OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Numerators are all 1.
a(n) is also the determinant of the n X n matrix with 1's on the diagonal and 2's elsewhere (cf. A000354). - Jody Nagel (SejeongY(AT)aol.com), May 01 2010
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
X. Gourdon and P. Sebah, Archimedes' constant
Mathpages, How Leibniz might have anticipated Euler
Wikipedia, Leibniz formula for Pi
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-2,-1).
FORMULA
Euler transform of length 2 sequence [-3, 2]. - Michael Somos, Mar 26 2011
a(n) = b(2*n + 1) where b(n) is completely multiplicative with b(2) = 0, b(p) = p if p == 1 (mod 4), b(p) = -p if p == 3 (mod 4). - Michael Somos, Mar 26 2011
With offset 1 this sequence is the exponential reversion of A005264. - Michael Somos, Mar 26 2011
a(-1 - n) = a(n), a(n + 1) + a(n - 1) = -2*a(n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Mar 26 2011
E.g.f.: (1 - 2*x)*exp(-x). - Michael Somos, Mar 26 2011
G.f.: (1 - x)/(1 + x)^2 = (1 - x)^3 / (1 - x^2)^2.
a(0) = 1, a(1) = -3, a(n) = -2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n >= 2.
Sum_{n=0..inf} 1/a(n) = Pi/4.
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 - 3*x + 5*x^2 - 7*x^3 + 9*x^4 - 11*x^5 + 13*x^6 - 15*x^7 + 17*x^8 + ...
MATHEMATICA
a[ n_] := (2*n + 1) * (-1)^n; (* Michael Somos, Nov 21 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = (2*n + 1) * (-1)^n};
(Magma) [(2*n + 1) * (-1)^n: n in [0..70]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 23 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
frac,sign,easy
AUTHOR
Jaume Oliver Lafont, Feb 24 2009
STATUS
approved