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A000111 Euler or up/down numbers: e.g.f. sec(x) + tan(x). Also for n >= 2, half the number of alternating permutations on n letters (A001250).

1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 16, 61, 272, 1385, 7936, 50521, 353792, 2702765, 22368256, 199360981, 1903757312, 19391512145, 209865342976, 2404879675441, 29088885112832, 370371188237525, 4951498053124096, 69348874393137901, 1015423886506852352, 15514534163557086905, 246921480190207983616, 4087072509293123892361

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N. J. A. Sloane

Number of linear extensions of the "zig-zag" poset. See ch. 3, prob. 23 of Stanley. - Mitch Harris, Dec 27 2005
Number of increasing 0-1-2 trees on n vertices. - David Callan, Dec 22 2006
Also the number of refinements of partitions. - Heinz-Richard Halder (halder.bichl(AT)t-online.de), Mar 07 2008
The ratio a(n)/n! is also the probability that n numbers x1,x2,...,xn randomly chosen uniformly and independently in [0,1] satisfy x1 > x2 < x3 > x4 < ... xn. - Pietro Majer, Jul 13 2009
For n >= 2, a(n-2) = number of permutations w of an ordered n-set {x_1 < ... x_n} with the following properties: w(1) = x_n, w(n) = x_{n-1}, w(2) > w(n-1), and neither any subword of w, nor its reversal, has the first three properties. The count is unchanged if the third condition is replaced with w(2) < w(n-1). - Jeremy L. Martin, Mar 26 2010
A partition of zigzag permutations of order n+1 by the smallest or the largest, whichever is behind. This partition has the same recurrent relation as increasing 1-2 trees of order n, by induction the bijection follows. - Wenjin Woan, May 06 2011
As can be seen from the asymptotics given in the FORMULA section, one has lim_{n->oo} 2*n*a(n-1)/a(n) = Pi; see A132049/A132050 for the simplified fractions. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 03 2013
a(n+1) is the sum of row n in triangle A008280. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 05 2013
M. Josuat-Verges, J.-C. Novelli and J.-Y. Thibon (2011) give a far-reaching generalization of the bijection between Euler numbers and alternating permutations. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 09 2015
Number of treeshelves avoiding pattern T321. Treeshelves are ordered binary (0-1-2) increasing trees where every child is connected to its parent by a left or a right link, see A278678 for more definitions and examples. - Sergey Kirgizov, Dec 24 2016
Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n-1)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that no three terms are equal. [Theorem 7 of Corteel, Martinez, Savage, and Weselcouch] - Eric M. Schmidt, Jul 17 2017
Number of self-dual edge-labeled trees with n vertices under "mind-body" duality.  Also number of self-dual rooted edge-labeled trees with n vertices.  See my paper linked below. - Nikos Apostolakis, Aug 01 2018
The ratio a(n)/n! is the volume of the convex polyhedron defined as the set of (x_1,...,x_n) in [0,1]^n such that x_i + x_{i+1} <= 1 for every 1 <= i <= n-1; see the solutions by Macdonald and Nelsen to the Amer. Math. Monthly problem referenced below. - Sanjay Ramassamy, Nov 02 2018
Number of total cyclic orders on {0,1,...,n} such that the triple (i-1,i,i+1) is positively oriented for every 1 <= i <= n-1; see my paper on cyclic orders linked below. - Sanjay Ramassamy, Nov 02 2018
The number of binary, rooted, unlabeled histories with n+1 leaves (following the definition of Rosenberg 2006). Also termed Tajima trees, Tajima genealogies, or binary, rooted, unlabeled ranked trees (Palacios et al. 2015). See Disanto & Wiehe (2013) for a proof. - Noah A Rosenberg, Mar 10 2019
From Gus Wiseman, Dec 31 2019: (Start)
Also the number of non-isomorphic balanced reduced multisystems with n + 1 distinct atoms and maximum depth. A balanced reduced multisystem is either a finite multiset, or a multiset partition with at least two parts, not all of which are singletons, of a balanced reduced multisystem. The labeled version is A006472. For example, non-isomorphic representatives of the a(0) = 1 through a(4) = 5 multisystems are (commas elided):
  {1}  {12}  {{1}{23}}  {{{1}}{{2}{34}}}  {{{{1}}}{{{2}}{{3}{45}}}}
                        {{{12}}{{3}{4}}}  {{{{1}}}{{{23}}{{4}{5}}}}
                                          {{{{1}{2}}}{{{3}}{{45}}}}
                                          {{{{1}{23}}}{{{4}}{{5}}}}
                                          {{{{12}}}{{{3}}{{4}{5}}}}
Also the number of balanced reduced multisystems with n + 1 equal atoms and maximum depth. This is possibly the meaning of Heinz-Richard Halder's comment (see also A002846, A213427, A265947). The non-maximum-depth version is A318813. For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(4) = 5 multisystems are (commas elided):
  {1}  {11}  {{1}{11}}  {{{1}}{{1}{11}}}  {{{{1}}}{{{1}}{{1}{11}}}}
                        {{{11}}{{1}{1}}}  {{{{1}}}{{{11}}{{1}{1}}}}
                                          {{{{1}{1}}}{{{1}}{{11}}}}
                                          {{{{1}{11}}}{{{1}}{{1}}}}
                                          {{{{11}}}{{{1}}{{1}{1}}}}
(End)
With s_n denoting the sum of n independent uniformly random numbers chosen from [-1/2,1/2], the probability that the closest integer to s_n is even is exactly 1/2 + a(n)/(2*n!). (See Hambardzumyan et al. 2023, Appendix B.) - Suhail Sherif, Mar 31 2024
The number of permutations of size n+1 that require exactly n passes through a stack (i.e. have reverse-tier n-1) with an algorithm that prioritizes outputting the maximum possible prefix of the identity in a given pass and reverses the remainder of the permutation for prior to the next pass. - Rebecca Smith, Jun 05 2024

