Emeric Deutsch wrote: > Any more precise explanation? Not from me, sorry... but superseeker might be able to help you with your example, one of my scripts displays: 1 1 2 5 13 33 80 185 411 885 1862 F(n) = (2**n) -1/6*(n**3) +1/2*(n**2) -7/3*n +1 F(12) = 3853, F(0) = 2 Bye, Frank