n) equals the number of 2-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Equals A001405 convolved with its right-shifted variant: (1 + 2x + 4x^2 + ...) = (1 + x + 2x^2 + 3x^3 + 6x^4 + 10x^5 + ...) * (1 + x + x^2 + 2x^3 + 3x^4 + 6x^5 + ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 23 2011
The number of odd-sized subsets of an n+1-set. For example, there are 2^3 odd-sized subsets of {1, 2, 3, 4}, namely {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {1, 2, 3}, {1, 2, 4}, {1, 3, 4}, and {2, 3, 4}. Also, note that 2^n = Sum_{k=1..floor((n+1)/2)} C(n+1, 2k-1). - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 15 2011
a(n) is the number of 1's in any row of Pascal's triangle (mod 2) whose row number has exactly n 1's in its binary expansion (see A007318 and A047999). (The result of putting together A001316 and A000120.) - Marcus Jaiclin, Jan 31 2012
A204455(k) = 1 if and only if k is in this sequence. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 04 2012
For n>=1 apparently the number of distinct finite languages over a unary alphabet, whose minimum regular expression has alphabetic width n (verified up to n=17), see the Gruber/Lee/Shallit link. - Hermann Gruber, May 09 2012
First differences of A000225. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 19 2013
This is the lexicographically earliest sequence which contains no arithmetic progression of length 3. - Daniel E. Frohardt, Apr 03 2013
a(n-2) is the number of bipartitions of {1..n} (i.e., set partitions into two parts) such that 1 and 2 are not in the same subset. - Jon Perry, May 19 2013
Numbers n such that the n-th cyclotomic polynomial has a root mod 2; numbers n such that the n-th cyclotomic polynomial has an even number of odd coefficients. - Eric M. Schmidt, Jul 31 2013
More is known now about non-power-of-2 "Almost Perfect Numbers" as described in Dagal. - Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 01 2013
Number of symmetric Ferrers diagrams that fit into an n X n box. - Graham H. Hawkes, Oct 18 2013
Numbers n such that sigma(2n) = 2n + sigma(n). - Jahangeer Kholdi, Nov 23 2013
a(1), ..., a(floor(n/2)) are all values of permanent on set of square (0,1)-matrices of order n>=2 with row and column sums 2. - Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 26 2013
Numbers whose base-2 expansion has exactly one bit set to 1, and thus has base-2 sum of digits equal to one. - Stanislav Sykora, Nov 29 2013
A072219(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 20 2014
a(n) is the largest number k such that (k^n-2)/(k-2) is an integer (for n > 1); (k^a(n)+1)/(k+1) is never an integer (for k > 1 and n > 0). - Derek Orr, May 22 2014
If x = A083420(n), y = a(n+1) and z = A087289(n), then x^2 + 2*y^2 = z^2. - Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 09 2014
The mini-sequence b(n) = least number k > 0 such that 2^k ends in n identical digits is given by {1, 18, 39}. The repeating digits are {2, 4, 8} respectively. Note that these are consecutive powers of 2 (2^1, 2^2, 2^3), and these are the only powers of 2 (2^k, k > 0) that are only one digit. Further, this sequence is finite. The number of n-digit endings for a power of 2 with n or more digits id 4*5^(n-1). Thus, for b(4) to exist, one only needs to check exponents up to 4*5^3 = 500. Since b(4) does not exist, it is clear that no other number will exist. - Derek Orr, Jun 14 2014
The least number k > 0 such that 2^k ends in n consecutive decreasing digits is a 3-number sequence given by {1, 5, 25}. The consecutive decreasing digits are {2, 32, 432}. There are 100 different 3-digit endings for 2^k. There are no k-values such that 2^k ends in '987', '876', '765', '654', '543', '321', or '210'. The k-values for which 2^k ends in '432' are given by 25 mod 100. For k = 25 + 100*x, the digit immediately before the run of '432' is {4, 6, 8, 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 0, 2, ...} for x = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...}, respectively. Thus, we see the digit before '432' will never be a 5. So, this sequence is complete. - Derek Orr, Jul 03 2014
a(n) is the number of permutations of length n avoiding both 231 and 321 in the classical sense which are breadth-first search reading words of increasing unary-binary trees. For more details, see the entry for permutations avoiding 231 at A245898. - Manda Riehl, Aug 05 2014
Numbers n such that sigma(n) = sigma(2n) - phi(4n). - Farideh Firoozbakht, Aug 14 2014
This is a B_2 sequence: for i < j, differences a(j) - a(i) are all distinct. Here 2*a(n) < a(n+1) + 1, so a(n) - a(0) < a(n+1) - a(n). - Thomas Ordowski, Sep 23 2014
a(n) counts n-walks (closed) on the graph G(1-vertex; 1-loop, 1-loop). - David Neil McGrath, Dec 11 2014
a(n-1) counts walks (closed) on the graph G(1-vertex; 1-loop, 2-loop, 3-loop, 4-loop, ...). - David Neil McGrath, Jan 01 2015
b(0) = 4; b(n+1) is the smallest number not in the sequence such that b(n+1) - Prod_{i=0..n} b(i) divides b(n+1) - Sum_{i=0..n} b(i). Then b(n) = a(n) for n > 2. - Derek Orr, Jan 15 2015
a(n) counts the permutations of length n+2 whose first element is 2 such that the permutation has exactly one descent. - Ran Pan, Apr 17 2015
a(0)-a(30) appear, with a(26)-a(30) in error, in tablet M 08613 (see CDLI link) from the Old Babylonian period (c. 1900-1600 BC). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 03 2015
Subsequence of A028982 (the squares or twice squares sequence). - Timothy L. Tiffin, Jul 18 2016
A000120(a(n)) = 1. A000265(a(n)) = 1. A000593(a(n)) = 1. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Aug 16 2016
Number of monotone maps f : [0..n] -> [0..n] which are order-increasing (i <= f(i)) and idempotent (f(f(i)) = f(i)). In other words, monads on the n-th ordinal (seen as a posetal category). Any monad f determines a subset of [0..n] that contains n, by considering its set of monad algebras = fixed points { i | f(i) = i }. Conversely, any subset S of [0..n] containing n determines a monad on [0..n], by the function i |-> min { j | i <= j, j in S }. - Noam Zeilberger, Dec 11 2016
Consider n points lying on a circle. Then for n>=2 a(n-2) gives the number of ways to connect two adjacent points with nonintersecting chords. - Anton Zakharov, Dec 31 2016
Satisfies Benford's law [Diaconis, 1977; Berger-Hill, 2017] - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the n-empty graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017
Also the number of maximum cliques in the n-halved cube graph for n > 4. - Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 04 2017
Number of pairs of compositions of n corresponding to a seaweed algebra of index n-1. - Nick Mayers, Jun 25 2018
The multiplicative group of integers modulo a(n) is cyclic if and only if n = 0, 1, 2. For n >= 3, it is a product of two cyclic groups. - Jianing Song, Jun 27 2018
k^n is the determinant of n X n matrix M_(i, j) = binomial(k + i + j - 2, j) - binomial(i+j-2, j), in this case k=2. - Tony Foster III, May 12 2019
Solutions to the equation Phi(2n + 2*Phi(2n)) = 2n. - M. Farrokhi D. G., Jan 03 2020
a(n-1) is the number of subsets of {1,2,...,n} which have an element that is the size of the set. For example, for n = 4, a(3) = 8 and the subsets are {1}, {1,2}, {2,3}, {2,4}, {1,2,3}, {1,3,4}, {2,3,4}, {1,2,3,4}. - Enrique Navarrete, Nov 21 2020
a(n) is the number of self-inverse (n+1)-order permutations with 231-avoiding. E.g., a(3) = 8: [1234, 1243, 1324, 1432, 2134, 2143, 3214, 4321]. - Yuchun Ji, Feb 26 2021
For any fixed k > 0, a(n) is the number of ways to tile a strip of length n+1 with tiles of length 1, 2, ... k, where the tile of length k can be black or white, with the restriction that the first tile cannot be black. - Greg Dresden and Bora Bursalı, Aug 31 2023
REFERENCES
Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 1016.
Mohammad K. Azarian, A Generalization of the Climbing Stairs Problem, Mathematics and Computer Education Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 24-28, Winter 1997.
Paul J. Nahin, An Imaginary Tale: The Story of sqrt(-1), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1998, pp. 69-70.
J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 124.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
V. E. Tarakanov, Combinatorial problems on binary matrices, Combin. Analysis, MSU, 5 (1980), 4-15. (Russian)
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
LINKS
Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
Juan S. Auli and Sergi Elizalde, Wilf equivalences between vincular patterns in inversion sequences, arXiv:2003.11533 [math.CO], 2020.
Paul Barry, A Catalan Transform and Related Transformations on Integer Sequences, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 8 (2005), Article 05.4.5.
Jonathan Beagley and Lara Pudwell, Colorful Tilings and Permutations, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 24 (2021), Article 21.10.4.
Arno Berger and Theodore P. Hill, What is Benford's Law?, Notices, Amer. Math. Soc., 64:2 (2017), 132-134.
Tobias Boege and Thomas Kahle, Construction Methods for Gaussoids, arXiv:1902.11260 [math.CO], 2019.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, De arithmetica, Book 1, section 9.
Peter J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
Peter J. Cameron, Notes on Counting, Peter Cameron's Blog, 15/05/2017.
CDLI, M 08613.
Giulio Cerbai, Anders Claesson, and Luca Ferrari, Stack sorting with restricted stacks, arXiv:1907.08142 [cs.DS], 2019.
V. Coll, M. Hyatt, C. Magnant, and H. Wang, Meander graphs and Frobenius seaweed Lie algebras II, Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications 9 (1) (2015) 227.
M. Coons and H. Winning, Powers of Two Modulo Powers of Three, J. Int. Seq. 18 (2015) # 15.6.1.
Keneth Adrian P. Dagal and Jose Arnaldo B. Dris, A Criterion for Almost Perfect Numbers in Terms of the Abundancy Index, arXiv:1308.6767v1 [math.NT], Aug 14 2013.
V. Dergachev and A. Kirillov, Index of Lie algebras of seaweed type, J. Lie Theory 10 (2) (2000) 331-343.
Persi Diaconis, The distribution of leading digits and uniform distribution mod 1, Ann. Probability, 5, 1977, 72--81.
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P. Flajolet and R. Sedgewick, Analytic Combinatorics, 2009; see page 18
Joël Gay and Vincent Pilaud, The weak order on Weyl posets, arXiv:1804.06572 [math.CO], 2018.
Daniele A. Gewurz and Francesca Merola, Sequences realized as Parker vectors of oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6, 2003.
Hermann Gruber, Jonathan Lee and Jeffrey Shallit, Enumerating regular expressions and their languages, arXiv:1204.4982v1 [cs.FL], 2012.
Marcus Jaiclin, et al. Pascal's Triangle, Mod 2,3,5
J. W. Layman, The Hankel Transform and Some of its Properties, J. Integer Sequences, 4 (2001), #01.1.5.
P. A. MacMahon, Memoir on the Theory of the Compositions of Numbers, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London A, 184 (1893), 835-901.
Augustine O. Munagi, Integer Compositions and Higher-Order Conjugation, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.8.5.
R. Ondrejka, Exact values of 2^n, n=1(1)4000, Math. Comp., 23 (1969), 456.
G. Pfeiffer, Counting Transitive Relations, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 7 (2004), Article 04.3.2.
S. Saito, T. Tanaka and N. Wakabayashi, Combinatorial Remarks on the Cyclic Sum Formula for Multiple Zeta Values , J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.2.4, Table 1.
Michael Z. Spivey and Laura L. Steil, The k-Binomial Transforms and the Hankel Transform, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 9 (2006), Article 06.1.1.
J. Tanton, A Dozen Questions about the Powers of Two, Math Horizons, Vol. 8, pp. 5-10, September 2001.
G. Villemin's Almanac of Numbers, Puissances de 2
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Abundance
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Binomial Sums
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Binomial Transform
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hailstone Number (Collatz Problem)
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Composition
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FORMULA
a(n) = 2^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 2*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1 - 2*x).
E.g.f.: exp(2*x).
a(n)= Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(n, k).
a(n) is the number of occurrences of n in A000523. a(n) = A001045(n) + A001045(n+1). a(n) = 1 + Sum_{k = 0..(n - 1)} a(k). The Hankel transform of this sequence gives A000007 = [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 25 2004
n such that phi(n) = n/2, for n > 1, where phi is Euler's totient (A000010). - Lekraj Beedassy, Sep 07 2004
a(n + 1) = a(n) XOR 3*a(n) where XOR is the binary exclusive OR operator. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 19 2005
a(n) = StirlingS2(n + 1, 2) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jan 09 2008
a(n+2) = 6a(n+1) - 8a(n), n = 1, 2, 3, ... with a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2. - Yosu Yurramendi, Aug 06 2008
a(n) = ka(n-1) + (4 - 2k)a(n-2) for any integer k and n > 1, with a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 05 2008
a(n) = Sum_{l_1 = 0..n + 1} Sum_{l_2 = 0..n}...Sum_{l_i = 0..n - i}...Sum_{l_n = 0..1} delta(l_1, l_2, ..., l_i, ..., l_n) where delta(l_1, l_2, ..., l_i, ..., l_n) = 0 if any l_i <= l_(i+1) and l_(i+1) != 0 and delta(l_1, l_2, ..., l_i, ..., l_n) = 1 otherwise. - Thomas Wieder, Feb 25 2009
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2; a(n) = a(n-1)^2/a(n-2), n >= 2. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Sep 22 2009
a(n) = A173786(n, n)/2 = A173787(n + 1, n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2010
If p[i] = i - 1 and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i, j] = p[j - i + 1], (i <= j), A[i, j] = -1, (i = j + 1), and A[i, j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 02 2010
If p[i] = Fibonacci(i-2) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i, j] = p[j - i + 1], (i <= j), A[i, j] = -1, (i = j + 1), and A[i, j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 2, a(n-2) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
The sum of reciprocals, 1/1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... + 1/(2^n) + ... = 2. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Dec 29 2010
a(n) = 2*A001045(n) + A078008(n) = 3*A001045(n) + (-1)^n. - Paul Barry, Feb 20 2003
a(n) = A118654(n, 2).
a(n) = A140740(n+1, 1).
a(n) = A131577(n) + A011782(n) = A024495(n) + A131708(n) + A024493(n) = A000749(n) + A038503(n) + A038504(n) + A038505(n) = A139761(n) + A139748(n) + A139714(n) + A133476(n) + A139398(n). - Paul Curtz, Jul 25 2011
a(n) = row sums of A007318. - Susanne Wienand, Oct 21 2011
a(n) = Hypergeometric([-n], [], -1). - Peter Luschny, Nov 01 2011
G.f.: A(x) = B(x)/x, B(x) satisfies B(B(x)) = x/(1 - x)^2. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Nov 10 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} A201730(n, k)*(-1)^k. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 06 2011
2^n = Sum_{k = 1..floor((n+1)/2)} C(n+1, 2k-1). - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 15 2011
A209229(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 07 2012
A001227(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 01 2012
Sum_{n >= 1} mobius(n)/a(n) = 0.1020113348178103647430363939318... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 12 2012
E.g.f.: 1 + 2*x/(U(0) - x) where U(k) = 6*k + 1 + x^2/(6*k+3 + x^2/(6*k + 5 + x^2/U(k+1) )); (continued fraction, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 04 2012
a(n) = det(|s(i+2,j)|, 1 <= i,j <= n), where s(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the first kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 04 2013
a(n) = det(|ps(i+1,j)|, 1 <= i,j <= n), where ps(n,k) are Legendre-Stirling numbers of the first kind (A129467). - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
G.f.: W(0), where W(k) = 1 + 2*x*(k+1)/(1 - 2*x*(k+1)/( 2*x*(k+2) + 1/W(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 28 2013
a(n-1) = Sum_{t_1 + 2*t_2 + ... + n*t_n = n} multinomial(t_1 + t_2 + ... + t_n; t_1, t_2, ..., t_n). - Mircea Merca, Dec 06 2013
Construct the power matrix T(n,j) = [A^*j]*[S^*(j-1)] where A(n)=(1,1,1,...) and S(n)=(0,1,0,0,...) (where * is convolution operation). Then a(n-1) = Sum_{j=1..n} T(n,j). - David Neil McGrath, Jan 01 2015
a(n) = A000005(A002110(n)). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, May 23 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 18 2016: (Start)
Exponential convolution of A000012 with themselves.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A011782(k).
