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A071798 Number of paths on the surface of the n-dimensional lattice [0..2]^n; i.e. the lattice paths that do not pass through the point (1,1,...,1). +0
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0, 2, 54, 1944, 99000, 6966000, 655678800, 80103945600, 12372954249600, 2362712677920000 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

a(2) + 1 = 3 is prime. a(3) - 1 = 53 is prime. a(5) - 1 = 98999 is prime. a(7) + 1 = 655678801 is prime. a(8) - 1 = 80103945599 is prime, and part of a twin prime, as a(8) + 1 = 80103945601 is prime. a(13) - 1 = 49191138900262719359999 is prime. [From Jonathan Vos Post (jvospost3(AT)gmail.com), Sep 01 2009]

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..50

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n)=(2n)!/2^n-(n!)^2

MATHEMATICA

Table[(2n)!/2^n-(n!)^2, {n, 10}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000680.

Sequence in context: A055024 A057411 A157058 this_sequence A123686 A122418 A069788

Adjacent sequences: A071795 A071796 A071797 this_sequence A071799 A071800 A071801

KEYWORD

easy,nice,nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jun 06 2002

EXTENSIONS

Situations in which a(n) -1 or a(n)+1 are primes for n = 1..30. [From Jonathan Vos Post (jvospost3(AT)gmail.com), Sep 01 2009]

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