			G.f. = 1 + x + x^2 + 2*x^3 + 5*x^4 + 16*x^5 + 61*x^6 + 272*x^7 + 1385*x^8 + ...
Sequence starts 1,1,2,5,16,... since possibilities are {}, {A}, {AB}, {ACB, BCA}, {ACBD, ADBC, BCAD, BDAC, CDAB}, {ACBED, ADBEC, ADCEB, AEBDC, AECDB, BCAED, BDAEC, BDCEA, BEADC, BECDA, CDAEB, CDBEA, CEADB, CEBDA, DEACB, DEBCA}, etc. - _Henry Bottomley_, Jan 17 2001

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Index entries for "core" sequences
Index entries for sequences related to boustrophedon transform

Cf. A000364 (secant numbers), A000182 (tangent numbers).
Related triangles: A008280, A008281, A008282, A008970, A010094, A059720, A177762.
Cf. A181937 for n-alternating permutations.
Cf. A109449 for an extension to an exponential Riordan array.
Column k=1 of A010094, A229892, A258829, A262124, A275784.
Column k=2 of A250261.
Cf. A002105, A186365.
For 0-1-2 trees with n nodes and k leaves, see A301344.
Matula-Goebel numbers of 0-1-2 trees are A292050.
An overview over generalized Euler numbers gives A349264.
Cf. A000258, A000311, A002846, A005121, A318813, A320270, A330474, A330665, A330679, A340315.

a000111 0 = 1
a000111 n = sum $ a008280_row (n - 1)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 01 2013

A000111 := n-> n!*coeff(series(sec(x)+tan(x),x,n+1), x, n);
s := series(sec(x)+tan(x), x, 100): A000111 := n-> n!*coeff(s, x, n);
A000111:=n->piecewise(n mod 2=1,(-1)^((n-1)/2)*2^(n+1)*(2^(n+1)-1)*bernoulli(n+1)/(n+1),(-1)^(n/2)*euler(n)):seq(A000111(n),n=0..30); A000111:=proc(n) local k: k:=floor((n+1)/2): if n mod 2=1 then RETURN((-1)^(k-1)*2^(2*k)*(2^(2*k)-1)*bernoulli(2*k)/(2*k)) else RETURN((-1)^k*euler(2*k)) fi: end:seq(A000111(n),n=0..30); (C. Ronaldo)
T := n -> 2^n*abs(euler(n,1/2)+euler(n,1)): # Peter Luschny, Jan 25 2009
S := proc(n,k) option remember; if k=0 then RETURN(`if`(n=0,1,0)) fi; S(n,k-1)+S(n-1,n-k) end:
A000364 := n -> S(2*n,2*n);
A000182 := n -> S(2*n+1,2*n+1);
A000111 := n -> S(n,n); # Peter Luschny, Jul 29 2009
a := n -> 2^(n+2)*n!*(sum(1/(4*k+1)^(n+1), k = -infinity..infinity))/Pi^(n+1):
1, seq(a(n), n = 1..22); # Emeric Deutsch, Aug 17 2009
# alternative Maple program:
b:= proc(u, o) option remember;
      `if`(u+o=0, 1, add(b(o-1+j, u-j), j=1..u))
    end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0):
seq(a(n), n=0..30);  # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 29 2015

