A340166 a(n) = 4^(2*(n-1)^2) * Product_{1<=i,j<=n-1} (1 - sin(i*Pi/(2*n))^2 * sin(j*Pi/(2*n))^2).

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Author

Seiichi Manyama, Dec 30 2020

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..30
• D. E. Knuth, Aztec Diamonds, Checkerboard Graphs, and Spanning Trees, arXiv:math/9501234 [math.CO], 1995; J. Alg. Combinatorics 6 (1997), 253-257.

Crossrefs

Cf. A007725, A340139, A340167.

Programs

Mathematica

Table[4^(2*(n-1)^2) * Product[Product[1 - Sin[i*Pi/(2*n)]^2 * Sin[j*Pi/(2*n)]^2, {i, 1, n-1}], {j, 1, n-1}], {n, 1, 10}] // Round (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 31 2020 *)

PARI

default(realprecision, 120);
{a(n) = round(4^(2*(n-1)^2)*prod(i=1, n-1, prod(j=1, n-1, 1-(sin(i*Pi/(2*n))*sin(j*Pi/(2*n)))^2)))}

Formula

a(n) = 4^(2*(n-1)^2) * Product_{1<=i,j<=n-1} (1 - cos(i*Pi/(2*n))^2 * cos(j*Pi/(2*n))^2).

a(n) = 4^(2*(n-1)^2) * Product_{1<=i,j<=n-1} (1 - sin(i*Pi/(2*n))^2 * cos(j*Pi/(2*n))^2).

a(n) ~ Gamma(1/4) * exp(8*G*n^2/Pi) / (Pi^(3/4) * sqrt(n) * 2^(6*n - 2)), where G is Catalan's constant A006752. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 05 2021