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%I A138909 #14 Feb 27 2024 03:04:53 %S A138909 1,2,6,33,232,2045,21636,267043,3766848,59776137,1053986500, %T A138909 20442543671,432537117552,9914571191005,244742376434388, %U A138909 6473030199939675,182614314495736576,5473825396372806545,173728330742517310980 %N A138909 Expansion of e.g.f.: (1+x)/(1-x*exp(x)). %C A138909 The n-th term of the n-th inverse binomial transform of this sequence equals n! for n>=0. %F A138909 E.g.f. (1+x)/(1-x*exp(x)) - _Olivier Gérard_, Sep 15 2016 %F A138909 O.g.f. satisfies: [x^n] A( x/(1+n*x) )/(1+n*x) = n! for n>=0. %F A138909 E.g.f. satisfies: [x^n] A(x)*exp(-n*x) = 1 for n>=0. %F A138909 a(n) = n! + Sum_{k=0..n-1} k!*C(n,k)*n*k^(n-k-1) for n>1 with a(0)=1. %F A138909 Equivalent to the sum above by properties of the binomial triangle: %F A138909 a(n) = A006153(n)+n*A006153(n-1). %F A138909 a(n) = n! ( Sum_{k=0..n-1} ((n-1-k)^k + (n-k)^k)/k!) for n>1 with a(0)=1. %F A138909 a(n) ~ n! / LambertW(1)^n. - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Oct 30 2017 %e A138909 If the successive inverse binomial transforms are placed in a table, %e A138909 then we see that the diagonal consists of the factorials: %e A138909 n=0:[(1),2,6,33,232,2045,21636,267043,3766848,59776137,1053986500,...]; %e A138909 n=1:[1,(1),3,20,129,1164,12265,151458,2136337,33901640,597761361,...]; %e A138909 n=2:[1,0,(2),13,64,693,6856,86175,1210896,19228825,339012304,...]; %e A138909 n=3:[1,-1,3,(6),25,482,3429,50908,678465,10937430,192150469,...]; %e A138909 n=4:[1,-2,6,-7,(24),381,844,36291,341728,6433865,107801436,...]; %e A138909 n=5:[1,-3,11,-32,97,(120),-839,37158,55953,4638052,54573025,...]; %e A138909 n=6:[1,-4,18,-75,304,-811,(720),40783,-262608,5542425,6069736,...]; %e A138909 n=7:[1,-5,27,-142,729,-3282,11941,(5040),-497279,9166130,...]; %e A138909 n=8:[1,-6,38,-239,1480,-8643,45844,-178557,(40320),12301705,...]; %e A138909 n=9:[1,-7,51,-372,2689,-18844,125289,-741974,3354513,(362880),...]. %t A138909 With[{nn=20},CoefficientList[Series[(1+x)/(1-x*Exp[x]),{x,0,nn}],x] Range[0,nn]!] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jun 09 2018 *) %o A138909 (PARI) {a(n)=local(A=[1]);for(k=1,n,A=concat(A,0); A[k+1]=k!-polcoeff(subst(Ser(A),x,x/(1+k*x+x*O(x^k)))/(1+k*x),k));A[n+1]} %o A138909 (PARI) {a(n)=n!+sum(k=0,n-1,k!*binomial(n,k)*n*k^(n-k-1))} %Y A138909 Cf. A006153. %Y A138909 Cf. A138910 (inverse binomial transform); variants: A138911, A138737. %K A138909 nonn %O A138909 0,2 %A A138909 _Paul D. Hanna_, Apr 05 2008, Apr 06 2008 %E A138909 Name change and e.g.f. by _Olivier Gérard_, Sep 15 2016