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A109528
a(n)= 3*a(n-3) +3*a(n-6) +a(n-9).
2
0, 1, 3, 1, 2, 12, 2, 9, 45, 9, 34, 174, 34, 131, 669, 131, 504, 2574, 504, 1939, 9903, 1939, 7460, 38100, 7460, 28701, 146583, 28701, 110422, 563952, 110422, 424829, 2169705, 424829, 1634454, 8347554, 1634454, 6288271, 32115729, 6288271
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
The recurrence shows that this consists of three interleaved sequences (actually two, one doubled) with the same recurrence (and the same characteristic polynomial).
FORMULA
G.f.: x*(-1-3*x-x^2+x^3-3*x^4+x^5)/(-1+3*x^3+3*x^6+x^9). [From R. J. Mathar, Sep 27 2009]
MATHEMATICA
M1 = {{0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 1}}; M2 = {{1, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}}; M3 = {{0, 1, 0}, {1, 1, 1}, {1, 0, 0}}; M[n_] = If[Mod[n, 3] == 1, M3, If[Mod[n, 3] == 2, M2, M1]]; v[0] = {0, 1, 1}; v[n_] := v[n] = M[n].v[n - 1] a = Table[v[n][[1]], {n, 0, 100}]
LinearRecurrence[{0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1}, {0, 1, 3, 1, 2, 12, 2, 9, 45}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 19 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A000931.
Sequence in context: A300546 A300973 A300930 * A136125 A092580 A004468
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Roger L. Bagula, Jun 18 2005
EXTENSIONS
Definition replaced by recurrence. - The Assoc. Editors of the OEIS, Oct 22 2009
STATUS
approved

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