A053498 Number of degree-n permutations of order dividing 8.

1, 1, 2, 4, 16, 56, 256, 1072, 11264, 78976, 672256, 4653056, 49810432, 433429504, 4448608256, 39221579776, 607251736576, 7244686764032, 101611422797824, 1170362064019456, 19281174853615616, 261583327556386816, 4084459360167657472, 54366023748591386624

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 15 2000

Keywords

• nonn

References

• R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge, Vol. 2, 1999; see Example 5.2.10.

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
• L. Moser and M. Wyman, On solutions of x^d = 1 in symmetric groups, Canad. J. Math., 7 (1955), 159-168.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000085, A001470, A001472, A053495-A053505, A005388, A261428.

Column k=8 of A008307.

Programs

Magma

m:=30; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), m); b:=Coefficients(R!( Exp(x +x^2/2 +x^4/4 +x^8/8) )); [Factorial(n-1)*b[n]: n in [1..m]]; // G. C. Greubel, May 14 2019

Maple

a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<0, 0, `if`(n=0, 1,
       add(mul(n-i, i=1..j-1)*a(n-j), j=[1, 2, 4, 8])))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 14 2013

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x+x^2/2+x^4/4+x^8/8], {x, 0, 23}], x]*Range[0, 23]! (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 24 2014 *)

PARI

my(x='x+O('x^30)); Vec(serlaplace( exp(x +x^2/2 +x^4/4 +x^8/8) )) \\ G. C. Greubel, May 14 2019

Sage

m = 30; T = taylor(exp(x +x^2/2 +x^4/4 +x^8/8), x, 0, m); [factorial(n)*T.coefficient(x, n) for n in (0..m)] # G. C. Greubel, May 14 2019

Formula

E.g.f.: exp(x + x^2/2 + x^4/4 + x^8/8).