0,3

a(n) is the size of the Sylow 2-subgroup of the symmetric group S_n.

Also largest power of 2 which is a factor of n! and (apart from a(3)) the largest perfect power which is a factor of n!.

Denominator of e(n,n) (see Maple line).

Denominator of the coefficient of x^n in n-th Legendre polynomial; numerators are in A001790. - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Nov 29 2002

V. H. Moll. The evaluation of integrals: a personal story, Notices Amer. Math. Soc., 49 (No. 3, March 2002), 311-317.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Random Walk 1-Dimensional

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Legendre Polynomial

a(n) = 2^(A011371(n)) = 2^(floor(n/2)+floor(n/4)+floor(n/8)+floor(n/16)+...)

a(n)=gcd(n!, 2^n). - Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu), Apr 22 2003

a(n)=denominator(L(n)) with rational L(n):=binomial(2*n,n)/2^n. L(n) is the leading coefficient of the Legendre polynomial P_n(x).

L(n) = (2*n-1)!!/n!, with the double factorial (2*n-1)!!= A001147(n), n>=0.

e(n,n) sequence begins 1, 1, 3/2, 5/2, 35/8, 63/8, 231/16, 429/16, 6435/128, 12155/128, 46189/256, ...

e := proc(l, m) local k; add(2^(k-2*m)*binomial(2*m-2*k, m-k)*binomial(m+k, m)*binomial(k, l), k=l..m); end;

Table[GCD[w!, 2^w], {w, 1, 100}]

(PARI) a(n)=denominator(polcoeff(pollegendre(n), n))

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, 2^sum(k=1, n, n\2^k))

Cf. A011371, A001790. a(n)=A046161([n/2]).

Row sums of triangle A100258.

Cf. A100258.

Adjacent sequences: A060815 A060816 A060817 this_sequence A060819 A060820 A060821

Sequence in context: A138102 A058524 A072576 this_sequence A082887 A137583 A099328

nonn,frac

Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Apr 29 2001

Additional comments from Henry Bottomley (se16(AT)btinternet.com), May 01 2001