OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
The Berndt-type sequence number 8 for the argument 2*Pi/9 defined by the trigonometric relations from the Formula section below.
From the general recurrence relation: b(n) = -3*b(n-1) + 9*b(n-2) + 3*b(n-3), i.e., b(n) - b(n-2) = 8*b(n-2) + 3(b(n-3) - b(n-1)) the following summation formulas can be easily deduced: b(2*n+1) + 3*b(2*n) - 3*b(0) - b(1) = 8*Sum_{k=1..n} b(2*k-1) and b(2*n+2) + 3*b(2*n+1) - b(2) - 3*b(1) = 8*Sum_{k=1..n} b(2*k). Hence it follows that (a(2*n+1) + 3*a(2*n))/2 are all integers congruent to 3 modulo 4, and (a(2*n+2) + 3*a(2*n+1))/2 are all integers congruent to 1 modulo 4.
We note that all numbers 3^(-1-floor(n/3))*a(n) = A215831(n) and 3^(-n-2)*a(3*n+2) are integers.
The following decomposition holds true: (X - k(1)^n)*(X - (-k(2))^n)*(X - k(3)^n) = X^3 - sqrt(3)^(-n)*a(n)*X^2 + sqrt(3)^(-n)*T(n) - sqrt(3)^(-n), where T(2*n+1) = sqrt(3)*A215945(n) and T(2*n) = A215948(n). [Roman Witula, Aug 30 2012]
REFERENCES
D. Chmiela and R. Witula, Two parametric quasi-Fibonacci numbers of the nine order, (submitted, 2012).
LINKS
Roman Witula, Ramanujan Type Trigonometric Formulas: The General Form for the Argument 2*Pi/7, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 12 (2009), Article 09.8.5
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-3, 9, 3).
FORMULA
a(n) = (k(1)^n + (-k(2))^n + k(4)^n)*(sqrt(3))^n = (-1+4*c(1))^n + (-1+4*c(2))^n + (-1+4*c(4))^n, where k(j) := cot(2*Pi*j/9) and c(j) := cos(2*Pi*j/9).
G.f.: (3 + 6*x - 9*x^2)/(1 + 3*x - 9*x^2 - 3*x^3). [corrected by Georg Fischer, May 10 2019]
EXAMPLE
We have k(1)^3 - k(2)^3 + k(4)^3 = -11*sqrt(3).
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{-3, 9, 3}, {3, -3, 27}, 50]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
Roman Witula, Aug 24 2012
STATUS
approved