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A000165 Double factorial of even numbers: (2n)!! = 2^n*n!.

1, 2, 8, 48, 384, 3840, 46080, 645120, 10321920, 185794560, 3715891200, 81749606400, 1961990553600, 51011754393600, 1428329123020800, 42849873690624000, 1371195958099968000, 46620662575398912000, 1678343852714360832000, 63777066403145711616000

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N. J. A. Sloane

a(n) is also the size of the automorphism group of the graph (edge graph) of the n-dimensional hypercube and also of the geometric automorphism group of the hypercube (the two groups are isomorphic). This group is an extension of an elementary Abelian group (C_2)^n by S_n. (C_2 is the cyclic group with two elements and S_n is the symmetric group.) - Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 21 2001
Then a(n) appears in the power series: sqrt(1+sin(y)) = Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^floor(n/2)*y^(n)/a(n) and sqrt((1+cos(y))/2) = Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n*y^(2n)/a(2n). - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 02 2002
Appears to be the BinomialMean transform of A001907. See A075271. - John W. Layman, Sep 28 2002
Number of n X n monomial matrices with entries 0, +-1.
Also number of linear signed orders.
Define a "downgrade" to be the permutation d which places the items of a permutation p in descending order. This note concerns those permutations that are equal to their double-downgrades. The number of permutations of order 2n having this property are equinumerous with those of order 2n+1. a(n) = number of double-downgrading permutations of order 2n and 2n+1. - Eugene McDonnell (eemcd(AT)mac.com), Oct 27 2003
a(n) = (Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} cos(x)^(2*n+1) dx) where the denominators are b(n) = (2*n)!/(n!*2^n). - Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)excite.com), Mar 02 2004
1 + (1/2)x - (1/8)x^2 - (1/48)x^3 + (1/384)x^4 + ... = sqrt(1+sin(x)).
a(n)*(-1)^n = coefficient of the leading term of the (n+1)-th derivative of arctan(x), see Hildebrand link. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 14 2006
a(n) is the Pfaffian of the skew-symmetric 2n X 2n matrix whose (i,j) entry is j for iDavid Callan, Sep 25 2006
a(n) is the number of increasing plane trees with n+1 edges. (In a plane tree, each subtree of the root is an ordered tree but the subtrees of the root may be cyclically rotated.) Increasing means the vertices are labeled 0,1,2,...,n+1 and each child has a greater label than its parent. Cf. A001147 for increasing ordered trees, A000142 for increasing unordered trees and A000111 for increasing 0-1-2 trees. - David Callan, Dec 22 2006
Hamed Hatami and Pooya Hatami prove that this is an upper bound on the cardinality of any minimal dominating set in C_{2n+1}^n, the Cartesian product of n copies of the cycle of size 2n+1, where 2n+1 is a prime. - Jonathan Vos Post, Jan 03 2007
This sequence and (1,-2,0,0,0,0,...) form a reciprocal pair under the list partition transform and associated operations described in A133314. - Tom Copeland, Oct 29 2007
a(n) = number of permutations of the multiset {1,1,2,2,...,n,n,n+1,n+1} such that between the two occurrences of i, there is exactly one entry >i, for i=1,2,...,n. Example: a(2) = 8 counts 121323, 131232, 213123, 231213, 232131, 312132, 321312, 323121. Proof: There is always exactly one entry between the two 1s (when n>=1). Given a permutation p in A(n) (counted by a(n)), record the position i of the first 1, then delete both 1s and subtract 1 from every entry to get a permutation q in A(n-1). The mapping p -> (i,q) is a bijection from A(n) to the Cartesian product [1,2n] X A(n-1). - David Callan, Nov 29 2007
