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A001147 Double factorial of odd numbers: a(n) = (2*n-1)!! = 1*3*5*...*(2*n-1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 15, 105, 945, 10395, 135135, 2027025, 34459425, 654729075, 13749310575, 316234143225, 7905853580625, 213458046676875, 6190283353629375, 191898783962510625, 6332659870762850625, 221643095476699771875, 8200794532637891559375, 319830986772877770815625
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N. J. A. Sloane

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The solution to Schröder's third problem.
Number of fixed-point-free involutions in symmetric group S_{2n} (cf. A000085).
a(n-2) is the number of full Steiner topologies on n points with n-2 Steiner points. [corrected by Lyle Ramshaw, Jul 20 2022]
a(n) is also the number of perfect matchings in the complete graph K(2n). - Ola Veshta (olaveshta(AT)my-deja.com), Mar 25 2001
Number of ways to choose n disjoint pairs of items from 2*n items. - Ron Zeno (rzeno(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 06 2002
Number of ways to choose n-1 disjoint pairs of items from 2*n-1 items (one item remains unpaired). - Bartosz Zoltak, Oct 16 2012
For n >= 1 a(n) is the number of permutations in the symmetric group S_(2n) whose cycle decomposition is a product of n disjoint transpositions. - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Apr 21 2001
a(n) is the number of distinct products of n+1 variables with commutative, nonassociative multiplication. - Andrew Walters (awalters3(AT)yahoo.com), Jan 17 2004. For example, a(3)=15 because the product of the four variables w, x, y and z can be constructed in exactly 15 ways, assuming commutativity but not associativity: 1. w(x(yz)) 2. w(y(xz)) 3. w(z(xy)) 4. x(w(yz)) 5. x(y(wz)) 6. x(z(wy)) 7. y(w(xz)) 8. y(x(wz)) 9. y(z(wx)) 10. z(w(xy)) 11. z(x(wy)) 12. z(y(wx)) 13. (wx)(yz) 14. (wy)(xz) 15. (wz)(xy).
a(n) = E(X^(2n)), where X is a standard normal random variable (i.e., X is normal with mean = 0, variance = 1). So for instance a(3) = E(X^6) = 15, etc. See Abramowitz and Stegun or Hoel, Port and Stone. - Jerome Coleman, Apr 06 2004
Second Eulerian transform of 1,1,1,1,1,1,... The second Eulerian transform transforms a sequence s to a sequence t by the formula t(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} E(n,k)s(k), where E(n,k) is a second-order Eulerian number (A008517). - Ross La Haye, Feb 13 2005
Integral representation as n-th moment of a positive function on the positive axis: a(n) = Integral_{x=0..oo} x^n*exp(-x/2)/sqrt(2*Pi*x) dx, n >= 0. - Karol A. Penson, Oct 10 2005
a(n) is the number of binary total partitions of n+1 (each non-singleton block must be partitioned into exactly two blocks) or, equivalently, the number of unordered full binary trees with n+1 labeled leaves (Stanley, ex 5.2.6). - Mitch Harris, Aug 01 2006
a(n) is the Pfaffian of the skew-symmetric 2n X 2n matrix whose (i,j) entry is i for iDavid Callan, Sep 25 2006
a(n) is the number of increasing ordered rooted trees on n+1 vertices where "increasing" means the vertices are labeled 0,1,2,...,n so that each path from the root has increasing labels. Increasing unordered rooted trees are counted by the factorial numbers A000142. - David Callan, Oct 26 2006
Number of perfect multi Skolem-type sequences of order n. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 24 2006
a(n) = total weight of all Dyck n-paths (A000108) when each path is weighted with the product of the heights of the terminal points of its upsteps. For example with n=3, the 5 Dyck 3-paths UUUDDD, UUDUDD, UUDDUD, UDUUDD, UDUDUD have weights 1*2*3=6, 1*2*2=4, 1*2*1=2, 1*1*2=2, 1*1*1=1 respectively and 6+4+2+2+1=15. Counting weights by height of last upstep yields A102625. - David Callan, Dec 29 2006
a(n) is the number of increasing ternary trees on n vertices. Increasing binary trees are counted by ordinary factorials (A000142) and increasing quaternary trees by triple factorials (A007559). - David Callan, Mar 30 2007
From Tom Copeland, Nov 13 2007, clarified in first and extended in second paragraph, Jun 12 2021: (Start)
a(n) has the e.g.f. (1-2x)^(-1/2) = 1 + x + 3*x^2/2! + ..., whose reciprocal is (1-2x)^(1/2) = 1 - x - x^2/2! - 3*x^3/3! - ... = b(0) - b(1)*x - b(2)*x^2/2! - ... with b(0) = 1 and b(n+1) = -a(n) otherwise. By the formalism of A133314, Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*b(k)*a(n-k) = 0^n where 0^0 := 1. In this sense, the sequence a(n) is essentially self-inverse. See A132382 for an extension of this result. See A094638 for interpretations.
