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A180846 a(n) = (81^n - 2^n)/79. 6

%I #22 Sep 08 2022 08:45:54

%S 0,1,83,6727,544895,44136511,3575057423,289579651327,23455951757615,

%T 1899932092367071,153894499481733263,12465454458020395327,

%U 1009701811099652023535,81785846699071813910431,6624653582624816926753103

%N a(n) = (81^n - 2^n)/79.

%C The a(n+1) appear in several triangle sums of Nicomachus's table A036561, i.e., Gi2(4*n), Gi2(4*n+1)/2, Gi2(4*n+2)/4, Gi2(4*n+3)/8 and Gi3(n). See A180662 for information about these giraffe and other chess sums.

%H Nathaniel Johnston, <a href="/A180846/b180846.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_02">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (83,-162).

%F a(n) = (81^n - 2^n)/79.

%F G.f.: x/((81*x-1)*(2*x-1)).

%t Table[(81^n-2^n)/79,{n,0,15}] (* _Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky_, Apr 13 2011 *)

%o (Magma) [(81^n-2^n)/79: n in [0..50]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Apr 15 2011

%Y Cf. A016153, A016140, A180844, A180845, A180846, A180847, A016185.

%K easy,nonn

%O 0,3

%A _Johannes W. Meijer_, Sep 21 2010

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