Row sums of A028338. - Paul Barry, Feb 07 2009
a(n) is the number of ways to seat n married couples in a row so that everyone is next to their spouse. Compare A007060. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 29 2009
From Gary W. Adamson, Apr 21 2009: (Start)
Equals (-1)^n * (1, 1, 2, 8, 48, ...) dot (1, -3, 5, -7, 9, ...).
Example: a(4) = 384 = (1, 1, 2, 8, 48) dot (1, -3, 5, -7, 9) = (1, -3, 10, -56, 432). (End)
exp(x/2) = Sum_{n>=0} x^n/a(n). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Sep 07 2009
Assuming n starts at 0, a(n) appears to be the number of Gray codes on n bits. It certainly is the number of Gray codes on n bits isomorphic to the canonical one. Proof: There are 2^n different starting positions for each code. Also, each code has a particular pattern of bit positions that are flipped (for instance, 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 for n=3), and these bit position patterns can be permuted in n! ways. - D. J. Schreffler (ds1404(AT)txstate.edu), Jul 18 2010
E.g.f. of 0,1,2,8,... is x/(1-2x/(2-2x/(3-8x/(4-8x/(5-18x/(6-18x/(7-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Jan 17 2011
Number of increasing 2-colored trees with choice of two colors for each edge. In general, if we replace 2 with k we get the number of increasing k-colored trees. For example, for k=3 we get the triple factorial numbers. - Wenjin Woan, May 31 2011
a(n) = row sums of triangle A193229. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 18 2011
Also the number of permutations of 2n (or of 2n+1) that are equal to their reverse-complements. (See the Egge reference.) Note that the double-downgrade described in the preceding comment (McDonnell) is equivalent to the reverse-complement. - Justin M. Troyka, Aug 11 2011
The e.g.f. can be used to form a generator, [1/(1-2x)] d/dx, for A000108, so a(n) can be applied to A145271 to generate the Catalan numbers. - Tom Copeland, Oct 01 2011
The e.g.f. of 1/a(n) is BesselI(0,sqrt(2*x)). See Abramowitz-Stegun (reference and link under A008277), p. 375, 9.6.10. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2012
a(n) = order of the largest imprimitive group of degree 2n with n systems of imprimitivity (see [Miller], p. 203). - L. Edson Jeffery, Feb 05 2012
Row sums of triangle A208057. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 22 2012
a(n) is the number of ways to designate a subset of elements in each n-permutation. a(n) = A000142(n) + A001563(n) + A001804(n) + A001805(n) + A001806(n) + A001807(n) + A035038(n) * n!. - Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 08 2012
For n>1, a(n) is the order of the Coxeter groups (also called Weyl groups) of types B_n and C_n. - Tom Edgar, Nov 05 2013
For m>0, k*a(m-1) is the m-th cumulant of the chi-squared probability distribution for k degrees of freedom. - Stanislav Sykora, Jun 27 2014
a(n) with 0 prepended is the binomial transform of A120765. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 28 2015
Exponential self-convolution of A001147. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 08 2016
Also the order of the automorphism group of the n-ladder rung graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 22 2017
a(n) is the order of the group O_n(Z) = {A in M_n(Z): A*A^T = I_n}, the group of n X n orthogonal matrices over the integers. - Jianing Song, Mar 29 2021
a(n) is the number of ways to tile a (3n,3n)-benzel or a (3n+1,3n+2)-benzel using left stones and two kinds of bones; see Defant et al., below. - James Propp, Jul 22 2023
a(n) is the number of labeled histories for a labeled topology with the modified lodgepole shape and n+1 cherry nodes. - Noah A Rosenberg, Jan 16 2025

