A104144 - OEIS

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 511, 1021, 2040, 4076, 8144, 16272, 32512, 64960, 129792, 259328, 518145, 1035269, 2068498, 4132920, 8257696, 16499120, 32965728, 65866496, 131603200, 262947072, 525375999, 1049716729, 2097364960

COMMENTS

Sometimes called the Fibonacci 9-step numbers.

For n >= 8, this gives the number of integers written without 0 in base ten, the sum of digits of which is equal to n-7. E.g., a(11) = 8 because we have the 8 numbers: 4, 13, 22, 31, 112, 121, 211, 1111.

The offset for this sequence is fairly arbitrary. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 27 2009

FORMULA

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..9} a(n-k) for n > 8, a(8) = 1, a(n) = 0 for n=0..7.

G.f.: x^8/(1-x-x^2-x^3-x^4-x^5-x^6-x^7-x^8-x^9). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 04 2011

Another form of the g.f. f: f(z) = (z^8-z^9)/(1-2*z+z^(10)), then a(n) = Sum_((-1)^i*binomial(n-8-9*i,i)*2^(n-8-10*i), i=0..floor((n-8)/10))-Sum_((-1)^i*binomial(n-9-9*i,i)*2^(n-9-10*i), i=0..floor((n-9)/10)) with Sum_(alpha(i), i=m..n)=0 for m>n. - Richard Choulet, Feb 22 2010

Let b be the smallest root (in magnitude) of g(x) := 1-x-x^2-x^3-x^4-x^5-x^6-x^7-x^8-x^9, b = 0.50049311828655225605926845999420216157202861343888...

Let c = -b^8/g'(b) = 0.00099310812055463178382193226558248643030626601288701...

Then a(n) is the nearest integer to c/b^n. (End)

MAPLE

for n from 0 to 50 do k(n):=sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-8-9*i, i)*2^(n-8-10*i), i=0..floor((n-8)/10))-sum((-1)^i*binomial(n-9-9*i, i)*2^(n-9-10*i), i=0..floor((n-9)/10)):od:seq(k(n), n=0..50); a:=taylor((z^8-z^9)/(1-2*z+z^(10)), z=0, 51); for p from 0 to 50 do j(p):=coeff(a, z, p):od :seq(j(p), p=0..50); # Richard Choulet, Feb 22 2010

MATHEMATICA

a={1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}; Table[s=Plus@@a; a=RotateLeft[a]; a[[ -1]]=s, {n, 50}]

LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, 50] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, May 25 2011 *)

With[{nn=9}, LinearRecurrence[Table[1, {nn}], Join[Table[0, {nn-1}], {1}], 50]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 17 2013 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=([0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1; 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]^n*[0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 1])[1, 1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 16 2015

(PARI) A104144(n, m=9)=(matrix(m, m, i, j, j==i+1||i==m)^n)[1, m] \\ M. F. Hasler, Apr 22 2018

CROSSREFS

Cf. A255529 (Indices of primes in this sequence).

AUTHOR

Jean Lefort (jlefort.apmep(AT)wanadoo.fr), Mar 07 2005