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A000364 Euler (or secant or "Zig") numbers: e.g.f. (even powers only) sec(x) = 1/cos(x).

1, 1, 5, 61, 1385, 50521, 2702765, 199360981, 19391512145, 2404879675441, 370371188237525, 69348874393137901, 15514534163557086905, 4087072509293123892361, 1252259641403629865468285, 441543893249023104553682821, 177519391579539289436664789665

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Inverse Gudermannian gd^(-1)(x) = log(sec(x) + tan(x)) = log(tan(Pi/4 + x/2)) = arctanh(sin(x)) = 2 * arctanh(tan(x/2)) = 2 * arctanh(csc(x) - cot(x)). - Michael Somos, Mar 19 2011
a(n) is the number of downup permutations of [2n]. Example: a(2)=5 counts 4231, 4132, 3241, 3142, 2143. - David Callan, Nov 21 2011
a(n) is the number of increasing full binary trees on vertices {0,1,2,...,2n} for which the leftmost leaf is labeled 2n. - David Callan, Nov 21 2011
a(n) is the number of unordered increasing trees of size 2n+1 with only even degrees allowed and degree-weight generating function given by cosh(t). - Markus Kuba, Sep 13 2014
a(n) is the number of standard Young tableaux of skew shape (n+1,n,n-1,...,3,2)/(n-1,n-2,...2,1). - Ran Pan, Apr 10 2015
Since cos(z) has a root at z = Pi/2 and no other root in C with a smaller |z|, the radius of convergence of the e.g.f. (intended complex-valued) is Pi/2 = A019669 (see also A028296). - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 07 2016
All terms are odd. - Alois P. Heinz, Jul 22 2018
The sequence starting with a(1) is periodic modulo any odd prime p. The minimal period is (p-1)/2 if p == 1 mod 4 and p-1 if p == 3 mod 4 [Knuth & Buckholtz, 1967, Theorem 2]. - Allen Stenger, Aug 03 2020
Conjecture: taking the sequence [a(n) : n >= 1] modulo an integer k gives a purely periodic sequence with period dividing phi(k). For example, the sequence taken modulo 21 begins [1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, ...] with an apparent period of 6 = phi(21)/2. - Peter Bala, May 08 2023

			G.f. = 1 + x + 5*x^2 + 61*x^3 + 1385*x^4 + 50521*x^5 + 2702765*x^6 + 199360981*x^7 + ...
sec(x) = 1 + 1/2*x^2 + 5/24*x^4 + 61/720*x^6 + ...
From _Gary W. Adamson_, Jul 18 2011: (Start)
The first few rows of matrix M are:
   1,  1,  0,  0,  0, ...
   4,  4,  4,  0,  0, ...
   9,  9,  9,  9,  0, ...
  16, 16, 16, 16, 16, ... (End)

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Index entries for "core" sequences.
Index entries for sequences related to boustrophedon transform.

Cf. A000111, A000182, A011248, A019669, A034947, A060075, A013525, A000816, A002436, A000464, A002105, A002439, A079144, A158690.
Essentially same as A028296 and A122045.
First column of triangle A060074.
Two main diagonals of triangle A060058 (as iterated sums of squares).
Absolute values of row sums of A160485. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
Left edge of triangle A210108, see also A125053, A076552. Cf. A255881.
Bisection (even part) of A317139.
The sequences [(-k^2)^n*Euler(2*n, 1/k), n = 0, 1, ...] are: A000007 (k=1), A000364 (k=2), |A210657| (k=3), A000281 (k=4), A272158 (k=5), A002438 (k=6), A273031 (k=7).

series(sec(x),x,40): SERIESTOSERIESMULT(%): subs(x=sqrt(y),%): seriestolist(%);
# end of program
A000364_list := proc(n) local S,k,j; S[0] := 1;
for k from 1 to n do S[k] := k*S[k-1] od;
for k from  1 to n do
    for j from k to n do
        S[j] := (j-k)*S[j-1]+(j-k+1)*S[j] od od;
seq(S[j], j=1..n)  end:
A000364_list(16);  # Peter Luschny, Apr 02 2012
A000364 := proc(n)
    abs(euler(2*n)) ;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Mar 14 2013