			The following permutations and their reversals are all of the permutations of order 5 having the double-downgrade property:
  0 1 2 3 4
  0 3 2 1 4
  1 0 2 4 3
  1 4 2 0 3
G.f. = 1 + 2*x + 8*x^2 + 48*x^3 + 384*x^4 + 3840*x^5 + 46080*x^6 + 645120*x^7 + ...

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).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100
Paul Barry, General Eulerian Polynomials as Moments Using Exponential Riordan Arrays, Journal of Integer Sequences, 16 (2013), #13.9.6.
Paul Barry, Generalized Eulerian Triangles and Some Special Production Matrices, arXiv:1803.10297 [math.CO], 2018.
Isabel Cação, Helmuth R. Malonek, Maria Irene Falcão, and Graça Tomaz, Combinatorial Identities Associated with a Multidimensional Polynomial Sequence, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.7.4.
P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
CombOS - Combinatorial Object Server, Generate colored permutations
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Colin Defant, Rupert Li, James Propp, and Benjamin Young, Tilings of Benzels via the Abacus Bijection, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2209.05717 [math.CO], 2022.
Eric S. Egge, Restricted symmetric permutations, Ann. Combin., 11 (2007), 405-434.
Peter C. Fishburn, Signed Orders, Choice Probabilities and Linear Polytopes, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 1, (2001), pp. 53-80.
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Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles [Cached copy]
Hamed Hatami and Pooya Hatami, Perfect dominating sets in the Cartesian products of prime cycles, arXiv:math/0701018 [math.CO], 2006-2009.
Jason D. Hildebrand, Differentiating Arctan(x)
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 136
E. Lappo and N. A. Rosenberg, A lattice structure for ancestral configurations arising from the relationship between gene trees and species trees, Adv. Appl. Math. 343 (2024), 65-81.
L. C. Larson, The number of essentially different nonattacking rook arrangements, J. Recreat. Math., 7 (No. 3, 1974), circa pages 180-181. [Annotated scan of pages 180 and 181 only]
E. Lucas, Théorie des nombres (annotated scans of a few selected pages)
Eugene McDonnell, Magic Squares and Permutations, APL Quote Quad 7.3 (Fall 1976).
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G. A. Miller, Groups formed by special matrices, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1918), 203-206.
R. Ondrejka, Tables of double factorials, Math. Comp., 24 (1970), 231.
Alexsandar Petojevic, The Function vM_m(s; a; z) and Some Well-Known Sequences, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 5 (2002), Article 02.1.7.
Luis Manuel Rivera, Integer sequences and k-commuting permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3081 [math.CO], 2014.
R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
M. Z. Spivey and L. L. Steil, The k-Binomial Transforms and the Hankel Transform, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 9 (2006), #06.1.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Double Factorial
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Graph Automorphism
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ladder Rung Graph
Index to divisibility sequences
Index entries for sequences related to factorial numbers

Cf. A000142 (n!), A001147 ((2n-1)!!), A032184 (2^n*(n-1)!).
Cf. A000079, A000108, A000111, A001044, A001563, A001804, A001805, A001806.
Cf. A001807, A001813, A001907, A002454, A006882, A007060, A008277, A008544.
Cf. A010050, A019774, A028326, A028338, A035038, A039683, A047053, A047055.
Cf. A047058, A047657, A075271, A084947, A084948, A084949, A092605, A133314.
Cf. A145271, A193229, A208057.
This sequence gives the row sums in A060187, and (-1)^n*a(n) the alternating row sums in A039757.
Also row sums in A028338.
Column k=2 of A329070.

a000165 n = product [2, 4 .. 2 * n]  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 28 2015

[2^n*Factorial(n): n in [0..35]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 22 2011

I:=[2,8]; [1] cat [n le 2 select I[n]  else (3*n-1)*Self(n-1)-2*(n-1)^2*Self(n-2): n in [1..35] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 19 2015

A000165 := proc(n) option remember; if n <= 1 then 1 else n*A000165(n-2); fi; end;
ZL:=[S, {a = Atom, b = Atom, S = Prod(X,Sequence(Prod(X,b))), X = Sequence(b,card >= 0)}, labelled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=0..17); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 26 2008
G(x):=(1-2*x)^(-1): f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 29 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1],x) od: x:=0: seq(f[n],n=0..17); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 03 2009
A000165 := proc(n) doublefactorial(2*n) ; end proc; seq(A000165(n),n=0..10) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 20 2009

Table[(2 n)!!, {n, 30}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Dec 13 2008 *)
(2 Range[0, 30])!! (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 23 2015 *)
RecurrenceTable[{a[n] == 2 n*a[n-1], a[0] == 1}, a, {n,0,30}] (* Ray Chandler, Jul 30 2015 *)

a(n)=n!<Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 11 2011

{a(n) = prod( k=1, n, 2*k)}; /* Michael Somos, Jan 04 2013 */

from math import factorial
def A000165(n): return factorial(n)<Chai Wah Wu, Jan 24 2023

