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A005225 Number of permutations of length n with equal cycles.
(Formerly M0903)
+0
8
1, 2, 3, 10, 25, 176, 721, 6406, 42561, 436402, 3628801, 48073796, 479001601, 7116730336, 88966701825, 1474541093026, 20922789888001, 400160588853026, 6402373705728001, 133991603578884052, 2457732174030848001 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

a(n)=(n-1)!+1 iff n is a prime.

REFERENCES

D. P. Walsh, A differentiation-based characterization of primes, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc., 25 (No. 2, 2002), p. 339, #975-11-237.

H. S. Wilf, Three problems in combinatorial asymptotics, J. Combin. Theory, A 35 (1983), 199-207.

LINKS

D. P. Walsh, Primality test based on the generating function

D. P. Walsh, A differentiation-based characterization of primes

FORMULA

a(n) = n!*sum(((n/k)!*k^(n/k))^(-1)) where sum is over all divisors k of n. Exponential generating function [for a(1) through a(n)]= sum(exp(t^k/k), k=1..n).

EXAMPLE

For example, a(4)=10 since, of the 24 permutations of length 4, there are 6 permutations with consist of a single 4-cycle, 3 permutations that consist of two 2-cycles, and 1 permutation with four 1-cycles. Also, a(7)=721 since there are 720 permutations with a single cycle of length 7 and 1 permutation with seven 1-cycles.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A123029 A103018 A005158 this_sequence A052929 A134588 A000060

Adjacent sequences: A005222 A005223 A005224 this_sequence A005226 A005227 A005228

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

njas

EXTENSIONS

Additional comments from Dennis P. Walsh (dwalsh(AT)mtsu.edu), Dec 08 2000

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)Eunet.yu), Dec 01 2001

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