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A000085 Number of self-inverse permutations on n letters, also known as involutions; number of standard Young tableaux with n cells.

1, 1, 2, 4, 10, 26, 76, 232, 764, 2620, 9496, 35696, 140152, 568504, 2390480, 10349536, 46206736, 211799312, 997313824, 4809701440, 23758664096, 119952692896, 618884638912, 3257843882624, 17492190577600, 95680443760576, 532985208200576, 3020676745975552

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N. J. A. Sloane and J. H. Conway

a(n) is also the number of n X n symmetric permutation matrices.
a(n) is also the number of matchings (Hosoya index) in the complete graph K(n). - Ola Veshta (olaveshta(AT)my-deja.com), Mar 25 2001
a(n) is also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the n-triangular graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, May 22 2017
Equivalently, this is the number of graphs on n labeled nodes with degrees at most 1. - Don Knuth, Mar 31 2008
a(n) is also the sum of the degrees of the irreducible representations of the symmetric group S_n. - Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Apr 01 2001
a(n) is the number of partitions of a set of n distinguishable elements into sets of size 1 and 2. - Karol A. Penson, Apr 22 2003
Number of tableaux on the edges of the star graph of order n, S_n (sometimes T_n). - Roberto E. Martinez II, Jan 09 2002
The Hankel transform of this sequence is A000178 (superfactorials). Sequence is also binomial transform of the sequence 1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 15, 0, 105, 0, 945, ... (A001147 with interpolated zeros). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 10 2005
Row sums of the exponential Riordan array (e^(x^2/2),x). - Paul Barry, Jan 12 2006
a(n) is the number of nonnegative lattice paths of upsteps U = (1,1) and downsteps D = (1,-1) that start at the origin and end on the vertical line x = n in which each downstep (if any) is marked with an integer between 1 and the height of its initial vertex above the x-axis. For example, with the required integer immediately preceding each downstep, a(3) = 4 counts UUU, UU1D, UU2D, U1DU. - David Callan, Mar 07 2006
Equals row sums of triangle A152736 starting with offset 1. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 12 2008
Proof of the recurrence relation a(n) = a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2): number of involutions of [n] containing n as a fixed point is a(n-1); number of involutions of [n] containing n in some cycle (j, n), where 1 <= j <= n-1, is (n-1) times the number of involutions of [n] containing the cycle (n-1 n) = (n-1)*a(n-2). - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 08 2009
Number of ballot sequences (or lattice permutations) of length n. A ballot sequence B is a string such that, for all prefixes P of B, h(i) >= h(j) for i < j, where h(x) is the number of times x appears in P. For example, the ballot sequences of length 4 are 1111, 1112, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1231, and 1234. The string 1221 does not appear in the list because in the 3-prefix 122 there are two 2's but only one 1. (Cf. p. 176 of Bruce E. Sagan: "The Symmetric Group"). - Joerg Arndt, Jun 28 2009
Number of standard Young tableaux of size n; the ballot sequences are obtained as a length-n vector v where v_k is the (number of the) row in which the number r occurs in the tableaux. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 29 2012
Number of factorial numbers of length n-1 with no adjacent nonzero digits. For example the 10 such numbers (in rising factorial radix) of length 3 are 000, 001, 002, 003, 010, 020, 100, 101, 102, and 103. - Joerg Arndt, Nov 11 2012
Also called restricted Stirling numbers of the second kind (see Mezo). - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2013
a(n) is the number of permutations of [n] that avoid the consecutive patterns 123 and 132. Proof. Write a self-inverse permutation in standard cycle form: smallest entry in each cycle in first position, first entries decreasing. For example, (6,7)(3,4)(2)(1,5) is in standard cycle form. Then erase parentheses. This is a bijection to the permutations that avoid consecutive 123 and 132 patterns. - David Callan, Aug 27 2014
Getu (1991) says these numbers are also known as "telephone numbers". - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 23 2015
a(n) is the number of elements x in the symmetric group S_n such that x^2 = e where e is the identity. - Jianing Song, Aug 22 2018 [Edited on Jul 24 2025]
a(n) is the number of congruence orbits of upper-triangular n X n matrices on skew-symmetric matrices, or the number of Borel orbits in largest sect of the type DIII symmetric space SO_{2n}(C)/GL_n(C). Involutions can also be thought of as fixed-point-free partial involutions. See [Bingham and Ugurlu] link. - Aram Bingham, Feb 08 2020
From Thomas Anton, Apr 20 2020: (Start)
Apparently a(n) = b*c where b is odd iff a(n+b) (when a(n) is defined) is divisible by b.
Apparently a(n) = 2^(f(n mod 4)+floor(n/4))*q where f:{0,1,2,3}->{0,1,2} is given by f(0),f(1)=0, f(2)=1 and f(3)=2 and q is odd. (End)
From Iosif Pinelis, Mar 12 2021: (Start)
a(n) is the n-th initial moment of the normal distribution with mean 1 and variance 1. This follows because the moment generating function of that distribution is the e.g.f. of the sequence of the a(n)'s.
The recurrence a(n) = a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2) also follows, by writing E(Z+1)^n=EZ(Z+1)^(n-1)+E(Z+1)^(n-1), where Z is a standard normal random variable, and then taking the first of the latter two integrals by parts. (End)

