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A003149 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k!*(n - k)!.

1, 2, 5, 16, 64, 312, 1812, 12288, 95616, 840960, 8254080, 89441280, 1060369920, 13649610240, 189550368000, 2824077312000, 44927447040000, 760034451456000, 13622700994560000, 257872110354432000, 5140559166898176000, 107637093007589376000, 2361827297364885504000

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Henry Gould

From Michael Somos, Feb 14 2002: (Start)
The sequence is the resistance between opposite corners of an (n+1)-dimensional hypercube of unit resistors, multiplied by (n+1)!.
The resistances for n+1 = 1,2,3,... are 1, 1, 5/6, 2/3, 8/15, 13/30, 151/420, 32/105, 83/315, 73/315, 1433/6930, ... (see A046878/A046879). (End)
Number of {12,21*,2*1}-avoiding signed permutations in the hyperoctahedral group.
a(n) is the sum of the reciprocals of the binomial coefficients C(n,k), multiplied by n!; example: a(4) = 4!*(1/1 + 1/4 + 1/6 + 1/4 + 1/1) = 64. - Philippe Deléham, May 12 2005
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] that avoid the pattern 13-2|. The absence of a dash between 1 and 3 means the "1" and "3" must be consecutive in the permutation; the vertical bar means the "2" must occur at the end of the permutation. For example, 24153 fails to avoid this pattern: 243 is an offending subpermutation. - David Callan, Nov 02 2005
n!/a(n) is the probability that a random walk on an (n+1)-dimensional hypercube will visit the diagonally opposite vertex before it returns to its starting point. 2^n*a(n)/n! is the expected length of a random walk from one vertex of an (n+1)-dimensional hypercube to the diagonally opposite vertex (a walk which may include one or more passes through the starting point). These "random walk" examples are solutions to IBM's "Ponder This" puzzle for April, 2006. - Graeme McRae, Apr 02 2006
a(n) is the number of strong fixed points in all permutations of {1,2,...,n+1} (a permutation p of {1,2,...,n} is said to have j as a strong fixed point (splitter) if p(k)j for k>j). Example: a(2)=5 because the permutations of {1,2,3}, with marked strong fixed points, are: 1'2'3', 1'32, 312, 213', 231 and 321. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 28 2008
Coefficients in the asymptotic expansion of exp(-2*x)*Ei(x)^2 for x -> inf, where Ei(x) is the exponential integral. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 24 2016

I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration, Wiley, N.Y., 1983, (1.1.11 b, p.342).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1 (1986), p. 49. [From Emeric Deutsch, Oct 28 2008]

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100
Joerg Arndt, Generating Random Permutations, PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, (2010).
Fred Curtis, Resistance-network Problems.
Bakir Farhi, On a curious integer sequence, arXiv:2204.10136 [math.NT], 2022.
Todd Feil, Gary Kennedy and David Callan, Problem E3467, Amer. Math. Monthly, 100 (1993), 800-801. [From _Emeric Deutsch_, Oct 28 2008]
Henry W. Gould, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 1973, and various attachments.
IBM, "Ponder This" puzzle for April, 2006
T. Mansour and J. West, Avoiding 2-letter signed patterns, arXiv:math/0207204 [math.CO], 2002.
F. Nedemeyer and Y. Smorodinsky, Resistance in the multidimensional cube, Quantum 7:1 (1996) 12-15 and 63.
R. Sprugnoli, Moments of Reciprocals of Binomial Coefficients, Journal of Integer Sequences, 14 (2011), #11.7.8.
V. Strehl, The average number of splitters in a random permutation [Unpublished; included here with the author's permission.]
B. Sury, Sum of the reciprocals of the binomial coefficients, Europ. J. Comb., 14 (1993), 351-353.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Incomplete Beta Function.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Lerch Transcendent.
Index to sequences related to resistances.

