A002178 Numerators of Cotesian numbers (not in lowest terms): A002176*C(n,1).

1, 4, 3, 32, 75, 216, 3577, 5888, 15741, 106300, 13486539, 9903168, 56280729661, 710986864, 265553865, 127626606592, 450185515446285, 1848730221900, 603652082270808125, 187926090380000, 9545933933230947

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• nice

References

• W. W. Johnson, On Cotesian numbers: their history, computation and values to n=20, Quart. J. Pure Appl. Math., 46 (1914), 52-65.
• 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).

Links

• W. M. Johnson, On Cotesian numbers: their history, computation and values to n=20, Quart. J. Pure Appl. Math., 46 (1914), 52-65. [Annotated scanned copy]

Crossrefs

Cf. A100640/A100641, A100620/A100621, A002176-A002179.

Programs

Mathematica

cn[n_, 0] := Sum[n^j*StirlingS1[n, j]/(j+1), {j, 1, n+1}]/n!; cn[n_, n_] := cn[n, 0]; cn[n_, k_] := 1/n!*Binomial[n, k]*Sum[n^(j+m)*StirlingS1[k, j]* StirlingS1[n-k, m]/((m+1)*Binomial[j+m+1, m+1]), {m, 1, n}, {j, 1, k+1}]; A002176[n_] := LCM @@ Table[Denominator[cn[n, k]], {k, 0, n}]; a[2] = 0; a[n_] := A002176[n]*cn[n, 1]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 21}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 08 2013 *)

PARI

cn(n)= mattranspose(matinverseimage( matrix(n+1,n+1,k,m,(m-1)^(k-1)),matrix(n+1,1,k,m,n^(k-1)/k)))[ 1, ] \\ vector of quadrature formula coefficients via matrix solution

PARI

ncn(n)= denominator(cn(n))*cn(n); nk(n,k)= if(k<0 || k>n,0,ncn(n)[ k+1 ]); A002177(n)= nk(n,1)

Extensions

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