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A036679 n^n - n!. +0
9
0, 0, 2, 21, 232, 3005, 45936, 818503, 16736896, 387057609, 9996371200, 285271753811, 8915621446656, 302868879571453, 11111919647266816, 437892582706491375, 18446723150919663616, 827239906198908668177, 39346401672922831847424 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENT

a(n)=|non-injective functions [n]->[n]|=|non-surjective functions [n]->[n]|

Fit a polynomial f of degree n-1 to the first n n-th powers of nonnegative integers. Then a(n) = f(n). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters (FrankTAW(AT)Netscape.net), Dec 28 2006

n^n > n! for n >= 3. [Mitrinovic]

REFERENCES

D. S. Mitrinovic, Analytic Inequalities, Springer-Verlag, 1970; p. 193, 3.1.22.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..50

MATHEMATICA

lst={}; Do[AppendTo[lst, n^n-n! ], {n, 3*4!}]; lst [From Vladimir Orlovsky (4vladimir(AT)gmail.com), Nov 20 2008]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A126130.

Sequence in context: A062813 A024231 A069717 this_sequence A134490 A045726 A105712

Adjacent sequences: A036676 A036677 A036678 this_sequence A036680 A036681 A036682

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), G. L. Honaker, Jr. (honak3r(AT)gmail.com)

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