This sequence aerated has the e.g.f. e^(t^2/2) = 1 + t^2/2! + 3*t^4/4! + ... = c(0) + c(1)*t + c(2)*t^2/2! + ... and the reciprocal e^(-t^2/2); therefore, Sum_{k=0..n} cos(Pi k/2)*binomial(n,k)*c(k)*c(n-k) = 0^n; i.e., the aerated sequence is essentially self-inverse. Consequently, Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(2n,2k)*a(k)*a(n-k) = 0^n. (End)
From Ross Drewe, Mar 16 2008: (Start)
This is also the number of ways of arranging the elements of n distinct pairs, assuming the order of elements is significant but the pairs are not distinguishable, i.e., arrangements which are the same after permutations of the labels are equivalent.
If this sequence and A000680 are denoted by a(n) and b(n) respectively, then a(n) = b(n)/n! where n! = the number of ways of permuting the pair labels.
For example, there are 90 ways of arranging the elements of 3 pairs [1 1], [2 2], [3 3] when the pairs are distinguishable: A = { [112233], [112323], ..., [332211] }.
By applying the 6 relabeling permutations to A, we can partition A into 90/6 = 15 subsets: B = { {[112233], [113322], [221133], [223311], [331122], [332211]}, {[112323], [113232], [221313], [223131], [331212], [332121]}, ....}
Each subset or equivalence class in B represents a unique pattern of pair relationships. For example, subset B1 above represents {3 disjoint pairs} and subset B2 represents {1 disjoint pair + 2 interleaved pairs}, with the order being significant (contrast A132101). (End)
A139541(n) = a(n) * a(2*n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 25 2008
a(n+1) = Sum_{j=0..n} A074060(n,j) * 2^j. - Tom Copeland, Sep 01 2008
From Emeric Deutsch, Jun 05 2009: (Start)
a(n) is the number of adjacent transpositions in all fixed-point-free involutions of {1,2,...,2n}. Example: a(2)=3 because in 2143=(12)(34), 3412=(13)(24), and 4321=(14)(23) we have 2 + 0 + 1 adjacent transpositions.
a(n) = Sum_{k>=0} k*A079267(n,k).
(End)
Hankel transform is A137592. - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2009
(1, 3, 15, 105, ...) = INVERT transform of A000698 starting (1, 2, 10, 74, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 21 2009
a(n) = (-1)^(n+1)*H(2*n,0), where H(n,x) is the probabilists' Hermite polynomial. The generating function for the probabilists' Hermite polynomials is as follows: exp(x*t-t^2/2) = Sum_{i>=0} H(i,x)*t^i/i!. - Leonid Bedratyuk, Oct 31 2009
The Hankel transform of a(n+1) is A168467. - Paul Barry, Dec 04 2009
Partial products of odd numbers. - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Oct 17 2010
See A094638 for connections to differential operators. - Tom Copeland, Sep 20 2011
a(n) is the number of subsets of {1,...,n^2} that contain exactly k elements from {1,...,k^2} for k=1,...,n. For example, a(3)=15 since there are 15 subsets of {1,2,...,9} that satisfy the conditions, namely, {1,2,5}, {1,2,6}, {1,2,7}, {1,2,8}, {1,2,9}, {1,3,5}, {1,3,6}, {1,3,7}, {1,3,8}, {1,3,9}, {1,4,5}, {1,4,6}, {1,4,7}, {1,4,8}, and {1,4,9}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 02 2011
a(n) is the leading coefficient of the Bessel polynomial y_n(x) (cf. A001498). - Leonid Bedratyuk, Jun 01 2012
For n>0: a(n) is also the determinant of the symmetric n X n matrix M defined by M(i,j) = min(i,j)^2 for 1 <= i,j <= n. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Jan 14 2013
a(n) is also the numerator of the mean value from 0 to Pi/2 of sin(x)^(2n). - Jean-François Alcover, Jun 13 2013
a(n) is the size of the Brauer monoid on 2n points (see A227545). - James Mitchell, Jul 28 2013
For n>1: a(n) is the numerator of M(n)/M(1) where the numbers M(i) have the property that M(n+1)/M(n) ~ n-1/2 (for example, large Kendell-Mann numbers, see A000140 or A181609, as n --> infinity). - Mikhail Gaichenkov, Jan 14 2014
