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A008956 Triangle of central factorial numbers |4^k t(2n+1,2n+1-2k)| read by rows (n>=0, k=0..n).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 10, 9, 1, 35, 259, 225, 1, 84, 1974, 12916, 11025, 1, 165, 8778, 172810, 1057221, 893025, 1, 286, 28743, 1234948, 21967231, 128816766, 108056025, 1, 455, 77077, 6092515, 230673443, 3841278805, 21878089479, 18261468225, 1, 680
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The n-th row gives the coefficients in the expansion of Product_{i=0..n-1} (x+(2i+1)^2), highest powers first (see the discussion of central factorial numbers in A008955). - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 01 2011
Descending row polynomials in x^2 evaluated at k generate odd coefficients of e.g.f. sin(arcsin(kt)/k): 1, x^2 - 1, 9x^4 - 10x^2 + 1, 225x^6 - 259x^4 + 34x^2 - 1, ... - Ralf Stephan, Jan 16 2005
From Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 18 2009: (Start)
We define (Pi/2)*Beta(n-1/2-z/2,n-1/2+z/2)/Beta(n-1/2,n-1/2) = (Pi/2)*Gamma(n-1/2-z/2)* Gamma(n-1/2+z/2)/Gamma(n-1/2)^2 = sum(BG2[2m,n]*z^(2m), m = 0..infinity) with Beta(z,w) the Beta function. Our definition leads to BG2[2m,1] = 2*beta(2m+1) and the recurrence relation BG2[2m,n] = BG2[2m,n-1] - BG2[2m-2,n-1]/(2*n-3)^2 for m = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, .. and n = 2, 3, .. , with beta(m) = sum((-1)^k/(1+2*k)^m, k=0..infinity). We observe that beta(2m+1) = 0 for m = -1, -2, -3, .. .We found for the BG2[2*m,n] = sum((-1)^(k+n)*t2(n-1,k-1)* 2*beta(2*m-2*n+2*k+1),k=1..n)/((2*n-3)!!)^2 with the central factorial numbers t2(n,m) as defined above; see also the Maple program.
From the BG2 matrix and the closely related EG2 and ZG2 matrices, see A008955, we arrive at the LG2 matrix which is defined by LG2[2m-1,1] = 2*lambda(2*m) and the recurrence relation LG2[2*m-1,n] = LG2[2*m-3,n-1]/((2*n-3)*(2*n-1)) - (2*n-3)*LG2[2*m-1,n-1]/(2*n-1) for m = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, .. and n = 2, 3, .. , with lambda(m) = (1-2^(-m))*zeta(m) with zeta(m) the Riemann zeta function. We found for the matrix coefficients LG2[2m-1,n] = sum((-1)^(k+1)* t2(n-1,k-1)*2*lambda(2*m-2*n+2*k)/((2*n-1)!!*(2*n-3)!!), k=1..n) and we see that the central factorial numbers t2(n,m) once again play a crucial role.
(End)

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			Triangle begins:
[1]
[1, 1]
[1, 10, 9]
[1, 35, 259, 225]
[1, 84, 1974, 12916, 11025]
[1, 165, 8778, 172810, 1057221, 893025]
[1, 286, 28743, 1234948, 21967231, 128816766, 108056025]
[1, 455, 77077, 6092515, 230673443, 3841278805, 21878089479, 18261468225]
...
		

References

  • P. L. Butzer, M. Schmidt, E. L. Stark and L. Vogt, Central Factorial Numbers: Their main properties and some applications, Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, 10 (5&6), 419-488 (1989). [From Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 18 2009]
  • J. Riordan, Combinatorial Identities, Wiley, 1968, p. 217.

Crossrefs

Cf. A008958.
Columns include A000447, A001823. Right-hand columns include A001818, A001824, A001825. Cf. A008955.
Appears in A160480 (Beta triangle), A160487 (Lambda triangle), A160479 (ZL(n) sequence), A161736, A002197 and A002198. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 18 2009
Cf. A162443 (BG1 matrix) and A162448 (LG1 matrix). - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
Cf. A001147.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a008956 n k = a008956_tabl !! n !! k
    a008956_row n = a008956_tabl !! n
    a008956_tabl = [1] : f [1] 1 1 where
       f xs u t = ys : f ys v (t * v) where
         ys = zipWith (+) (xs ++ [t^2]) ([0] ++ map (* u^2) (init xs) ++ [0])
         v = u + 2
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 24 2013
  • Maple
    f:=n->mul(x+(2*i+1)^2,i=0..n-1);
    for n from 0 to 12 do
    t1:=eval(f(n)); t1d:=degree(t1);
    t12:=y^t1d*subs(x=1/y,t1); t2:=seriestolist(series(t12,y,20));
    lprint(t2);
    od: # N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 01 2011
    A008956 := proc(n,k) local i ; mul( x+2*i-2*n-1,i=1..2*n) ; expand(%) ; coeftayl(%,x=0,2*(n-k)) ; abs(%) ; end: for n from 0 to 10 do for k from 0 to n do printf("%a,",A008956(n,k)) ; od: od: # R. J. Mathar, May 29 2009
    nmax:=7: for n from 0 to nmax do t2(n, 0):=1: t2(n, n):=(doublefactorial(2*n-1))^2 od: for n from 1 to nmax do for k from 1 to n-1 do t2(n, k) := (2*n-1)^2*t2(n-1, k-1)+t2(n-1, k) od: od: seq(seq(t2(n, k), k=0..n), n=0..nmax); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 18 2009, Revised Sep 16 2012
  • Mathematica
    t[, 0] = 1; t[n, n_] := t[n, n] = ((2*n-1)!!)^2; t[n_, k_] := t[n, k] = (2*n-1)^2*t[n-1, k-1] + t[n-1, k]; Table[t[n, k], {n, 0, 8}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 07 2014, after Johannes W. Meijer *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = if( n<=0, k==0, (-1)^k * polcoeff( numerator( 2^(2*n -1) / sum(j=0, 2*n - 1, binomial( 2*n - 1, j) / (x + 2*n - 1 - 2*j))), 2*n - 2*k))}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 24 2003 */
    

Formula

Conjecture row sums: Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k) = |A101927(n+1)|. - R. J. Mathar, May 29 2009
May be generated by the recurrence t2(n,k) = (2*n-1)^2*t2(n-1,k-1)+t2(n-1,k) with t2(n,0) = 1 and t2(n,n)=((2*n-1)!!)^2. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 18 2009

Extensions

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 16 2000
Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 01 2011