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A000186 Number of 3 X n Latin rectangles in which the first row is in order.

1, 0, 0, 2, 24, 552, 21280, 1073760, 70299264, 5792853248, 587159944704, 71822743499520, 10435273503677440, 1776780700509416448, 350461958856515690496, 79284041282622163140608, 20392765404792755583221760, 5917934230798104348783083520, 1924427226324694427836833857536

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Or number of n X n matrices with exactly one 1 and one 2 in each row and column which are not in the main diagonal, other entries 0. - Vladimir Shevelev, Mar 22 2010

L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 183.
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N. J. A. Sloane, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..207
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Index entries for sequences related to Latin squares and rectangles

Cf. A000512, A000166, A000179, A335700, A170904.

for n from 1 to 250 do t0:=0; for j from 0 to n do for k from 0 to n-j do t0:=t0 + (2^j/j!)*k!*binomial(-3*(k+1), n-k-j); od: od: t0:=n!*t0; lprint(n,t0); od:
Maple code for A000186 based on Eq. (30) of Riordan, p. 205. Eq. (30a) on p. 206 is wrong. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 21 2010. Thanks to Neven Juric for correcting an error in the definition of fU, Mar 01 2010. Additional comment and modifications of code due to changes in underlying sequences from William P. Orrick, Aug 12 2020: Eq. (30) and Eq. (30a) are, in fact, related to each other by a trivial transformation and are both valid. Current code is based on Eq. (30a).
# A000166
unprotect(D);
D := proc(n) option remember; if n<=1 then 1-n else (n-1)*(D(n-1)+D(n-2));fi; end;
[seq(D(n), n=0..30)];
# A000179
U := proc(n) if n=0 then 1 else add ((-1)^k*(2*n)*binomial(2*n-k, k)*(n-k)!/(2*n-k), k=0..n); fi; end;
[seq(U(n), n=0..30)];
# A000186
K:=proc(n) local k; global D, U; add( binomial(n,k)*D(n-k)*D(k)*U(n-2*k), k=0..floor(n/2) ); end;
[seq(K(n), n=0..30)];
# another Maple program:
a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<5, [1, 0, 0, 2, 24][n+1],
     ((n-1)*(n^2-2*n+2)*a(n-1) +(n-1)*(n-2)*(n^2-2*n+2)*a(n-2)
      +(n-1)*(n-2)*(n^2-2*n-2) *a(n-3)
      +2*(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)*(n^2-5*n+3) *a(n-4)
      -4*(n-2)*(n-3)*(n-4)*(n-1)^2 *a(n-5)) / (n-2))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 02 2013

a[n_] := (t0 = 0; Do[t0 = t0 + (2^j/j!)*k!*Binomial[-3*(k+1), n-k-j], {j, 0, n}, {k, 0, n-j}]; n!*t0); Table[a[n], {n, 0, 18}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 13 2011, after Maple *)

# after Maple code based on Riordan's Eq. (30a)
d = [1,0]
for j in range(2,31):
    d.append((j - 1) * (d[-1] + d[-2]))
def u(n):
    if n == 0:
        return 1
    else:
        return sum((-1)^k * (2 * n) * binomial(2 * n - k, k) * factorial(n - k) / (2 * n - k) for k in range(0, n + 1))
def k(n):
    return sum(binomial(n, k) * d[n - k] * d[k] * u(n - 2 * k) for k in range(0, floor(n / 2) + 1))
[k(n) for n in range(0, 31)] # William P. Orrick, Aug 12 2020

a(n) = n!*Sum_{k+j<=n} (2^j/j!)*k!*binomial(-3*(k+1), n-k-j).
Note that the formula Sum_{k=0..n, k <= n/2} binomial(n, k)*D(n-k)*D(k)*U(n-2*k), where D() = A000166 and U() represents the menage numbers given by Riordan, p. 209 gives the wrong answers unless we set U(1) = -1 (or in other words we must take U() = A000179). With U(1) = 0 (see A335700) it produces A170904. See the Maple code here. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 21 2010, Apr 04 2010. Thanks to Vladimir Shevelev for clarifying this comment. Additional changes from William P. Orrick, Aug 12 2020
E.g.f.: exp(2*x) Sum(n>=0; n! x^n /(1+x)^(3*n+3)) from Gessel reference. - Wouter Meeussen, Nov 02 2013
a(n) ~ n!^2/exp(3). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 08 2016
a(n+p)-2*a(n) is divisible by p for any prime p. - Mark van Hoeij, Jun 13 2019

Formula and more terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Mar 31 2001

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 21 2010, Mar 04 2010, Apr 04 2010

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A000186 Number of 3 X n Latin rectangles in which the first row is in order.

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