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A212831 a(4*n) = 2*n, a(2*n+1) = 2*n+1, a(4*n+2) = 2*n+2. 6
0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 4, 9, 6, 11, 6, 13, 8, 15, 8, 17, 10, 19, 10, 21, 12, 23, 12, 25, 14, 27, 14, 29, 16, 31, 16, 33, 18, 35, 18, 37, 20, 39, 20, 41, 22, 43, 22, 45, 24, 47, 24, 49, 26, 51, 26, 53, 28, 55, 28, 57, 30, 59, 30, 61, 32, 63, 32, 65, 34, 67, 34, 69, 36, 71, 36, 73, 38, 75 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
First differences: (1, 1, 1, -1, 3, -1, 3, -3, 5,...) = (1, A186422).
Second differences: (0, 0, -2, 4, -4, 4, -6, 8, ...) = (-1)^(n+1) * A201629(n).
Interleave the terms with even indices of the companion A215495 and this one to get (A215495(0), A212831(0), A215495(2), A212831(2),...) = (1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4,...) = A106249, up to the initial term = A083219 = A083220/2.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) + A215495(n) = A043547(n).
a(n) = -A214283(n)/A000108([n/2]).
a(n+1) = (A186421(n)=0,1,2,1,4,...) + 1.
a(2*n) = A052928(n+1).
a(n+2) - a(n) = 2, 2, 0, 2. (period 4).
a(n) = a(n-2) +a(n-4) -a(n-6); also holds for A215495(n).
G.f.: x*(1+2*x+2*x^2+x^4) / ( (x^2+1)*(x-1)^2*(1+x)^2 ). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 21 2012
a(n) = (1/4)*((1 +(-1)^n)*(1 - (-1)^floor(n/2)) + (3 -(-1)^n)*n). - G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2018
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (1/4)*((-(1 + (-1)^n))*(-1 + (-1)^Floor[n/2]) - (-3 + (-1)^n)*n ); Table[a[n], {n, 0, 84}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 18 2012 *)
LinearRecurrence[{0, 1, 0, 1, 0, -1}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5}, 80] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 29 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI) A212831(n)=if(bittest(n, 0), n, n\2+bittest(n, 1)) \\ M. F. Hasler, Oct 21 2012
(PARI) for(n=0, 50, print1((1/4)*((1 +(-1)^n)*(1 - (-1)^floor(n/2)) + (3 -(-1)^n)*n), ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2018
(Magma) [(1/4)*((1 +(-1)^n)*(1 - (-1)^Floor(n/2)) + (3 -(-1)^n)*n): n in [0..50]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2018
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A181861 A365099 A342694 * A072969 A139712 A175856
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Aug 14 2012
EXTENSIONS
Corrected and edited by M. F. Hasler, Oct 21 2012
STATUS
approved

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