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/n! = exp(2) = A072334.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n*a(n)/n! = exp(-2) = A092553. (End)
G.f.: (r(x) * r(x^2) * r(x^4) * r(x^8) * ...) where r(x) = A090129(x) = (1 + 2x + 2x^2 + 4x^3 + 8x^4 + ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 13 2016
a(n) = A000045(n + 1) + A000045(n) + Sum_{k = 0..n - 2} A000045(k + 1)*2^(n - 2 - k). - Melvin Peralta, Dec 22 2017
a(n) = 7*A077020(n)^2 + A077021(n)^2, n>=3. - Ralf Steiner, Aug 08 2021
a(n)= n + 1 + Sum_{k=3..n+1} (2*k-5)*J(n+2-k), where Jacobsthal number J(n) = A001045(n). - Michael A. Allen, Jan 12 2022
Integral_{x=0..Pi} cos(x)^n*cos(n*x) dx = Pi/a(n) (see Nahin, pp. 69-70). - Stefano Spezia, May 17 2023
EXAMPLE
There are 2^3 = 8 subsets of a 3-element set {1,2,3}, namely { -, 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 23, 123 }.
MAPLE
A000079 := n->2^n; [ seq(2^n, n=0..50) ];
isA000079 := proc(n)
local fs;
fs := numtheory[factorset](n) ;
if n = 1 then
true ;
elif nops(fs) <> 1 then
false;
elif op(1, fs) = 2 then
true;
else
false ;
end if;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Jan 09 2017
MATHEMATICA
Table[2^n, {n, 0, 50}]
2^Range[0, 50] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 14 2014 *)
LinearRecurrence[{2}, {2}, {0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - 2 x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
NestList[2# &, 1, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 07 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) A000079(n)=2^n \\ Edited by M. F. Hasler, Aug 27 2014
(PARI) unimodal(n)=local(x, d, um, umc); umc=0; for (c=0, n!-1, x=numtoperm(n, c); d=0; um=1; for (j=2, n, if (x[j]<x[j-1], d=1); if (x[j]>x[j-1] && d==1, um=0); if (um==0, break)); if (um==1, print(x)); umc+=um); umc
(PARI) x=1; for (n=0, 1000, write("b000079.txt", n, " ", x); x+=x); \\ Harry J. Smith, Apr 26 2009
(Haskell)
a000079 = (2 ^)
a000079_list = iterate (* 2) 1
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 22 2014, Mar 05 2012, Dec 29 2011
(Maxima) A000079(n):=2^n$ makelist(A000079(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(Magma) [2^n: n in [0..40]] // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 17 2014
(Magma) [n le 2 select n else 5*Self(n-1)-6*Self(n-2): n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 17 2014
(Scheme) (define (A000079 n) (expt 2 n)) ;; Antti Karttunen, Mar 21 2017
(Scala) (List.fill(20)(2: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)(_ * _) // Alonso del Arte, Jan 16 2020
(Python)
def a(n): return 1<<n
print([a(n) for n in range(34)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jul 28 2022
CROSSREFS
This is the Hankel transform (see A001906 for the definition) of A000984, A002426, A026375, A026387, A026569, A026585, A026671 and A032351. - John W. Layman, Jul 31 2000
Euler transform of A001037, A209406 (multisets), inverse binomial transform of A000244, binomial transform of A000012.
Complement of A057716.
Boustrophedon transforms: A000734, A000752.
Range of values of A006519, A007875, A011782, A030001, A034444, A037445, A053644, and A054243.
Cf. A018900, A014311, A014312, A014313, A023688, A023689, A023690, A023691 (sum of 2, ..., 9 distinct powers of 2).
Cf. A090129.
The following are parallel families: A000079 (2^n), A004094 (2^n reversed), A028909 (2^n sorted up), A028910 (2^n sorted down), A036447 (double and reverse), A057615 (double and sort up), A263451 (double and sort down); A000244 (3^n), A004167 (3^n reversed), A321540 (3^n sorted up), A321539 (3^n sorted down), A163632 (triple and reverse), A321542 (triple and sort up), A321541 (triple and sort down).
KEYWORD
nonn,core,easy,nice
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Clarified a comment T. D. Noe, Aug 30 2009
Edited by Daniel Forgues, May 12 2010
Incorrect comment deleted by Matthew Vandermast, May 17 2014
Comment corrected to match offset by Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 28 2014
STATUS
approved
A000244 Powers of 3: a(n) = 3^n.
(Formerly M2807 N1129)
+10
842
1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187, 6561, 19683, 59049, 177147, 531441, 1594323, 4782969, 14348907, 43046721, 129140163, 387420489, 1162261467, 3486784401, 10460353203, 31381059609, 94143178827, 282429536481, 847288609443, 2541865828329, 7625597484987 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 3), L(1, 3), P(1, 3), T(1, 3). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(3, 9), L(3, 9), P(3, 9), T(3, 9). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(2n+2)) such that 0 < s(i) < 6 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 for i = 1, 2, ..., 2n + 2, s(0) = 1, s(2n+2) = 3. - Herbert Kociemba, Jun 10 2004
a(1) = 1, a(n+1) is the least number such that there are a(n) even numbers between a(n) and a(n+1). Generalization for the sequence of powers of k: 1, k, k^2, k^3, k^4, ... There are a(n) multiples of k-1 between a(n) and a(n+1). - Amarnath Murthy, Nov 28 2004
a(n) = sum of (n+1)-th row in Triangle A105728. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 18 2005
With p(n) being the number of integer partitions of n, p(i) being the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) being the number of different parts of the i-th partition of n, m(i, j) being the multiplicity of the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, Sum_{i = 1..p(n)} being the sum over i and Product_{j = 1..d(i)} being the product over j, one has: a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..p(n)} (p(i)!/(Product_{j = 1..d(i)} m(i, j)!))*2^(p(i) - 1). - Thomas Wieder, May 18 2005
For any k > 1 in the sequence, k is the first prime power appearing in the prime decomposition of repunit R_k, i.e., of A002275(k). - Lekraj Beedassy, Apr 24 2006
a(n-1) is the number of compositions of compositions. In general, (k+1)^(n-1) is the number of k-levels nested compositions (e.g., 4^(n-1) is the number of compositions of compositions of compositions, etc.). Each of the n - 1 spaces between elements can be a break for one of the k levels, or not a break at all. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 06 2006
Let S be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for every element x, y of P(A), xSy if x is a subset of y. Then a(n) = |S|. - Ross La Haye, Dec 22 2006
From Manfred Boergens, Mar 28 2023: (Start)
With regard to the comment by Ross La Haye:
Cf. A001047 if either nonempty subsets are considered or x is a proper subset of y.
Cf. a(n+1) in A028243 if nonempty subsets are considered and x is a proper subset of y. (End)
If X_1, X_2, ..., X_n is a partition of the set {1, 2, ..., 2*n} into blocks of size 2 then, for n >= 1, a(n) is equal to the number of functions f : {1, 2, ..., 2*n} -> {1, 2} such that for fixed y_1, y_2, ..., y_n in {1, 2} we have f(X_i) <> {y_i}, (i = 1, 2, ..., n). - Milan Janjic, May 24 2007
This is a general comment on all sequences of the form a(n) = [(2^k)-1]^n for all positive integers k. Example 1.1.16 of Stanley's "Enumerative Combinatorics" offers a slightly different version. a(n) in the number of functions f:[n] into P([k]) - {}. a(n) is also the number of functions f:[k] into P([n]) such that the generalized intersection of f(i) for all i in [k] is the empty set. Where [n] = {1, 2, ..., n}, P([n]) is the power set of [n] and {} is the empty set. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 28 2009
a(n) = A064614(A000079(n)) and A064614(m)<a(n) for m < A000079(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 08 2010
3^(n+1) = (1, 2, 2, 2, ...) dot (1, 1, 3, 9, ..., 3^n); e.g., 3^3 = 27 = (1, 2, 2, 2) dot (1, 1, 3, 9) = (1 + 2 + 6 + 18). - Gary W. Adamson, May 17 2010
a(n) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are 3*2^i different types of i, (i = 1, 2, ...). - Milan Janjic, Sep 24 2010
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are 2^(i-1) different types of i, (i = 1, 2, ...). - Milan Janjic, Sep 24 2010
The sequence in question ("Powers of 3") also describes the number of moves of the k-th disk solving the [RED ; BLUE ; BLUE] or [RED ; RED ; BLUE] pre-colored Magnetic Tower of Hanoi puzzle (cf. A183111 - A183125).
a(n) is the number of Stern polynomials of degree n. See A057526. - T. D. Noe, Mar 01 2011
Positions of records in the number of odd prime factors, A087436. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Mar 17 2011
Sum of coefficients of the expansion of (1+x+x^2)^n. - Adi Dani, Jun 21 2011
a(n) is the number of compositions of n elements among {0, 1, 2}; e.g., a(2) = 9 since there are the 9 compositions 0 + 0, 0 + 1, 1 + 0, 0 + 2, 1 + 1, 2 + 0, 1 + 2, 2 + 1, and 2 + 2. [From Adi Dani, Jun 21 2011; modified by editors.]
Except the first two terms, these are odd numbers n such that no x with 2 <= x <= n - 2 satisfy x^(n-1) == 1 (mod n). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Jul 03 2011
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 3-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Explanation from David Applegate, Feb 20 2017: (Start)
Since the preceding comment appears in a large number of sequences, it might be worth adding a proof.
The number of compositions of n into exactly k parts is binomial(n-1,k-1).
For a p-colored composition of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color, there are exactly p choices for the color of the first part, and p-1 choices for the color of each additional part (any color other than the color of the previous one). So, for a partition into k parts, there are p (p-1)^(k-1) valid colorings.
Thus the number of p-colored compositions of n into exactly k parts such that no adjacent parts have the same color is binomial(n-1,k-1) p (p-1)^(k-1).
The total number of p-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color is then
Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n-1,k-1) * p * (p-1)^(k-1) = p^n.
To see this, note that the binomial expansion of ((p - 1) + 1)^(n - 1) = Sum_{k = 0..n - 1} binomial(n - 1, k) (p - 1)^k 1^(n - 1 - k) = Sum_{k = 1..n} binomial(n - 1, k - 1) (p - 1)^(k - 1).
(End)
Also, first and least element of the matrix [1, sqrt(2); sqrt(2), 2]^(n+1). - M. F. Hasler, Nov 25 2011
One-half of the row sums of the triangular version of A035002. - J. M. Bergot, Jun 10 2013
Form an array with m(0,n) = m(n,0) = 2^n; m(i,j) equals the sum of the terms to the left of m(i,j) and the sum of the terms above m(i,j), which is m(i,j) = Sum_{k=0..j-1} m(i,k) + Sum_{k=0..i-1} m(k,j). The sum of the terms in antidiagonal(n+1) = 4*a(n). - J. M. Bergot, Jul 10 2013
a(n) = A007051(n+1) - A007051(n), and A007051 are the antidiagonal sums of an array defined by m(0,k) = 1 and m(n,k) = Sum_{c = 0..k - 1} m(n, c) + Sum_{r = 0..n - 1} m(r, k), which is the sum of the terms to left of m(n, k) plus those above m(n, k). m(1, k) = A000079(k); m(2, k) = A045623(k + 1); m(k + 1, k) = A084771(k). - J. M. Bergot, Jul 16 2013
Define an array to have m(0,k) = 2^k and m(n,k) = Sum_{c = 0..k - 1} m(n, c) + Sum_{r = 0..n - 1} m(r, k), which is the sum of the terms to the left of m(n, k) plus those above m(n, k). Row n = 0 of the array comprises A000079, column k = 0 comprises A011782, row n = 1 comprises A001792. Antidiagonal sums of the array are a(n): 1 = 3^0, 1 + 2 = 3^1, 2 + 3 + 4 = 3^2, 4 + 7 + 8 + 8 = 3^3. - J. M. Bergot, Aug 02 2013
The sequence with interspersed zeros and o.g.f. x/(1 - 3*x^2), A(2*k) = 0, A(2*k + 1) = 3^k = a(k), k >= 0, can be called hexagon numbers. This is because the algebraic number rho(6) = 2*cos(Pi/6) = sqrt(3) of degree 2, with minimal polynomial C(6, x) = x^2 - 3 (see A187360, n = 6), is the length ratio of the smaller diagonal and the side in the hexagon. Hence rho(6)^n = A(n-1)*1 + A(n)*rho(6), in the power basis of the quadratic number field Q(rho(6)). One needs also A(-1) = 1. See also a Dec 02 2010 comment and the P. Steinbach reference given in A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 02 2013
Numbers k such that sigma(3k) = 3k + sigma(k). - Jahangeer Kholdi, Nov 23 2013
All powers of 3 are perfect totient numbers (A082897), since phi(3^n) = 2 * 3^(n - 1) for n > 0, and thus Sum_{i = 0..n} phi(3^i) = 3^n. - Alonso del Arte, Apr 20 2014
The least number k > 0 such that 3^k ends in n consecutive decreasing digits is a 3-term sequence given by {1, 13, 93}. The consecutive increasing digits are {3, 23, 123}. There are 100 different 3-digit endings for 3^k. There are no k-values such that 3^k ends in '012', '234', '345', '456', '567', '678', or '789'. The k-values for which 3^k ends in '123' are given by 93 mod 100. For k = 93 + 100*x, the digit immediately before the run of '123' is {9, 5, 1, 7, 3, 9, 5, 1, 3, 7, ...} for x = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...}, respectively. Thus we see the digit before '123' will never be a 0. So there are no further terms. - Derek Orr, Jul 03 2014
All elements of A^n where A = (1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1). - David Neil McGrath, Jul 23 2014
Counts all walks of length n (open or closed) on the vertices of a triangle containing a loop at each vertex starting from any given vertex. - David Neil McGrath, Oct 03 2014
a(n) counts walks (closed) on the graph G(1-vertex;1-loop,1-loop,1-loop). - David Neil McGrath, Dec 11 2014
2*a(n-2) counts all permutations of a solitary closed walk of length (n) from the vertex of a triangle that contains 2 loops on each of the remaining vertices. In addition, C(m,k)=2*(2^m)*B(m+k-2,m) counts permutations of walks that contain (m) loops and (k) arcs. - David Neil McGrath, Dec 11 2014
a(n) is the sum of the coefficients of the n-th layer of Pascal's pyramid (a.k.a., Pascal's tetrahedron - see A046816). - Bob Selcoe, Apr 02 2016
Numbers n such that the trinomial x^(2*n) + x^n + 1 is irreducible over GF(2). Of these only the trinomial for n=1 is primitive. - Joerg Arndt, May 16 2016
Satisfies Benford's law [Berger-Hill, 2011]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2017
a(n-1) is also the number of compositions of n if the parts can be runs of any length from 1 to n, and can contain any integers from 1 to n. - Gregory L. Simay, May 26 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the n-ladder rung graph n P_2. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017
Also the number of (not necessarily maximal) cliques in the n-cocktail party graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 29 2017
a(n-1) is the number of 2-compositions of n; see Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 15 2020
a(n) is the number of faces of any dimension (vertices, edges, square faces, etc.) of the n-dimensional hypercube. For example, the 0-dimensional hypercube is a point, and its only face is itself. The 1-dimensional hypercube is a line, which has two vertices and an edge. The 2-dimensional hypercube is a square, which has four vertices, four edges, and a square face. - Kevin Long, Mar 14 2023
Number of pairs (A,B) of subsets of M={1,2,...,n} with union(A,B)=M. For nonempty subsets cf. A058481. - Manfred Boergens, Mar 28 2023
From Jianing Song, Sep 27 2023: (Start)
a(n) is the number of disjunctive clauses of n variables up to equivalence. A disjunctive clause is a propositional formula of the form l_1 OR ... OR l_m, where l_1, ..., l_m are distinct elements in {x_1, ..., x_n, NOT x_1, ..., NOT x_n} for n variables x_1, ... x_n, and no x_i and NOT x_i appear at the same time. For each 1 <= i <= n, we can have neither of x_i or NOT x_i, only x_i or only NOT x_i appearing in a disjunctive clause, so the number of such clauses is 3^n. Viewing the propositional formulas of n variables as functions {0,1}^n -> {0,1}, a disjunctive clause corresponds to a function f such that the inverse image of 0 is of the form A_1 X ... X A_n, where A_i is nonempty for all 1 <= i <= n. Since each A_i has 3 choices ({0}, {1} or {0,1}), we also find that the number of disjunctive clauses of n variables is 3^n.