a(n) = the number of upper-triangular matrix representations required for the symbolic representation of a first order central moment of the multivariate normal distribution of dimension 2(n-1), i.e., E[X_1*X_2...*X_(2n-2)|mu=0, Sigma]. See vignette for symmoments R package on CRAN and Phillips reference below. - Kem Phillips, Aug 10 2014
For n>1: a(n) is the number of Feynman diagrams of order 2n (number of internal vertices) for the vacuum polarization with one charged loop only, in quantum electrodynamics. - Robert Coquereaux, Sep 15 2014
Aerated with intervening zeros (1,0,1,0,3,...) = a(n) (cf. A123023), the e.g.f. is e^(t^2/2), so this is the base for the Appell sequence A099174 with e.g.f. e^(t^2/2) e^(x*t) = exp(P(.,x),t) = unsigned A066325(x,t), the probabilist's (or normalized) Hermite polynomials. P(n,x) = (a. + x)^n with (a.)^n = a_n and comprise the umbral compositional inverses for A066325(x,t) = exp(UP(.,x),t), i.e., UP(n,P(.,t)) = x^n = P(n,UP(.,t)), where UP(n,t) are the polynomials of A066325 and, e.g., (P(.,t))^n = P(n,t). - Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2014
a(n) = the number of relaxed compacted binary trees of right height at most one of size n. A relaxed compacted binary tree of size n is a directed acyclic graph consisting of a binary tree with n internal nodes, one leaf, and n pointers. It is constructed from a binary tree of size n, where the first leaf in a post-order traversal is kept and all other leaves are replaced by pointers. These links may point to any node that has already been visited by the post-order traversal. The right height is the maximal number of right-edges (or right children) on all paths from the root to any leaf after deleting all pointers. The number of unbounded relaxed compacted binary trees of size n is A082161(n). See the Genitrini et al. link. - Michael Wallner, Jun 20 2017
Also the number of distinct adjacency matrices in the n-ladder rung graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 22 2017
From Christopher J. Smyth, Jan 26 2018: (Start)
a(n) = the number of essentially different ways of writing a probability distribution taking n+1 values as a sum of products of binary probability distributions. See comment of Mitch Harris above. This is because each such way corresponds to a full binary tree with n+1 leaves, with the leaves labeled by the values. (This comment is due to Niko Brummer.)
Also the number of binary trees with root labeled by an (n+1)-set S, its n+1 leaves by the singleton subsets of S, and other nodes labeled by subsets T of S so that the two daughter nodes of the node labeled by T are labeled by the two parts of a 2-partition of T. This also follows from Mitch Harris' comment above, since the leaf labels determine the labels of the other vertices of the tree.
(End)
a(n) is the n-th moment of the chi-squared distribution with one degree of freedom (equivalent to Coleman's Apr 06 2004 comment). - Bryan R. Gillespie, Mar 07 2021
Let b(n) = 0 for n odd and b(2k) = a(k); i.e., let the sequence b(n) be an aerated version of this entry. After expanding the differential operator (x + D)^n and normal ordering the resulting terms, the integer coefficient of the term x^k D^m is n! b(n-k-m) / [(n-k-m)! k! m!] with 0 <= k,m <= n and (k+m) <= n. E.g., (x+D)^2 = x^2 + 2xD + D^2 + 1 with D = d/dx. The result generalizes to the raising (R) and lowering (L) operators of any Sheffer polynomial sequence by replacing x by R and D by L and follows from the disentangling relation e^{t(L+R)} = e^{t^2/2} e^{tR} e^{tL}. Consequently, these are also the coefficients of the reordered 2^n permutations of the binary symbols L and R under the condition LR = RL + 1. E.g., (L+R)^2 = LL + LR + RL + RR = LL + 2RL + RR + 1. (Cf. A344678.) - Tom Copeland, May 25 2021
From Tom Copeland, Jun 14 2021: (Start)
Lando and Zvonkin present several scenarios in which the double factorials occur in their role of enumerating perfect matchings (pairings) and as the nonzero moments of the Gaussian e^(x^2/2).