n=22; CoefficientList[Series[(1+Sin[x])/Cos[x], {x, 0, n}], x] * Table[k!, {k, 0, n}] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 18 2011, after Michael Somos *)
a[n_] := If[EvenQ[n], Abs[EulerE[n]], Abs[(2^(n+1)*(2^(n+1)-1)*BernoulliB[n+1])/(n+1)]]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 26}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 09 2012, after C. Ronaldo *)
ee = Table[ 2^n*EulerE[n, 1] + EulerE[n] - 1, {n, 0, 26}]; Table[ Differences[ee, n] // First // Abs, {n, 0, 26}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 21 2013, after Paul Curtz *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, (2 I)^n If[ EvenQ[n], EulerE[n, 1/2], EulerE[n, 0] I]]; (* Michael Somos, Aug 15 2015 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 1, Boole[n == 0], With[{m = n - 1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ 1 / (1 - Sin[x]), {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Aug 15 2015 *)
s[0] = 1; s[] = 0; t[n, 0] := s[n]; t[n_, k_] := t[n, k] = t[n, k-1] + t[n-1, n-k]; a[n_] := t[n, n]; Array[a, 30, 0](* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 12 2016 *)
a[n_] := If[n == 0, 1, 2*Abs[PolyLog[-n, I]]]; (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 02 2023, after M. F. Hasler *)
a[0] := 1; a[1] := 1; a[n_] := a[n] = Sum[Binomial[n - 2, k] a[k] a[n - 1 - k], {k, 0, n - 2}]; Map[a, Range[0, 26]] (* Oliver Seipel, May 24 2024 after Peter Bala *)
a[0] := 1; a[1] := 1; a[n_] := a[n] = 1/(n (n-1)) Sum[a[n-1-k] a[k] k, {k, 1, n-1}]; Map[#! a[#]&, Range[0, 26]] (* Oliver Seipel, May 27 2024 *)

a(n):=sum((if evenp(n+k) then (-1)^((n+k)/2)*sum(j!*stirling2(n,j)*2^(1-j)*(-1)^(n+j-k)*binomial(j-1,k-1),j,k,n) else 0),k,1,n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 19 2010 */

a(n):=if n<2 then 1 else 2*sum(4^m*(sum((i-(n-1)/2)^(n-1)*binomial(n-2*m-1,i-m)*(-1)^(n-i-1),i,m,(n-1)/2)),m,0,(n-2)/2); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 09 2011 */

{a(n) = if( n<1, n==0, n--; n! * polcoeff( 1 / (1 - sin(x + x * O(x^n))), n))}; \\ Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004

{a(n) = local(v=[1], t); if( n<0, 0, for(k=2, n+2, t=0; v = vector(k, i, if( i>1, t+= v[k+1-i]))); v[2])}; \\ Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004

{a(n) = local(an); if( n<1, n>=0, an = vector(n+1, m, 1); for( m=2, n, an[m+1] = sum( k=0, m-1, binomial(m-1, k) * an[k+1] * an[m-k]) / 2); an[n+1])}; \\ Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004

z='z+O('z^66); egf = (1+sin(z))/cos(z); Vec(serlaplace(egf)) \\ Joerg Arndt, Apr 30 2011

A000111(n)={my(k);sum(m=0,n\2,(-1)^m*sum(j=0,k=n+1-2*m,binomial(k,j)*(-1)^j*(k-2*j)^(n+1))/k>>k)}  \\ M. F. Hasler, May 19 2012