Equivalently, a(n) is the number of conjunctive clauses of n variables. (End)
The finite subsequence a(2), a(3), a(4), a(5) = 9, 27, 81, 243 is one of only two geometric sequences that can be formed with all interior angles (all integer, in degrees) of a simple polygon. The other sequence is a subsequence of A007283 (see comment there). - Felix Huber, Feb 15 2024
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
T. Banchoff, Counting the Faces of Higher-Dimensional Cubes, Beyond the Third Dimension: Geometry, computer graphics and higher dimensions, Scientific American Library, 1996.
Arno Berger and Theodore P. Hill, Benford's law strikes back: no simple explanation in sight for mathematical gem, The Mathematical Intelligencer 33.1 (2011): 85-91.
A. Bostan, Computer Algebra for Lattice Path Combinatorics, Séminaire de Combinatoire Ph. Flajolet, Mar 28 2013.
Peter J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
F. Javier de Vega, An extension of Furstenberg's theorem of the infinitude of primes, arXiv:2003.13378 [math.NT], 2020.
Nachum Dershowitz, Between Broadway and the Hudson: A Bijection of Corridor Paths, arXiv:2006.06516 [math.CO], 2020.
Joël Gay and Vincent Pilaud, The weak order on Weyl posets, arXiv:1804.06572 [math.CO], 2018.
Brian Hopkins and Stéphane Ouvry, Combinatorics of Multicompositions, arXiv:2008.04937 [math.CO], 2020.
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Ross La Haye, Binary Relations on the Power Set of an n-Element Set, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 12 (2009), Article 09.2.6.
László Németh, The trinomial transform triangle, J. Int. Seqs., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.7.3. Also arXiv:1807.07109 [math.NT], 2018.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Yash Puri and Thomas Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Clique
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cocktail Party Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hanoi Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Independent Vertex Set
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ladder Rung Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Sierpiński Sieve Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex Cover
Doron Zeilberger, The Amazing 3^n Theorem and its even more Amazing Proof [Discovered by Xavier G. Viennot and his École Bordelaise gang], arXiv:1208.2258, 2012.
FORMULA
a(n) = 3^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 3*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1-3*x).
E.g.f.: exp(3*x).
a(n) = n!*Sum_{i + j + k = n, i, j, k >= 0} 1/(i!*j!*k!). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 01 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} 2^k*binomial(n, k), binomial transform of A000079.
a(n) = A090888(n, 2). - Ross La Haye, Sep 21 2004
a(n) = 2^(2n) - A005061(n). - Ross La Haye, Sep 10 2005
a(n) = A112626(n, 0). - Ross La Haye, Jan 11 2006
Hankel transform of A007854. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 26 2006
a(n) = 2*StirlingS2(n+1,3) + StirlingS2(n+2,2) = 2*(StirlingS2(n+1,3) + StirlingS2(n+1,2)) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jun 26 2008
a(n) = 2*StirlingS2(n+1, 3) + StirlingS2(n+2, 2) = 2*(StirlingS2(n+1, 3) + StirlingS2(n+1, 2)) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jun 09 2008
Sum_{n >= 0} 1/a(n) = 3/2. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 29 2008
If p(i) = Fibonacci(2i-2) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by A(i, j) = p(j-i+1), (i <= j), A(i, j) = -1, (i = j+1), and A(i, j) = 0 otherwise, then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
G.f. A(x) = M(x)/(1-M(x))^2, M(x) - o.g.f for Motzkin numbers (A001006). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 18 2010
a(n) = A133494(n+1). - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Jul 27 2011
2/3 + 3/3^2 + 2/3^3 + 3/3^4 + 2/3^5 + ... = 9/8. [Jolley, Summation of Series, Dover, 1961]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A207543(n,k)*4^(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 25 2012
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A125185(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 26 2012
Sum_{n > 0} Mobius(n)/a(n) = 0.181995386702633887827... (see A238271). - Alonso del Arte, Aug 09 2012. See also the sodium 3s orbital energy in table V of J. Chem. Phys. 53 (1970) 348.
a(n) = (tan(Pi/3))^(2*n). - Bernard Schott, May 06 2022
a(n-1) = binomial(2*n-1, n) + Sum_{k >= 1} binomial(2*n, n+3*k)*(-1)^k. - Greg Dresden, Oct 14 2022
G.f.: Sum_{k >= 0} x^k/(1-2*x)^(k+1). - Kevin Long, Mar 14 2023
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + 3*x + 9*x^2 + 27*x^3 + 81*x^4 + 243*x^5 + 729*x^6 + 2187*x^7 + ...
MAPLE
A000244 := n->3^n; [ seq(3^n, n=0..50) ];
A000244:=-1/(-1+3*z); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
MATHEMATICA
Table[3^n, {n, 0, 30}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 01 2006 *)
3^Range[0, 30] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 04 2014 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3}, {1}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - 3 x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
NestList[3#&, 1, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 20 2020 *)
PROG
(PARI) A000244(n) = 3^n \\ Michael B. Porter, Nov 03 2009
(Haskell)
a000244 = (3 ^) -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 14 2011
a000244_list = iterate (* 3) 1 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 04 2012
(Maxima) makelist(3^n, n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(Magma) [ 3^n : n in [0..30] ]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 04 2014
(Scala) val powersOf3: LazyList[BigInt] = LazyList.iterate(1: BigInt)(_ * 3)
(0 to 26).map(powersOf3(_)) // Alonso del Arte, May 03 2020
(Python)
def A000244(n): return 3**n # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 10 2022
CROSSREFS
Cf. A008776 (2*a(n), and first differences).
a(n) = A092477(n, 2) for n > 0.
a(n) = A159991(n) / A009964(n).
Cf. A100772, A035002. Row sums of A125076 and A153279.
a(n) = A217764(0, n).
Cf. A046816, A006521, A014945, A275414 (multisets).
The following are parallel families: A000079 (2^n), A004094 (2^n reversed), A028909 (2^n sorted up), A028910 (2^n sorted down), A036447 (double and reverse), A057615 (double and sort up), A263451 (double and sort down); A000244 (3^n), A004167 (3^n reversed), A321540 (3^n sorted up), A321539 (3^n sorted down), A163632 (triple and reverse), A321542 (triple and sort up), A321541 (triple and sort down).
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,easy,core
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A000051 a(n) = 2^n + 1.
(Formerly M0717 N0266)
+10
838
2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, 65, 129, 257, 513, 1025, 2049, 4097, 8193, 16385, 32769, 65537, 131073, 262145, 524289, 1048577, 2097153, 4194305, 8388609, 16777217, 33554433, 67108865, 134217729, 268435457, 536870913, 1073741825, 2147483649, 4294967297, 8589934593 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequence L(2,3).
Length of the continued fraction for Sum_{k=0..n} 1/3^(2^k). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 12 2003
See also A004119 for a(n) = 2a(n-1)-1 with first term = 1. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 20 2004
From the second term on (n>=1), in base 2, these numbers present the pattern 1000...0001 (with n-1 zeros), which is the "opposite" of the binary 2^n-2: (0)111...1110 (cf. A000918). - Alexandre Wajnberg, May 31 2005
Let A be the Hessenberg matrix of order n, defined by: A[1,j]=1, A[i,i]:=5, (i>1), A[i,i-1]=-1, and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n>=1, a(n-1)=(-1)^(n-1)* charpoly(A,3). - Milan Janjic, Jan 27 2010
First differences of A006127. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 14 2011
The odd prime numbers in this sequence form A019434, the Fermat primes. - David W. Wilson, Nov 16 2011
Pisano period lengths: 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 10, 2, 12, 3, 4, 1, 8, 6, 18, 4, ... . - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
Is the mentioned Pisano period lengths (see above) the same as A007733? - Omar E. Pol, Aug 10 2012
Only positive integers that are not 1 mod (2k+1) for any k>1. - Jon Perry, Oct 16 2012
For n >= 1, a(n) is the total length of the segments of the Hilbert curve after n iterations. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Mar 30 2014
Frénicle de Bessy (1657) proved that a(3) = 9 is the only square in this sequence. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 13 2014
a(n) is the number of distinct possible sums made with at most two elements in {1,...,a(n-1)} for n > 0. - Derek Orr, Dec 13 2014
For n > 0, given any set of a(n) lattice points in R^n, there exist 2 distinct members in this set whose midpoint is also a lattice point. - Melvin Peralta, Jan 28 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets, irredundant sets, and vertex covers in the (n+1)-star graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 04 and Sep 21 2017
Also the number of maximum matchings in the 2(n-1)-crossed prism graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 31 2017
Conjecture: For any integer n >= 0, a(n) is the permanent of the (n+1) X (n+1) matrix with M(j, k) = -floor((j - k - 1)/(n + 1)). This conjecture is inspired by the conjecture of Zhi-Wei Sun in A036968. - Peter Luschny, Sep 07 2021
REFERENCES
Paul Bachmann, Niedere Zahlentheorie (1902, 1910), reprinted Chelsea, NY, 1968, vol. 2, p. 75.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
E. R. Berlekamp, A contribution to mathematical psychometrics, Unpublished Bell Labs Memorandum, Feb 08 1968 [Annotated scanned copy]
Bakir Farhi, Summation of Certain Infinite Lucas-Related Series, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 22 (2019), Article 19.1.6.
Massimiliano Fasi and Gian Maria Negri Porzio, Determinants of Normalized Bohemian Upper Hessemberg Matrices, University of Manchester (England, 2019).
Bartomeu Fiol, Jairo Martínez-Montoya, and Alan Rios Fukelman, The planar limit of N=2 superconformal field theories, arXiv:2003.02879 [hep-th], 2020.
Bernard Frénicle de Bessy, Solutio duorum problematum circa numeros cubos et quadratos, (1657). Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.
Edouard Lucas, The Theory of Simply Periodic Numerical Functions, Fibonacci Association, 1969. English translation of article "Théorie des Fonctions Numériques Simplement Périodiques, I", Amer. J. Math., 1 (1878), 184-240.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, On the generalized sums of Mersenne, Fermat, Cullen and Woodall Numbers, Politecnico di Torino (Italy, 2019).
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Composition Operations of Generalized Entropies Applied to the Study of Numbers, International Journal of Sciences (2019) Vol. 8, No. 4, 87-92.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Some Groupoids and their Representations by Means of Integer Sequences, International Journal of Sciences (2019) Vol. 8, No. 10.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Crossed Prism Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cunningham Number.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fermat-Lucas Number.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hilbert curve.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Independent Vertex Set.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Irredundant Set.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Matching Number.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Maximum Independent Edge Set.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Rudin-Shapiro Sequence.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Star Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex Cover.
FORMULA
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 1 = 3*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2).
G.f.: (2-3*x)/((1-x)*(1-2*x)).
First differences of A052944. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 04 2004
a(0) = 1, then a(n) = (Sum_{i=0..n-1} a(i)) - (n-2). - Gerald McGarvey, Jul 10 2004
Inverse binomial transform of A007689. Also, V sequence in Lucas sequence L(3, 2). - Ross La Haye, Feb 07 2005
a(n) = A127904(n+1) for n>0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 05 2007
Equals binomial transform of [2, 1, 1, 1, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 23 2008
a(n) = A000079(n)+1. - Omar E. Pol, May 18 2008
E.g.f.: exp(x) + exp(2*x). - Mohammad K. Azarian, Jan 02 2009
a(n) = A024036(n)/A000225(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 14 2009
From Peter Luschny, Apr 20 2009: (Start)
A weighted binomial sum of the Bernoulli numbers A027641/A027642 with A027641(1)=1 (which amounts to the definition B_{n} = B_{n}(1)).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} C(n,k)*B_{n-k}*2^(k+1)/(k+1). (See also A052584.) (End)
a(n) is the a(n-1)-th odd number for n >= 1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Apr 25 2009
From Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2010: (Start)
a(n)*A000225(n) = A000225(2*n).
a(n) = A173786(n,0). (End)
If p[i]=Fibonacci(i-4) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,j]=p[j-i+1], (i<=j), A[i,j]=-1, (i=j+1), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise, then, for n>=1, a(n-1)= det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
a(n+2) = a(n) + a(n+1) + A000225(n). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Jun 24 2012
a(A006521(n)) mod A006521(n) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 17 2014
a(n) = 3*A007583((n-1)/2) for n odd. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 17 2017
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = A323482. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 11 2020
MAPLE
A000051:=-(-2+3*z)/(2*z-1)/(z-1); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a := n -> add(binomial(n, k)*bernoulli(n-k, 1)*2^(k+1)/(k+1), k=0..n); # Peter Luschny, Apr 20 2009
MATHEMATICA
Table[2^n + 1, {n, 0, 33}]
2^Range[0, 20] + 1 (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 17 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -2}, {2, 3}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=2^n+1
(PARI) first(n) = Vec((2 - 3*x)/((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)) + O(x^n)) \\ Iain Fox, Dec 31 2017
(Haskell)
a000051 = (+ 1) . a000079
a000051_list = iterate ((subtract 1) . (* 2)) 2
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 03 2012
(Python)
def A000051(n): return (1<<n)|1 if n else 2 # Chai Wah Wu, Dec 21 2022
CROSSREFS
Apart from the initial 1, identical to A094373.
See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Column 2 of array A103438.
Cf. A007583 (a((n-1)/2)/3 for odd n).
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A000129 Pell numbers: a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1; for n > 1, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2).
(Formerly M1413 N0552)
+10
760
0, 1, 2, 5, 12, 29, 70, 169, 408, 985, 2378, 5741, 13860, 33461, 80782, 195025, 470832, 1136689, 2744210, 6625109, 15994428, 38613965, 93222358, 225058681, 543339720, 1311738121, 3166815962, 7645370045, 18457556052, 44560482149, 107578520350, 259717522849 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Sometimes also called lambda numbers.
Also denominators of continued fraction convergents to sqrt(2): 1, 3/2, 7/5, 17/12, 41/29, 99/70, 239/169, 577/408, 1393/985, 3363/2378, 8119/5741, 19601/13860, 47321/33461, 114243/80782, ... = A001333/A000129.
Number of lattice paths from (0,0) to the line x=n-1 consisting of U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H=(2,0) steps (i.e., left factors of Grand Schroeder paths); for example, a(3)=5, counting the paths H, UD, UU, DU and DD. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 27 2002
a(2*n) with b(2*n) := A001333(2*n), n >= 1, give all (positive integer) solutions to Pell equation b^2 - 2*a^2 = +1 (see Emerson reference). a(2*n+1) with b(2*n+1) := A001333(2*n+1), n >= 0, give all (positive integer) solutions to Pell equation b^2 - 2*a^2 = -1.
Bisection: a(2*n+1) = T(2*n+1, sqrt(2))/sqrt(2) = A001653(n), n >= 0 and a(2*n) = 2*S(n-1,6) = 2*A001109(n), n >= 0, with T(n,x), resp. S(n,x), Chebyshev's polynomials of the first, resp. second kind. S(-1,x)=0. See A053120, resp. A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 10 2003
Consider the mapping f(a/b) = (a + 2b)/(a + b). Taking a = b = 1 to start with and carrying out this mapping repeatedly on each new (reduced) rational number gives the following sequence 1/1, 3/2, 7/5, 17/12, 41/29, ... converging to 2^(1/2). Sequence contains the denominators. - Amarnath Murthy, Mar 22 2003
This is also the Horadam sequence (0,1,1,2). Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/a(n-1) = sqrt(2) + 1 = A014176. - Ross La Haye, Aug 18 2003
Number of 132-avoiding two-stack sortable permutations.
From Herbert Kociemba, Jun 02 2004: (Start)
For n > 0, the number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)) such that 0 < s(i) < 4 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| <= 1 for i = 1,2,...,n, s(0) = 2, s(n) = 3.
