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A051396 a(n) = (2*n-2)*(2*n-3)*a(n-1)+1. +0
3
0, 1, 3, 37, 1111, 62217, 5599531, 739138093, 134523132927, 32285551902481, 9879378882159187, 3754163975220491061, 1734423756551866870183, 957401913616630512341017, 622311243850809833021661051, 470467300351212233764375754557, 409306551305554643375006906464591 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENT

The sequence 1,0,3,0,37,... has e.g.f. cosh(x)/(1-x^2) with a(n)=sum{k=0..n, C(n,k)k!(1+(-1)^k)(1+(-1)^(n-k))/4}. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 01 2005

REFERENCES

A. Petojevic, On Kurepa's Hypothesis for the Left Factorial, FILOMAT (Nis), 12:1 (1998), p. 29-37.

FORMULA

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} (2*n-2)!/(2*k)! = floor((2*n-2)!*cosh(1)), n>=1. - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)Eunet.yu), Aug 10 2002

a(n+1)=sum{k=0..2n, C(2n, k)*k!*(1+(-1)^k)^2}; - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 01 2005

MAPLE

A051396 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then n else (2*n-2)*(2*n-3)*A051396(n-1)+1; fi; end;

CROSSREFS

Bisection of abs(A009179(n)).

Sequence in context: A054596 A003717 A003716 this_sequence A113074 A128083 A132931

Adjacent sequences: A051393 A051394 A051395 this_sequence A051397 A051398 A051399

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Aleksandar Petojevic.

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