[2^n*factorial(n) for n in range(31)] # G. C. Greubel, Jul 21 2024

E.g.f.: 1/(1-2*x).
a(n) = A001044(n)/A000142(n)*A000079(n) = Product_{i=0..n-1} (2*i+2) = 2^n*Pochhammer(1,n). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 13 2003
D-finite with recurrence a(n) = 2*n * a(n-1), n>0, a(0)=1. - Paul Barry, Aug 26 2004
This is the binomial mean transform of A001907. See Spivey and Steil (2006). - Michael Z. Spivey (mspivey(AT)ups.edu), Feb 26 2006
a(n) = Integral_{x>=0} x^n*exp(-x/2)/2 dx. - Paul Barry, Jan 28 2008
G.f.: 1/(1-2x/(1-2x/(1-4x/(1-4x/(1-6x/(1-6x/(1-.... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Feb 07 2009
a(n) = A006882(2*n). - R. J. Mathar, Oct 20 2009
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 18 2011: (Start)
a(n) = upper left term in M^n, M = a production matrix (twice Pascal's triangle deleting the first "2", with the rest zeros; cf. A028326):
  2,  2,  0,  0,  0,  0, ...
  2,  4,  2,  0,  0,  0, ...
  2,  6,  6,  2,  0,  0, ...
  2,  8, 12,  8,  2,  0, ...
  2, 10, 20, 20, 10,  2, ...
  ... (End)
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 11 2013, May 01 2013, May 24 2013, Sep 30 2013, Oct 27 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
G.f.: 1 + x*(Q(0) - 1)/(x+1) where Q(k) = 1 + (2*k+2)/(1-x/(x+1/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + 2*k*x - 2*x*(k+1)/Q(k+1).
G.f.: G(0)/2 where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+2) + 1/G(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - x*(4*k+2) - 4*x^2*(k+1)^2/Q(k+1).
G.f.: R(0) where R(k) = 1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+2)-1/(1-x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+2) -1/R(k+1)))). (End)
a(n) = (2n-2)*a(n-2) + (2n-1)*a(n-1), n>1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 06 2013
From Peter Bala, Feb 18 2015: (Start)
Recurrence equation: a(n) = (3*n - 1)*a(n-1) - 2*(n - 1)^2*a(n-2) with a(1) = 2 and a(2) = 8.
The sequence b(n) = A068102(n) also satisfies this second-order recurrence. This leads to the generalized continued fraction expansion lim_{n -> oo} b(n)/a(n) = log(2) = 1/(2 - 2/(5 - 8/(8 - 18/(11 - ... - 2*(n - 1)^2/((3*n - 1) - ... ))))). (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 25 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = sqrt(e) (A019774).
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1/sqrt(e) (A092605). (End)
Limit_{n->oo} a(n)^4 / (n * A134372(n)) = Pi. - Daniel Suteu, Apr 09 2022
a(n) = 1/([x^n] hypergeom([1], [1], x/2)). - Peter Luschny, Sep 13 2024
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k!*(n-k)!*binomial(n,k)^2. - Ridouane Oudra, Jul 13 2025

A202213 Number of permutations of [n] avoiding the consecutive pattern 45321.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 119, 708, 4914, 38976, 347765, 3447712, 37598286, 447294144, 5764747515, 80011430240, 1189835682714, 18873422539776, 318085061976105, 5676223254661760, 106919460527212950, 2119973556022047744, 44136046410218669055, 962630898723772565760

Offset: 0

Ray Chandler, Dec 14 2011

nonn

a(n) is the number of permutations on [n] that avoid the consecutive pattern 45321. It is the same as the number of permutations which avoid 12354, 21345 or 54312.

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200 (terms n = 1..40 from Ray Chandler)
A. Baxter, B. Nakamura, and D. Zeilberger, Automatic generation of theorems and proofs on enumerating consecutive Wilf-classes, 2011.
Sergi Elizalde and Marc Noy, Consecutive patterns in permutations, Adv. Appl. Math. 30 (2003), 110-125; see Theorem 3.2 (p. 116) with m = a = 3 and u = 0.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pochhammer Symbol.
Wikipedia, Falling and rising factorials.

Cf. A177523, A202214-A202236, A329070.

Column k = 0 of A264781 and row m = 2 of A327722.

b:= proc(u, o, t) option remember; `if`(u+o=0, 1,
      add(b(u+j-1, o-j, `if`(u+j-10, -1, `if`(t=-1, -2, 0)))), j=1..u)))
    end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0$2):
seq(a(n), n=0..40);  # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 19 2013

b[u_, o_, t_] := b[u, o, t] = If[u+o == 0, 1, Sum[b[u+j-1, o-j, If[u+j-1 < j, 0, j]], {j, 1, o}] + If[t == -2, 0, Sum[b[u-j, o+j-1, If[j0, -1, If[t == -1, -2, 0]]]], {j, 1, u}]]]; a[n_] := b[n, 0, 0]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 12 2015, after Alois P. Heinz *)

From Petros Hadjicostas, Nov 02 2019: (Start)
E.g.f.: 1/W(z), where W(z) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^(n+1)* z^(4*n+1)/(b(n)*(4*n+1)) with b(n) = A329070(n,4) = (4*n)!/(4^n*(1/4)_n). (Here (x)_n = x*(x + 1)*...*(x + n - 1) is the Pochhammer symbol, or rising factorial, which is denoted by (x)^n in some papers and books.)  The function W(z) satisfies the o.d.e. W^(4)(z) + z*W'(z) = 0 with W(0) = 1, W'(0) = -1, and W^(k)(0) = 0 for k = 2..3. [See Theorem 3.2 (with m = a = 3 and u = 0) in Elizalde and Noy (2003).]
a(n) = Sum_{m = 0..floor((n-1)/4)} (-4)^m * (1/4)_m * binomial(n, 4*m+1) * a(n-4*m-1) for n >= 1 with a(0) = 1. (End)