Number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)) such that 0 < s(i) < 4 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| <= 1 for i = 1,2,...,n, s(0) = 1, s(n) = 2. (End)
Counts walks of length n from a vertex of a triangle to another vertex to which a loop has been added. - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jul 23 2004
Apart from initial terms, Pisot sequence P(2,5). See A008776 for definition of Pisot sequences. - David W. Wilson
Sums of antidiagonals of A038207 [Pascal's triangle squared]. - Ross La Haye, Oct 28 2004
The Pell primality test is "If N is an odd prime, then P(N)-Kronecker(2,N) is divisible by N". "Most" composite numbers fail this test, so it makes a useful pseudoprimality test. The odd composite numbers which are Pell pseudoprimes (i.e., that pass the above test) are in A099011. - Jack Brennen, Nov 13 2004
a(n) = sum of n-th row of triangle in A008288 = A094706(n) + A000079(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 03 2004
Pell trapezoids (cf. A084158); for n > 0, A001109(n) = (a(n-1) + a(n+1))*a(n)/2; e.g., 1189 = (12+70)*29/2. - Charlie Marion, Apr 01 2006
(0!a(1), 1!a(2), 2!a(3), 3!a(4), ...) and (1,-2,-2,0,0,0,...) form a reciprocal pair under the list partition transform and associated operations described in A133314. - Tom Copeland, Oct 29 2007
Let C = (sqrt(2)+1) = 2.414213562..., then for n > 1, C^n = a(n)*(1/C) + a(n+1). Example: C^3 = 14.0710678... = 5*(0.414213562...) + 12. Let X = the 2 X 2 matrix [0, 1; 1, 2]; then X^n * [1, 0] = [a(n-1), a(n); a(n), a(n+1)]. a(n) = numerator of n-th convergent to (sqrt(2)-1) = 0.414213562... = [2, 2, 2, ...], the convergents being [1/2, 2/5, 5/12, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 21 2007
A = sqrt(2) = 2/2 + 2/5 + 2/(5*29) + 2/(29*169) + 2/(169*985) + ...; B = ((5/2) - sqrt(2)) = 2/2 + 2/(2*12) + 2/(12*70) + 2/(70*408) + 2/(408*2378) + ...; A+B = 5/2. C = 1/2 = 2/(1*5) + 2/(2*12) + 2/(5*29) + 2/(12*70) + 2/(29*169) + ... - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 16 2008
From Clark Kimberling, Aug 27 2008: (Start)
Related convergents (numerator/denominator):
lower principal convergents: A002315/A001653
upper principal convergents: A001541/A001542
intermediate convergents: A052542/A001333
lower intermediate convergents: A005319/A001541
upper intermediate convergents: A075870/A002315
principal and intermediate convergents: A143607/A002965
lower principal and intermediate convergents: A143608/A079496
upper principal and intermediate convergents: A143609/A084068. (End)
Equals row sums of triangle A143808 starting with offset 1. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 01 2008
Binomial transform of the sequence:= 0,1,0,2,0,4,0,8,0,16,..., powers of 2 alternating with zeros. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 28 2008
a(n) is also the sum of the n-th row of the triangle formed by starting with the top two rows of Pascal's triangle and then each next row has a 1 at both ends and the interior values are the sum of the three numbers in the triangle above that position. - Patrick Costello (pat.costello(AT)eku.edu), Dec 07 2008
Starting with offset 1 = eigensequence of triangle A135387 (an infinite lower triangular matrix with (2,2,2,...) in the main diagonal and (1,1,1,...) in the subdiagonal). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2008
Starting with offset 1 = row sums of triangle A153345. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 24 2008
From Charlie Marion, Jan 07 2009: (Start)
In general, denominators, a(k,n) and numerators, b(k,n), of continued fraction convergents to sqrt((k+1)/k) may be found as follows:
let a(k,0) = 1, a(k,1) = 2k; for n > 0, a(k,2n) = 2*a(k,2n-1) + a(k,2n-2)
and a(k,2n+1) = (2k)*a(k,2n) + a(k,2n-1);
let b(k,0) = 1, b(k,1) = 2k+1; for n > 0, b(k,2n) = 2*b(k,2n-1) + b(k,2n-2)
and b(k,2n+1) = (2k)*b(k,2n) + b(k,2n-1).
For example, the convergents to sqrt(2/1) start 1/1, 3/2, 7/5, 17/12, 41/29.
In general, if a(k,n) and b(k,n) are the denominators and numerators, respectively, of continued fraction convergents to sqrt((k+1)/k) as defined above, then
k*a(k,2n)^2 - a(k,2n-1)*a(k,2n+1) = k = k*a(k,2n-2)*a(k,2n) - a(k,2n-1)^2 and
b(k,2n-1)*b(k,2n+1) - k*b(k,2n)^2 = k+1 = b(k,2n-1)^2 - k*b(k,2n-2)*b(k,2n);
for example, if k=1 and n=3, then a(1,n) = a(n+1) and
1*a(1,6)^2 - a(1,5)*a(1,7) = 1*169^2 - 70*408 = 1;
1*a(1,4)*a(1,6) - a(1,5)^2 = 1*29*169 - 70^2 = 1;
b(1,5)*b(1,7) - 1*b(1,6)^2 = 99*577 - 1*239^2 = 2;
b(1,5)^2 - 1*b(1,4)*b(1,6) = 99^2 - 1*41*239 = 2.
(End)
Starting with offset 1 = row sums of triangle A155002, equivalent to the statement that the Fibonacci sequence convolved with the Pell sequence prefaced with a "1": (1, 1, 2, 5, 12, 29, ...) = (1, 2, 5, 12, 29, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 18 2009
It appears that P(p) == 8^((p-1)/2) (mod p), p = prime; analogous to [Schroeder, p. 90]: Fp == 5^((p-1)/2) (mod p). Example: Given P(11) = 5741, == 8^5 (mod 11). Given P(17) = 11336689, == 8^8 (mod 17) since 17 divides (8^8 - P(17)). - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 21 2009
Equals eigensequence of triangle A154325. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 12 2009
Another combinatorial interpretation of a(n-1) arises from a simple tiling scenario. Namely, a(n-1) gives the number of ways of tiling a 1 X n rectangle with indistinguishable 1 X 2 rectangles and 1 X 1 squares that come in two varieties, say, A and B. For example, with C representing the 1 X 2 rectangle, we obtain a(4)=12 from AAA, AAB, ABA, BAA, ABB, BAB, BBA, BBB, AC, BC, CA and CB. - Martin Griffiths, Apr 25 2009
a(n+1) = 2*a(n) + a(n-1), a(1)=1, a(2)=2 was used by Theon from Smyrna. - Sture Sjöstedt, May 29 2009
The n-th Pell number counts the perfect matchings of the edge-labeled graph C_2 x P_(n-1), or equivalently, the number of domino tilings of a 2 X (n-1) cylindrical grid. - Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Jul 04 2009
As a fraction: 1/79 = 0.0126582278481... or 1/9799 = 0.000102051229...(1/119 and 1/10199 for sequence in reverse). - Mark Dols, May 18 2010
Limit_{n->oo} (a(n)/a(n-1) - a(n-1)/a(n)) tends to 2.0. Example: a(7)/a(6) - a(6)/a(7) = 169/70 - 70/169 = 2.0000845... - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 16 2010
Numbers k such that 2*k^2 +- 1 is a square. - Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 18 2010
Starting (1, 2, 5, ...) = INVERTi transform of A006190: (1, 3, 10, 33, 109, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 06 2010
[u,v] = [a(n), a(n-1)] generates all Pythagorean triples [u^2-v^2, 2uv, u^2+v^2] whose legs differ by 1. - James R. Buddenhagen, Aug 14 2010
An elephant sequence, see A175654. For the corner squares six A[5] vectors, with decimal values between 21 and 336, lead to this sequence (without the leading 0). For the central square these vectors lead to the companion sequence A078057. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 15 2010
Let the 2 X 2 square matrix A=[2, 1; 1, 0] then a(n) = the (1,1) element of A^(n-1). - Carmine Suriano, Jan 14 2011
Define a t-circle to be a first-quadrant circle tangent to the x- and y-axes. Such a circle has coordinates equal to its radius. Let C(0) be the t-circle with radius 1. Then for n > 0, define C(n) to be the next larger t-circle which is tangent to C(n - 1). C(n) has radius A001333(2n) + a(2n)*sqrt(2) and each of the coordinates of its point of intersection with C(n + 1) is a(2n + 1) + (A001333(2n + 1)*sqrt(2))/2. See similar Comments for A001109 and A001653, Sep 14 2005. - Charlie Marion, Jan 18 2012
A001333 and A000129 give the diagonal numbers described by Theon from Smyrna. - Sture Sjöstedt, Oct 20 2012
Pell numbers could also be called "silver Fibonacci numbers", since, for n >= 1, F(n+1) = ceiling(phi*F(n)), if n is even and F(n+1) = floor(phi*F(n)), if n is odd, where phi is the golden ratio, while a(n+1) = ceiling(delta*a(n)), if n is even and a(n+1) = floor(delta*a(n)), if n is odd, where delta = delta_S = 1+sqrt(2) is the silver ratio. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 22 2013
a(n) is the number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n-1 into two sorts of 1's and one sort of 2's. Example: the a(3)=5 compositions of 3-1=2 are 1+1, 1+1', 1'+1, 1'+1', and 2. - Bob Selcoe, Jun 21 2013
Between every two consecutive squares of a 1 X n array there is a flap that can be folded over one of the two squares. Two flaps can be lowered over the same square in 2 ways, depending on which one is on top. The n-th Pell number counts the ways n-1 flaps can be lowered. For example, a sideway representation for the case n = 3 squares and 2 flaps is \\., .//, \./, ./_., ._\., where . is an empty square. - Jean M. Morales, Sep 18 2013
Define a(-n) to be a(n) for n odd and -a(n) for n even. Then a(n) = A005319(k)*(a(n-2k+1) - a(n-2k)) + a(n-4k) = A075870(k)*(a(n-2k+2) - a(n-2k+1)) - a(n-4k+2). - Charlie Marion, Nov 26 2013
An alternative formulation of the combinatorial tiling interpretation listed above: Except for n=0, a(n-1) is the number of ways of partial tiling a 1 X n board with 1 X 1 squares and 1 X 2 dominoes. - Matthew Lehman, Dec 25 2013
Define a(-n) to be a(n) for n odd and -a(n) for n even. Then a(n) = A077444(k)*a(n-2k+1) + a(n-4k+2). This formula generalizes the formula used to define this sequence. - Charlie Marion, Jan 30 2014
a(n-1) is the top left entry of the n-th power of any of the 3 X 3 matrices [0, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1; 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1; 0, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1] or [0, 0, 1; 1, 1, 1; 1, 1, 1]. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 03 2014
a(n+1) counts closed walks on K2 containing two loops on the other vertex. Equivalently the (1,1) entry of A^(n+1) where the adjacency matrix of digraph is A=(0,1;1,2). - David Neil McGrath, Oct 28 2014
For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of ternary words of length n-1 avoiding runs of zeros of odd lengths. - Milan Janjic, Jan 28 2015
This is a divisibility sequence (i.e., if n|m then a(n)|a(m)). - Tom Edgar, Jan 28 2015
A strong divisibility sequence, that is, gcd(a(n), a(m)) = a(gcd(n, m)) for all positive integers n and m. - Michael Somos, Jan 03 2017
a(n) is the number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n-1 into two kinds of parts, n and n', when the order of the 1 does not matter, or equivalently, when the order of the 1' does not matter. Example: When the order of the 1 does not matter, the a(3)=5 compositions of 3-1=2 are 1+1, 1+1'=1+1, 1'+1', 2 and 2'. (Contrast with entry from Bob Selcoe dated Jun 21 2013.) - Gregory L. Simay, Sep 07 2017
Number of weak orderings R on {1,...,n} that are weakly single-peaked w.r.t. the total ordering 1 < ... < n and for which {1,...,n} has exactly one minimal element for the weak ordering R. - J. Devillet, Sep 28 2017
Also the number of matchings in the (n-1)-centipede graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 30 2017
Let A(r,n) be the total number of ordered arrangements of an n+r tiling of r red squares and white tiles of total length n, where the individual tile lengths can range from 1 to n. A(r,0) corresponds to a tiling of r red squares only, and so A(r,0)=1. Let A_1(r,n) = Sum_{j=0..n} A(r,j) and let A_s(r,n) = Sum_{j=0..n} A_(s-1)(r,j). Then A_0(1,n) + A_2(3,n-4) + A_4(5,n-8) + ... + A_(2j) (2j+1, n-4j) = a(n) without the initial 0. - Gregory L. Simay, May 25 2018
(1, 2, 5, 12, 29, ...) is the fourth INVERT transform of (1, -2, 5, -12, 29, ...), as shown in A073133. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 17 2019
Number of 2-compositions of n restricted to odd parts (and allowed zeros); see Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 17 2020
Also called the 2-metallonacci sequence; the g.f. 1/(1-k*x-x^2) gives the k-metallonacci sequence. - Michael A. Allen, Jan 23 2023
Named by Lucas (1878) after the English mathematician John Pell (1611-1685). - Amiram Eldar, Oct 02 2023
a(n) is the number of compositions of n when there are F(i) parts of size i, with i,n >= 1, F(n) the Fibonacci numbers, A000045(n) (see example below). - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 15 2023
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FORMULA
G.f.: x/(1 - 2*x - x^2). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
a(2n+1)=A001653(n). a(2n)=A001542(n). - _Ira Gessel_, Sep 27 2002
G.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} x^(n+1) *( Product_{k = 1..n} (2*k + x)/(1 + 2*k*x) ) = Sum_{n >= 0} x^(n+1) *( Product_{k = 1..n} (x + 1 + k)/(1 + k*x) ) = Sum_{n >= 0} x^(n+1) *( Product_{k = 1..n} (x + 3 - k)/(1 - k*x) ) may all be proved using telescoping series. - Peter Bala, Jan 04 2015
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2), a(0)=0, a(1)=1.
a(n) = ((1 + sqrt(2))^n - (1 - sqrt(2))^n)/(2*sqrt(2)).
For initial values a(0) and a(1), a(n) = ((a(0)*sqrt(2)+a(1)-a(0))*(1+sqrt(2))^n + (a(0)*sqrt(2)-a(1)+a(0))*(1-sqrt(2))^n)/(2*sqrt(2)). - Shahreer Al Hossain, Aug 18 2019
a(n) = integer nearest a(n-1)/(sqrt(2) - 1), where a(0) = 1. - Clark Kimberling
a(n) = Sum_{i, j, k >= 0: i+j+2k = n} (i+j+k)!/(i!*j!*k!).
a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a(2n+1) (1999 Putnam examination).
a(2n) = 2*a(n)*A001333(n). - John McNamara, Oct 30 2002
a(n) = ((-i)^(n-1))*S(n-1, 2*i), with S(n, x) := U(n, x/2) Chebyshev's polynomials of the second kind. See A049310. S(-1, x)=0, S(-2, x)= -1.
Binomial transform of expansion of sinh(sqrt(2)x)/sqrt(2). E.g.f.: exp(x)sinh(sqrt(2)x)/sqrt(2). - Paul Barry, May 09 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n, 2k+1)*2^k. - Paul Barry, May 13 2003
a(n-2) + a(n) = (1 + sqrt(2))^(n-1) + (1 - sqrt(2))^(n-1) = A002203(n-1). (A002203(n))^2 - 8(a(n))^2 = 4(-1)^n. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 15 2003
Unreduced g.f.: x(1+x)/(1 - x - 3x^2 - x^3); a(n) = a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) + a(n-2). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jul 23 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n-k, k)*2^(n-2k). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jul 23 2004
Apart from initial terms, inverse binomial transform of A052955. - Paul Barry, May 23 2004
a(n)^2 + a(n+2k+1)^2 = A001653(k)*A001653(n+k); e.g., 5^2 + 70^2 = 5*985. - Charlie Marion Aug 03 2005
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial((n+k)/2, (n-k)/2)*(1+(-1)^(n-k))*2^k/2. - Paul Barry, Aug 28 2005
a(n) = a(n-1) + A001333(n-1) = A001333(n) - a(n-1) = A001109(n)/A001333(n) = sqrt(A001110(n)/A001333(n)^2) = ceiling(sqrt(A001108(n)/2)). - Henry Bottomley, Apr 18 2000
a(n) = F(n, 2), the n-th Fibonacci polynomial evaluated at x=2. - T. D. Noe, Jan 19 2006
Define c(2n) = -A001108(n), c(2n+1) = -A001108(n+1) and d(2n) = d(2n+1) = A001652(n); then ((-1)^n)*(c(n) + d(n)) = a(n). [Proof given by Max Alekseyev.] - Creighton Dement, Jul 21 2005
a(r+s) = a(r)*a(s+1) + a(r-1)*a(s). - Lekraj Beedassy, Sep 03 2006
a(n) = (b(n+1) + b(n-1))/n where {b(n)} is the sequence A006645. - Sergio Falcon, Nov 22 2006
From Miklos Kristof, Mar 19 2007: (Start)
Let F(n) = a(n) = Pell numbers, L(n) = A002203 = companion Pell numbers (A002203):
For a >= b and odd b, F(a+b) + F(a-b) = L(a)*F(b).