A000111(n)=if(n,2*abs(polylog(-n,I)),1)  \\ M. F. Hasler, May 20 2012

# requires python 3.2 or higher
from itertools import accumulate
A000111_list, blist = [1,1], [1]
for n in range(10**2):
    blist = list(reversed(list(accumulate(reversed(blist))))) + [0] if n % 2 else [0]+list(accumulate(blist))
    A000111_list.append(sum(blist)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 29 2015

from mpmath import *
mp.dps = 150
l = chop(taylor(lambda x: sec(x) + tan(x), 0, 26))
[int(fac(i) * li) for i, li in enumerate(l)]  # Indranil Ghosh, Jul 06 2017

from sympy import bernoulli, euler
def A000111(n): return abs(((1<Chai Wah Wu, Nov 13 2024

# Algorithm of L. Seidel (1877)
def A000111_list(n) :
    R = []; A = {-1:0, 0:1}; k = 0; e = 1
    for i in (0..n) :
        Am = 0; A[k + e] = 0; e = -e
        for j in (0..i) : Am += A[k]; A[k] = Am; k += e
        R.append(Am)
    return R
A000111_list(22) # Peter Luschny, Mar 31 2012 (revised Apr 24 2016)

E.g.f.: (1+sin(x))/cos(x) = tan(x) + sec(x).
E.g.f. for a(n+1) is 1/(cos(x/2) - sin(x/2))^2 = 1/(1-sin(x)) = d/dx(sec(x) + tan(x)).
E.g.f. A(x) = -log(1-sin(x)), for a(n+1). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 09 2010
O.g.f.: A(x) = 1+x/(1-x-x^2/(1-2*x-3*x^2/(1-3*x-6*x^2/(1-4*x-10*x^2/(1-... -n*x-(n*(n+1)/2)*x^2/(1- ...)))))) (continued fraction). - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 17 2006
E.g.f. A(x) = y satisfies 2y' = 1 + y^2. - Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004
a(n) = P_n(0) + Q_n(0) (see A155100 and A104035), defining Q_{-1} = 0. Cf. A156142.
2*a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*a(k)*a(n-k).
Asymptotics: a(n) ~ 2^(n+2)*n!/Pi^(n+1). For a proof, see for example Flajolet and Sedgewick.
a(n) = (n-1)*a(n-1) - Sum_{i=2..n-2} (i-1)*E(n-2, n-1-i), where E are the Entringer numbers A008281. - Jon Perry, Jun 09 2003
a(2*k) = (-1)^k euler(2k) and a(2k-1) = (-1)^(k-1)2^(2k)(2^(2k)-1) Bernoulli(2k)/(2k). - C. Ronaldo (aga_new_ac(AT)hotmail.com), Jan 17 2005
|a(n+1) - 2*a(n)| = A000708(n). - Philippe Deléham, Jan 13 2007
a(n) = 2^n|E(n,1/2) + E(n,1)| where E(n,x) are the Euler polynomials. - Peter Luschny, Jan 25 2009
a(n) = 2^(n+2)*n!*S(n+1)/(Pi)^(n+1), where S(n) = Sum_{k = -inf..inf} 1/(4k+1)^n (see the Elkies reference). - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 17 2009
a(n) = i^(n+1) Sum_{k=1..n+1} Sum_{j=0..k} binomial(k,j)(-1)^j (k-2j)^(n+1) (2i)^(-k) k^{-1}. - Ross Tang (ph.tchaa(AT)gmail.com), Jul 28 2010
a(n) = sum((if evenp(n+k) then (-1)^((n+k)/2)*sum(j!*Stirling2(n,j)*2^(1-j)*(-1)^(n+j-k)*binomial(j-1,k-1),j,k,n) else 0),k,1,n), n>0. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 19 2010
If n==1(mod 4) is prime, then a(n)==1(mod n); if n==3(mod 4) is prime, then a(n)==-1(mod n). - Vladimir Shevelev, Aug 31 2010
For m>=0, a(2^m)==1(mod 2^m); If p is prime, then a(2*p)==1(mod 2*p). - Vladimir Shevelev, Sep 03 2010
From Peter Bala, Jan 26 2011: (Start)
a(n) = A(n,i)/(1+i)^(n-1), where i = sqrt(-1) and {A(n,x)}n>=1 = [1,1+x,1+4*x+x^2,1+11*x+11*x^2+x^3,...] denotes the sequence of Eulerian polynomials.
Equivalently, a(n) = i^(n+1)*Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^k*k!*Stirling2(n,k) * ((1+i)/2)^(k-1) = i^(n+1)*Sum_{k = 1..n} (-1)^k*((1+i)/2)^(k-1)* Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(k,j)*j^n.
This explicit formula for a(n) can be used to obtain congruence results. For example, for odd prime p, a(p) = (-1)^((p-1)/2) (mod p), as noted by Vladimir Shevelev above.
For the corresponding type B results see A001586. For the corresponding results for plane increasing 0-1-2 trees see A080635.
