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A005708 a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-6), with a(i) = 1 for i = 0..5.
(Formerly M0496)
33
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 27, 34, 43, 55, 71, 92, 119, 153, 196, 251, 322, 414, 533, 686, 882, 1133, 1455, 1869, 2402, 3088, 3970, 5103, 6558, 8427, 10829, 13917, 17887, 22990, 29548, 37975, 48804, 62721, 80608, 103598, 133146, 171121, 219925, 282646 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,7
COMMENTS
This comment covers a family of sequences which satisfy a recurrence of the form a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-m), with a(n) = 1 for n = 0...m-1. The generating function is 1/(1-x-x^m). Also a(n) = sum_{i=0..n/m} binomial(n-(m-1)*i, i). This family of binomial summations or recurrences gives the number of ways to cover (without overlapping) a linear lattice of n sites with molecules that are m sites wide. Special case: m=1: A000079; m=4: A003269; m=5: A003520; m=6: A005708; m=7: A005709; m=8: A005710.
For n>=6, a(n-6) = number of compositions of n in which each part is >=6. - Milan Janjic, Jun 28 2010
Number of compositions of n into parts 1 and 6. - Joerg Arndt, Jun 24 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>=6, 2*a(n-6) equals the number of 2-colored compositions of n with all parts >=6, such that no adjacent parts have the same color. - Milan Janjic, Nov 27 2011
a(n+5) equals the number of binary words of length n having at least 5 zeros between every two successive ones. - Milan Janjic, Feb 07 2015
Number of tilings of a 6 X n rectangle with 6 X 1 hexominoes. - M. Poyraz Torcuk, Mar 26 2022
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Jarib R. Acosta, Yadira Caicedo, Juan P. Poveda, José L. Ramírez, and Mark Shattuck, Some New Restricted n-Color Composition Functions, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 22 (2019), Article 19.6.4.
Mudit Aggarwal and Samrith Ram, Generating Functions for Straight Polyomino Tilings of Narrow Rectangles, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 26 (2023), Article 23.1.4.
Michael A. Allen, On a Two-Parameter Family of Generalizations of Pascal's Triangle, arXiv:2209.01377 [math.CO], 2022.
D. Birmajer, J. B. Gil, and M. D. Weiner, On the Enumeration of Restricted Words over a Finite Alphabet, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2016) # 16.1.3, Example 10.
Bruce M. Boman, Thien-Nam Dinh, Keith Decker, Brooks Emerick, Christopher Raymond, and Gilberto Schleinger, Why do Fibonacci numbers appear in patterns of growth in nature?, in Fibonacci Quarterly, 55(5): pp 30-41, (2017).
P. Chinn and S. Heubach, (1, k)-compositions, Congr. Numer. 164 (2003), 183-194. [Local copy]
E. Di Cera and Y. Kong, Theory of multivalent binding in one and two-dimensional lattices, Biophysical Chemistry, Vol. 61 (1996), pp. 107-124.
I. M. Gessel, Ji Li, Compositions and Fibonacci identities, J. Int. Seq. 16 (2013) 13.4.5
V. C. Harris and C. C. Styles, A generalization of Fibonacci numbers, Fib. Quart. 2 (1964) 277-289, sequence u(n,5,1).
Sergey Kirgizov, Q-bonacci words and numbers, arXiv:2201.00782 [math.CO], 2022.
D. Kleitman, Solution to Problem E3274, Amer. Math. Monthly, 98 (1991), 958-959.
R. J. Mathar, Tiling n x m rectangles with 1 x 1 and s x s squares, arXiv:1609.03964 [math.CO] (2016), Section 4.5
Augustine O. Munagi, Integer Compositions and Higher-Order Conjugation, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.8.5.
D. Newman, Problem E3274, Amer. Math. Monthly, 95 (1988), 555.
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
FORMULA
G.f.: 1/(1-x-x^6). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = term (1,1) in the 6 X 6 matrix [1,1,0,0,0,0; 0,0,1,0,0,0; 0,0,0,1,0,0; 0,0,0,0,1,0; 0,0,0,0,0,1]; 1,0,0,0,0,0]^n. - Alois P. Heinz, Jul 27 2008
For positive integers n and k such that k <= n <= 6*k and 5 divides n-k, define c(n,k) = binomial(k,(n-k)/5), and c(n,k)=0, otherwise. Then, for n>= 1, a(n) = sum_{k=1..n} c(n,k). - Milan Janjic, Dec 09 2011
Apparently a(n) = hypergeometric([1/6-n/6, 1/3-n/6, 1/2-n/6, 2/3-n/6, 5/6-n/6, -n/6], [1/5-n/5, 2/5-n/5, 3/5- n/5, 4/5-n/5, -n/5], -6^6/5^5) for n>=25. - Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2014
MAPLE
with(combstruct): SeqSetU := [S, {S=Sequence(U), U=Set(Z, card > 5)}, unlabeled]: seq(count(SeqSetU, size=j), j=6..59); # Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 10 2006
ZL:=[S, {a = Atom, b = Atom, S = Prod(X, Sequence(Prod(X, b))), X = Sequence(b, card >= 5)}, unlabelled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=5..58); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 26 2008
M := Matrix(6, (i, j)-> if j=1 and member(i, [1, 6]) then 1 elif (i=j-1) then 1 else 0 fi); a:= n-> (M^(n))[1, 1]; seq(a(n), n=0..60); # Alois P. Heinz, Jul 27 2008
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, 80] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 16 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^66); Vec(x/(1-(x+x^6))) /* Joerg Arndt, Jun 25 2011 */
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A193286 A098132 A017900 * A367637 A322853 A322801
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Additional comments from Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 16 2000
STATUS
approved

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