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| A060902 |
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Number of ordered factorizations of the identity permutation in the symmetric group S_n into 2n-2 transpositions such that the factors generate S_n. |
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| 1, 24, 2880, 1008000, 783820800, 1150082841600, 2856658246041600, 11119228380868608000, 64023737057280000000000, 521514152055397400739840000, 5799596870820600732828303360000
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OFFSET
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2,2
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REFERENCES
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I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Transitive factorizations into transpositions and holomorphic mappings on the sphere, Proc. AMS., 125 (1997), 51-60.
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FORMULA
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a(n) = (2n-2)! * n^(n-3)
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EXAMPLE
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a(2) = 1 because the only such factorization is (12)(12) = 1
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CROSSREFS
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Sequence in context: A008977 A064596 A092706 this_sequence A090444 A001512 A088731
Adjacent sequences: A060899 A060900 A060901 this_sequence A060903 A060904 A060905
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), May 05 2001
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EXTENSIONS
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More terms from Jason Earls (zevi_35711(AT)yahoo.com), May 08 2001
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