In mathematics, the Jacobsthal numbers are an integer sequence named after the German mathematician Ernst Jacobsthal.
Like the related Fibonacci numbers, they are a specific type of Lucas sequence
The first Jacobsthal primes are: Jacobsthal numbers are defined by the recurrence relation: The next Jacobsthal number is also given by the recursion formula or by The second recursion formula above is also satisfied by the powers of 2.
The Jacobsthal number at a specific point in the sequence may be calculated directly using the closed-form equation:[2] The generating function for the Jacobsthal numbers is The sum of the reciprocals of the Jacobsthal numbers is approximately 2.7186, slightly larger than e. The Jacobsthal numbers can be extended to negative indices using the recurrence relation or the explicit formula, giving The following identities holds Jacobsthal–Lucas numbers represent the complementary Lucas sequence
They satisfy the same recurrence relation as Jacobsthal numbers but have different initial values: The following Jacobsthal–Lucas number also satisfies:[2] The Jacobsthal–Lucas number at a specific point in the sequence may be calculated directly using the closed-form equation:[2] The first Jacobsthal–Lucas numbers are: The first Jacobsthal Oblong numbers are: 0, 1, 3, 15, 55, 231, 903, 3655, 14535, 58311, … (sequence A084175 in the OEIS)