Take[ Range[0, 32]! * CoefficientList[ Series[ Sec[x], {x, 0, 32}], x], {1, 32, 2}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 23 2006 *)
Table[Abs[EulerE[2n]], {n, 0, 30}] (* Ray Chandler, Mar 20 2007 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, With[{m = 2 n}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ Sec[ x], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 22 2013 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, With[{m = 2 n + 1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ InverseGudermannian[ x], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 22 2013 *)
a[n_] := Sum[Sum[Binomial[k, m] (-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1)) Sum[Binomial[m, j]* (2j-m)^(2n), {j, 0, m/2}] (-1)^(k-m), {m, 0, k}], {k, 1, 2n}]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 16}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 26 2019, after Vladimir Kruchinin *)
a[0] := 1; a[n_] := a[n] = -Sum[a[n - k]/(2 k)!, {k, 1, n}]; Map[(-1)^# (2 #)! a[#] &, Range[0, 16]] (* Oliver Seipel, May 18 2024 *)

a(n):=sum(sum(binomial(k,m)*(-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1))*sum(binomial(m,j)*(2*j-m)^(2*n),j,0,m/2)*(-1)^(k-m),m,0,k),k,1,2*n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 05 2010 */

a[n]:=if n=0 then 1 else sum(sum((i-k)^(2*n)*binomial(2*k, i)*(-1)^(i+k+n), i, 0, k-1)/ (2^(k-1)), k, 1, 2*n); makelist(a[n], n, 0, 16); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 05 2012 */

{a(n)=local(CF=1+x*O(x^n));if(n<0,return(0), for(k=1,n,CF=1/(1-(n-k+1)^2*x*CF));return(Vec(CF)[n+1]))} \\ Paul D. Hanna Oct 07 2005

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (2*n)! * polcoeff( 1 / cos(x + O(x^(2*n + 1))), 2*n))}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 18 2002 */

{a(n) = my(A); if( n<0, 0, n = 2*n+1 ; A = x * O(x^n); n! * polcoeff( log(1 / cos(x + A) + tan(x + A)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007 */

{a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0, n, (2*m)!/2^m * x^m/prod(k=1, m, 1+k^2*x+x*O(x^n))), n)} \\ Paul D. Hanna, Sep 20 2012

list(n)=my(v=Vec(1/cos(x+O(x^(2*n+1)))));vector(n,i,v[2*i-1]*(2*i-2)!) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2012

a(n)=subst(bernpol(2*n+1),'x,1/4)*4^(2*n+1)*(-1)^(n+1)/(2*n+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 10 2014

a(n)=abs(eulerfrac(2*n)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 23 2022

\\ Based on an algorithm of Peter Bala, cf. link in A110501.
upto(n) = my(v1, v2, v3); v1 = vector(n+1, i, 0); v1[1] = 1; v2 = vector(n, i, i^2); v3 = v1; for(i=2, n+1, for(j=2, i-1, v1[j] += v2[i-j+1]*v1[j-1]); v1[i] = v1[i-1]; v3[i] = v1[i]); v3 \\ Mikhail Kurkov, Aug 30 2025

from functools import lru_cache
from math import comb
@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
def A000364(n): return 1 if n == 0 else (1 if n % 2 else -1)*sum((-1 if i % 2 else 1)*A000364(i)*comb(2*n,2*i) for i in range(n)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 14 2022

# after Mikhail Kurkov, based on an algorithm of Peter Bala, cf. link in A110501.
def euler_list(len: int) -> list[int]:
    if len == 0: return []
    v1 = [1] + [0] * (len - 1)
    v2 = [i**2 for i in range(1, len + 1)]
    result = [0] * len
    result[0] = 1
    for i in range(1, len):
        for j in range(1, i):
            v1[j] += v2[i - j] * v1[j - 1]
        v1[i] = v1[i - 1]
        result[i] = v1[i]
    return result
print(euler_list(1000))  # Peter Luschny, Aug 30 2025

# Algorithm of L. Seidel (1877)
# n -> [a(0), a(1), ..., a(n-1)] for n > 0.
def A000364_list(len) :
    R = []; A = {-1:0, 0:1}; k = 0; e = 1
    for i in (0..2*len-1) :
        Am = 0; A[k + e] = 0; e = -e
        for j in (0..i) : Am += A[k]; A[k] = Am; k += e
        if e < 0 : R.append(A[-i//2])
    return R
A000364_list(17) # Peter Luschny, Mar 31 2012

