A241756 A finite sum of products of binomial coefficients: Sum_(m=0..n) binomial(-1/4, m)^2*binomial(-1/4, n-m)^2 (C. C. Grosjean's problem, denominators).
1, 8, 512, 4096, 2097152, 16777216, 1073741824, 8589934592, 35184372088832, 281474976710656, 18014398509481984, 144115188075855872, 73786976294838206464, 590295810358705651712, 37778931862957161709568, 302231454903657293676544
Offset: 0
References
- E. S. Andersen and M. E. Larsen. A finite sum of products of binomial coefficients, Problem 92-18, by C. C. Grosjean, Solution. SIAM Rev. 35 (1993), 645-646.
Links
- P. Flajolet, B. Salvy, and Helmut Prodinger, A Finite Sum of Products of Binomial Coefficients, Problem 92-18 by C. C. Grosjean, Solution. SIAM Rev. 35 (1993), 645-646.
- C. C. Grosjean, Problem no. 92-18, SIAM Rev. 34 (1992), p. 649.
- M. E. Larsen, Summa Summarum, page 114.
Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_] := Binomial[2*n, n]^2*Binomial[n-1/2, 2*n]*(-1/4)^n; Table[a[n]//Denominator, {n, 0, 20}]
Formula
GAMMA(3/4)^2 * 4F3(1/4, 1/4, -n, -n; 1, 3/4-n, 3/4-n; 1)/(GAMMA(3/4-n)^2*GAMMA(n+1)^2).
binomial(2n, n)^2*binomial(n-1/2, 2n)*(-1/4)^n.
Conjecture (from sequencedb.net): a(n) = 8^A005187(n). - R. J. Mathar, Jun 30 2021
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