Speyer and Sturmfels (p. 6) state that the number of facets of the abstract simplicial complex known as the tropical Grassmannian G'''(2,n), the space of phylogenetic T_n trees (see A134991), or Whitehouse complex is a shifted double factorial.
These are also the unsigned coefficients of the x[2]^m terms in the partition polynomials of A134685 for compositional inversion of e.g.f.s, a refinement of A134991.
a(n)*2^n = A001813(n) and A001813(n)/(n+1)! = A000108(n), the Catalan numbers, the unsigned coefficients of the x[2]^m terms in the partition polynomials A133437 for compositional inversion of o.g.f.s, a refinement of A033282, A126216, and A086810. Then the double factorials inherit a multitude of analytic and combinatoric interpretations from those of the Catalan numbers, associahedra, and the noncrossing partitions of A134264 with the Catalan numbers as unsigned-row sums. (End)
Connections among the Catalan numbers A000108, the odd double factorials, values of the Riemann zeta function and its derivative for integer arguments, and series expansions of the reduced action for the simple harmonic oscillator and the arc length of the spiral of Archimedes are given in the MathOverflow post on the Riemann zeta function. - Tom Copeland, Oct 02 2021
b(n) = a(n) / (n! 2^n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^n binomial(n,k) (-1)^k a(k) / (k! 2^k) = (1-b.)^n, umbrally; i.e., the normalized double factorial a(n) is self-inverse under the binomial transform. This can be proved by applying the Euler binomial transformation for o.g.f.s Sum_{n >= 0} (1-b.)^n x^n = (1/(1-x)) Sum_{n >= 0} b_n (x / (x-1))^n to the o.g.f. (1-x)^{-1/2} = Sum_{n >= 0} b_n x^n. Other proofs are suggested by the discussion in Watson on pages 104-5 of transformations of the Bessel functions of the first kind with b(n) = (-1)^n binomial(-1/2,n) = binomial(n-1/2,n) = (2n)! / (n! 2^n)^2. - Tom Copeland, Dec 10 2022

Examples

			a(3) = 1*3*5 = 15.
From _Joerg Arndt_, Sep 10 2013: (Start)
There are a(3)=15 involutions of 6 elements without fixed points:
  #:    permutation           transpositions
  01:  [ 1 0 3 2 5 4 ]      (0, 1) (2, 3) (4, 5)
  02:  [ 1 0 4 5 2 3 ]      (0, 1) (2, 4) (3, 5)
  03:  [ 1 0 5 4 3 2 ]      (0, 1) (2, 5) (3, 4)
  04:  [ 2 3 0 1 5 4 ]      (0, 2) (1, 3) (4, 5)
  05:  [ 2 4 0 5 1 3 ]      (0, 2) (1, 4) (3, 5)
  06:  [ 2 5 0 4 3 1 ]      (0, 2) (1, 5) (3, 4)
  07:  [ 3 2 1 0 5 4 ]      (0, 3) (1, 2) (4, 5)
  08:  [ 3 4 5 0 1 2 ]      (0, 3) (1, 4) (2, 5)
  09:  [ 3 5 4 0 2 1 ]      (0, 3) (1, 5) (2, 4)
  10:  [ 4 2 1 5 0 3 ]      (0, 4) (1, 2) (3, 5)
  11:  [ 4 3 5 1 0 2 ]      (0, 4) (1, 3) (2, 5)
  12:  [ 4 5 3 2 0 1 ]      (0, 4) (1, 5) (2, 3)
  13:  [ 5 2 1 4 3 0 ]      (0, 5) (1, 2) (3, 4)
  14:  [ 5 3 4 1 2 0 ]      (0, 5) (1, 3) (2, 4)
  15:  [ 5 4 3 2 1 0 ]      (0, 5) (1, 4) (2, 3)
(End)
G.f. = 1 + x + 3*x^2 + 15*x^3 + 105*x^4 + 945*x^5 + 10395*x^6 + 135135*x^7 + ...

References

  • M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972, (26.2.28).
  • Miklos Bona, editor, Handbook of Enumerative Combinatorics, CRC Press, 2015, page 317.
  • L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 228, #19.
  • Hoel, Port and Stone, Introduction to Probability Theory, Section 7.3.