E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n) * x^(2*n) / (2*n)! = sec(x). - Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007
E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n) * x^(2*n+1) / (2*n+1)! = gd^(-1)(x). - Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007
E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)*x^(2*n+1)/(2*n+1)! = 2*arctanh(cosec(x)-cotan(x)). - Ralf Stephan, Dec 16 2004
Pi/4 - [Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k/(2*k+1)] ~ (1/2)*[Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k*E(k)/(2*n)^(2k+1)] for positive even n. [Borwein, Borwein, and Dilcher]
Also, for positive odd n, log(2) - Sum_{k = 1..(n-1)/2} (-1)^(k-1)/k ~ (-1)^((n-1)/2) * Sum_{k >= 0} (-1)^k*E(k)/n^(2*k+1), where E(k) is the k-th Euler number, by Borwein, Borwein, and Dilcher, Lemma 2 with f(x) := 1/(x + 1/2), h := 1/2 and then replace x with (n-1)/2. - Peter Bala, Oct 29 2016
Let M_n be the n X n matrix M_n(i, j) = binomial(2*i, 2*(j-1)) = A086645(i, j-1); then for n>0, a(n) = det(M_n); example: det([1, 1, 0, 0; 1, 6, 1, 0; 1, 15, 15, 1; 1, 28, 70, 28 ]) = 1385. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 04 2005
This sequence is also (-1)^n*EulerE(2*n) or abs(EulerE(2*n)). - Paul Abbott (paul(AT)physics.uwa.edu.au), Apr 14 2006
a(n) = 2^n * E_n(1/2), where E_n(x) is an Euler polynomial.
a(k) = a(j) (mod 2^n) if and only if k == j (mod 2^n) (k and j  are even). [Stern; see also Wagstaff and Sun]
E_k(3^(k+1)+1)/4 = (3^k/2)*Sum_{j=0..2^n-1} (-1)^(j-1)*(2j+1)^k*[(3j+1)/2^n] (mod 2^n) where k is even and [x] is the greatest integer function. [Sun]
a(n) ~ 2^(2*n+2)*(2*n)!/Pi^(2*n+1) as n -> infinity. [corrected by Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 10 2021]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A094665(n, k)*2^(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 10 2004
Recurrence: a(n) = -(-1)^n*Sum_{i=0..n-1} (-1)^i*a(i)*binomial(2*n, 2*i). - Ralf Stephan, Feb 24 2005
O.g.f.: 1/(1-x/(1-4*x/(1-9*x/(1-16*x/(...-n^2*x/(1-...)))))) (continued fraction due to T. J. Stieltjes). - Paul D. Hanna, Oct 07 2005
a(n) = (Integral_{t=0..Pi} log(tan(t/2)^2)^(2n)dt)/Pi^(2n+1). - Logan Kleinwaks (kleinwaks(AT)alumni.princeton.edu), Mar 15 2007
From Peter Bala, Mar 24 2009: (Start)
Basic hypergeometric generating function: 2*exp(-t)*Sum {n >= 0} Product_{k = 1..n} (1-exp(-(4*k-2)*t))*exp(-2*n*t)/Product_{k = 1..n+1} (1+exp(-(4*k-2)*t)) = 1 + t + 5*t^2/2! + 61*t^3/3! + .... For other sequences with generating functions of a similar type see A000464, A002105, A002439, A079144 and A158690.
a(n) = 2*(-1)^n*L(-2*n), where L(s) is the Dirichlet L-function L(s) = 1 - 1/3^s + 1/5^s - + .... (End)
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*z^(2*n)/(4*n)!! = Beta(1/2-z/(2*Pi),1/2+z/(2*Pi))/Beta(1/2,1/2) with Beta(z,w) the Beta function. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
a(n) = Sum_(Sum_(binomial(k,m)*(-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1))*Sum_(binomial(m,j)*(2*j-m)^(2*n),j,0,m/2)*(-1)^(k-m),m,0,k),k,1,2*n), n>0. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 05 2010
If n is prime, then a(n)==1 (mod 2*n). - Vladimir Shevelev, Sep 04 2010
From Peter Bala, Jan 21 2011: (Start)
(1)... a(n) = (-1/4)^n*B(2*n,-1),
where {B(n,x)}n>=1 = [1, 1+x, 1+6*x+x^2, 1+23*x+23*x^2+x^3, ...] is the sequence of Eulerian polynomials of type B - see A060187. Equivalently,
(2)... a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..2*n} Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(n-j) *binomial(2*n+1,k-j)*(j+1/2)^(2*n).
We also have
(3)... a(n) = 2*A(2*n,i)/(1+i)^(2*n+1),
where i = sqrt(-1) and where {A(n,x)}n>=1 = [x, x + x^2, x + 4*x^2 + x^3, ...] denotes the sequence of Eulerian polynomials - see A008292. Equivalently,
(4)... a(n) = i*Sum_{k = 1..2*n} (-1)^(n+k)*k!*Stirling2(2*n,k) *((1+i)/2)^(k-1)
= i*Sum_{k = 1..2*n} (-1)^(n+k)*((1+i)/2)^(k-1) Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(k,j)*j^(2*n).
Either this explicit formula for a(n) or (2) above may be used to obtain congruence results for a(n). For example, for prime p
(5a)... a(p) = 1 (mod p)
(5b)... a(2*p) = 5 (mod p)
and for odd prime p
(6a)... a((p+1)/2) = (-1)^((p-1)/2) (mod p)
(6b)... a((p-1)/2) = -1 + (-1)^((p-1)/2) (mod p).
(End)
a(n) = (-1)^n*2^(4*n+1)*(zeta(-2*n,1/4) - zeta(-2*n,3/4)). - Gerry Martens, May 27 2011
a(n) may be expressed as a sum of multinomials taken over all compositions of 2*n into even parts (Vella 2008): a(n) = Sum_{compositions 2*i_1 + ... + 2*i_k = 2*n} (-1)^(n+k)* multinomial(2*n, 2*i_1, ..., 2*i_k). For example, there are 4 compositions of the number 6 into even parts, namely 6, 4+2, 2+4 and 2+2+2, and hence a(3) = 6!/6! - 6!/(4!*2!) - 6!/(2!*4!) + 6!/(2!*2!*2!) = 61. A companion formula expressing a(n) as a sum of multinomials taken over the compositions of 2*n-1 into odd parts has been given by Malenfant 2011. - Peter Bala, Jul 07 2011
a(n) = the upper left term in M^n, where M is an infinite square production matrix; M[i,j] = A000290(i) = i^2, i >= 1 and 1 <= j <= i+1, and M[i,j] = 0, i >= 1 and j >= i+2 (see examples). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 18 2011
