A317450 a(n)=(-1)^((n-2)*(n-1)/2)*2^((n-1)^2)*n^(n-3).

1, 1, -16, -2048, 1638400, 7247757312, -164995463643136, -18446744073709551616, 9803356117276277820358656, 24178516392292583494123520000000, -271732164163901599116133024293512544256, -13717048991958695477963985711266803110069141504, 3074347100178259797134292590832254504315406543889629184

Offset: 1

Author

Rigoberto Florez, Aug 26 2018

Keywords

• sign

Comments

Discriminant of Pell polynomials.

Pell polynomials are defined as P(0)=0, P(1)=1 and P(n)=2xP(n-1)+P(n-2) for n>1.

Links

• Rigoberto Flórez, Robinson Higuita, and Alexander Ramírez, The resultant, the discriminant, and the derivative of generalized Fibonacci polynomials, arXiv:1808.01264 [math.NT], 2018.
• Rigoberto Flórez, Robinson Higuita, and Antara Mukherjee, Star of David and other patterns in the Hosoya-like polynomials triangles, 2018.
• R. Flórez, N. McAnally, and A. Mukherjees, Identities for the generalized Fibonacci polynomial, Integers, 18B (2018), Paper No. A2.
• R. Flórez, R. Higuita and A. Mukherjees, Characterization of the strong divisibility property for generalized Fibonacci polynomials, Integers, 18 (2018), Paper No. A14.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Discriminant
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pell Polynomial

Crossrefs

Cf. A006645, A001629, A001871, A006645, A007701, A045618, A045925, A093967, A193678, A317404, A317405, A317408, A317451, A318184, A318197.

Essentially the same as A086804.

Programs

Mathematica

Array[(-1)^((#-2)*(#-1)/2)* 2^((#-1)^2)*#^(#-3)&,15]