  • F. K. Hwang, D. S. Richards and P. Winter, The Steiner Tree Problem, North-Holland, 1992, see p. 14.
  • C. Itzykson and J.-B. Zuber, Quantum Field Theory, McGraw-Hill, 1980, pages 466-467.
  • 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).
  • R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge, Vol. 2, 1999; see Example 5.2.6 and also p. 178.
  • R. Vein and P. Dale, Determinants and Their Applications in Mathematical Physics, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1999, p. 73.
  • G. Watson, The Theory of Bessel Functions, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1922.

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A000085, A006882, A000165 ((2n)!!), A001818, A009445, A039683, A102992, A001190 (no labels), A000680, A132101.
Cf. A086677; A055142 (for this sequence, |a(n+1)| + 1 is the number of distinct products which can be formed using commutative, nonassociative multiplication and a nonempty subset of n given variables).
Constant terms of polynomials in A098503. First row of array A099020.
Cf. A079267, A000698, A029635, A161198, A076795, A123023, A161124, A051125, A181983, A099174, A087547, A028338 (first column).
Subsequence of A248652.
Cf. A082161 (relaxed compacted binary trees of unbounded right height).
Cf. A053871 (binomial transform).
Cf. A000108, A001813, A033282, A060540, A086810, A094638, A126216, A133437, A134264, A134685, A134991, A344678.

Programs

  • GAP
    A001147 := function(n) local i, s, t; t := 1; i := 0; Print(t, ", "); for i in [1 .. n] do t := t*(2*i-1); Print(t, ", "); od; end; A001147(100); # Stefano Spezia, Nov 13 2018
  • Haskell
    a001147 n = product [1, 3 .. 2 * n - 1]
a001147_list = 1 : zipWith (*) [1, 3 ..] a001147_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 15 2015, Dec 03 2011
  • Magma
    A001147:=func< n | n eq 0 select 1 else &*[ k: k in [1..2*n-1 by 2] ] >; [ A001147(n): n in [0..20] ]; // Klaus Brockhaus, Jun 22 2011
  • Magma
    I:=[1,3]; [1] cat [n le 2 select I[n]  else (3*n-2)*Self(n-1)-(n-1)*(2*n-3)*Self(n-2): n in [1..25] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 19 2015
  • Maple
    f := n->(2*n)!/(n!*2^n);
A001147 := proc(n) doublefactorial(2*n-1); end: # R. J. Mathar, Jul 04 2009
A001147 := n -> 2^n*pochhammer(1/2, n); # Peter Luschny, Aug 09 2009
G(x):=(1-2*x)^(-1/2): 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..19); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 03 2009; aligned with offset by Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 11 2009
series(hypergeom([1,1/2],[],2*x),x=0,20); # Mark van Hoeij, Apr 07 2013
  • Mathematica
    Table[(2 n - 1)!!, {n, 0, 19}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 12 2005 *)
a[ n_] := 2^n Gamma[n + 1/2] / Gamma[1/2]; (* Michael Somos, Sep 18 2014 *)
Join[{1}, Range[1, 41, 2]!!] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 28 2017 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, (-1)^n / a[-n], SeriesCoefficient[ Product[1 - (1 - x)^(2 k - 1), {k, n}], {x, 0, n}]]; (* Michael Somos, Jun 27 2017 *)
(2 Range[0, 20] - 1)!! (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 22 2017 *)
  • Maxima
    a(n):=if n=0 then 1 else sum(sum(binomial(n-1,i)*binomial(n-i-1,j)*a(i)*a(j)*a(n-i-j-1),j,0,n-i-1),i,0,n-1); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, May 06 2020 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, (-1)^n / a(-n), (2*n)! / n! / 2^n)}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 18 2014 */
  • PARI
    x='x+O('x^33); Vec(serlaplace((1-2*x)^(-1/2))) \\ Joerg Arndt, Apr 24 2011
  • Python
    from sympy import factorial2
def a(n): return factorial2(2 * n - 1)
print([a(n) for n in range(101)])  # Indranil Ghosh, Jul 22 2017
  • Sage
    [rising_factorial(n+1,n)/2^n for n in (0..15)] # Peter Luschny, Jun 26 2012

Formula

E.g.f.: 1 / sqrt(1 - 2*x).