For generalized Eulerian, Stirling and Bernoulli numbers associated with the zigzag numbers see A145876, A147315 and A185424, respectively. For a recursive triangle to calculate a(n) see A185414.
(End)
a(n) = I^(n+1)*2*Li_{-n}(-I) for n > 0. Li_{s}(z) is the polylogarithm. - Peter Luschny, Jul 29 2011
a(n) = 2*Sum_{m=0..(n-2)/2} 4^m*(Sum_{i=m..(n-1)/2} (i-(n-1)/2)^(n-1)*binomial(n-2*m-1,i-m)*(-1)^(n-i-1)), n > 1, a(0)=1, a(1)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 09 2011
a(n) = D^(n-1)(1/(1-x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator sqrt(1-x^2)*d/dx. Cf. A006154. a(n) equals the alternating sum of the nonzero elements of row n-1 of A196776. This leads to a combinatorial interpretation for a(n); for example, a(4*n+2) gives the number of ordered set partitions of 4*n+1 into k odd-sized blocks, k = 1 (mod 4), minus the number of ordered set partitions of 4*n+1 into k odd-sized blocks, k = 3 (mod 4). Cf A002017. - Peter Bala, Dec 06 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 14 2011 - Dec 23 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f.: tan(x) + sec(x) = 1 + x/U(0); U(k) = 4k+1-x/(2-x/(4k+3+x/(2+x/U(k+1)))).
E.g.f.: for a(n+1) is E(x) = 1/(1-sin(x)) = 1 + x/(1 - x + x^2/G(0)); G(k) = (2*k+2)*(2*k+3)-x^2+(2*k+2)*(2*k+3)*x^2/G(k+1).
E.g.f.: for a(n+1) is E(x) = 1/(1-sin(x)) = 1/(1 - x/(1 + x^2/G(0))) ; G(k) = 8*k+6-x^2/(1 + (2*k+2)*(2*k+3)/G(k+1)).
E.g.f.: for a(n+1) is E(x) = 1/(1 - sin(x)) = 1/(1 - x*G(0)); G(k) = 1 - x^2/(2*(2*k+1)*(4*k+3) - 2*x^2*(2*k+1)*(4*k+3)/(x^2 - 4*(k+1)*(4*k+5)/G(k+1))).
E.g.f.: for a(n+1) is E(x) = 1/(1 - sin(x)) = 1/(1 - x*G(0)) where G(k)= 1 - x^2/( (2*k+1)*(2*k+3) - (2*k+1)*(2*k+3)^2/(2*k+3 - (2*k+2)/G(k+1))).
E.g.f.: tan(x) + sec(x) = 1 + 2*x/(U(0)-x) where U(k) = 4k+2 - x^2/U(k+1).
E.g.f.: tan(x) + sec(x) = 1 + 2*x/(2*U(0)-x) where U(k) = 4*k+1 - x^2/(16*k+12 - x^2/U(k+1)).
E.g.f.: tan(x) + sec(x) = 4/(2-x*G(0))-1 where G(k) = 1 - x^2/(x^2 - 4*(2*k+1)*(2*k+3)/G(k+1)).
G.f.: 1 + x/Q(0), m=+4, u=x/2, where Q(k) = 1 - 2*u*(2*k+1) - m*u^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/(1 - 2*u*(2*k+2) - m*u^2*(k+1)*(2*k+3)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: conjecture: 1 + T(0)*x/(1-x), where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)*(k+2)/(x^2*(k+1)*(k+2) - 2*(1-x*(k+1))*(1-x*(k+2))/T(k+1)).
E.g.f.: 1+ 4*x/(T(0) - 2*x), where T(k) = 4*(2*k+1) - 4*x^2/T(k+1):
E.g.f.: T(0)-1, where T(k) = 2 + x/(4*k+1 - x/(2 - x/( 4*k+3 + x/T(k+1)))). (End)
E.g.f.: tan(x/2 + Pi/4). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 08 2013
Asymptotic expansion: 4*(2*n/(Pi*e))^(n+1/2)*exp(1/2+1/(12*n) -1/(360*n^3) + 1/(1260*n^5) - ...). (See the Luschny link.) - Peter Luschny, Jul 14 2015
From Peter Bala, Sep 10 2015: (Start)
The e.g.f. A(x) = tan(x) + sec(x) satisfies A''(x) = A(x)*A'(x), hence the recurrence a(0) = 1, a(1) = 1, else a(n) = Sum_{i = 0..n-2} binomial(n-2,i)*a(i)*a(n-1-i).
Note, the same recurrence, but with the initial conditions a(0) = 0 and a(1) = 1, produces the sequence [0,1,0,1,0,4,0,34,0,496,...], an aerated version of A002105. (End)
a(n) = A186365(n)/n for n >= 1. - Anton Zakharov, Aug 23 2016
From Peter Luschny, Oct 27 2017: (Start)
a(n) = abs(2*4^n*(H(((-1)^n - 3)/8, -n) - H(((-1)^n - 7)/8, -n))) where H(z, r) are the generalized harmonic numbers.
a(n) = (-1)^binomial(n + 1, 2)*2^(2*n + 1)*(zeta(-n, 1 + (1/8)*(-7 + (-1)^n)) - zeta(-n, 1 + (1/8)*(-3 + (-1)^n))). (End)
a(n) = i*(i^n*Li_{-n}(-i) - (-i)^n*Li_{-n}(i)), where i is the imaginary unit and Li_{s}(z) is the polylogarithm. - Peter Luschny, Aug 28 2020
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = A340315. - Amiram Eldar, May 29 2021
a(n) = n!*Re([x^n](1 + I^(n^2 - n)*(2 - 2*I)/(exp(x) + I))). - Peter Luschny, Aug 09 2021