For a >= b and even b, F(a+b) + F(a-b) = F(a)*L(b).
For a >= b and odd b, F(a+b) - F(a-b) = F(a)*L(b).
For a >= b and even b, F(a+b) - F(a-b) = L(a)*F(b).
F(n+m) + (-1)^m*F(n-m) = F(n)*L(m).
F(n+m) - (-1)^m*F(n-m) = L(n)*F(m).
F(n+m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) + (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = F(n)*L(m)*L(k).
F(n+m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) + (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = L(n)*L(m)*F(k).
F(n+m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) - (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = L(n)*F(m)*L(k).
F(n+m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) - (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = 8*F(n)*F(m)*F(k). (End)
a(n+1)*a(n) = 2*Sum_{k=0..n} a(k)^2 (a similar relation holds for A001333). - Creighton Dement, Aug 28 2007
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+1,2k+1) * 2^k = Sum_{k=0..n} A034867(n,k) * 2^k = (1/n!) * Sum_{k=0..n} A131980(n,k) * 2^k. - Tom Copeland, Nov 30 2007
Equals row sums of unsigned triangle A133156. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 21 2008
a(n) (n >= 3) is the determinant of the (n-1) X (n-1) tridiagonal matrix with diagonal entries 2, superdiagonal entries 1 and subdiagonal entries -1. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 29 2008
a(n) = A000045(n) + Sum_{k=1..n-1} A000045(k)*a(n-k). - Roger L. Bagula and Gary W. Adamson, Sep 07 2008
From Hieronymus Fischer, Jan 02 2009: (Start)
fract((1+sqrt(2))^n) = (1/2)*(1 + (-1)^n) - (-1)^n*(1+sqrt(2))^(-n) = (1/2)*(1 + (-1)^n) - (1-sqrt(2))^n.
See A001622 for a general formula concerning the fractional parts of powers of numbers x > 1, which satisfy x - x^(-1) = floor(x).
a(n) = round((1+sqrt(2))^n/(2*sqrt(2))) for n > 0. (End) [last formula corrected by Josh Inman, Mar 05 2024]
a(n) = ((4+sqrt(18))*(1+sqrt(2))^n + (4-sqrt(18))*(1-sqrt(2))^n)/4 offset 0. - Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)gmail.com), Aug 08 2009
If p[i] = Fibonacci(i) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by A[i,j] = p[j-i+1] when i<=j, A[i,j]=-1 when i=j+1, and A[i,j]=0 otherwise, then, for n >= 1, a(n) = det A. - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - a(n-2) - a(n-3), n > 2. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 09 2010
From Charlie Marion, Apr 13 2011: (Start)
a(n) = 2*(a(2k-1) + a(2k))*a(n-2k) - a(n-4k).
a(n) = 2*(a(2k) + a(2k+1))*a(n-2k-1) + a(n-4k-2). (End)
G.f.: x/(1 - 2*x - x^2) = sqrt(2)*G(0)/4; G(k) = ((-1)^k) - 1/(((sqrt(2) + 1)^(2*k)) - x*((sqrt(2) + 1)^(2*k))/(x + ((sqrt(2) - 1)^(2*k + 1))/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 02 2011
In general, for n > k, a(n) = a(k+1)*a(n-k) + a(k)*a(n-k-1). See definition of Pell numbers and the formula for Sep 04 2008. - Charlie Marion, Jan 17 2012
Sum{n>=1} (-1)^(n-1)/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = sqrt(2) - 1. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 22 2013
From Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 24 2013: (Start)
(1) Expression a(n+1) via a(n): a(n+1) = a(n) + sqrt(2*a^2(n) + (-1)^n);
(2) a(n+1)^2 - a(n)*a(n+2) = (-1)^n;
(3) Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k-1)/(a(k)*a(k+1)) = a(n)/a(n+1);
(4) a(n)/a(n+1) = sqrt(2) - 1 + r(n), where |r(n)| < 1/(a(n+1)*a(n+2)). (End)
a(-n) = -(-1)^n * a(n). - Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013
G.f.: G(0)/(2+2*x) - 1/(1+x), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(2*k-1)/(x*(2*k+1) - 1/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 10 2013
G.f.: Q(0)*x/2, where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(4*k+2 + x)/( x*(4*k+4 + x) + 1/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 30 2013
a(n) = Sum_{r=0..n-1} Sum_{k=0..n-r-1} binomial(r+k,k)*binomial(k,n-k-r-1). - Peter Luschny, Nov 16 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=1,3,5,...<=n} C(n,k)*2^((k-1)/2). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 06 2014
a(2n) = 2*a(n)*(a(n-1) + a(n)). - John Blythe Dobson, Mar 08 2014
a(k*n) = a(k)*a(k*n-k+1) + a(k-1)*a(k*n-k). - Charlie Marion, Mar 27 2014
a(k*n) = 2*a(k)*(a(k*n-k)+a(k*n-k-1)) + (-1)^k*a(k*n-2k). - Charlie Marion, Mar 30 2014
a(n+1) = (1+sqrt(2))*a(n) + (1-sqrt(2))^n. - Art DuPre, Apr 04 2014
a(n+1) = (1-sqrt(2))*a(n) + (1+sqrt(2))^n. - Art DuPre, Apr 04 2014
a(n) = F(n) + Sum_{k=1..n} F(k)*a(n-k), n >= 0 where F(n) the Fibonacci numbers A000045. - Ralf Stephan, May 23 2014
a(n) = round(sqrt(a(2n) + a(2n-1)))/2. - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 22 2014
a(n) = Product_{k divides n} A008555(k). - Tom Edgar, Jan 28 2015
a(n+k)^2 - A002203(k)*a(n)*a(n+k) + (-1)^k*a(n)^2 = (-1)^n*a(k)^2. - Alexander Samokrutov, Aug 06 2015
a(n) = 2^(n-1)*hypergeom([1-n/2, (1-n)/2], [1-n], -1) for n >= 2. - Peter Luschny, Dec 17 2015
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*2^floor(k/2). - Tony Foster III, May 07 2017
a(n) = exp((i*Pi*n)/2)*sinh(n*arccosh(-i))/sqrt(2). - Peter Luschny, Mar 07 2018
From Rogério Serôdio, Mar 30 2018: (Start)
Some properties:
(1) a(n)^2 - a(n-2)^2 = 2*a(n-1)*(a(n) + a(n-2)) (see A005319);
(2) a(n-k)*a(n+k) = a(n)^2 + (-1)^(n+k+1)*a(k)^2;
(3) Sum_{k=2..n+1} a(k)*a(k-1) = a(n+1)^2 if n is odd, else a(n+1)^2 - 1 if n is even;
(4) a(n) - a(n-2*k+1) = (A077444(k) - 1)*a(n-2*k+1) + a(n-4*k+2);
(5) Sum_{k=n..n+9} a(k) = 41*A001333(n+5). (End)
From Kai Wang, Dec 30 2019: (Start)
a(m+r)*a(n+s) - a(m+s)*a(n+r) = -(-1)^(n+s)*a(m-n)*a(r-s).
a(m+r)*a(n+s) + a(m+s)*a(n+r) = (2*A002203(m+n+r+s) - (-1)^(n+s)*A002203(m-n)*A002203(r-s))/8.
A002203(m+r)*A002203(n+s) - A002203(m+s)*A002203(n+r) = (-1)^(n+s)*8*a(m-n)*a(r-s).
A002203(m+r)*A002203(n+s) - 8*a(m+s)*a(n+r) = (-1)^(n+s)*A002203(m-n)*A002203(r-s).
A002203(m+r)*A002203(n+s) + 8*a(m+s)*a(n+r) = 2*A002203(m+n+r+s)+ (-1)^(n+s)*8*a(m-n)*a(r-s). (End)
From Kai Wang, Jan 12 2020: (Start)
a(n)^2 - a(n+1)*a(n-1) = (-1)^(n-1).
a(n)^2 - a(n+r)*a(n-r) = (-1)^(n-r)*a(r)^2.
a(m)*a(n+1) - a(m+1)*a(n) = (-1)^n*a(m-n).
a(m-n) = (-1)^n (a(m)*A002203(n) - A002203(m)*a(n))/2.
a(m+n) = (a(m)*A002203(n) + A002203(m)*a(n))/2.
A002203(n)^2 - A002203(n+r)*A002203(n-r) = (-1)^(n-r-1)*8*a(r)^2.
A002203(m)*A002203(n+1) - A002203(m+1)*A002203(n) = (-1)^(n-1)*8*a(m-n).
A002203(m-n) = (-1)^(n)*(A002203(m)*A002203(n) - 8*a(m)*a(n) )/2.
A002203(m+n) = (A002203(m)*A002203(n) + 8*a(m)*a(n) )/2. (End)
From Kai Wang, Mar 03 2020: (Start)
Sum_{m>=1} arctan(2/a(2*m+1)) = arctan(1/2).
Sum_{m>=2} arctan(2/a(2*m+1)) = arctan(1/12).
In general, for n > 0,
Sum_{m>=n} arctan(2/a(2*m+1)) = arctan(1/a(2*n)). (End)
a(n) = (A001333(n+3*k) + (-1)^(k-1)*A001333(n-3*k)) / (20*A041085(k-1)) for any k>=1. - Paul Curtz, Jun 23 2021
Sum_{i=0..n} a(i)*J(n-i) = (a(n+1) + a(n) - J(n+2))/2 for J(n) = A001045(n). - Greg Dresden, Jan 05 2022
From Peter Bala, Aug 20 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(2*n) + 1/a(2*n)) = 1/2.
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/(a(2*n+1) - 1/a(2*n+1)) = 1/4. Both series telescope - see A075870 and A005319.
Product_{n >= 1} ( 1 + 2/a(2*n) ) = 1 + sqrt(2).
Product_{n >= 2} ( 1 - 2/a(2*n) ) = (1/3)*(1 + sqrt(2)). (End)
G.f. = 1/(1 - Sum_{k>=1} Fibonacci(k)*x^k). - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 17 2023
Sum_{n >=1} 1/a(n) = 1.84220304982752858079237158327980838... - R. J. Mathar, Feb 05 2024
a(n) = ((3^(n+1) + 1)^(n-1) mod (9^(n+1) - 2)) mod (3^(n+1) - 1). - Joseph M. Shunia, Jun 06 2024
EXAMPLE
G.f. = x + 2*x^2 + 5*x^3 + 12*x^4 + 29*x^5 + 70*x^6 + 169*x^7 + 408*x^8 + 985*x^9 + ...
From Enrique Navarrete, Dec 15 2023: (Start)
From the comment on compositions with Fibonacci number of parts, F(n), there are F(1)=1 type of 1, F(2)=1 type of 2, F(3)=2 types of 3, F(4)=3 types of 4, F(5)=5 types of 5 and F(6)=8 types of 6.
The following table gives the number of compositions of n=6 with Fibonacci number of parts:
Composition, number of such compositions, number of compositions of this type:
6, 1, 8;
5+1, 2, 10;
4+2, 2, 6;
3+3, 1, 4;
4+1+1, 3, 9;
3+2+1, 6, 12;
2+2+2, 1, 1;
3+1+1+1, 4, 8;
2+2+1+1, 6, 6;
2+1+1+1+1, 5, 5;
1+1+1+1+1+1, 1, 1;
for a total of a(6)=70 compositions of n=6. (End).
MAPLE
A000129 := proc(n) option remember; if n <=1 then n; else 2*procname(n-1)+procname(n-2); fi; end;
a:= n-> (<<2|1>, <1|0>>^n)[1, 2]: seq(a(n), n=0..40); # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 01 2008
A000129 := n -> `if`(n<2, n, 2^(n-1)*hypergeom([1-n/2, (1-n)/2], [1-n], -1)):
seq(simplify(A000129(n)), n=0..31); # Peter Luschny, Dec 17 2015
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[x/(1 - 2*x - x^2), {x, 0, 60}], x] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 08 2006 *)
Expand[Table[((1 + Sqrt[2])^n - (1 - Sqrt[2])^n)/(2Sqrt[2]), {n, 0, 30}]] (* Artur Jasinski, Dec 10 2006 *)
LinearRecurrence[{2, 1}, {0, 1}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 04 2012 *)
a[ n_] := With[ {s = Sqrt@2}, ((1 + s)^n - (1 - s)^n) / (2 s)] // Simplify; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
Table[Fibonacci[n, 2], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, May 08 2016 *)
Fibonacci[Range[0, 20], 2] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 30 2017 *)
a[ n_] := ChebyshevU[n - 1, I] / I^(n - 1); (* Michael Somos, Oct 30 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) default(realprecision, 2000); for (n=0, 4000, a=contfracpnqn(vector(n, i, 1+(i>1)))[2, 1]; if (a > 10^(10^3 - 6), break); write("b000129.txt", n, " ", a)); \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 12 2009
(PARI) {a(n) = imag( (1 + quadgen( 8))^n )}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 */
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, -(-1)^n, 1) * contfracpnqn( vector( abs(n), i, 1 + (i>1))) [2, 1]}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 */
(PARI) a(n)=([2, 1; 1, 0]^n)[2, 1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 04 2014
(PARI) {a(n) = polchebyshev(n-1, 2, I) / I^(n-1)}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 30 2021 */
(Sage) [lucas_number1(n, 2, -1) for n in range(30)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2009
(Haskell)
a000129 n = a000129_list !! n
a000129_list = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) a000129_list (map (2 *) $ tail a000129_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 05 2012, Feb 05 2011
(Maxima)
a[0]:0$
a[1]:1$
a[n]:=2*a[n-1]+a[n-2]$
A000129(n):=a[n]$
makelist(A000129(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 03 2012 */
(Maxima) makelist((%i)^(n-1)*ultraspherical(n-1, 1, -%i), n, 0, 24), expand; /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 07 2018 */
(Magma) [0] cat [n le 2 select n else 2*Self(n-1) + Self(n-2): n in [1..35]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 08 2015
(GAP) a := [0, 1];; for n in [3..10^3] do a[n] := 2 * a[n-1] + a[n-2]; od; A000129 := a; # Muniru A Asiru, Oct 16 2017
(Python)
from itertools import islice
def A000129_gen(): # generator of terms
a, b = 0, 1
yield from [a, b]
while True:
a, b = b, a+2*b
yield b
A000129_list = list(islice(A000129_gen(), 20)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 11 2022
CROSSREFS
Partial sums of A001333.
2nd row of A172236.
a(n) = A054456(n-1, 0), n>=1 (first column of triangle).
Cf. A175181 (Pisano periods), A214028 (Entry points), A214027 (number of zeros in a fundamental period).
A077985 is a signed version.
INVERT transform of Fibonacci numbers (A000045).
Cf. A038207.
The following sequences (and others) belong to the same family: A001333, A000129, A026150, A002605, A046717, A015518, A084057, A063727, A002533, A002532, A083098, A083099, A083100, A015519.
Cf. A048739.
Cf. A073133.
Cf. A041085.
Sequences with g.f. 1/(1-k*x-x^2) or x/(1-k*x-x^2): A000045 (k=1), this sequence (k=2), A006190 (k=3), A001076 (k=4), A052918 (k=5), A005668 (k=6), A054413 (k=7), A041025 (k=8), A099371 (k=9), A041041 (k=10), A049666 (k=11), A041061 (k=12), A140455 (k=13), A041085 (k=14), A154597 (k=15), A041113 (k=16), A178765 (k=17), A041145 (k=18), A243399 (k=19), A041181 (k=20).
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,core,cofr,nice,frac,changed
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A000302 Powers of 4: a(n) = 4^n.
