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For the OEIS sequence A176677, defined by the quadratic convolution recurrence $a(0) = a(1) = 1$ and $a(n+1) = \sum_{p=0}^n a(p) a(n-p) - 1$ for $n \ge 1$, R.~J.~Mathar contributed in March 2016 the conjectured order-4 P-recursive…

For the OEIS sequence A214615, defined by $a(n) = M_{n}(1)$ where $M_{n}$ is the $n$-th Meixner polynomial satisfying $M_{n+1}(x) = x\,M_{n}(x) - n^{2}\,M_{n-1}(x)$, R.~J.~Mathar contributed on 6~March 2013 the conjectured order-2…

For the OEIS sequence A025166, defined by $a(n) = -n!\,2^{n}\,L_{n}(1/2)$ where $L_{n}$ is the Laguerre polynomial of degree $n$, R.~J.~Mathar contributed in February 2013 the conjectured order-2 P-recursive recurrence \[ a(n) + (-4n+3)\,…

For the OEIS sequence A032123, the number of length-$2n$ black-and-white strings with $n$ black beads, considered up to reversal, R. J. Mathar contributed in November 2013 the conjectured order-5 P-recursive recurrence \[ \begin{aligned}…

For OEIS sequence A045406, the column-2 diagonal of the Lehmer-Comtet triangle A008296, R. J. Mathar contributed in September 2021 the conjectured order-2 P-recursive recurrence \[ a(n) + (2n-7)\,a(n-1) + (n-4)^{2}\,a(n-2) \;=\; 0,\qquad n…

For the OEIS sequence A001711, contributed by N. J. A. Sloane long before the on-line era and identified there as the diagonal $T(n+4, 4)$ of a generalized-Stirling triangle, R. J. Mathar contributed in February 2020 the conjectured order-2…

The On-Line Encyclopedia Of Integer Sequences , that wonderful resource that most combinatorialists, and many other mathematicians and scientists, use at least once a day, is a treasure trove of mathematical information, and, one of its…

We prove an existing conjecture that the sequence defined recursively by $a_1=1, a_2=2, a_n=4a_{n-1}-2a_{n-2}$ counts the number of length-$n$ permutations avoiding the four generalized permutation patterns 1-32-4, 1-42-3, 2-31-4, and…

For the OEIS sequence A348410, P. Bala recorded in February 2022 two equivalent closed forms, $a(n) = [x^{n}] ((1-x)(1-x^2))^{-n}$ and a single-index binomial sum. R. J. Mathar (October 2021) and V. Kotesovec (November 2021) each…

The sequence A000975 in OEIS can be defined by $A_1=1$, $A_{n+1}=2A_n$ if $n$ is odd, and $A_{n+1}=2A_n+1$ if $n$ is even. This sequence satisfies other recurrence relations, admits some closed formulas, and is known to enumerate several…

Stanley, building on work of Stern, defined an array of numbers by the recurrence $s(n, 2k) = s(n-1, k)$, $s(n, 2k+1) = s(n-1, k) + s(n-1, k+1)$. Stanley showed that, for each positive integer $r$, the sequence $s_n^r:= \sum_k s(n,k)^r$…

In an automatic search, we found conjectural recurrences for some sequences in the OEIS that were not previously recognized as being D-finite. In some cases, we are able to prove the conjectured recurrence. In some cases, we are not able to…

A family of nested recurrence relations $a(n+1) = n - a^{(m)}(n) + a^{(m+1)}(n)$, parameterized by an integer $m \ge 1$ with initial condition $a(1)=1$, is studied. We prove that $a(n)=n-h(n)$ is the unique solution satisfying this…

We study two families of sequences, listed in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS), which are associated to invariant theory of Lie algebras. For the first family, we prove combinatorially that the sequences A059710 and…

In this work we resolve several conjectures stated in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer sequences.

In this paper, we present a new method for the analysis of piecewise dynamical systems that are similar to the Collatz conjecture in regard to certain properties of the commutator of their sub-functions. We use the fact that the commutator…

In [8] (Nakagawa, et.al., IEEE Trans. IT, 2021), we investigated the convergence speed of the Arimoto-Blahut algorithm. In [8], the convergence of the order $O(1/N)$ was analyzed by focusing on the second-order nonlinear recurrence formula…

Let $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be the greedy self-generating sequence defined by $a_1=1$, $a_2=2$, and, for $k\ge 3$, by taking $a_k$ to be the least integer greater than $a_{k-1}$ that can be written as a sum of at least two consecutive earlier…

The first order nonlinear ODE \dot \phi(t) + \sin\phi(t)=q(t),q(t)=B+A\cos\omega t, where A,B,\omega are real constants, is considered, the transformation converting it to a second order linear homogeneous ODE with polynoimial coefficients…

Second order recurrence relations of real numbers arise form various applications in discrete time dynamical systems as well as in the context on Markov chains. Solutions to the recurrence relations are fully defined by the first two…