			Sequence starts 1, 1, 2, 4, 10, ... because possibilities are {}, {A}, {AB, BA}, {ABC, ACB, BAC, CBA}, {ABCD, ABDC, ACBD, ADCB, BACD, BADC, CBAD, CDAB, DBCA, DCBA}. - _Henry Bottomley_, Jan 16 2001
G.f. = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 4*x^4 + 10*x^5 + 26*x^6 + 76*x^7 + 232*x^8 + 764*x^9 + ...
From _Gus Wiseman_, Jan 08 2021: (Start)
The a(4) = 10 standard Young tableaux:
  1 2 3 4
.
  1 2   1 3   1 2 3   1 2 4   1 3 4
  3 4   2 4   4       3       2
.
  1 2   1 3   1 4
  3     2     2
  4     4     3
.
  1
  2
  3
  4
The a(0) = 1 through a(4) = 10 set partitions into singletons or pairs:
  {}  {{1}}  {{1,2}}    {{1},{2,3}}    {{1,2},{3,4}}
             {{1},{2}}  {{1,2},{3}}    {{1,3},{2,4}}
                        {{1,3},{2}}    {{1,4},{2,3}}
                        {{1},{2},{3}}  {{1},{2},{3,4}}
                                       {{1},{2,3},{4}}
                                       {{1,2},{3},{4}}
                                       {{1},{2,4},{3}}
                                       {{1,3},{2},{4}}
                                       {{1,4},{2},{3}}
                                       {{1},{2},{3},{4}}
(End)

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Index entries for related partition-counting sequences

Cf. A001147, A001470, A053529, A099174, A136281-A136283, A001680, A001681.
See also A005425 for another version of the switchboard problem.
Equals 2 * A001475(n-1) for n>1.
First column of array A099020.
A069943(n+1)/A069944(n+1) = a(n)/A000142(n) in lowest terms.
Cf. A152736, A128229. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 12 2008
Diagonal of A182172. - Alois P. Heinz, May 30 2012
Cf. A001813, A006882, A135401, A297708. - Manfred Scheucher, Jan 07 2018
Row sums of: A047884, A049403, A096713 (absolute value), A100861, A104556 (absolute value), A111924, A117506 (M_4 numbers), A122848, A238123.
A320663/A339888 count unlabeled multiset partitions into singletons/pairs.
A322661 counts labeled covering half-loop-graphs.
A339742 counts factorizations into distinct primes or squarefree semiprimes.
Cf. A000110, A000258, A000700, A000701, A321729, A321730, A321737.

a000085 n = a000085_list !! n
  a000085_list = 1 : 1 : zipWith (+)
    (zipWith (*) [1..] a000085_list) (tail a000085_list) -- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 16 2013

A000085 := proc(n) option remember; if n=0 then 1 elif n=1 then 1 else procname(n-1)+(n-1)*procname(n-2); fi; end;
with(combstruct):ZL3:=[S,{S=Set(Cycle(Z,card<3))}, labeled]:seq(count(ZL3,size=n),n=0..25); # Zerinvary Lajos, Sep 24 2007
with (combstruct):a:=proc(m) [ZL, {ZL=Set(Cycle(Z, m>=card))}, labeled]; end: A:=a(2):seq(count(A, size=n), n=0..25); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 11 2008

