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A287405 a(n) = (7*(cot(1*Pi/7))^2)^n + (7*(cot(2*Pi/7))^2)^n + (7*(cot(4*Pi/7))^2)^n. 1
3, 35, 931, 27587, 830403, 25054435, 756187747, 22824258947, 688917131651, 20793986742179, 627637106311971, 18944339609269571, 571808137046942019, 17259221092289630307, 520945214725090792931, 15723995613526902256387, 474606601742375424297731 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
a(n) = x1^n + x2^n + x3^n, where x1, x2, x3 are the roots of x^3 - 35*x^2 + 147*x - 49, x1 = 7*(cot(1*Pi/7))^2, x2 = 7*(cot(2*Pi/7))^2, x3 = 7*(cot(4*Pi/7))^2.
LINKS
Roman Witula, Ramanujan Type Trigonometric Formulas: The General Form for the Argument 2Pi/7, J. Integer Seq., 12 (2009), Article 09.8.5.
Roman Witula and Damian Slota, New Ramanujan-Type Formulas and Quasi-Fibonacci Numbers of Order 7, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 10 (2007), Article 07.5.6.
FORMULA
a(n) = 35*a(n-1) - 147*a(n-2) + 49*a(n-3), a(0) = 3, a(1) = 35, a(2) = 931.
Bisection of A215575: a(n) = A215575(2*n).
G.f.: (3 - 7*x)*(1 - 21*x) / (1 - 35*x + 147*x^2 - 49*x^3). - Colin Barker, May 26 2017
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{35, -147, 49}, {3, 35, 931}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 15 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec((3 - 7*x)*(1 - 21*x) / (1 - 35*x + 147*x^2 - 49*x^3) + O(x^30)) \\ Colin Barker, May 26 2017
(PARI) polsym(x^3 - 35*x^2 + 147*x - 49, 20) \\ Joerg Arndt, May 26 2017
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A135516 A231644 A368389 * A107712 A062699 A012767
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Kai Wang, May 24 2017
STATUS
approved

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