E.g.f. A'(x) satisfies the differential equation A'(x)=cos(A(x)). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Nov 03 2011
From Peter Bala, Nov 28 2011: (Start)
a(n) = D^(2*n)(cosh(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator cosh(x)*d/dx. a(n) = D^(2*n-1)(f(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where f(x) = 1+x+x^2/2! and D is the operator f(x)*d/dx.
Other generating functions: cosh(Integral_{t = 0..x} 1/cos(t)) dt = 1 + x^2/2! + 5*x^4/4! + 61*x^6/6! + 1385*x^8/8! + .... Cf. A012131.
A(x) := arcsinh(tan(x)) = log( sec(x) + tan(x) ) = x + x^3/3! + 5*x^5/5! + 61*x^7/7! + 1385*x^9/9! + .... A(x) satisfies A'(x) = cosh(A(x)).
B(x) := Series reversion( log(sec(x) + tan(x)) ) = x - x^3/3! + 5*x^5/5! - 61*x^7/7! + 1385*x^9/9! - ... = arctan(sinh(x)). B(x) satisfies B'(x) = cos(B(x)). (End)
HANKEL transform is A097476. PSUM transform is A173226. - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
a(n+1) - a(n) = A006212(2*n). - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
a(0) = 1 and, for n > 0, a(n) = (-1)^n*((4*n+1)/(2*n+1) - Sum_{k = 1..n} (4^(2*k)/2*k)*binomial(2*n,2*k-1)*A000367(k)/A002445(k)); see the Bucur et al. link. - L. Edson Jeffery, Sep 17 2012
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} (2*n)!/2^n * x^n / Product_{k=1..n} (1 + k^2*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Sep 20 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 31 2011 to Oct 11 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f.: (sec(x)) = 1+x^2/T(0), T(k) = 2(k+1)(2k+1) - x^2 + x^2*(2k+1)(2k+2)/T(k+1).
E.g.f.: 2/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x^2/(x^2 - 2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x*k*(3*k-1) - x*(k+1)*(2*k+1)*(x*k^2+1)/Q(k+1).
E.g.f.: (2 + x^2 + 2*U(0))/(2 + (2 - x^2)*U(0)) where U(k)=  4*k + 4 + 1/( 1 + x^2/(2 - x^2 + (2*k+3)*(2*k+4)/U(k+1))).
E.g.f.: 1/cos(x) = 8*(x^2+1)/(4*x^2 + 8 - x^4*U(0)) where U(k) = 1 + 4*(k+1)*(k+2)/(2*k+3 - x^2*(2*k+3)/(x^2 - 8*(k+1)*(k+2)*(k+3)/U(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 + x - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/(1 - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/U(k+1)).
G.f.: 1 + x/G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x - x*(2*k+2)*(2*k+3)/(1 - x*(2*k+2)*(2*k+3)/G(k+1)).
Let F(x) = sec(x^(1/2)) = Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*x^n/(2*n)!, then F(x)=2/(Q(0) + 1) where Q(k)= 1 - x/(2*k+1)/(2*k+2)/(1 - 1/(1 + 1/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)^2/( x*(k+1)^2 - 1/Q(k+1)).
E.g.f.: 1/cos(x) = 1 + x^2/(2-x^2)*Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 2*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/( 2*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)+ (12-x^2 + 14*k + 4*k^2)*(2-x^2 + 6*k + 4*k^2)/Q(k+1)). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2*n} (Sum_{i=0..k-1} (i-k)^(2*n)*binomial(2*k,i)*(-1)^(i+k+n)) / 2^(k-1) for n>0, a(0)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 05 2012
It appears that a(n) = 3*A076552(n -1) + 2*(-1)^n for n >= 1. Conjectural congruences: a(2*n) == 5 (mod 60) for n >= 1 and a(2*n+1) == 1 (mod 60) for n >= 0. - Peter Bala, Jul 26 2013
From Peter Bala, Mar 09 2015: (Start)
O.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} 1/2^n * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n,k)/(1 - sqrt(-x)*(2*k + 1)) = Sum_{n >= 0} 1/2^n * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n,k)/(1 + x*(2*k + 1)^2).
O.g.f. is 1 + x*d/dx(log(F(x))), where F(x) = 1 + x + 3*x^2 + 23*x^3 + 371*x^4 + ... is the o.g.f. for A255881. (End)
Sum_(n >= 1, A034947(n)/n^(2d+1)) = a(d)*Pi^(2d+1)/(2^(2d+2)-2)(2d)! for d >= 0; see Allouche and Sondow, 2015. - Jonathan Sondow, Mar 21 2015
Asymptotic expansion: 4*(4*n/(Pi*e))^(2*n+1/2)*exp(1/2+1/(24*n)-1/(2880*n^3) +1/(40320*n^5)-...). (See the Luschny link.) - Peter Luschny, Jul 14 2015
a(n) = 2*(-1)^n*Im(Li_{-2n}(i)), where Li_n(x) is polylogarithm, i=sqrt(-1). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 22 2015
Limit_{n->infinity} ((2*n)!/a(n))^(1/(2*n)) = Pi/2. - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 07 2016
O.g.f.: 1/(1 + x - 2*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 + x - 12*x/(1 - 12*x/(1 + x - 30*x/(1 - 30*x/(1 + x - ... - (2*n - 1)*(2*n)*x/(1 - (2*n - 1)*(2*n)*x/(1 + x - ... ))))))))). - Peter Bala, Nov 09 2017
For n>0, a(n) = (-PolyGamma(2*n, 1/4) / 2^(2*n - 1) - (2^(2*n + 2) - 2) * Gamma(2*n + 1) * zeta(2*n + 1)) / Pi^(2*n + 1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 04 2020
a(n) ~ 2^(4*n + 3) * n^(2*n + 1/2) / (Pi^(2*n + 1/2) * exp(2*n)) * exp(Sum_{k>=1} bernoulli(k+1) / (k*(k+1)*2^k*n^k)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 05 2021
Peter Bala's conjectured congruences, a(2n) == 5 (mod 60) for n >= 1 and a(2n + 1) == 1 (mod 60), hold due to the results of Stern (mod 4) and Knuth & Buckholtz (mod 3 and 5). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 23 2022