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = a(n-1)*(2*n-1) = (2*n)!/(n!*2^n) = A010050(n)/A000165(n).
a(n) ~ sqrt(2) * 2^n * (n/e)^n.
Rational part of numerator of Gamma(n+1/2): a(n) * sqrt(Pi) / 2^n = Gamma(n+1/2). - Yuriy Brun, Ewa Dominowska (brun(AT)mit.edu), May 12 2001
With interpolated zeros, the sequence has e.g.f. exp(x^2/2). - Paul Barry, Jun 27 2003
The Ramanujan polynomial psi(n+1, n) has value a(n). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 16 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-2)^(n-k)*A048994(n, k). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 29 2005
Log(1 + x + 3*x^2 + 15*x^3 + 105*x^4 + 945*x^5 + 10395*x^6 + ...) = x + 5/2*x^2 + 37/3*x^3 + 353/4*x^4 + 4081/5*x^5 + 55205/6*x^6 + ..., where [1, 5, 37, 353, 4081, 55205, ...] = A004208. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 20 2006
1/3 + 2/15 + 3/105 + ... = 1/2. [Jolley eq. 216]
Sum_{j=1..n} j/a(j+1) = (1 - 1/a(n+1))/2. [Jolley eq. 216]
1/1 + 1/3 + 2/15 + 6/105 + 24/945 + ... = Pi/2. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 21 2006
a(n) = (1/sqrt(2*Pi))*Integral_{x>=0} x^n*exp(-x/2)/sqrt(x). - Paul Barry, Jan 28 2008
a(n) = A006882(2n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 04 2009
G.f.: 1/(1-x-2x^2/(1-5x-12x^2/(1-9x-30x^2/(1-13x-56x^2/(1- ... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2009
a(n) = (-1)^n*subs({log(e)=1,x=0},coeff(simplify(series(e^(x*t-t^2/2),t,2*n+1)),t^(2*n))*(2*n)!). - Leonid Bedratyuk, Oct 31 2009
a(n) = 2^n*gamma(n+1/2)/gamma(1/2). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Nov 09 2009
G.f.: 1/(1-x/(1-2x/(1-3x/(1-4x/(1-5x/(1- ...(continued fraction). - Aoife Hennessy (aoife.hennessy(AT)gmail.com), Dec 02 2009
The g.f. of a(n+1) is 1/(1-3x/(1-2x/(1-5x/(1-4x/(1-7x/(1-6x/(1-.... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Dec 04 2009
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} binomial(n,i)*a(i-1)*a(n-i). - Vladimir Shevelev, Sep 30 2010
E.g.f.: A(x) = 1 - sqrt(1-2*x) satisfies the differential equation A'(x) - A'(x)*A(x) - 1 = 0. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Jan 17 2011
a(n) = A123023(2*n). - Michael Somos, Jul 24 2011
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{i=1..n} binomial(n+1,i)*a(i-1)*a(n-i). See link above. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 02 2011
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(2*n,n+k)*Stirling_1(n+k,k) [Kauers and Ko].
a(n) = A035342(n, 1), n >= 1 (first column of triangle).
a(n) = A001497(n, 0) = A001498(n, n), first column, resp. main diagonal, of Bessel triangle.
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 19 2011: (Start)
a(n) = upper left term of M^n and sum of top row terms of M^(n-1), where M = a variant of the (1,2) Pascal triangle (Cf. A029635) as the following production matrix:
1, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...
1, 3, 2, 0, 0, ...
1, 4, 5, 2, 0, ...
1, 5, 9, 7, 2, ...
...
For example, a(3) = 15 is the left term in top row of M^3: (15, 46, 36, 8) and a(4) = 105 = (15 + 46 + 36 + 8).