<Roger L. Bagula, Oct 06 2006 *)
With[{nn=30},CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x+x^2/2],{x,0,nn}],x] Range[0,nn]!] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 28 2013 *)
a[ n_] := Sum[(2 k - 1)!! Binomial[ n, 2 k], {k, 0, n/2}]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, HypergeometricU[ -n/2, 1/2, -1/2] / (-1/2)^(n/2)]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, n! SeriesCoefficient[ Exp[ x + x^2 / 2], {x, 0, n}]]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
Table[(I/Sqrt[2])^n HermiteH[n, -I/Sqrt[2]], {n, 0, 100}] (* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 02 2016 *)
a[n_] := Sum[StirlingS1[n, k]*2^k*BellB[k, 1/2], {k, 0, n}]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 18 2017, after Emanuele Munarini *)
RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == a[n-1] + (n-1)*a[n-2], a[0] == 1, a[1] == 1}, a, {n, 0, 20}] (* Joan Ludevid, Jun 17 2022 *)
sds[{}]:={{}};sds[set:{i_,_}]:=Join@@Function[s,Prepend[#,s]&/@sds[Complement[set,s]]]/@Cases[Subsets[set,{1,2}],{i,_}]; Table[Length[sds[Range[n]]],{n,0,10}] (* Gus Wiseman, Jan 11 2021 *)

B(n,x):=sum(stirling2(n,k)*x^k,k,0,n);
  a(n):=sum(stirling1(n,k)*2^k*B(k,1/2),k,0,n);
  makelist(a(n),n,0,40); /* Emanuele Munarini, May 16 2014 */

makelist((%i/sqrt(2))^n*hermite(n,-%i/sqrt(2)),n,0,12); /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 02 2016 */

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( x + x^2 / 2 + x * O(x^n)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Nov 15 2002 */

N=66; x='x+O('x^N); egf=exp(x+x^2/2); Vec(serlaplace(egf)) \\ Joerg Arndt, Mar 07 2013

from math import factorial
def A000085(n): return sum(factorial(n)//(factorial(n-(k<<1))*factorial(k)*(1<>1)+1)) # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 31 2023

A000085 = lambda n: hypergeometric([-n/2,(1-n)/2], [], 2)
[simplify(A000085(n)) for n in range(28)] # Peter Luschny, Aug 21 2014

def a85(n): return sum(factorial(n) / (factorial(n-2*k) * 2**k * factorial(k)) for k in range(1+n//2))
for n in range(100): print(n, a85(n)) # Manfred Scheucher, Jan 07 2018

