Search: id:A003500 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A003500 M1278 %S A003500 2,4,14,52,194,724,2702,10084,37634,140452,524174,1956244,7300802, %T A003500 27246964,101687054,379501252,1416317954,5285770564,19726764302, %U A003500 73621286644,274758382274,1025412242452,3826890587534,14282150107684 %N A003500 a(n) = 4a(n-1) - a(n-2). %C A003500 a(n) gives values of x satisfying x^2 - 3*y^2 = 4; corresponding y values are given by 2*A001353(n). %C A003500 If M is any given term of the sequence, then the next one is 2M + sqrt(3M^2 - 12). - Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 18 2002 %C A003500 For n>0, a(n)-1, a(n), a(n)+1 form a Fleenor-Heronian triangle, i.e. a Heronian triangle with consecutive sides, whose area A(n) may be obtained from the relation [4*A(n)]^2 = 3([a(2n)]^2 - 4); or A(n)=3*A001353(2n)/ 2 and whose semipermeter = 3*a[n]/2. The sequence is symmetrical about a[0], i.e.; a[ -n] = a[n]. %C A003500 For n>0, a(n)+2 is the number of dimer tilings of a 2n x 2 Klein bottle (cf. A103999). %C A003500 The terms whose index is a power of 2 form A003010. - John Blythe Dobson (j.dobson(AT)uwinnipeg.ca), Oct 28 2007 %D A003500 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %D A003500 S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992. %D A003500 R. A. Beauregard and E. R. Suryanarayan, The Brahmagupta Triangles, The College Mathematics Journal 29(1) 13-7 1998 MAA. %D A003500 B. C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Notebooks Part IV, Springer-Verlag, see p. 82. %D A003500 Michael P. Cohen, Generating Heronian Triangles With Consecutive Integer Sides. Journal of Recreational Mathematics, vol. 30 no. 2 1999-2000 p. 123. %D A003500 L. E. Dickson, History of The Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2 pp. 197;198;200; 201. Chelsea NY. %D A003500 Charles R. Fleenor, Heronian Triangles with Consecutive Integer Sides, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Volume 28, no. 2 (1996-7) 113-115. %D A003500 H. W. Gould, A triangle with integral sides and area, Fib. Quart., 11 (1973), 27-39. %D A003500 E. K. Lloyd, "The standard deviation of 1, 2, .., n, Pell's equation and rational triangles", preprint. %D A003500 J. O. Shallit, An interesting continued fraction, Math. Mag., 48 (1975), 207-211. %D A003500 V. D. To, "Finding All Fleenor-Heronian Triangles", Journal of Recreational Mathematics vol. 32 no.4 2003-4 pp. 298-301 Baywood NY. %H A003500 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200 %H A003500 Index entries for sequences related to linear recurrences with constant coefficients %H A003500 S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992. %H A003500 S. Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992. %H A003500 K. S. Brown's Mathpages, Some Properties of the Lucas Sequence(2, 4, 14, 52, 194, ...) %H A003500 Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences %H A003500 Index entries for recurrences a(n) = k*a(n - 1) +/- a(n - 2) %F A003500 a(n) = ( 2 + Sqrt(3) )^n + ( 2 - Sqrt(3) )^n. %F A003500 a(n) = trace of (n+1)st power of the 2 X 2 matrix [1 2 / 1 3]. - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 30 2003 %F A003500 From the addition formula, a(n+m) = a(n)*a(m) - a(m-n), it is easy to derive multiplication formulae, such as: a(2n) = (a(n))^2 - 2, a(3n) = (a(n))^3 - 3*(a(n)), a(4n) = (a(n))^4 - 4*(a(n))^2 + 2, a(5n) = (a(n))^5 - 5*(a(n))^3 + 5*(a(n)), a(6n) = (a(n))^6 - 6*(a(n))^4 + 9*(a(n))^2 - 2, etc. The absolute values of the coefficients in the expansions are given by the triangle A034807. - John Blythe Dobson (j.dobson(AT)uwinnipeg.ca), Nov 04 2007 %F A003500 G.f.: -2*(-1+2*x)/(1-4*x+x^2). a(n)=2*A001353(n+1)-4*A001353(n). - R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nov 16 2007 %p A003500 A003500 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then 2*n+2 else 4*A003500(n-1)-A003500(n-2); fi; end; %p A003500 A003500:=-2*(-1+2*z)/(1-4*z+z**2); [Conjectured by S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.] %t A003500 a[0] = 2; a[1] = 4; a[n_] := a[n] = 4a[n - 1] - a[n - 2]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 23}] %o A003500 (Other) sage: [lucas_number2(n,4,1) for n in xrange(0, 24)]# [From Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), May 14 2009] %Y A003500 Equals A001353(n+1) - A001353(n-1), also A001835(n) + A001835(n+1), also 2*A001075(n). %Y A003500 Cf. A001570, A006051, A048788, A002530, A011945. %Y A003500 Sequence in context: A032222 A046650 A055727 this_sequence A129876 A038055 A006385 %Y A003500 Adjacent sequences: A003497 A003498 A003499 this_sequence A003501 A003502 A003503 %K A003500 nonn,easy,nice %O A003500 0,1 %A A003500 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A003500 More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), May 03 2000 %E A003500 Additional comments from Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 14 2002 Search completed in 0.002 seconds