(Formerly M3518 N1428)
+10
539
1, 4, 16, 64, 256, 1024, 4096, 16384, 65536, 262144, 1048576, 4194304, 16777216, 67108864, 268435456, 1073741824, 4294967296, 17179869184, 68719476736, 274877906944, 1099511627776, 4398046511104, 17592186044416, 70368744177664, 281474976710656 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 4), L(1, 4), P(1, 4), T(1, 4). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(4, 16), L(4, 16), P(4, 16), T(4, 16). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
The convolution square root of this sequence is A000984, the central binomial coefficients: C(2n,n). - T. D. Noe, Jun 11 2002
With P(n) being the number of integer partitions of n, p(i) as the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) as the number of different parts of the i-th partition of n, m(i, j) the multiplicity of the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, one has a(n) = Sum_{i = 1..P(n)} p(i)!/(Product_{j = 1..d(i)} m(i, j)!) * 2^(n-1). - Thomas Wieder, May 18 2005
Sums of rows of the triangle in A122366. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 30 2006
Hankel transform of A076035. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 28 2009
Equals the Catalan sequence: (1, 1, 2, 5, 14, ...), convolved with A032443: (1, 3, 11, 42, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 15 2009
Sum of coefficients of expansion of (1 + x + x^2 + x^3)^n.
a(n) is number of compositions of natural numbers into n parts less than 4. For example, a(2) = 16 since there are 16 compositions of natural numbers into 2 parts less than 4.
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 4-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Squares in A002984. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 28 2011
Row sums of Pascal's triangle using the rule that going left increases the value by a factor of k = 3. For example, the first three rows are {1}, {3, 1}, and {9, 6, 1}. Using this rule gives row sums as (k+1)^n. - Jon Perry, Oct 11 2012
First differences of A002450. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 20 2013
Sum of all peak heights in Dyck paths of semilength n+1. - David Scambler, Apr 22 2013
Powers of 4 exceed powers of 2 by A020522 which is the m-th oblong number A002378(m), m being the n-th Mersenne number A000225(n); hence, we may write, a(n) = A000079(n) + A002378(A000225(n)). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jan 17 2014
a(n) is equal to 1 plus the sum for 0 < k < 2^n of the numerators and denominators of the reduced fractions k/2^n. - J. M. Bergot, Jul 13 2015
Binomial transform of A000244. - Tony Foster III, Oct 01 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Oct 01 2016: (Start)
Number of nodes at level n regular 4-ary tree.
Partial sums of A002001. (End)
Satisfies Benford's law [Berger-Hill, 2011]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2017
Also the number of connected dominating sets in the (n+1)-barbell graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 29 2017
Side length of the cells at level n in a pyramid scheme where a square grid is decomposed into overlapping 2 X 2 blocks (cf. Kropatsch, 1985). - Felix Fröhlich, Jul 04 2019
a(n-1) is the number of 3-compositions of n; see Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 15 2020
REFERENCES
H. W. Gould, Combinatorial Identities, 1972, eq. (1.93), p. 12.
R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2nd. ed., 1994, eq. (5.39), p. 187.
D. Phulara and L. W. Shapiro, Descendants in ordered trees with a marked vertex, Congressus Numerantium, 205 (2011), 121-128.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
LINKS
Arno Berger and Theodore P. Hill, Benford's law strikes back: no simple explanation in sight for mathematical gem, The Mathematical Intelligencer 33.1 (2011): 85-91.
Isabel Cação, Helmuth R. Malonek, Maria Irene Falcão, and Graça Tomaz, Combinatorial Identities Associated with a Multidimensional Polynomial Sequence, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.7.4.
P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
G. Dresden and Y. Li, Periodic Weighted Sums of Binomial Coefficients, arXiv:2210.04322 [math.NT], 2022.
R. Duarte and A. G. de Oliveira, Short note on the convolution of binomial coefficients, arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2100 [math.CO], 2013 and J. Int. Seq. 16 (2013) #13.7.6.
Roudy El Haddad, Recurrent Sums and Partition Identities, arXiv:2101.09089 [math.NT], 2021.
Roudy El Haddad, A generalization of multiple zeta value. Part 1: Recurrent sums. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 28(2), 2022, 167-199, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2022.28.2.167-199.
Brian Hopkins and Stéphane Ouvry, Combinatorics of Multicompositions, arXiv:2008.04937 [math.CO], 2020.
Milan Janjić, Pascal Matrices and Restricted Words, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.5.2.
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Walter G. Kropatsch, A pyramid that grows by powers of 2, Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 3, No. 5 (1985), 315-322 [Subscription required].
Mircea Merca, A Note on Cosine Power Sums J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 15 (2012), Article 12.5.3.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Y. Puri and T. Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Robert Schneider, Partition zeta functions, Research in Number Theory, 2(1):9., 2016.
Paul K. Stockmeyer, The Pascal Rhombus and the Stealth Configuration, arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04404 [math.CO], 2015.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Barbell Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cantor Dust
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Connected Dominating Set
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton
FORMULA
a(n) = 4^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 4*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1-4*x).
E.g.f.: exp(4*x).
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(2k, k) * binomial(2(n - k), n - k). - Benoit Cloitre, Jan 26 2003 [See Graham et al., eq. (5.39), p. 187. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 16 2019]
1 = Sum_{n >= 1} 3/a(n) = 3/4 + 3/16 + 3/64 + 3/256 + 3/1024, ...; with partial sums: 3/4, 15/16, 63/64, 255/256, 1023/1024, ... - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 16 2003
a(n) = A001045(2*n) + A001045(2*n+1). - Paul Barry, Apr 27 2004
A000005(a(n)) = A005408(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2007
a(n) = Sum_{j = 0..n} 2^(n - j)*binomial(n + j, j). - Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Apr 06 2007
Hankel transform of A115967. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 22 2007
a(n) = 6*Stirling2(n+1, 4) + 6*Stirling2(n+1, 3) + 3*Stirling2(n+1, 2) + 1 = 2*Stirling2(2^n, 2^n - 1) + Stirling2(n+1, 2) + 1. - Ross La Haye, Jun 26 2008
a(n) = A159991(n)/A001024(n) = A047653(n) + A181765(n). A160700(a(n)) = A010685(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 02 2009
a(n) = A188915(A006127(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 14 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(2*n+1, k). - Mircea Merca, Jun 25 2011
Sum_{n >= 1} Mobius(n)/a(n) = 0.1710822479183... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 12 2012
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(2*k + x, k)*binomial(2*(n - k) - x, n - k) for every real number x. - Rui Duarte and António Guedes de Oliveira, Feb 16 2013
a(n) = 5*a(n - 1) - 4*a(n - 2). - Jean-Bernard François, Sep 12 2013
a(n) = (2*n+1) * binomial(2*n,n) * Sum_{j=0..n} (-1)^j/(2*j+1)*binomial(n,j). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 15 2013
a(n) = A000217(2^n - 1) + A000217(2^n). - J. M. Bergot, Dec 28 2014
a(n) = (2^n)^2 = A000079(n)^2. - Doug Bell, Jun 23 2015
a(n) = A002063(n)/3 - A004171(n). - Zhandos Mambetaliyev, Nov 19 2016
a(n) = (1/2) * Product_{k = 0..n} (1 + (2*n + 1)/(2*k + 1)). - Peter Bala, Mar 06 2018
a(n) = A001045(n+1)*A001045(n+2) + A001045(n)^2. - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, Aug 30 2019
a(n) = denominator(zeta_star({2}_(n + 1))/zeta(2*n + 2)) where zeta_star is the multiple zeta star values and ({2}_n) represents (2, ..., 2) where the multiplicity of 2 is n. - Roudy El Haddad, Feb 22 2022
a(n) = 1 + 3*Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(2*n, n+k)*(k|9), where (k|9) is the Jacobi symbol. - Greg Dresden, Oct 11 2022
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(2*n+1, 2*k) = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(2*n+1, 2*k+1). - Sela Fried, Mar 23 2023
MAPLE
A000302 := n->4^n;
for n from 0 to 10 do sum(2^(n-j)*binomial(n+j, j), j=0..n); od; # Peter C. Heinig (algorithms(AT)gmx.de), Apr 06 2007
A000302:=-1/(-1+4*z); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
MATHEMATICA
Table[4^n, {n, 0, 30}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 01 2006 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - 4 x), {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 29 2014 *)
NestList[4 # &, 1, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 26 2015 *)
4^Range[0, 30] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 29 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4}, {1}, 31] (* Robert A. Russell, Nov 08 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) A000302(n)=4^n \\ Michael B. Porter, Nov 06 2009
(Haskell)
a000302 = (4 ^)
a000302_list = iterate (* 4) 1 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 04 2012
(Maxima) A000302(n):=4^n$ makelist(A000302(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 24 2012 */
(Scala) (List.fill(20)(4: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)(_ * _) // Alonso del Arte, Jun 22 2019
(Python) print([4**n for n in range(25)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 04 2021
CROSSREFS
Cf. A024036, A052539, A032443, A000351 (Binomial transform).
Cf. A249307.
Cf. A083420.
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,nice,core
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Partially edited by Joerg Arndt, Mar 11 2010
STATUS
approved
A001906 F(2n) = bisection of Fibonacci sequence: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - a(n-2).
(Formerly M2741 N1101)
+10
425
0, 1, 3, 8, 21, 55, 144, 377, 987, 2584, 6765, 17711, 46368, 121393, 317811, 832040, 2178309, 5702887, 14930352, 39088169, 102334155, 267914296, 701408733, 1836311903, 4807526976, 12586269025, 32951280099, 86267571272, 225851433717, 591286729879, 1548008755920 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Apart from initial term, same as A088305.
Second column of array A102310 and of A028412.
Numbers k such that 5*k^2 + 4 is a square. - Gregory V. Richardson, Oct 13 2002
Apart from initial terms, also Pisot sequences E(3,8), P(3,8), T(3,8). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Binomial transform of A000045. - Paul Barry, Apr 11 2003
Number of walks of length 2n+1 in the path graph P_4 from one end to the other one. Example: a(2)=3 because in the path ABCD we have ABABCD, ABCBCD and ABCDCD. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 02 2004
Simplest example of a second-order recurrence with the sixth term a square.
Number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(2n)) such that 0 < s(i) < 5 and |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 for i = 1,2,...,2n, s(0) = 1, s(2n) = 3. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 11 2004
a(n) (for n > 0) is the smallest positive integer that cannot be created by summing at most n values chosen among the previous terms (with repeats allowed). - Andrew Weimholt, Jul 20 2004
All nonnegative integer solutions of Pell equation b(n)^2 - 5*a(n)^2 = +4 together with b(n) = A005248(n), n >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2004
a(n+1) is a Chebyshev transform of 3^n (A000244), where the sequence with g.f. G(x) is sent to the sequence with g.f. (1/(1+x^2))G(x/(1+x^2)). - Paul Barry, Oct 25 2004
a(n) is the number of distinct products of matrices A, B, C, in (A+B+C)^n where commutator [A,B] = 0 but C does not commute with A or B. - Paul D. Hanna and Max Alekseyev, Feb 01 2006
Number of binary words with exactly k-1 strictly increasing runs. Example: a(3)=F(6)=8 because we have 0|0,1|0,1|1,0|01,01|0,1|01,01|1 and 01|01. Column sums of A119900. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 23 2006
See Table 1 on page 411 of Lukovits and Janezic paper. - Parthasarathy Nambi, Aug 22 2006
Inverse: With phi = (sqrt(5) + 1)/2, log_phi((sqrt(5) a(n) + sqrt(5 a(n)^2 + 4))/2) = n. - David W. Cantrell (DWCantrell(AT)sigmaxi.net), Feb 19 2007
[1,3,8,21,55,144,...] is the Hankel transform of [1,1,4,17,75,339,1558,...](see A026378). - Philippe Deléham, Apr 13 2007
The Diophantine equation a(n) = m has a solution (for m >= 1) if and only if floor(arcsinh(sqrt(5)*m/2)/log(phi)) <> floor(arccosh(sqrt(5)*m/2)/log(phi)) where phi is the golden ratio. An equivalent condition is A130259(m) = A130260(m). - Hieronymus Fischer, May 25 2007
a(n+1) = AB^(n)(1), n >= 0, with compositions of Wythoff's complementary A(n):=A000201(n) and B(n)=A001950(n) sequences. See the W. Lang link under A135817 for the Wythoff representation of numbers (with A as 1 and B as 0 and the argument 1 omitted). E.g., 1=`1`, 3=`10`, 8=`100`, 21=`1000`, ..., in Wythoff code.
Equals row sums of triangles A140069, A140736 and A140737. - Gary W. Adamson, May 25 2008
a(n) is also the number of idempotent order-preserving partial transformations (of an n-element chain) of width n (width(alpha) = max(Im(alpha))). Equivalently, it is the number of idempotent order-preserving full transformations (of an n-element chain). - Abdullahi Umar, Sep 08 2008
a(n) is the number of ways that a string of 0,1 and 2 of size (n-1) can be arranged with no 12-pairs. - Udita Katugampola, Sep 24 2008
Starting with offset 1 = row sums of triangle A175011. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 03 2010
As a fraction: 1/71 = 0.01408450... or 1/9701 = 0.0001030821.... - Mark Dols, May 18 2010
Sum of the products of the elements in the compositions of n (example for n=3: the compositions are 1+1+1, 1+2, 2+1, and 3; a(3) = 1*1*1 + 1*2 + 2*1 + 3 = 8). - Dylon Hamilton, Jun 20 2010, Geoffrey Critzer, Joerg Arndt, Dec 06 2010
a(n) relates to regular polygons with even numbers of edges such that Product_{k=1..(n-2)/2} (1 + 4*cos^2 k*Pi/n) = even-indexed Fibonacci numbers with a(n) relating to the 2*n-gons. The constants as products = roots to even-indexed rows of triangle A152063. For example: a(5) = 55 satisfies the product formula relating to the 10-gon. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 15 2010
Alternatively, product of roots to x^4 - 12x^3 + 51x^2 - 90x + 55, (10th row of triangle A152063) = (4.618...)*(3.618...)*(2.381...)*(1.381...) = 55. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 15 2010
a(n) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are i different types of i, (i=1,2,...). - Milan Janjic, Aug 26 2010
Starting with "1" = row sums of triangle A180339, and eigensequence of triangle A137710. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 28 2010
a(2) = 3 is the only prime.
Number of nonisomorphic graded posets with 0 and uniform hasse graph of rank n > 0, with exactly 2 elements of each rank level above 0. (Uniform used in the sense of Retakh, Serconek, and Wilson. Graded used in Stanley's sense that every maximal chain has the same length n.) - David Nacin, Feb 13 2012
Pisano period lengths: 1, 3, 4, 3, 10, 12, 8, 6, 12, 30, 5, 12, 14, 24, 20, 12, 18, 12, 9, 30, ... - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
Solutions (x, y) = (a(n), a(n+1)) satisfying x^2 + y^2 = 3xy + 1. - Michel Lagneau, Feb 01 2014
For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 01-avoiding words of length n-1 on alphabet {0,1,2}. - Milan Janjic, Jan 25 2015
With a(0) = 0, for n > 1, a(n) is the smallest number not already in the sequence such that a(n)^2 - a(n-1)^2 is a Fibonacci number. - Derek Orr, Jun 08 2015
Let T be the tree generated by these rules: 0 is in T, and if p is in T, then p + 1 is in T and x*p is in T and y*p is in T. The n-th generation of T consists of A001906(n) polynomials, for n >= 0. - Clark Kimberling, Nov 24 2015
For n > 0, a(n) = exactly the maximum area of a quadrilateral with sides in order of lengths F(n), F(n), L(n), and L(n) with L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Jan 20 2016
a(n) = twice the area of a triangle with vertices at (L(n+1), L(n+2)), (F(n+1), F(n+1)), and (L(n+2), L(n+1)), with L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 20 2016
Except for the initial 0, this is the p-INVERT of (1,1,1,1,1,...) for p(S) = 1 - S - S^2; see A291000. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 24 2017
a(n+1) is the number of spanning trees of the graph T_n, where T_n is a sequence of n triangles, where adjacent triangles share an edge. - Kevin Long, May 07 2018
a(n) is the number of ways to partition [n] such that each block is a run of consecutive numbers, and each block has a fixed point, e.g., for n=3, 12|3 with 1 and 3 as fixed points is valid, but 13|2 is not valid as 1 and 3 do not form a run. Consequently, a(n) also counts the spanning trees of the graph given by taking a path with n vertices and adding another vertex adjacent to all of them. - Kevin Long, May 11 2018
From Wolfdieter Lang, May 31 2018: (Start)
The preceding comment can be paraphrased as follows. a(n) is the row sum of the array A305309 for n >= 1. The array A305309(n, k) gives the sum of the products of the block lengths of the set partition of [n] := {1, 2, ..., n} with A048996(n, k) blocks of consecutive numbers, corresponding to the compositions obtained from the k-th partition of n in Abramowitz-Stegun order. See the comments and examples at A305309.