Typo in name corrected by Anders Claesson, Dec 01 2015

A002438(n+1) =(-1)^n*6^(2*n)*E(2*n,1/6), where E(n,x) denotes the n-th Euler polynomial. In general it appears that when k is a nonzero integer, the expansion of exp( Sum_{n >= 1} k^(2*n)*E(2*n,1/k)*(-x)^n/n ) has (positive) integer coefficients. See A255881 (k = 2), A255882(k = 3) and A255883 (k = 4).

Number of compositions of even natural numbers into n parts <= 8. - Adi Dani, May 28 2011

a(n) for n >= 1 gives the number of line segments in the n-th iteration of the Peano curve given by plotting (A163528, A163529) or by (Siromoney 1982) when parallel line segments that are connected end-to-end are counted as a single line segment. - Jason V. Morgan, Oct 08 2021

The elements of the matrix inverse are apparently given by T^(-1)(n,k) = (-1)^(n+k)*A086645(n,k). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 14 2013
Let E(y) = Sum_{n >= 0} y^n/(2*n)! = cosh(sqrt(y)). Then this triangle is the generalized Riordan array (1/E(-y), y) with respect to the sequence (2*n)! as defined in Wang and Wang. - Peter Bala, Aug 06 2013
Let P_n be the poset of even size subsets of [2n] ordered by inclusion.  Then Sum_{k=0..n}(-1)^(n-k)*T(n,k)*x^k is the characteristic polynomial of P_n. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 24 2021

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