A176730 Denominators of coefficients of a series, called f, related to Airy functions.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 6, 180, 12960, 1710720, 359251200, 109930867200, 46170964224000, 25486372251648000, 17891433320656896000, 15565546988971499520000, 16437217620353903493120000, 20710894201645918401331200000, 30693545206839251070772838400000, 52854284846177190343870827724800000

Offset: 0

Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 14 2010

The numerators are always 1.
Let f(z) = Sum_{n>=0} (1/a(n))*z^(3*n) and g(z) = Sum_{n>=0}(1/b(n))*z^(3*n+1) with b(n) = A176731(n) build the two independent Airy functions Ai(z) = c[1]*f(z) - c[2]*g(z) and Bi(z) = sqrt(3)*(c[1]*f(z) + c[2]*g(z)) with c[1] = 1/(3^(2/3)*Gamma(2/3)), approximately 0.35502805388781723926 and c[2] = 1/(3^(1/3)*Gamma(1/3)), approximately 0.25881940379280679840.
If y = Sum_{n >= 0} x^(3*n)/a(n), then y'' = x*y. - Michael Somos, Jul 12 2019
Define W(z) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^(n+1)* z^(3*n+1)/(a(n)*(3*n+1)). Then W(z) satisfies the o.d.e. W'''(z) + z*W'(z) = 0 with W(0) = 1, W'(0) = -1, and W''(0) = 0. The function 1/W(z) is the e.g.f. of A117226, which is the number of permutations of [n] avoiding the consecutive pattern 1243. In other words, Sum_{n >= 0} A117226(n)*z^n/n! = 1/W(z). See Theorem 4.3 (Case 1243 with u = 0) in Elizalde and Noy (2003). - Petros Hadjicostas, Nov 01 2019
If y = Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)*x^(3*n+1)/(3*n+1)!, then y' = 1 + x^2*y. - Michael Somos, May 22 2022

			Rational f-coefficients: 1, 1/6, 1/180, 1/12960, 1/1710720, 1/359251200, 1/109930867200, 1/46170964224000, ....

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972, 10.4.2 - 5. [alternative scanned copy].
Sergi Elizalde and Marc Noy, Consecutive patterns in permutations, Adv. Appl. Math. 30 (2003), 110-125; see p. 120.
Wolfdieter Lang, The first 20 terms of the f(z) and g(z) functions.
NIST's Digital Library of Mathematical Functions, Airy and Related Functions (Maclaurin Series) by Frank W. J. Olver.

Cf. A014402, A117226, A176731.

Column k=3 of A329070.

a := proc (n) option remember; if n = 0 then 1 else 3*n*(3*n-1)*a(n-1) end if; end proc: seq(a(n), n = 0..20); # Peter Bala, Dec 13 2021

a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, 1 / (3^(2/3) Gamma[2/3] SeriesCoefficient[ AiryAi[x], {x, 0, 3*n}])]; (* Michael Somos, Oct 14 2011 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, (3*n)! / Product[ k, {k, 1, 3*n - 2, 3}]]; (* Michael Somos, Oct 14 2011 *)

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (3*n)! / prod( k=0, n-1, 3*k + 1))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 14 2011 */

a(n) = denominator((3^n)*risefac(1/3,n)/(3*n)!) with the rising factorials risefac(k,n) = Product_{j=0..n-1} (k+j) and risefac(k,0)=1.
From Peter Bala, Dec 13 2021: (Start)
a(n) = 3*n*(3*n - 1)*a(n-1) with a(0) = 1.
a(n) = (3*n + 1)!/(n!*3^n)*Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n,k)/(3*k + 1).
a(n) = (3*n + 1)!/(n!*3^n)*hypergeom([-n, 1/3], [4/3], 1).
a(n) = (2*Pi*sqrt(3))/9 * 1/(3^n) * Gamma(3*n+2)/(Gamma(2/3)*Gamma(n+4/3)).
(End)
a(n) = (9^n*n!*(n-1/3)!)/(-1/3)!. - Peter Luschny, Dec 20 2021
a(n) = A014402(2*n). - Michael Somos, May 22 2022