D-finite with recurrence a(0) = a(1) = 1, a(n) = a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2) for n>1.
E.g.f.: exp(x+x^2/2).
a(n) = a(n-1) + A013989(n-2) = A013989(n)/(n+1) = 1+A001189(n).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} n!/((n-2*k)!*2^k*k!).
a(m+n) = Sum_{k>=0} k!*binomial(m, k)*binomial(n, k)*a(m-k)*a(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 05 2004
For n>1, a(n) = 2*(A000900(n) + A000902(floor(n/2))). - Max Alekseyev, Oct 31 2015
The e.g.f. y(x) satisfies y^2 = y''y' - (y')^2.
a(n) ~ c*(n/e)^(n/2)exp(n^(1/2)) where c=2^(-1/2)exp(-1/4). [Chowla]
a(n) = HermiteH(n, 1/(sqrt(2)*i))/(-sqrt(2)*i)^n, where HermiteH are the Hermite polynomials. - Karol A. Penson, May 16 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A001498((n+k)/2, (n-k)/2)(1+(-1)^(n-k))/2. - Paul Barry, Jan 12 2006
For asymptotics see the Robinson paper.
a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n} A099174(n,m). - Roger L. Bagula, Oct 06 2006
O.g.f.: A(x) = 1/(1-x-1*x^2/(1-x-2*x^2/(1-x-3*x^2/(1-... -x-n*x^2/(1- ...))))) (continued fraction). - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 17 2006
From Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2008: (Start)
a(n) = (n-1)*a(n-2) + a(n-1); e.g., a(7) = 232 = 6*26 + 76.
Starting with offset 1 = eigensequence of triangle A128229. (End)
a(n) = (1/sqrt(2*Pi))*Integral_{x=-oo..oo} exp(-x^2/2)*(x+1)^n. - Groux Roland, Mar 14 2011
Row sums of |A096713|. a(n) = D^n(exp(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator sqrt(1+2*x)*d/dx. Cf. A047974 and A080599. - Peter Bala, Dec 07 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 03 2011 - Oct 28 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f.: 1+x*(2+x)/(2*G(0)-x*(2+x)) where G(k)=1+x*(x+2)/(2+2*(k+1)/G(k+1)).
G.f.: 1/(U(0) - x) where U(k) = 1 + x*(k+1) - x*(k+1)/(1 - x/U(k+1)).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x*k - x/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: -1/(x*Q(0)) where Q(k) = 1 - 1/x - (k+1)/Q(k+1).
G.f.: T(0)/(1-x) where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)/( x^2*(k+1) - (1-x)^2/T(k+1)). (End)
a(n) ~ (1/sqrt(2)) * exp(sqrt(n)-n/2-1/4) * n^(n/2) * (1 + 7/(24*sqrt(n))). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 07 2014
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} s(n,k)*(-1)^(n-k)*2^k*B(k,1/2), where the s(n,k) are (signless) Stirling numbers of the first kind, and the B(n,x) = Sum_{k=0..n} S(n,k)*x^k are the Stirling polynomials, where the S(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the second kind. - Emanuele Munarini, May 16 2014
a(n) = hyper2F0([-n/2,(1-n)/2],[],2). - Peter Luschny, Aug 21 2014
0 = a(n)*(+a(n+1) + a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(-a(n+1) + a(n+2)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Aug 22 2014
From Peter Bala, Oct 06 2021: (Start)
a(n+k) == a(n) (mod k) for all n >= 0 and all positive odd integers k.
Hence for each odd k, the sequence obtained by taking a(n) modulo k is a periodic sequence and the exact period divides k. For example, taking a(n) modulo 7 gives the purely periodic sequence [1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, ...] of period 7. For similar results see A047974 and A115329. (End)

A000898 a(n) = 2(a(n-1) + (n-1)a(n-2)) for n >= 2 with a(0) = 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 6, 20, 76, 312, 1384, 6512, 32400, 168992, 921184, 5222208, 30710464, 186753920, 1171979904, 7573069568, 50305536256, 342949298688, 2396286830080, 17138748412928, 125336396368896, 936222729254912, 7136574106003456, 55466948299223040, 439216305474605056, 3540846129311916032

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Number of solutions to the rook problem on a 2n X 2n board having a certain symmetry group (see Robinson for details).
Also the value of the n-th derivative of exp(x^2) evaluated at 1. - N. Calkin, Apr 22 2010
For n >= 1, a(n) is also the sum of the degrees of the irreducible representations of the group of n X n signed permutation matrices (described in sequence A066051). The similar sum for the "ordinary" symmetric group S_n is in sequence A000085. - Sharon Sela (sharonsela(AT)hotmail.com), Jan 12 2002
It appears that this is also the number of permutations of 1, 2, ..., n+1 such that each term (after the first) is within 2 of some preceding term. Verified for n+1 <= 6. E.g., a(4) = 20 because of the 24 permutations of 1, 2, 3, 4, the only ones not permitted are 1, 4, 2, 3; 1, 4, 3, 2; 4, 1, 2, 3; and 4, 1, 3, 2. - Gerry Myerson, Aug 06 2003
Hankel transform is A108400. - Paul Barry, Feb 11 2008
From Emeric Deutsch, Jun 19 2010: (Start)
Number of symmetric involutions of [2n]. Example: a(2)=6 because we have 1234, 2143, 1324, 3412, 4231, and 4321. See the Egge reference, pp. 419-420.
Number of symmetric involutions of [2n+1]. Example: a(2)=6 because we have 12345, 14325, 21354, 45312, 52341, and 54321. See the Egge reference, pp. 419-420.
(End)
Binomial convolution of sequence A000085: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*A000085(k)*A000085(n-k). - Emanuele Munarini, Mar 02 2016
The sequence can be obtained from the infinite product of 2 X 2 matrices [(1,N); (1,1)] by extracting the upper left terms, where N = (1, 3, 5, ...), the odd integers. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 28 2016
Apparently a(n) is the number of standard domino tableaux of size 2n, where a domino tableau is a generalized Young tableau in which all rows and columns are weakly increasing and all regions are dominos. - Gus Wiseman, Feb 25 2018