{a(n)} also gives the infinite sequence of nonnegative numbers k for which k * ||k*phi|| < 1/sqrt(5), where the irrational number phi = A001622 (golden section), and ||x|| is the absolute value of the difference between x and the nearest integer. See, e.g., the Havil reference, pp. 171-172. (End)
This Chebyshev sequence a(n) = S(n-1, 3) (see a formula below) is related to the bisection of Fibonacci sequences {F(a,b;n)}_{n>=0} with input F(a,b;0) = a and F(a,b;1) = b, by F(a,b;2*k) = (a+b)*S(k-1, 3) - a*S(k-2, 3) and F(a,b;2*k+1) = b*S(k, 3) + (a-b)*S(k-1, 3), for k >= 0, and S(-2, 3) = -1. Proof via the o.g.f.s GFeven(a,b,t) = (a - t*(2*a-b))/(1 - 3*t + t^2) and GFodd(a,b,t) = (b + t*(a-b))/(1 - 3*t + t^2). The special case a = 0, b = 1 gives back F(2*k) = S(k-1, 3) = a(k). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 07 2019
a(n) is the number of tilings of two n X 1 rectangles joined orthogonally at a common end-square (so to have 2n-1 squares in a right-angle V shape) with only 1 X 1 and 2 X 1 tiles. This is a consequence of F(2n) = F(n+1)*F(n) + F(n)*F(n-1). - Nathaniel Gregg, Oct 10 2021
These are the denominators of the upper convergents to the golden ratio, tau; they are also the numerators of the lower convergents (viz. 1/1 < 3/2 < 8/5 < 21/13 < ... < tau < ... 13/8 < 5/3 < 2/1). - Clark Kimberling, Jan 02 2022
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FORMULA
G.f.: x / (1 - 3*x + x^2). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - a(n-2) = A000045(2*n).
a(n) = -a(-n).
a(n) = A060921(n-1, 0), n >= 1.
a(n) = sqrt((A005248(n)^2 - 4)/5).
a(n) = A007598(n) - A007598(n-2), n > 1.
a(n) = (ap^n - am^n)/(ap-am), with ap := (3+sqrt(5))/2, am := (3-sqrt(5))/2.
Invert transform of natural numbers: a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} k*a(n-k), a(0) = 1. - Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 27 2001
a(n) = S(n-1, 3) with S(n, x) = U(n, x/2) Chebyshev's polynomials of the 2nd kind, see A049310.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*F(k). - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 03 2002
Limit_{n->infinity} a(n)/a(n-1) = 1 + phi = (3 + sqrt(5))/2. This sequence includes all of the elements of A033888 combined with A033890.
a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=3, a(n)*a(n-2) + 1 = a(n-1)^2. - Benoit Cloitre, Dec 06 2002
a(n) = n + Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..k} a(i) = n + A054452(n). - Benoit Cloitre, Jan 26 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n+k-1, n-k). - Vladeta Jovovic, Mar 23 2003
E.g.f.: (2/sqrt(5))*exp(3*x/2)*sinh(sqrt(5)*x/2). - Paul Barry, Apr 11 2003
Second diagonal of array defined by T(i, 1) = T(1, j) = 1, T(i, j) = Max(T(i-1, j) + T(i-1, j-1); T(i-1, j-1) + T(i, j-1)). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 05 2003
a(n) = F(n)*L(n) = A000045(n)*A000032(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Nov 17 2003
F(2n+2) = 1, 3, 8, ... is the binomial transform of F(n+2). - Paul Barry, Apr 24 2004
Partial sums of A001519(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 11 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} binomial(2*n-1-i, i)*5^(n-i-1)*(-1)^i. - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jul 23 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+k, n-k-1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+k, 2k+1).
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n-k, k)*(-1)^k*3^(n-2*k). - Paul Barry, Oct 25 2004
a(n) = (n*L(n) - F(n))/5 = Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^n*L(2*n-2*k-1).
The i-th term of the sequence is the entry (1, 2) in the i-th power of the 2 X 2 matrix M = ((1, 1), (1, 2)). - Simone Severini, Oct 15 2005
Computation suggests that this sequence is the Hankel transform of A005807. The Hankel transform of {a(n)} is Det[{{a(1), ..., a(n)}, {a(2), ..., a(n+1)}, ..., {a(n), ..., a(2n-1)}}]. - John W. Layman, Jul 21 2000
a(n+1) = (A005248(n+1) - A001519(n))/2. - Creighton Dement, Aug 15 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{i=0..n} Sum_{j=0..n} binomial(n-i, j)*binomial(n-j, i). - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 20 2005
a(n) = (2/sqrt(5))*sinh(2*n*psi), where psi:=log(phi) and phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Hieronymus Fischer, Apr 24 2007
a(n) = ((phi+1)^n - A001519(n))/phi with phi=(1+sqrt(5))/2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 22 2007
Row sums of triangle A135871. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 02 2007
a(n)^2 = Sum_{k=1..n} a(2*k-1). This is a property of any sequence S(n) such that S(n) = B*S(n-1) - S(n-2) with S(0) = 0 and S(1) = 1 including {0,1,2,3,...} where B = 2. - Kenneth J Ramsey, Mar 23 2008
a(n) = 1/sqrt(5)*(phi^(2*n+2) - phi^(-2*n-2)), where phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2, the golden ratio. - Udita Katugampola (SIU), Sep 24 2008
If p[i] = i and if A is Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,j] = p[j-i+1], (i<=j), A[i,j] = -1, (i = j+1), and A[i,j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = det(A). - Milan Janjic, May 02 2010
If p[i] = Stirling2(i,2) and if A is the Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,j] = p[j-i+1], (i<=j), A[i,j] = -1, (i = j+1), and A[i,j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) = det(A). - Milan Janjic, May 08 2010
a(n) = F(2*n+10) mod F(2*n+5).
a(n) = 1 + a(n-1) + Sum_{i=1..n-1} a(i), with a(0)=0. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 19 2011
a(n) is equal to the permanent of the (n-1) X (n-1) Hessenberg matrix with 3's along the main diagonal, i's along the superdiagonal and the subdiagonal (i is the imaginary unit), and 0's everywhere else. - John M. Campbell, Jun 09 2011
a(n), n > 1 is equal to the determinant of an (n-x) X (n-1) tridiagonal matrix with 3's in the main diagonal, 1's in the super and subdiagonals, and the rest 0's. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 27 2011
a(n) = b such that Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} sin(n*x)/(3/2-cos(x)) dx = c + b*log(3). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 01 2011
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} A101950(n,k)*2^k. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 10 2012
G.f.: A(x) = x/(1-3*x+x^2) = G(0)/sqrt(5); where G(k)= 1 -(a^k)/(1 - b*x/(b*x - 2*(a^k)/G(k+1))), a = (7-3*sqrt(5))/2, b = 3+sqrt(5), if |x|<(3-sqrt(5))/2 = 0.3819660...; (continued fraction 3 kind, 3-step ). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 25 2012
a(n) = 2^n*b(n;1/2) = -b(n;-1), where b(n;d), n=0,1,...,d, denote the delta-Fibonacci numbers defined in comments to A000045 (see also Witula's et al. papers). - Roman Witula, Jul 12 2012
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = 1 + sqrt(5). - Peter Bala, Dec 23 2012
Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = (1/6)*(1 + sqrt(5)). - Peter Bala, Dec 23 2012
G.f.: x/(1-2*x) + x^2/(1-2*x)/(Q(0)-x) where Q(k) = 1 - x/(x*k+1)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Feb 23 2013
G.f.: G(0)/2 - 1, where G(k) = 1 + 1/( 1 - x/(x + (1-x)^2/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jul 16 2013
G.f.: x*G(0)/(2-3*x), where G(k) = 1 + 1/( 1 - x*(5*k-9)/(x*(5*k-4) - 6/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jul 17 2013
Sum_{n>=1} 1/(a(n) + 1/a(n)) = 1. Compare with A001519, A049660 and A049670. - Peter Bala, Nov 29 2013
a(n) = U(n-1,3/2) where U(n-1,x) is Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind. - Milan Janjic, Jan 25 2015
The o.g.f. A(x) satisfies A(x) + A(-x) + 6*A(x)*A(-x) = 0. The o.g.f. for A004187 equals -A(sqrt(x))*A(-sqrt(x)). - Peter Bala, Apr 02 2015
For n > 1, a(n) = (3*F(n+1)^2 + 2*F(n-2)*F(n+1) - F(n-2)^2)/4. - J. M. Bergot, Feb 16 2016
For n > 3, a(n) = floor(MA) - 4 for n even and floor(MA) + 5 for n odd. MA is the maximum area of a quadrilateral with lengths of sides in order L(n), L(n), F(n-3), F(n+3), with L(n)=A000032(n). The ratio of the longer diagonal to the shorter approaches 5/3. - J. M. Bergot, Feb 16 2016
a(n+1) = Sum_{j=0..n} Sum_{k=0..j} binomial(n-j,k)*binomial(j,k)*2^(j-k). - Tony Foster III, Sep 18 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..n-1} C(k+i,k-i). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 21 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..A000041(n)} A305309(n, k), n >= 1. Also row sums of triangle A078812.- Wolfdieter Lang, May 31 2018
a(n) = H(2*n, 1, 1/2) for n > 0 where H(n, a, b) -> hypergeom([a - n/2, b - n/2], [1 - n], -4). - Peter Luschny, Sep 03 2019
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = A153386. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 04 2020
a(n) = A249450(n) + 2. - Leo Tavares, Oct 10 2021
a(n) = -2/(sqrt(5)*tan(2*arctan(phi^(2*n)))), where phi = A001622 is the golden ratio. - Diego Rattaggi, Nov 21 2021
a(n) = sinh(2*n*arcsinh(1/2))/sqrt(5/4). - Peter Luschny, May 21 2022
EXAMPLE
G.f. = x + 3*x^2 + 8*x^3 + 21*x^4 + 55*x^5 + 144*x^6 + 377*x^7 + 987*x^8 + ...
a(3) = 8 because there are exactly 8 idempotent order-preserving full transformations on a 3-element chain, namely: (1,2,3)->(1,1,1),(1,2,3)->(2,2,2),(1,2,3)->(3,3,3),(1,2,3)->(1,1,3),(1,2,3)->(2,2,3),(1,2,3)->(1,2,2),(1,2,3)->(1,3,3),(1,2,3)->(1,2,3)-mappings are coordinate-wise. - Abdullahi Umar, Sep 08 2008
MAPLE
with(combstruct): SeqSeqSeqL := [T, {T=Sequence(S, card > 0), S=Sequence(U, card > 1), U=Sequence(Z, card >0)}, unlabeled]: seq(count(SeqSeqSeqL, size=n+1), n=0..28); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 04 2009
H := (n, a, b) -> hypergeom([a - n/2, b - n/2], [1 - n], -4):
a := n -> `if`(n = 0, 0, H(2*n, 1, 1/2)):
seq(simplify(a(n)), n=0..30); # Peter Luschny, Sep 03 2019
A001906 := proc(n)
combinat[fibonacci](2*n) ;
end proc:
seq(A001906(n), n=0..20) ; # R. J. Mathar, Jan 11 2024
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Fibonacci[2n]; Array[f, 28, 0] (* or *)
LinearRecurrence[{3, -1}, {0, 1}, 28] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 13 2011 *)
Take[Fibonacci[Range[0, 60]], {1, -1, 2}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 23 2012 *)
Table[ ChebyshevU[n-1, 3/2], {n, 0, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 25 2013, after Michael Somos *)
CoefficientList[Series[(x)/(1 - 3x + x^2), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 10 2014 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = fibonacci(2*n)}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 06 2002 */
(PARI) {a(n) = subst( poltchebi(n+1)*4 - poltchebi(n)*6, x, 3/2)/5}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 06 2002 */
(PARI) {a(n) = polchebyshev( n-1, 2, 3/2)}; /* Michael Somos Jun 18 2011 */
(PARI) Vec(x/(1-3*x+x^2)+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 24 2012
(Sage) [lucas_number1(n, 3, 1) for n in range(27)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 25 2008
(Sage) [fibonacci(2*n) for n in range(0, 28)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 15 2009
(MuPAD) numlib::fibonacci(2*n) $ n = 0..35; // Zerinvary Lajos, May 09 2008
(Haskell)
a001906 n = a001906_list !! n
a001906_list =
0 : 1 : zipWith (-) (map (* 3) $ tail a001906_list) a001906_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 03 2011
(Python)
def a(n, adict={0:0, 1:1}):
if n in adict:
return adict[n]
adict[n]=3*a(n-1) - a(n-2)
return adict[n] # David Nacin, Mar 04 2012
(Maxima) makelist(fib(2*n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 21 2012 */
(Magma) [Fibonacci(2*n): n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 10 2014
CROSSREFS
Fibonacci A000045 = union of this sequence and A001519.
Inverse sequences A130259 and A130260.
Cf. A249450.
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,nice,core
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A011557 Powers of 10: a(n) = 10^n. +10
383
1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000, 100000000, 1000000000, 10000000000, 100000000000, 1000000000000, 10000000000000, 100000000000000, 1000000000000000, 10000000000000000, 100000000000000000, 1000000000000000000 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 10), L(1, 10), P(1, 10), T(1, 10). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(10, 100), L(10, 100), P(10, 100), T(10, 100). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Same as k^n in base k. - Dominick Cancilla, Aug 02 2010 [Corrected by Jianing Song, Sep 17 2022]
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 10-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Smallest n+1 digit number greater than 0 (with offset 0). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jan 17 2014
Numbers with digit sum = 1, or, A007953(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 17 2014
Does not satisfy Benford's law. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 14 2017
REFERENCES
Philip Morrison et al., Powers of Ten, Scientific American Press, 1982 and later editions.
S. Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, Wolfram Media, 2002; p. 55.
LINKS
Kees Boeke, Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps (1957) [The original "powers of ten" book]
P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of Ten
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Y. Puri and T. Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Science, Optics and You, Secret Worlds: The Universe Within [Powers of Ten]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, 10
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Digitaddition
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Elementary Cellular Automaton
Wikipedia, Powers of Ten
FORMULA
a(n) = 10^n.
a(n) = 10*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1-10*x).
E.g.f.: exp(10*x).
A000005(a(n)) = A000290(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2007
a(n) = 60^n/6^n = A159991(n)/A000400(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 02 2009
a(n) = A178501(n+1); for n > 0: a(n) = A178500(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 28 2010
Sum_{n>0} 1/a(n) = 1/9 = A000012. - Stefano Spezia, Apr 28 2024
MAPLE
A011557:=n->10^n; seq(A011557(n), n=0..40); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jan 17 2014
MATHEMATICA
Table[10^n, {n, 0, 40}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 15 2011 *)
10^Range[0, 20] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 17 2023 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=10^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 15 2011
(Haskell)
a011557 = (10 ^)
a011557_list = iterate (* 10) 1
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 05 2013, Feb 05 2012
(Maxima) A011557(n):=10^n$ makelist(A011557(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(Python)
print([10**n for n in range(19)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Jan 10 2021
CROSSREFS
Cf. A178501: this sequence with 0 prefixed.
Row 5 of A329332.
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,nice
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Links to "Powers of Ten" books and videos added by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 07 2009
STATUS
approved
A000351 Powers of 5: a(n) = 5^n.