A327722 Number T(m,n) of permutations of [n] avoiding the consecutive pattern 12...(m+1)(m+3)(m+2), where m, n >= 0; array read by ascending antidiagonals.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 5, 1, 1, 2, 6, 16, 1, 1, 2, 6, 23, 63, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 110, 296, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 119, 630, 1623, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 708, 4204, 10176, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 719, 4914, 32054, 71793, 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5026, 38976, 274914, 562848

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Petros Hadjicostas, Nov 02 2019

By taking complements of permutations, we see that T(m,n) is also the number of permutations of [n] avoiding the consecutive pattern (m+3)(m+2)...(3)(1)(2). [The complement of permutation (c_1,c_2,...,c_n) of [n] is (n + 1 - c_1, n + 1 - c_2, ..., n + 1 - c_n).]
If we let S(n,k) = T(n-k, k) for n >= 0 and 0 <= k <= n, we get a triangular array shown in the Example section below.
Note that lim_{n -> oo} S(n,k) = k! = A000142(k) for k >= 0.
By using the ratio test and the Stirling approximation to the Gamma function, we may show that the radius of convergence of the power series W_m(z) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^(n+1)* z^((m+2)*n + 1)/(b(n, m+2)*((m + 2)*n + 1)) is infinity (for each m >= 0). Thus, the function W_m(z) (as defined by the power series) is entire.

			Array T(m, n) (with rows m >= 0 and columns n >= 0) begins as follows:
  1, 1, 2, 5, 16,  63, 296, 1623, 10176,  71793, ...
  1, 1, 2, 6, 23, 110, 630, 4204, 32054, 274914, ...
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 119, 708, 4914, 38976, 347765, ...
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 719, 5026, 40152, 360864, ...
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5039, 40304, 362664, ...
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, 40319, 362862, ...
  ...
Triangular array S(n, k) = T(n-k, k) (with rows n >= 0 and columns k >= 0) begins as follows:
  1;
  1, 1;
  1, 1, 2;
  1, 1, 2, 5;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 16;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 23,  63;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 110, 296;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 119, 630, 1623;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 708, 4204, 10176;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 719, 4914, 32054,  71793;
  1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5026, 38976, 274914, 562848;
  ...

A. Baxter, B. Nakamura, and D. Zeilberger, Automatic generation of theorems and proofs on enumerating consecutive Wilf-classes, 2011.
Sergi Elizalde and Marc Noy, Consecutive patterns in permutations, Adv. Appl. Math. 30 (2003), 110-125; see Theorem 3.2 (p. 116) with u = 0 and m and a in the theorem equal to our m + 1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pochhammer Symbol.
Wikipedia, Falling and rising factorials.

Rows include A111004 (m = 0, pattern 132), A117226 (m = 1, pattern 1243), A202213 (m = 2, pattern 12354).

Cf. A000142, A033312, A242569, A329070.

E.g.f for row m >= 0: 1/W_m(z), where W_m(z) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 0} (-1)^(n+1)* z^((m+2)*n + 1)/(b(n, m+2)*((m + 2)*n + 1)) with b(n, k) = A329070(n, k) = (k*n)!/(k^n * (1/k)_n). (Here (x)_n = x*(x + 1)*...*(x + n - 1) is the Pochhammer symbol, or rising factorial, which is denoted by (x)^n in some papers and books.)
The function W_m(z) satisfies the o.d.e. W_m^(m+2)(z) + z*W_m'(z) = 0 with W_m(0) = 1, W_m'(0) = -1, and W_m^(s)(0) = 0 for s = 2..(m + 1).
T(m, n) = Sum_{s = 0..floor((n - 1)/(m + 2))} (-(m + 2))^s * (1/(m + 2))_s * binomial(n, (m + 2)*s + 1) * T(m, n - (m + 2)*s - 1) for n >= 1 with T(m, 0) = 1.
T(m, n) = n! for 0 <= n <= m + 2.
T(m, m+3) = (m + 3)! - 1 = A000142(m + 3) - 1 = A033312(m + 3) for m >= 0. [In the set of permutations of [m + 3] there is exactly one permutation that contains the pattern 12...(m+1)(m+3)(m+2).]
Conjecture: T(m, m + 4) = A242569(m + 4) = (m + 4)! - 2*(m + 4) for m >= 0.
Limit_{m -> oo} T(m, n) = n! = A000142(n) for n >= 0.

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