A002701 Coefficients for numerical differentiation.
1, 1, 7, 41, 479, 59, 266681, 63397, 514639, 178939, 10410343, 18500393, 40799043101, 1411432849, 6620481151, 48409924397, 238357395880861, 339716530787, 86364397717734821, 421950627598601, 222226462279, 15392144025383
Offset: 2
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
- H. E. Salzer, Coefficients for numerical differentiation with central differences, J. Math. Phys., 22 (1943), 115-135.
- H. E. Salzer, Coefficients for numerical differentiation with central differences, J. Math. Phys., 22 (1943), 115-135. [Annotated scanned copy]
- T. R. Van Oppolzer, Lehrbuch zur Bahnbestimmung der Kometen und Planeten, Vol. 2, Engelmann, Leipzig, 1880, p. 21 (see numerators of numbers named N(3,2k+1) and N(4,2k)).
Formula
a(n) = numer(6 * A002455(n) / 2^(2*n) * (2*n + 3)!). - Sean A. Irvine, Jun 10 2014
Extensions
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