A002555 Denominators of coefficients for numerical differentiation.

1, 24, 5760, 322560, 51609600, 13624934400, 19837904486400, 2116043145216, 20720294477955072, 15747423803245854720, 131978409017679544320, 72852081777759108464640, 151532330097738945606451200, 2828603495157793651320422400, 19687080326298243813190139904000

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• frac

References

• 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

• Ruperto Corso, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..387
• W. G. Bickley and J. C. P. Miller, Numerical differentiation near the limits of a difference table, Phil. Mag., 33 (1942), 1-12 (plus tables).
• W. G. Bickley and J. C. P. Miller, Numerical differentiation near the limits of a difference table, Phil. Mag., 33 (1942), 1-12 (plus tables) [Annotated scanned copy]
• T. R. Van Oppolzer, Lehrbuch zur Bahnbestimmung der Kometen und Planeten, Vol. 2, Engelmann, Leipzig, 1880, p. 23.

Crossrefs

Cf. A001824, A002554.

Programs

Maple

with(combinat): a:=n->add(mul(k, k=j), j=choose([seq((2*i-1)^2, i=1..n)], n-1))*(-1)^(n-1)/(2^(2*n-3)*(2*n)!): seq(denom(a(n)), n=1..20); # Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011

Formula

a(n) is the denominator of (-1)^(n-1)*Cn-1{1^2..(2n-1)^2}/((2n)!*2^(2n-3)), where Cn{1^2..(2n+1)^2} is equal to 1 when n=0, otherwise, it is the sum of the products of all possible combinations, of size n, of the numbers (2k+1)^2 with k=0,1,..,n. - Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011

a(n) = denominator(A001824(n-1)*(-1)^(n-1)/(2^(2*n-3)*(2*n)!)). - Sean A. Irvine, Mar 29 2014

Extensions

More terms from Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011