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A034428 Coefficients of 1-(1-x)*(tan(x)+sec(x)). +0
3
1, 1, 3, 9, 35, 155, 791, 4529, 28839, 201939, 1542739, 12767689, 113794603, 1086657403, 11068604847, 119790363489, 1372696498127, 16603828720547, 211406514019115, 2826296899863929, 39584082775592211, 579600224535319371 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENT

Also: number of permutations on n elements having the descent pattern: up, up, down, up, down, ...; a(n) = n * E_{n-1} - E_{n} where E_{n} denotes the Euler numbers, see sequence A000111. - Richard Ehrenborg, Feb 12, 2002

REFERENCES

R. Ehrenborg and S. Mahajan, Maximizing the descent statistic, Annals Combin., 2 (1998), no. 2, 111-129.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100

FORMULA

E.g.f.: 1-(1-x)*(tan(x)+sec(x)).

PROGRAM

(PARI) a(n)=n!*polcoeff(1-(1-x)*(tan(x+x*O(x^n))+1/cos(x+x*O(x^n))),

CROSSREFS

Essentially the same as A131281(n)/2.

Sequence in context: A074507 A030268 A097277 this_sequence A101880 A107894 A155858

Adjacent sequences: A034425 A034426 A034427 this_sequence A034429 A034430 A034431

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

Additional comments from Michael Somos, Dec 03, 2001

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