(Formerly M3937 N1620)
+10
309
1, 5, 25, 125, 625, 3125, 15625, 78125, 390625, 1953125, 9765625, 48828125, 244140625, 1220703125, 6103515625, 30517578125, 152587890625, 762939453125, 3814697265625, 19073486328125, 95367431640625, 476837158203125, 2384185791015625, 11920928955078125 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 5), L(1, 5), P(1, 5), T(1, 5). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(5, 25), L(5, 25), P(5, 25), T(5, 25). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
a(n) has leading digit 1 if and only if n = A067497 - 1. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 09 2002
With interpolated zeros 0, 1, 0, 5, 0, 25, ... (g.f.: x/(1 - 5*x^2)) second inverse binomial transform of Fibonacci(3n)/Fibonacci(3) (A001076). Binomial transform is A085449. - Paul Barry, Mar 14 2004
Sums of rows of the triangles in A013620 and A038220. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 14 2006
Sum of coefficients of expansion of (1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)^n. a(n) is number of compositions of natural numbers into n parts less than 5. a(2) = 25 there are 25 compositions of natural numbers into 2 parts less than 5. - Adi Dani, Jun 22 2011
The compositions of n in which each natural number is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 5-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 17 2011
Numbers n such that sigma(5n) = 5n + sigma(n). In fact we have this theorem: p is a prime if and only if all solutions of the equation sigma(p*x) = p*x + sigma(x) are powers of p. - Jahangeer Kholdi, Nov 23 2013
From Doug Bell, Jun 22 2015: (Start)
Empirical observation: Where n is an odd multiple of 3, let x = (a(n) + 1)/9 and let y be the decimal expansion of x/a(n); then y*(x+1)/x + 1 = y rotated to the left.
Example:
a(3) = 125;
x = (125 + 1)/9 = 14;
y = 112, which is the decimal expansion of 14/125 = 0.112;
112*(14 + 1)/14 + 1 = 121 = 112 rotated to the left.
(End)
a(n) is the number of n-digit integers that contain only odd digits (A014261). - Bernard Schott, Nov 12 2022
Number of pyramids in the Sierpinski fractal square-based pyramid at the n-th step, while A279511 gives the corresponding number of vertices (see IREM link with drawings). - Bernard Schott, Nov 29 2022
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
O. M. Cain, The Exceptional Selfcondensability of Powers of Five, arXiv:1910.13829 [math.HO], 2019.
Peter J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
IREM Paris-Nord, La pyramide de Sierpinski (in French).
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Yash Puri and Thomas Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Box Fractal
FORMULA
a(n) = 5^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 5*a(n-1) for n > 0.
G.f.: 1/(1 - 5*x).
E.g.f.: exp(5*x).
a(n) = A006495(n)^2 + A006496(n)^2.
a(n) = A159991(n) / A001021(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 02 2009
From Bernard Schott, Nov 12 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 5/4.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 5/6. (End)
MAPLE
[ seq(5^n, n=0..30) ];
A000351:=-1/(-1+5*z); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
MATHEMATICA
Table[5^n, {n, 0, 30}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 06 2006 *)
5^Range[0, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 22 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=5^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 10 2011
(Haskell)
a000351 = (5 ^)
a000351_list = iterate (* 5) 1 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 31 2012
(Maxima) makelist(5^n, n, 0, 20); /* Martin Ettl, Dec 27 2012 */
(Magma) [5^n : n in [0..30]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 27 2016
(Scala) (List.fill(50)(5: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)(_ * _) // Alonso del Arte, May 31 2019
(Python)
def a(n): return 5**n
print([a(n) for n in range(24)]) # Michael S. Branicky, Nov 12 2022
CROSSREFS
Cf. A009969 (even bisection), A013710 (odd bisection), A005054 (first differences), A003463 (partial sums).
Sierpinski fractal square-based pyramid: A020858 (Hausdorff dimension), A279511 (number of vertices), this sequence (number of pyramids).
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,nice
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A007283 a(n) = 3*2^n.
(Formerly M2561)
+10
239
3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, 768, 1536, 3072, 6144, 12288, 24576, 49152, 98304, 196608, 393216, 786432, 1572864, 3145728, 6291456, 12582912, 25165824, 50331648, 100663296, 201326592, 402653184, 805306368, 1610612736, 3221225472, 6442450944, 12884901888 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(3, 6), L(3, 6), P(3, 6), T(3, 6). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Numbers k such that A006530(A000010(k)) = A000010(A006530(k)) = 2. - Labos Elemer, May 07 2002
Also least number m such that 2^n is the smallest proper divisor of m which is also a suffix of m in binary representation, see A080940. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 25 2003
Length of the period of the sequence Fibonacci(k) (mod 2^(n+1)). - Benoit Cloitre, Mar 12 2003
The sequence of first differences is this sequence itself. - Alexandre Wajnberg and Eric Angelini, Sep 07 2005
Subsequence of A122132. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 21 2006
Apart from the first term, a subsequence of A124509. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 04 2006
Total number of Latin n-dimensional hypercubes (Latin polyhedra) of order 3. - Kenji Ohkuma (k-ookuma(AT)ipa.go.jp), Jan 10 2007
Number of different ternary hypercubes of dimension n. - Edwin Soedarmadji (edwin(AT)systems.caltech.edu), Dec 10 2005
For n >= 1, a(n) is equal to the number of functions f:{1, 2, ..., n + 1} -> {1, 2, 3} such that for fixed, different x_1, x_2,...,x_n in {1, 2, ..., n + 1} and fixed y_1, y_2,...,y_n in {1, 2, 3} we have f(x_i) <> y_i, (i = 1,2,...,n). - Milan Janjic, May 10 2007
a(n) written in base 2: 11, 110, 11000, 110000, ..., i.e.: 2 times 1, n times 0 (see A003953). - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 17 2009
Subsequence of A051916. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 20 2010
Numbers containing the number 3 in their Collatz trajectories. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 20 2012
a(n-1) gives the number of ternary numbers with n digits with no two adjacent digits in common; e.g., for n=3 we have 010, 012, 020, 021, 101, 102, 120, 121, 201, 202, 210 and 212. - Jon Perry, Oct 10 2012
If n > 1, then a(n) is a solution for the equation sigma(x) + phi(x) = 3x-4. This equation also has solutions 84, 3348, 1450092, ... which are not of the form 3*2^n. - Farideh Firoozbakht, Nov 30 2013
a(n) is the upper bound for the "X-ray number" of any convex body in E^(n + 2), conjectured by Bezdek and Zamfirescu, and proved in the plane E^2 (see the paper by Bezdek and Zamfirescu). - L. Edson Jeffery, Jan 11 2014
If T is a topology on a set V of size n and T is not the discrete topology, then T has at most 3 * 2^(n-2) many open sets. See Brown and Stephen references. - Ross La Haye, Jan 19 2014
Comment from Charles Fefferman, courtesy of Doron Zeilberger, Dec 02 2014: (Start)
Fix a dimension n. For a real-valued function f defined on a finite set E in R^n, let Norm(f, E) denote the inf of the C^2 norms of all functions F on R^n that agree with f on E. Then there exist constants k and C depending only on the dimension n such that Norm(f, E) <= C*max{ Norm(f, S) }, where the max is taken over all k-point subsets S in E. Moreover, the best possible k is 3 * 2^(n-1).
The analogous result, with the same k, holds when the C^2 norm is replaced, e.g., by the C^1, alpha norm (0 < alpha <= 1). However, the optimal analogous k, e.g., for the C^3 norm is unknown.
For the above results, see Y. Brudnyi and P. Shvartsman (1994). (End)
Also, coordination sequence for (infinity, infinity, infinity) tiling of hyperbolic plane. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 29 2015
The average of consecutive powers of 2 beginning with 2^1. - Melvin Peralta and Miriam Ong Ante, May 14 2016
For n > 1, a(n) is the smallest Zumkeller number with n divisors that are also Zumkeller numbers (A083207). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 09 2016
Also, for n >= 2, the number of length-n strings over the alphabet {0,1,2,3} having only the single letters as nonempty palindromic subwords. (Corollary 21 in Fleischer and Shallit) - Jeffrey Shallit, Dec 02 2019
Also, a(n) is the minimum link-length of any covering trail, circuit, path, and cycle for the set of the 2^(n+2) vertices of an (n+2)-dimensional hypercube. - Marco Ripà, Aug 22 2022
The known fixed points of maps n -> A163511(n) and n -> A243071(n). [See comments in A163511]. - Antti Karttunen, Sep 06 2023
The finite subsequence a(3), a(4), a(5), a(6) = 24, 48, 96, 192 is one of only two geometric sequences that can be formed with all interior angles (all integer, in degrees) of a simple polygon. The other sequence is a subsequence of A000244 (see comment there). - Felix Huber, Feb 15 2024
A level 1 Sierpiński triangle is a triangle. Level n+1 is formed from three copies of level n by identifying pairs of corner vertices of each pair of triangles. For n>2, a(n-3) is the radius of the level n Sierpiński triangle graph. - Allan Bickle, Aug 03 2024
REFERENCES
Jason I. Brown, Discrete Structures and Their Interactions, CRC Press, 2013, p. 71.
T. Ito, Method, equipment, program and storage media for producing tables, Publication number JP2004-272104A, Japan Patent Office (written in Japanese, a(2)=12, a(3)=24, a(4)=48, a(5)=96, a(6)=192, a(7)=384 (a(7)=284 was corrected)).
Kenji Ohkuma, Atsuhiro Yamagishi and Toru Ito, Cryptography Research Group Technical report, IT Security Center, Information-Technology Promotion Agency, JAPAN.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
K. Bezdek and Tudor Zamfirescu, A Characterization of 3-dimensional Convex Sets with an Infinite X-ray Number, in: Coll. Math. Soc. J. Bolyai 63., Intuitive Geometry, Szeged (Hungary), North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991, pp. 33-38.
Allan Bickle, Properties of Sierpinski Triangle Graphs, Springer PROMS 448 (2021) 295-303.
Yuri Brudnyi and Pavel Shvartsman, Generalizations of Whitney's extension theorem, International Mathematics Research Notices 1994.3 (1994): 129-139.
J. W. Cannon and P. Wagreich, Growth functions of surface groups, Mathematische Annalen, 1992, Volume 293, pp. 239-257. See Prop. 3.1.
Tomislav Došlić, Kepler-Bouwkamp Radius of Combinatorial Sequences, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 17, 2014, #14.11.3.
Lukas Fleischer and Jeffrey Shallit, Words With Few Palindromes, Revisited, arxiv preprint arXiv:1911.12464 [cs.FL], November 27 2019.
A. Hinz, S. Klavzar, and S. Zemljic, A survey and classification of Sierpinski-type graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 217 3 (2017), 565-600.
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Roberto Rinaldi and Marco Ripà, Optimal cycles enclosing all the nodes of a k-dimensional hypercube, arXiv:2212.11216 [math.CO], 2022.
Edwin Soedarmadji, Latin Hypercubes and MDS Codes, Discrete Mathematics, Volume 306, Issue 12, Jun 28 2006, Pages 1232-1239
D. Stephen, Topology on Finite Sets, American Mathematical Monthly, 75: 739 - 741, 1968.
FORMULA
G.f.: 3/(1-2*x).
a(n) = 2*a(n - 1), n > 0; a(0) = 3.
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(k reduced (mod 3))*binomial(n, k). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 20 2002
a(n) = A118416(n + 1, 2) for n > 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 27 2006
a(n) = A000079(n) + A000079(n + 1). - Zerinvary Lajos, May 12 2007
a(n) = A000079(n)*3. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 16 2008
From Paul Curtz, Feb 05 2009: (Start)
a(n) = b(n) + b(n+3) for b = A001045, A078008, A154879.
a(n) = abs(b(n) - b(n+3)) with b(n) = (-1)^n*A084247(n). (End)
a(n) = 2^n + 2^(n + 1). - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 17 2009
a(n) = A173786(n + 1, n) = A173787(n + 2, n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2010
A216022(a(n)) = 6 and A216059(a(n)) = 7, for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 01 2012
a(n) = (A000225(n) + 1)*3. - Martin Ettl, Nov 11 2012
E.g.f.: 3*exp(2*x). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 15 2016
A020651(a(n)) = 2. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 01 2016
a(n) = sqrt(A014551(n + 1)*A014551(n + 2) + A014551(n)^2). - Ezhilarasu Velayutham, Sep 01 2019
a(A048672(n)) = A225546(A133466(n)). - Michel Marcus and Peter Munn, Nov 29 2019
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 2/3. - Amiram Eldar, Oct 28 2020
MAPLE
A007283:=n->3*2^n; seq(A007283(n), n=0..50); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 03 2013
MATHEMATICA
Table[3(2^n), {n, 0, 32}] (* Alonso del Arte, Mar 24 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=3*2^n
(PARI) a(n)=3<<n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 10 2012
(Magma) [3*2^n: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 18 2011
(Haskell)
a007283 = (* 3) . (2 ^)
a007283_list = iterate (* 2) 3
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2012, Feb 20 2012
(Maxima) A007283(n):=3*2^n$
makelist(A007283(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 11 2012 */
(Scala) (List.fill(40)(2: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)(_ * _).map(3 * _) // Alonso del Arte, Nov 28 2019
(Python)
def A007283(n): return 3<<n # Chai Wah Wu, Feb 14 2023
CROSSREFS
Subsequence of the following sequences: A029744, A029747, A029748, A029750, A362804 (after 3), A364494, A364496, A364289, A364291, A364292, A364295, A364497, A364964, A365422.
Essentially same as A003945 and A042950.
Row sums of (5, 1)-Pascal triangle A093562 and of (1, 5) Pascal triangle A096940.
Cf. Latin squares: A000315, A002860, A003090, A040082, A003191; Latin cubes: A098843, A098846, A098679, A099321.
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,changed
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
A000400 Powers of 6: a(n) = 6^n.
(Formerly M4224 N1765)
+10
173
1, 6, 36, 216, 1296, 7776, 46656, 279936, 1679616, 10077696, 60466176, 362797056, 2176782336, 13060694016, 78364164096, 470184984576, 2821109907456, 16926659444736, 101559956668416, 609359740010496, 3656158440062976, 21936950640377856, 131621703842267136 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Same as Pisot sequences E(1, 6), L(1, 6), P(1, 6), T(1, 6). Essentially same as Pisot sequences E(6, 36), L(6, 36), P(6, 36), T(6, 36). See A008776 for definitions of Pisot sequences.
Central terms of the triangle in A036561. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 14 2006
a(n) = A169604(n)/3; a(n+1) = 2*A169604(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 02 2010
Number of pentagons contained within pentaflakes. - William A. Tedeschi, Sep 12 2010
Sum of coefficients of expansion of (1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4 + x^5)^n.
a(n) is number of compositions of natural numbers into n parts less than 6. For example, a(2) = 36, and there are 36 compositions of natural numbers into 2 parts less than 6.
The compositions of n in which each part is colored by one of p different colors are called p-colored compositions of n. For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of 5-colored compositions of n such that no adjacent parts have the same color.
Number of words of length n over the alphabet of six letters. - Joerg Arndt, Sep 16 2014
The number of ordered triples (x, y, z) of binary words of length n such that D(x,z) = D(x, y) + D(y, z) where D(a, b) is the Hamming distance from a to b. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 06 2017
a(n) is the area of a triangle with vertices at (2^n, 3^n), (2^(n+1), 3^(n+1)), and (2^(n+2), 3^(n+2)); a(n) is also one fifth the area of a triangle with vertices at (2^n, 3^(n+2)), (2^(n+1), 3^(n+1)), and (2^(n+2), 3^n). - J. M. Bergot, May 07 2018
a(n) is the number of possible outcomes of n distinguishable 6-sided dice. - Stefano Spezia, Jul 06 2024
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
C. Banderier and D. Merlini, Lattice paths with an infinite set of jumps, FPSAC02, Melbourne, 2002.
Peter J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Yash Puri and Thomas Ward, Arithmetic and growth of periodic orbits, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 4 (2001), #01.2.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pentaflake
FORMULA
a(n) = 6^n.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 6*a(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1-6*x). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
E.g.f.: exp(6*x).
A000005(a(n)) = A000290(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2007
a(n) = A159991(n)/A011577(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 02 2009
a(n) = det(|s(i+3,j)|, 1 <= i,j <= n), where s(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the first kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 04 2013
MATHEMATICA
6^Range[0, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 24 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=6^n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 16 2011
(Maxima) A000400(n):=6^n$
makelist(A000400(n), n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(Haskell)
a000400 = (6 ^)
a000400_list = iterate (* 6) 1 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 21 2013
(Scala) (List.fill(50)(6: BigInt)).scanLeft(1: BigInt)(_ * _) // Alonso del Arte, May 31 2019
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A225816.
Row 6 of A003992.
Row 3 of A329332.
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved
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