Edited by M. F. Hasler, Apr 04 2013

Title corrected by Geoffrey Critzer, May 18 2013

A000246 Number of permutations in the symmetric group S_n that have odd order.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 3, 9, 45, 225, 1575, 11025, 99225, 893025, 9823275, 108056025, 1404728325, 18261468225, 273922023375, 4108830350625, 69850115960625, 1187451971330625, 22561587455281875, 428670161650355625, 9002073394657468125, 189043541287806830625

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Michael Reid (mreid(AT)math.umass.edu) points out that the e.g.f. for the number of permutations of odd order can be obtained from the cycle index for S_n, F(Y; X1, X2, X3, ... ) := e^(X1 Y + X2 Y^2/2 + X3 Y^3/3 + ... ) and is F(Y, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, ... ) = sqrt((1 + Y)/(1 - Y)).
a(n) appears to be the number of permutations on [n] whose up-down signature has nonnegative partial sums. For example, the up-down signature of (2,4,5,1,3) is (+1,+1,-1,+1) with nonnegative partial sums 1,2,1,2 and a(3)=3 counts (1,2,3), (1,3,2), (2,3,1). - David Callan, Jul 14 2006
This conjecture has been confirmed, see Bernardi, Duplantier, Nadeau link.
a(n) is the number of permutations of [n] for which all left-to-right minima occur in odd locations in the permutation. For example, a(3)=3 counts 123, 132, 231. Proof: For such a permutation of length 2n, you can append 1,2,..., or 2n+1 (2n+1 choices) and increase by 1 the original entries that weakly exceed the appended entry. This gives all such permutations of length 2n+1. But if the original length is 2n-1, you cannot append 1 (for then 1 would be a left-to-right min in an even location) so you can only append 2,3,..., or 2n (2n-1 choices). This count matches the given recurrence relation a(2n)=(2n-1)a(2n-1), a(2n+1)=(2n+1)a(2n). - David Callan, Jul 22 2008
a(n) is the n-th derivative of exp(arctanh(x)) at x = 0. - Michel Lagneau, May 11 2010
a(n) is the absolute value of the Moebius number of the odd partition poset on a set of n+1 points, where the odd partition poset is defined to be the subposet of the partition poset consisting of only partitions using odd part size (as well as the maximum element for n even). - Kenneth M Monks, May 06 2012
Number of permutations in S_n in which all cycles have odd length. - Michael Somos, Mar 17 2019
a(n) is the number of unranked labeled binary trees compatible with the binary labeled perfect phylogeny that, among possible two-leaf binary labeled perfect phylogenies for a sample of size n+2, is compatible with the smallest number of unranked labeled binary trees. - Noah A Rosenberg, Jan 16 2025

