A051560 Second unsigned column of triangle A051379.

0, 1, 17, 242, 3382, 48504, 725592, 11393808, 188204400, 3270729600, 59753750400, 1146140409600, 23046980025600, 485075533132800, 10669304848204800, 244861798361241600, 5854837379724748800

Offset: 0

Author

Wolfdieter Lang

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Comments

The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=8) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 17/x + 242/x^2 - 3382/x^3 + 48504/x^4 - 725592/x^5 + 11393808/x^6 - ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009

References

• Mitrinovic, D. S. and Mitrinovic, R. S. see reference given for triangle A051379.

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..440

Crossrefs

Cf. A049388 (first unsigned column).

Related to n!*the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers: k=0..A000254, k=1..A001705, k= 2..A001711, k=3..A001716, k=4..A001721, k=5..A051524, k=6..A051545, k=7..A051560, k=8..A051562, k=9..A051564. - Gary Detlefs Jan 04 2011

Programs

Mathematica

f[k_] := k + 7; t[n_] := Table[f[k], {k, 1, n}]
a[n_] := SymmetricPolynomial[n - 1, t[n]]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 16}]
(* Clark Kimberling, Dec 29 2011 *)

Formula

a(n) = A051379(n, 2)*(-1)^(n-1).

E.g.f.: -log(1-x)/(1-x)^8.

a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} ((-1)^k*binomial(-8,k)/(n-k)), for n>=1. - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008

a(n) = n!*[7]h(n), where [k]h(n) denotes the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers from 0 to n. - Gary Detlefs, Jan 04 2011

Conjecture: a(n) +(-2*n-13)*a(n-1) +(n+6)^2*a(n-2)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 04 2013