			G.f. = 1 + 2*x + 6*x^2 + 20*x^3 + 76*x^4 + 312*x^5 + 1384*x^6 + 6512*x^7 + ...
The a(3) = 20 domino tableaux:
1 1 2 2 3 3
.
1 2 2 3 3
1
.
1 2 3 3   1 1 3 3   1 1 2 2
1 2       2 2       3 3
.
1 1 3 3   1 1 2 2
2         3
2         3
.
1 2 3   1 2 2   1 1 3
1 2 3   1 3 3   2 2 3
.
1 3 3   1 2 2
1       1
2       3
2       3
.
1 2   1 1   1 1
1 2   2 3   2 2
3 3   2 3   3 3
.
1 3   1 2   1 1
1 3   1 2   2 2
2     3     3
2     3     3
.
1 1
2
2
3
3
.
1
1
2
2
3
3 - _Gus Wiseman_, Feb 25 2018

D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, Vol. 3, Sect 5.1.4 Exer. 31.
L. C. Larson, The number of essentially different nonattacking rook arrangements, J. Recreat. Math., 7 (No. 3, 1974), circa pages 180-181.
R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200
Y. Alp and E. G. Kocer, Exponential Almost-Riordan Arrays, Results Math 79, 173 (2024). See page 10.
Arvind Ayyer, Hiranya Kishore Dey, and Digjoy Paul, How large is the character degree sum compared to the character table sum for a finite group?, arXiv:2406.06036 [math.RT], 2024. See p. 10.
C. Banderier, M. Bousquet-Mélou, A. Denise, P. Flajolet, D. Gardy and D. Gouyou-Beauchamps, Generating functions for generating trees, Discrete Mathematics 246(1-3), March 2002, pp. 29-55.
Paul Barry, The Gamma-Vectors of Pascal-like Triangles Defined by Riordan Arrays, arXiv:1804.05027 [math.CO], 2018.
R. A. Brualdi, Shi-Mie Ma, Enumeration of involutions by descents and symmetric matrices, Eur. J. Combin. 43 (2015) 220-228
P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
C.-O. Chow, Counting involutory, unimodal, and alternating signed permutations, Discr. Math. 306 (2006), 2222-2228.
R. Donaghey, Binomial self-inverse sequences and tangent coefficients, J. Combin. Theory, Series A, 21 (1976), 155-163.
Eric S. Egge, Restricted symmetric permutations, Ann. Combin., 11 (2007), 405-434.
Adam M. Goyt and Lara K. Pudwell, Avoiding colored partitions of two elements in the pattern sense, arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3786 [math.CO], 2012. - From _N. J. A. Sloane_, Sep 17 2012
T. Halverson and M. Reeks, Gelfand Models for Diagram Algebras, arXiv:1302.6150 [math.RT], 2013-2014.
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles, 2011. [Cached copy]
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles, arXiv:2006.14070 [math.CO], 2020.
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Yen-chi R. Lin, Asymptotic Formula for Symmetric Involutions, arXiv:1310.0988 [math.CO], 2013.
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E. Lucas, Théorie des nombres (annotated scans of a few selected pages)
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D. P. Roberts and A. Venkatesh, Hurwitz monodromy and full number fields, 2014.
Index entries for sequences related to Hermite polynomials

Column k=2 of A294042 and A376826.
Row sums of A122832 and A185296.
Cf. A000085, A000712, A004003, A066051, A099390, A100861, A135401, A138178, A153452, A297388, A299699, A299926, A300056, A300060.

a000898 n = a000898_list !! n
a000898_list = 1 : 2 : (map (* 2) $
   zipWith (+) (tail a000898_list) (zipWith (*) [1..] a000898_list))
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 10 2011