(End)
G.f.: A(x) = 1 + x/(W(0) - x); W(k) = 1 + x + x*2*k - x*(2*k + 3)/W(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 17 2011
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} binomial(n,i-1)*a(i-1)*a(n-i). - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 02 2011
a(n) = A009445(n) / A014481(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 03 2011
a(n) = (-1)^n*Sum_{k=0..n} 2^(n-k)*s(n+1,k+1), where s(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the first kind, A048994. - Mircea Merca, May 03 2012
a(n) = (2*n)4! = Gauss_factorial(2*n,4) = Product{j=1..2*n, gcd(j,4)=1} j. - Peter Luschny, Oct 01 2012
G.f.: (1 - 1/Q(0))/x where Q(k) = 1 - x*(2*k - 1)/(1 - x*(2*k + 2)/Q(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 19 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + (2*k - 1)*x - 2*x*(k + 1)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 01 2013
G.f.: 2/G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 2*x*(2*k + 1)/(2*x*(2*k + 1) - 1 + 2*x*(2*k + 2)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 31 2013
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x/(x + 1/(2*k + 1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 01 2013
G.f.: G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 2*x*(4*k + 1)/(4*k + 2 - 2*x*(2*k + 1)*(4*k + 3)/(x*(4*k + 3) + 2*(k + 1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 22 2013
a(n) = (2*n - 3)*a(n-2) + (2*n - 2)*a(n-1), n > 1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Jul 08 2013
G.f.: G(0), where G(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) - 1/G(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 04 2013
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + (2n-3)^2*a(n-2), a(0) = a(1) = 1. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 27 2013
G.f. of reciprocals: Sum_{n>=0} x^n/a(n) = 1F1(1; 1/2; x/2), confluent hypergeometric Function. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 25 2014
0 = a(n)*(+2*a(n+1) - a(n+2)) + a(n+1)*(+a(n+1)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Sep 18 2014
a(n) = (-1)^n / a(-n) = 2*a(n-1) + a(n-1)^2 / a(n-2) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Sep 18 2014
From Peter Bala, Feb 18 2015: (Start)
Recurrence equation: a(n) = (3*n - 2)*a(n-1) - (n - 1)*(2*n - 3)*a(n-2) with a(1) = 1 and a(2) = 3.
The sequence b(n) = A087547(n), beginning [1, 4, 52, 608, 12624, ... ], satisfies the same second-order recurrence equation. This leads to the generalized continued fraction expansion lim_{n -> infinity} b(n)/a(n) = Pi/2 = 1 + 1/(3 - 6/(7 - 15/(10 - ... - n*(2*n - 1)/((3*n + 1) - ... )))). (End)
E.g.f of the sequence whose n-th element (n = 1,2,...) equals a(n-1) is 1-sqrt(1-2*x). - Stanislav Sykora, Jan 06 2017
Sum_{n >= 1} a(n)/(2*n-1)! = exp(1/2). - Daniel Suteu, Feb 06 2017
a(n) = A028338(n, 0), n >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 27 2017
a(n) = (Product_{k=0..n-2} binomial(2*(n-k),2))/n!. - Stefano Spezia, Nov 13 2018
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} Sum_{j=0..n-i-1} C(n-1,i)*C(n-i-1,j)*a(i)*a(j)*a(n-i-j-1), a(0)=1, - Vladimir Kruchinin, May 06 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2020: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = sqrt(e*Pi/2)*erf(1/sqrt(2)), where erf is the error function.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = sqrt(Pi/(2*e))*erfi(1/sqrt(2)), where erfi is the imaginary error function. (End)
G.f. of reciprocals: R(x) = Sum_{n>=0} x^n/a(n) satisfies (1 + x)*R(x) = 1 + 2*x*R'(x). - Werner Schulte, Nov 04 2024

Extensions

Removed erroneous comments: neither the number of n X n binary matrices A such that A^2 = 0 nor the number of simple directed graphs on n vertices with no directed path of length two are counted by this sequence (for n = 3, both are 13). - Dan Drake, Jun 02 2009

A002620 Quarter-squares: a(n) = floor(n/2)*ceiling(n/2). Equivalently, a(n) = floor(n^2/4).

