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Closed form of a second-order linear recurrence

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WorkbookCorrected.plus_34888

by wamlart · Sep 13, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

corrected-formalizationlean-workbooksequencessource-checked

Let a₀ = 1, a₁ = 2, and aₙ₊₂ = 4aₙ₊₁+aₙ for every natural number n. Then aₙ = ((2+√5)ⁿ+(2−√5)ⁿ)/2 for every natural number n.

Formalization Note: Supplies the explicit closed form requested in the source; the original formalization merely asserted the existence of a function equal to the sequence.

Source: InternLM Lean-Workbook, record lean_workbook_plus_34888 (Apache-2.0).

Preamble
import Mathlib
Formal statement
theorem WorkbookCorrected.plus_34888 (a : ℕ → ℝ) (h0 : a 0=1) (h1 : a 1=2)
    (h : ∀ n : ℕ, a (n+2)=4*a (n+1)+a n) :
    ∀ n : ℕ, a n=((2+Real.sqrt 5)^n+(2-Real.sqrt 5)^n)/2 := by sorry
Source
https://huggingface.co/datasets/internlm/Lean-Workbook/blob/main/lean_workbook.json, record lean_workbook_plus_34888; Apache-2.0

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