# For Maple program see A000903.
seq(simplify((-I)^n*HermiteH(n, I)), n=0..25); # Peter Luschny, Oct 23 2015

a[n_] := Sum[ 2^k*StirlingS1[n, k]*BellB[k], {k, 0, n}]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 21}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 17 2011, after Vladeta Jovovic *)
RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==1,a[1]==2,a[n]==2(a[n-1]+(n-1)a[n-2])},a,{n,30}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 04 2012 *)
Table[Abs[HermiteH[n, I]], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 22 2015 *)
a[ n_] := Sum[ 2^(n - 2 k) n! / (k! (n - 2 k)!), {k, 0, n/2}]; (* Michael Somos, Oct 23 2015 *)

makelist((%i)^n*hermite(n,-%i),n,0,12); /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 02 2016 */

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp(2*x + x^2 + x * O(x^n)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 08 2004 */

{a(n) = if( n<2, max(0, n+1), 2*a(n-1) + (2*n - 2) * a(n-2))}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 08 2004 */

my(x='x+O('x^66)); Vec(serlaplace(exp(2*x+x^2))) \\ Joerg Arndt, Oct 04 2013

{a(n) = sum(k=0, n\2, 2^(n - 2*k) * n! / (k! * (n - 2*k)!))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 23 2015 */

a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n} |A060821(n,m)| = H(n,-i)*i^n, with the Hermite polynomials H(n,x); i.e., these are row sums of the unsigned triangle A060821.
E.g.f.: exp(x*(x + 2)).
a(n) = 2 * A000902(n) for n >= 1.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,2k)*binomial(2k,k)*k!*2^(n-2k). - N. Calkin, Apr 22 2010
Binomial transform of A047974. - Paul Barry, May 09 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Stirling1(n, k)*2^k*Bell(k). - Vladeta Jovovic, Oct 01 2003
From Paul Barry, Aug 29 2005: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} A001498(n-k, k) * 2^(n-k).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A001498((n+k)/2, (n-k)/2) * 2^((n+k)/2) * (1+(-1)^(n-k))/2. (End)
For asymptotics, see the Robinson paper. [This is disputed by Yen-chi R. Lin. See below, Sep 30 2013.]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} 2^(n-2*k) * C(n,2*k) * (2*k)!/k!. - Paul Barry, Feb 11 2008
G.f.: 1/(1 - 2*x - 2*x^2/(1 - 2*x - 4*x^2/(1 - 2*x - 6*x^2/(1 - 2*x - 8*x^2/(1 - ... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Feb 25 2010
E.g.f.: exp(x^2 + 2*x) = Q(0); Q(k) = 1 + (x^2 + 2*x)/(2*k + 1 - (x^2 + 2*x)*(2*k + 1)/((x^2 + 2*x) + (2*k + 2)/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 24 2011
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + 2*x*k - x - x/(1 - 2*x*(k + 1)/Q(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 07 2013
a(n) = (2*n/e)^(n/2) * exp(sqrt(2*n)) / sqrt(2*e) * (1 + sqrt(2/n)/3 + O(n^(-1))). - Yen-chi R. Lin, Sep 30 2013
0 = a(n)*(2*a(n+1) + 2*a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(-2*a(n+1) + a(n+2)) for all n >= 0. - Michael Somos, Oct 23 2015
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} 2^(n-k)*B(n, k), where B are the Bessel numbers A100861. - Peter Luschny, Jun 04 2021

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Feb 21 2001
Initial condition a(0)=1 added to definition by Jon E. Schoenfield, Oct 01 2013
More terms from Joerg Arndt, Oct 04 2013

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A000085 Number of self-inverse permutations on n letters, also known as involutions; number of standard Young tableaux with n cells.

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A000898 a(n) = 2*(a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2)) for n >= 2 with a(0) = 1.

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A000903 Number of inequivalent ways of placing n nonattacking rooks on n X n board up to rotations and reflections of the board.

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A122670 If n mod 4 = 2 or n mod 4 = 3 then a(n) = 0 else let m=floor(n/4), then a(n) = (2*m)!/m!.

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A263685 Number of inequivalent placements of n nonattacking rooks on n X n board up to rotations of the board.

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A000898 a(n) = 2(a(n-1) + (n-1)a(n-2)) for n >= 2 with a(0) = 1.