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G. E. Andrews, J. Jimenez-Urroz, K. Ono, q-series identities and values of certain L-functions, Duke Math Jour., Volume 108, No.3 (2001), 395-419. [From Peter Bala (pbala(AT)talktalk.net), Mar 24 2009]

E.g.f.: Sum_{k>=0} a(k)x^(2k+1)/(2k+1)! = sin(x)/cos(2x).

a(n)=(-1)^n*L(X,-2n+1) where L(X,z) is the Dirichlet L-function L(X,z)=sum(k=1,infty,X(k)/k^z) and where X(k) is the Dirichlet character Legendre(k,2) which begins 1,0,-1,0,-1,0,1,0,1,0,-1,0,-1,0,1,0,1,0,-1,0... [From Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Mar 22 2009]

Contribution from Peter Bala (pbala(AT)talktalk.net), Mar 24 2009: (Start)

Basic hypergeometric generating function: 2*exp(-t)*Sum {n = 0..inf} Product {k = 1..n} (1-exp(-16*k*t))/Product {k = 1..n+1} (1+exp(-(16*k-8)*t)) = 1 + 11*t + 361*t^2/2! + 24611*t^3/3! + .... For other sequences with generating functions of a similar type see A000364, A002105, A002439, A079144 and A158690.

a(n) = (-1)^(n+1)*L(-2*n-1), where L(s) is the Dirichlet L-function L(s) = 1 - 1/3^s - 1/5^s + 1/7^s + - - + ... [Andrews et al., Theorem 5]. (End)

Contribution from Peter Bala (pbala(AT)talktalk.net), Jun 18 2009: (Start)

a(n) = (-1)^n*B_(2*n+2)(X)/(2*n+2), where B_n(X) denotes the X-Bernoulli number with X a Dirichlet character modulus 8 given by X(8*n+1) = X(8*n+7) = 1, X(8*n+3) = X(8*n+5) = -1 and X(2*n) = 0. See A161722 for the values of B_n(X)

For the theory and properties of the generalised Bernoulli numbers B_n(X) and the associated generalised Bernoulli polynomials B_n(X,x) see [Cohen, Section 9.4].

The present sequence also occurs in the evaluation of the finite sum of powers sum {i = 0..m-1} {(8*i+1)^n - (8*i+3)^n - (8*i+5)^n + (8*i+7)^n}, n = 1,2,... - see A151751 for details. (End)

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, n+=n+1; n!*polcoeff(sin(x+x*O(x^n))/cos(2*x+x*O(x^n)), n)) /* Michael Somos Feb 09 2006 */

Cf. A064073. Bisection of A000822, A001586.

Cf. A000364, A002105, A002439, A079144, A158690. [From Peter Bala (pbala(AT)talktalk.net), Mar 24 2009]

Sequence in context: A067428 A162019 A066268 this_sequence A024149 A018893 A051862

Adjacent sequences: A000461 A000462 A000463 this_sequence A000465 A000466 A000467

nonn,easy,nice

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

Better description, new reference, Aug 15 1995