Cf. A046825, A046878, A046879.
Cf. A052186, A006932, A145878. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 28 2008
Cf. A324495, A324496, A324497 (problem similar to the random walks on the hypercube).

F:=Factorial;; List([0..20], n-> Sum([0..n], k-> F(k)*F(n-k)) ); # G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019

F:=Factorial; [ (&+[F(k)*F(n-k): k in [0..n]]): n in [0..20]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019

seq( add(k!*(n-k)!, k=0..n), n=0..20); # G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019
# second Maple program:
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<2, n+1,
      ((3*n+1)*a(n-1)-n^2*a(n-2))/2)
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..22);  # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 08 2025

Table[Sum[k!(n-k)!,{k,0,n}],{n,0,20}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 28 2012 *)
Table[(n+1)!/2^n*Sum[2^k/(k+1),{k,0,n}],{n,0,20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 27 2012 *)
Round@Table[-2 (n+1)! Re[LerchPhi[2, 1, n+2]], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Nov 12 2015 *)
Table[(n+1)!*Sum[Binomial[n+1, 2*j+1]/(2*j+1), {j, 0, n}]/2^n, {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 04 2015 *)
Series[Exp[-2x] ExpIntegralEi[x]^2, {x, Infinity, 20}][[3]] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 24 2016 *)
Table[2*(-1)^n * Sum[(2^k - 1) * StirlingS1[n, k] * BernoulliB[k], {k, 0, n}], {n, 1, 25}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 04 2022 *)

PARI
```
a(n)=sum(k=0,n,k!*(n-k)!)
```

a(n)=if(n<0,0,(n+1)!*polcoeff(log(1-x+x^2*O(x^n))/(x/2-1),n+1))

a(n) = my(A = 1, B = 1); for(k=1, n, B *= k; A = (n-k+1)*A + B); A \\ Mikhail Kurkov, Aug 08 2025

def a(n: int) -> int:
    if n < 2: return n + 1
    app, ap = 1, 2
    for i in range(2, n + 1):
        app, ap = ap, ((3 * i + 1) * ap - (i * i) * app) >> 1
    return ap
print([a(n) for n in range(23)])  # Peter Luschny, Aug 08 2025

f=factorial; [sum(f(k)*f(n-k) for k in (0..n)) for n in (0..20)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019

a(n) = n! + ((n+1)/2)*a(n-1), n >= 1. - Leroy Quet, Sep 06 2002
a(n) = ((3n+1)*a(n-1) - n^2*a(n-2))/2, n >= 2. - David W. Wilson, Sep 06 2002; corrected by N. Sato, Jan 27 2010
G.f.: (Sum_{k>=0} k!*x^k)^2. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 30 2002
E.g.f: log(1-x)/(x/2 - 1) if offset 1.
Convolution of A000142 [factorial numbers] with itself. - Ross La Haye, Oct 29 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n+1} k*A145878(n+1,k). - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 28 2008
a(n) = A084938(n+2,2). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 17 2008
a(n) = 2*Integral_{t=0..oo} Ei(t)*exp(-2*t)*t^(n+1) where Ei is the exponential integral function. - Groux Roland, Dec 09 2010
Empirical: a(n-1) = 2^(-n)*(A103213(n) + n!*H(n)) with H(n) harmonic number of order n. - Groux Roland, Dec 18 2010; offset fixed by Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 24 2016
O.g.f.: 1/(1-I(x))^2 where I(x) is o.g.f. for A003319. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 27 2012
a(n) ~ 2*n!. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 04 2012
a(n) = (n+1)!/2^n * Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k/(k+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 27 2012
E.g.f.: 2/((x-1)*(x-2)) + 2*x/(x-2)^2*G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x*(2*k+1)/(2*(k+1) - 4*x*(k+1)^2/(2*x*(k+1) + (2*k+3)/G(k+1) )); (recursively defined continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 14 2012
a(n) = 2 * n! * (1 + Sum_{k>=1} A005649(k-1)/n^k). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 01 2015
From Vladimir Reshetnikov, Nov 12 2015: (Start)
a(n) = -(n+1)!*Re(Beta(2; n+2, 0))/2^(n+1), where Beta(z; a, b) is the incomplete Beta function.
a(n) = -2*(n+1)!*Re(LerchPhi(2, 1, n+2)), where LerchPhi(z, s, a) is the Lerch transcendent. (End)
a(n) = (n+1)!*(H(n+1) + (n+1)*hypergeom([1, 1, -n], [2, 2], -1))/2^(n+1), where H(n) is the harmonic number. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Apr 24 2016
Expansion of square of continued fraction 1/(1 - x/(1 - x/(1 - 2*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 - 3*x/(1 - 3*x/(1 - ...))))))). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 19 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n+1} (-1)^(n-k)*A226158(k)*Stirling1(n+1, k). - Mélika Tebni, Feb 22 2022
E.g.f.: x/((1-x)*(2-x))-(2*log(1-x))/(2-x)^2+1/(1-x). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Dec 17 2022