			For the Wallis numerators, denominators and partial products see A001900. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Dec 06 2017

H.-D. Ebbinghaus et al., Numbers, Springer, 1990, p. 146.
J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 87.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..450 (first 101 terms from T. D. Noe)
Ron M. Adin, Pál Hegedűs, and Yuval Roichman, Descent set distribution for permutations with cycles of only odd or only even lengths, arXiv:2502.03507 [math.CO], 2025. See p. 2.
Joel Barnes, Conformal welding of uniform random trees, Ph. D. Dissertation, Univ. Washington, 2014.
Olivier Bernardi, Bertrand Duplantier and Philippe Nadeau, A Bijection Between Well-Labelled Positive Paths and Matchings, Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire (2010), volume 63, Article B63e.
William Y. C. Chen, Breaking Cycles, the Odd Versus the Even, 2023.
A. Edelman and M. La Croix, The Singular Values of the GUE (Less is More), arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7065 [math.PR], 2014-2015. See Table 1.
Steven Finch, Rounds, Color, Parity, Squares, arXiv:2111.14487 [math.CO], 2021.
A. Ghitza and A. McAndrew, Experimental evidence for Maeda's conjecture on modular forms, arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3480 [math.NT], 2012.
Y. Cha, Closed form solutions of difference equations (2011) PhD Thesis, Florida State University, page 24
Dmitry Kruchinin, Integer properties of a composition of exponential generating functions, arXiv:1211.2100 [math.NT], 2012.
Zhicong Lin, David G.L. Wang, and Tongyuan Zhao, A decomposition of ballot permutations, pattern avoidance and Gessel walks, arXiv:2103.04599 [math.CO], 2021.
Kenneth M. Monks, An Elementary Proof of the Explicit Formula for the Möbius Number of the Odd Partition Poset, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.9.6.
Julia A. Palacios, Anand Bhaskar, Filippo Disanto, and Noah A. Rosenberg, Enumeration of binary trees compatible with a perfect phylogeny, J. Math. Biol. 84 (2022), 54.
Qingchun Ren, Ordered Partitions and Drawings of Rooted Plane Trees, arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.6327 [math.CO], 2013. See Lemma 15.
Marko Riedel, et al. From combinatorial class to recurrence to closed form, Mathematics Stack Exchange.
Jonathan Sondow, A faster product for Pi and a new integral for ln(Pi/2), arXiv:math/0401406 [math.NT], 2004.
Jonathan Sondow, A faster product for Pi and a new integral for ln(Pi/2), Amer. Math. Monthly 112 (2005), 729-734 and 113 (2006), 670.
Sam Spiro, Ballot Permutations, Odd Order Permutations, and a New Permutation Statistic, arXiv:1810.00993 [math.CO], 2018.
Paveł Szabłowski, Beta distributions whose moment sequences are related to integer sequences listed in the OEIS, Contrib. Disc. Math. (2024) Vol. 19, No. 4, 85-109. See p. 108.
Allen Wang, Permutations with Up-Down Signatures of Nonnegative Partial Sums, MIT PRIMES Conference (2018).
David G. L. Wang and T. Zhao, The peak and descent statistics over ballot permutations, arXiv:2009.05973 [math.CO], 2020.
Index entries for sequences related to groups

Cf. A001900, A059838, A002867.
Bisections are A001818 and A079484.
Row sums of unsigned triangle A049218 and of A111594, A262125.
Main diagonal of A262124.
Cf. A002019.

a000246 n = a000246_list !! n
a000246_list = 1 : 1 : zipWith (+)
   (tail a000246_list) (zipWith (*) a000246_list a002378_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 27 2012

I:=[1,1]; [n le 2 select I[n] else Self(n-1)+(n^2-5*n+6)*Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 02 2015

a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<2, 1,
      a(n-1) +(n-1)*(n-2)*a(n-2))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, May 14 2018

a[n_] := a[n] = a[n-1]*(n+Mod[n, 2]-1); a[0] = 1; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 20}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 21 2011, after Pari *)
a[n_] := a[n] = (n-2)*(n-3)*a[n-2] + a[n-1]; a[0] := 0; a[1] := 1; Table[a[i], {i, 0, 20}] (* or *)  RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==0, a[1]==1, a[n]==(n-2)*(n-3)a[n-2]+a[n-1]}, a, {n, 20}] (* G. C. Greubel, May 01 2015 *)
CoefficientList[Series[Sqrt[(1+x)/(1-x)], {x, 0, 20}], x]*Table[k!, {k, 0, 20}] (* Stefano Spezia, Oct 07 2018 *)

