I want to generate the nth term of the sequence 1,3,8,22,60 ,164 in Order(1) or order of (nlogn)

You can calculate values of sequences with a linear recurrence relation in O(log n) steps using the matrix method. In this case, the recurrence matrix is

2 2
1 0

The n-th term of the sequence is then obtained by multiplying the n-th power of that matrix with the two initial values.

The recurrence immediately translates to

|x_n    |   |2 2|   |x_(n-1)|
|x_(n-1)| = |1 0| * |x_(n-2)|

thus

|x_(n+1)|   |2 2|^n   |x_1|
|x_n    | = |1 0|   * |x_0|.

In this case the initial conditions give, x_1 = 1, x_2 = 3 lead to x_0 = 0.5, a non-integer value, hence the calculation should rather be

|x_(n+1)|   |2 2|^(n-1)   |x_2|
|x_n    | = |1 0|       * |x_1|.

To get the value modulo some number, calculate the power of the matrix modulo that number.

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