More terms from Michel ten Voorde, Apr 11 2001

A186373 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) is the number of permutations of [n] having k strong fixed blocks (see first comment for definition).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 14, 9, 1, 77, 38, 5, 497, 198, 25, 3676, 1229, 134, 1, 30677, 8819, 815, 9, 285335, 71825, 5657, 63, 2928846, 654985, 44549, 419, 1, 32903721, 6615932, 394266, 2868, 13, 401739797, 73357572, 3883182, 20932, 117, 5298600772, 886078937, 42174500, 165662, 928, 1

Offset: 0

Emeric Deutsch, Apr 18 2011

A fixed block of a permutation p is a maximal sequence of consecutive fixed points of p. For example, the permutation 213486759 has 3 fixed blocks: 34, 67, and 9. A fixed block f of a permutation p is said to be strong if all the entries to the left (right) of f are smaller (larger) than all the entries of f. In the above example, only 34 and 9 are strong fixed blocks.
Apparently, row n has 1+ceiling(n/3) entries.
Sum of entries in row n is n!.
T(n,0) = A052186(n).
Sum_{k>=0} k*T(n,k) = A186374(n).
Entries obtained by direct counting (via Maple).
In general, column k > 1 is asymptotic to (k-1) * n! / n^(3*k-4). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 29 2014

			T(3,1) = 3 because we have [123], [1]32, and 21[3] (the strong fixed blocks are shown between square brackets).
T(7,3) = 1 because we have [1]32[4]65[7] (the strong fixed blocks are shown between square brackets).
Triangle starts:
        1;
        0,      1;
        1,      1;
        3,      3;
       14,      9,     1;
       77,     38,     5;
      497,    198,    25;
     3676,   1229,   134,   1;
    30677,   8819,   815,   9;
   285335,  71825,  5657,  63;
  2928846, 654985, 44549, 419,  1;

Alois P. Heinz, Rows n = 0..200, flattened

Cf. A000142, A186374, A052186, A145878.

Columns k=0-10 give: A052186, A225960, A225963, A225964, A225965, A225966, A225967, A225968, A225969, A225970, A225971. - Alois P. Heinz, May 22 2013

b:= proc(n) b(n):=-`if`(n<0, 1, add(b(n-i-1)*i!, i=0..n)) end:
f:= proc(n) f(n):=`if`(n<=0, 0, b(n-1)+f(n-1)) end:
B:= proc(n, k) option remember; `if`(k=0, 0, `if`(k=1, f(n),
      add((f(n-i)-1)*B(i,k-1), i=3*k-5..n-3)))
    end:
T:= proc(n, k) option remember; `if`(k=0, b(n),
      add(b(n-i)*B(i, k), i=3*k-2..n))
    end:
seq(seq(T(n, k), k=0..ceil(n/3)), n=0..20); # Alois P. Heinz, May 23 2013