PARI
```
a(n)=if(n<1,!n,a(n-1)*(n+n%2-1))
```

Vec( serlaplace( sqrt( (1+x)/(1-x) + O(x^55) ) ) )

a(n)=prod(k=3,n,k+k%2-1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 01 2015

a(n)=(n!/(n\2)!>>(n\2))^2/if(n%2,n,1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 01 2015

E.g.f.: sqrt(1-x^2)/(1-x) = sqrt((1+x)/(1-x)).
a(2*k) = (2*k-1)*a(2*k-1), a(2*k+1) = (2*k+1)*a(2*k), for k >= 0, with a(0) = 1.
Let b(1)=0, b(2)=1, b(k+2)=b(k+1)/k + b(k); then a(n+1) = n!*b(n+2). - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 03 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} (2k)! * C(n-1, 2k) * a(n-2k-1) for n > 0. - Noam Katz (noamkj(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 27 2001
Also successive denominators of Wallis's approximation to Pi/2 (unreduced): 1/1 *  2/1 * 2/3 * 4/3 * 4/5 * 6/5 * 6/7 * .., for n >= 1.
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = a(n-1) + (n-1)*(n-2)*a(n-2). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 30 2003
a(n) is asymptotic to (n-1)!*sqrt(2*n/Pi). - Benoit Cloitre, Jan 19 2004
a(n) = n! * binomial(n-1, floor((n-1)/2)) / 2^(n-1), n > 0. - Ralf Stephan, Mar 22 2004
E.g.f.: e^atanh(x), a(n) = n!*Sum_{m=1..n} Sum_{k=m..n} 2^(k-m)*Stirling1(k,m) *binomial(n-1,k-1)/k!, n > 0, a(0)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Dec 12 2011
G.f.: G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x*(4*k-1)/((2*k+1)*(x-1) - x*(x-1)*(2*k+1)*(4*k+1)/(x*(4*k+1) + 2*(x-1)*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jul 24 2012
G.f.: 1 + x*(G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - (2*k+1)/(1-x/(x - 1/(1 - (2*k+1)/(1-x/(x - 1/G(k+1) ))))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 15 2013
G.f.: G(0), where G(k) = 1 + x*(2*k+1)/(1 - x*(2*k+1)/(x*(2*k+1) + 1/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 07 2013
For n >= 1, a(2*n) = (2*n-1)!!^2, a(2*n+1) = (2*n+1)*(2*n-1)!!^2. - Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 01 2013
E.g.f.: arcsin(x) - sqrt(1-x^2) + 1 for a(0) = 0, a(1) = a(2) = a(3) = 1. - G. C. Greubel, May 01 2015
Sum_{n>1} 1/a(n) = (L_0(1) + L_1(1))*Pi/2, where L is the modified Struve function. - Peter McNair, Mar 11 2022
From Peter Bala, Mar 29 2024: (Start)
a(n) =  n! * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n+k)*binomial(1/2, k)*binomial(-1/2, n-k).
a(n) = (1/4^n) * (2*n)!/n! * hypergeom([-1/2, -n], [1/2 - n], -1).
a(n) = n!/2^n * A063886(n). (End)

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A000111 Euler or up/down numbers: e.g.f. sec(x) + tan(x). Also for n >= 2, half the number of alternating permutations on n letters (A001250).

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A000246 Number of permutations in the symmetric group S_n that have odd order.

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A258829 Number T(n,k) of permutations p of [n] such that the up-down signature of 0,p has nonnegative partial sums with a maximal value of k; triangle T(n,k), n>=0, 0<=k<=n, read by rows.

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A262125 Number T(n,k) of permutations p of [n] such that the up-down signature of p has nonnegative partial sums with a maximal value of k; triangle T(n,k), n>=0, 0<=k<=n, read by rows.

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A262163 Number A(n,k) of permutations p of [n] such that the up-down signature of 0,p has nonnegative partial sums with a maximal value <= k; square array A(n,k), n>=0, k>=0, read by antidiagonals.

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