OFFSET
0,5
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
Stefano Spezia, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000 (missing a(9991) inserted by Sidney Cadot, Jan 03 2023)
P. L. Hammer and B. Simeone, The splittance of a graph, Combinatorica, 1 (1981), 275-284.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 3*n - 27 for n >= 23 [from Hammer and Simeone]. - Sean A. Irvine, Nov 12 2017
From Stefano Spezia, Jul 12 2022: (Start)
G.f.: x^3*(1 + x^4 + x^8 - 2*x^9 + 2*x^10 - x^13 + x^14 - x^15 + x^16 - x^17 + x^18 - x^19 + x^20)/(1 - x)^2.
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n >= 23. (End)
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{2, -1}, {0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45}, 70] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 14 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Title improved by Sean A. Irvine, Nov 12 2017
STATUS
approved