b[n_] := b[n] = -If[n<0, 1, Sum[b[n-i-1]*i!, {i, 0, n}]]; f[n_] := f[n] = If[n <= 0, 0, b[n-1] + f[n-1]]; B[n_, k_] :=  B[n, k] = If[k == 0, 0, If[k == 1, f[n],  Sum[(f[n-i]-1)*B[i, k-1], {i, 3*k-5, n-3}]]]; T[n_, k_] := T[n, k] = If[k == 0, b[n], Sum[b[n-i]*B[i, k], {i, 3*k-2, n}]]; Table[Table[T[n, k], {k, 0, Ceiling[ n/3]}], {n, 0, 20}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 20 2015, after Alois P. Heinz *)

Rows n=11-13 (16 terms) from Alois P. Heinz, May 22 2013

A006932 Number of permutations of [n] with at least one strong fixed point (a permutation p of {1,2,...,n} is said to have j as a strong fixed point if p(k) < j for k < j and p(k) > j for k > j).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 10, 43, 223, 1364, 9643, 77545, 699954, 7013079, 77261803, 928420028, 12085410927, 169413357149, 2544367949634, 40758600588283, 693684669653911, 12499734669634036, 237734433597317987, 4759174459355303521

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

a(n) is also the number of permutation graphs with domination number one. See Definition 2.1, Lemma 2.3, and page 16 in the paper provided in the link by Theresa Baren, et al. - Daniel A. McGinnis, Oct 16 2018

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
Stanley, R. P., Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1 (1986), p. 49.
K. Wayland, personal communication.

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
Theresa Baren, Michael Cory, Mia Friedberg, Peter Gardner, James Hammer, Joshua Harrington, Daniel McGinnis, Riley Waechter, and Tony W. H. Wong, On the Domination Number of Permutation Graphs and an Application to Strong Fixed Points, arXiv:1810.03409 [math.CO], 2018.
Todd Feil, Gary Kennedy and David Callan, Problem E3467, Amer. Math. Monthly, 100 (1993), 800-801.
V. Strehl, The average number of splitters in a random permutation [Unpublished; included here with the author's permission.]

Cf. A003149, A052186, A145878.

t1 := sum(n!*x^n, n=0..100): F := series(t1/(1+x*t1), x, 100): for i from 1 to 40 do printf(`%d, `, i!-coeff(F, x, i)) od: # James Sellers, Mar 13 2000

m = 22; s = Sum[n!*x^n, {n, 0, m}]; Range[0, m-1]! - CoefficientList[ Series[ s/(1+x*s), {x, 0, m}], x][[1;;m]] // Rest (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 28 2011, after Maple code *)

a(n) ~ 2 * (n-1)! * (1 - 1/(2*n) + 1/(2*n^2) + 9/(2*n^3) + 59/(2*n^4) + 237/n^5 + 2280/n^6 + 25182/n^7 + 625385/(2*n^8) + 4311329/n^9 + 65375943/n^10). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 17 2015
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (n-k)!*A145878(k-1,0). See the link by Theresa Baren, et al. - Daniel A. McGinnis, Oct 15 2018
a(n) = A003149(n-1) - Sum_{k=0..n-1} (n-k-1)!*a(k). (This follows immediately from the preceding formula since A145878(k,0) = k! - a(k).) - Pontus von Brömssen, Jul 10 2021
a(n) + A052186(n) = n! - Pontus von Brömssen, Jul 10 2021

More terms from James Sellers, Mar 13 2000

Edited by Emeric Deutsch, Oct 29 2008

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A003149 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k!*(n - k)!.

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A186373 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) is the number of permutations of [n] having k strong fixed blocks (see first comment for definition).

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A006932 Number of permutations of [n] with at least one strong fixed point (a permutation p of {1,2,...,n} is said to have j as a strong fixed point if p(k) < j for k < j and p(k) > j for k > j).

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