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A023001
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a(n) = (8^n - 1)/7.
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80
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0, 1, 9, 73, 585, 4681, 37449, 299593, 2396745, 19173961, 153391689, 1227133513, 9817068105, 78536544841, 628292358729, 5026338869833, 40210710958665, 321685687669321, 2573485501354569, 20587884010836553, 164703072086692425
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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Let A be the Hessenberg matrix of order n, defined by: A[1,j]=1, A[i,i]:=8, (i>1), A[i,i-1]=-1, and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = det(A). - Milan Janjic, Feb 21 2010
Let A be the Hessenberg matrix of order n, defined by: A[1,j]=1, A[i,i]:=9, (i>1), A[i,i-1]=-1, and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n-1) = (-1)^n*charpoly(A,1). - Milan Janjic, Feb 21 2010
This is the sequence A(0,1;7,8;2) = A(0,1;8,0;1) of the family of sequences [a,b:c,d:k] considered by G. Detlefs, and treated as A(a,b;c,d;k) in the W. Lang link given below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 18 2010
a(n) is the total number of squares the carpetmaker has removed after the n-th step of a Sierpiński carpet production. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Oct 22 2013
For n >= 1, a(n) is the total number of holes in a box fractal (start with 8 boxes, 1 hole) after n iterations. See illustration in link. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Jan 27 2015
Except for 0, 1 and 73, all the terms are composite because a(n) = ((2^n - 1) * (4^n + 2^n + 1))/7.
For n >= 3, all terms are Brazilian repunits numbers in base 8, and so belong to A125134.
a(3) = 73 is the only Brazilian prime in base 8, and so it belongs to A085104 and A285017. (End)
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LINKS
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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Repunit.
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FORMULA
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a(0) = 0, a(n) = 8*a(n-1) + 1 for n>0.
G.f.: x/((1-8x)*(1-x)). (End)
a(n) = 7*a(n-1) + 8*a(n-2) + 2, a(0)=0, a(1)=1.
a(n) = 8*a(n-1) + a(n-2) - 8*a(n-3) = 9*a(n-1) - 8*a(n-2), a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=9. Observation by Gary Detlefs. See the W. Lang comment and link. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} 8^k. - Doug Bell, May 26 2017
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EXAMPLE
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Octal.............decimal
0....................0
1....................1
11...................9
111.................73
1111...............585
11111.............4681
111111...........37449
1111111.........299593
11111111.......2396745
111111111.....19173961
1111111111...153391689
etc. ...............etc. (End)
a(4) = (8^4 - 1)/7 = 585 = 1111_8 = {(2^4 - 1) * (4^4 + 2^4 + 1) /7 = 15 * 273/7 = 15 * 39. - Bernard Schott, May 01 2017
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MAPLE
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a:=n->sum(8^(n-j), j=1..n): seq(a(n), n=0..20); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 04 2007
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[(8^n-1)/7, {n, 0, m}]
LinearRecurrence[{9, -8}, {0, 1}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 12 2015 *)
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PROG
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(Sage) [lucas_number1(n, 9, 8) for n in range(0, 21)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 23 2009
(Sage) [gaussian_binomial(n, 1, 8) for n in range(0, 21)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 28 2009
(Maxima) A023001(n):=floor((8^n-1)/7)$
(GAP)
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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