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b(n) = a(n+2) is the number of multigraphs with loops on 2 nodes with n edges [so g.f. for b(n) is 1/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2))]. Also number of 2-covers of an n-set; also number of 2 X n binary matrices with no zero columns up to row and column permutation. - Vladeta Jovovic, Jun 08 2000
a(n) is also the maximal number of edges that a triangle-free graph of n vertices can have. For n = 2m, the maximum is achieved by the bipartite graph K(m, m); for n = 2m + 1, the maximum is achieved by the bipartite graph K(m, m + 1). - Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Mar 18 2001
a(n) is the number of arithmetic progressions of 3 terms and any mean which can be extracted from the set of the first n natural numbers (starting from 1). - Santi Spadaro, Jul 13 2001
This is also the order dimension of the (strong) Bruhat order on the Coxeter group A_{n-1} (the symmetric group S_n). - Nathan Reading (reading(AT)math.umn.edu), Mar 07 2002
Let M_n denote the n X n matrix m(i,j) = 2 if i = j; m(i, j) = 1 if (i+j) is even; m(i, j) = 0 if i + j is odd, then a(n+2) = det M_n. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 19 2002
Sums of pairs of neighboring terms are triangular numbers in increasing order. - Amarnath Murthy, Aug 19 2002
Also, from the starting position in standard chess, minimum number of captures by pawns of the same color to place n of them on the same file (column). Beyond a(6), the board and number of pieces available for capture are assumed to be extended enough to accomplish this task. - Rick L. Shepherd, Sep 17 2002
For example, a(2) = 1 and one capture can produce "doubled pawns", a(3) = 2 and two captures is sufficient to produce tripled pawns, etc. (Of course other, uncounted, non-capturing pawn moves are also necessary from the starting position in order to put three or more pawns on a given file.) - Rick L. Shepherd, Sep 17 2002
Terms are the geometric mean and arithmetic mean of their neighbors alternately. - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 17 2002
Maximum product of two integers whose sum is n. - Matthew Vandermast, Mar 04 2003
a(n+2) gives number of non-symmetric partitions of n into at most 3 parts, with zeros used as padding. E.g., a(7) = 12 because we can write 5 = 5 + 0 + 0 = 0 + 5 + 0 = 4 + 1 + 0 = 1 + 4 + 0 = 1 + 0 + 4 = 3 + 2 + 0 = 2 + 3 + 0 = 2 + 0 + 3 = 2 + 2 + 1 = 2 + 1 + 2 = 3 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 3 + 1. - Jon Perry, Jul 08 2003
a(n-1) gives number of distinct elements greater than 1 of non-symmetric partitions of n into at most 3 parts, with zeros used as padding, appear in the middle. E.g., 5 = 5 + 0 + 0 = 0 + 5 + 0 = 4 + 1 + 0 = 1 + 4 + 0 = 1 + 0 + 4 = 3 + 2 + 0 = 2 + 3 + 0 = 2 + 0 + 3 = 2 + 2 + 1 = 2 + 1 + 2 = 3 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 3 + 1. Of these, 050, 140, 320, 230, 221, 131 qualify and a(4) = 6. - Jon Perry, Jul 08 2003
Union of square numbers (A000290) and oblong numbers (A002378). - Lekraj Beedassy, Oct 02 2003
Conjectured size of the smallest critical set in a Latin square of order n (true for n <= 8). - Richard Bean, Jun 12 2003 and Nov 18 2003
a(n) gives number of maximal strokes on complete graph K_n, when edges on K_n can be assigned directions in any way. A "stroke" is a locally maximal directed path on a directed graph. Examples: n = 3, two strokes can exist, "x -> y -> z" and " x -> z", so a(3) = 2. n = 4, four maximal strokes exist, "u -> x -> z" and "u -> y" and "u -> z" and "x -> y -> z", so a(4) = 4. - Yasutoshi Kohmoto, Dec 20 2003
Number of symmetric Dyck paths of semilength n+1 and having three peaks. E.g., a(4) = 4 because we have U*DUUU*DDDU*D, UU*DUU*DDU*DD, UU*DDU*DUU*DD and UUU*DU*DU*DDD, where U = (1, 1), D = (1, -1) and * indicates a peak. - Emeric Deutsch, Jan 12 2004
Number of valid inequalities of the form j + k < n + 1, where j and k are positive integers, j <= k, n >= 0. - Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 27 2004
See A092186 for another application.
Also, the number of nonisomorphic transversal combinatorial geometries of rank 2. - Alexandr S. Radionov (rasmailru(AT)mail.ru), Jun 02 2004
a(n+1) is the transform of n under the Riordan array (1/(1-x^2), x). - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005
1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, ... specifies the largest number of copies of any of the gifts you receive on the n-th day in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song. For example, on the fifth day of Christmas, you have 9 French hens. - Alonso del Arte, Jun 17 2005
a(n+1) is the number of noncongruent integer-sided triangles with largest side n. - David W. Wilson [Comment corrected Sep 26 2006]
A quarter-square table can be used to multiply integers since n*m = a(n+m) - a(n-m) for all integer n, m. - Michael Somos, Oct 29 2006
The sequence is the size of the smallest strong critical set in a Latin square of order n. - G.H.J. van Rees (vanrees(AT)cs.umanitoba.ca), Feb 16 2007
Maximal number of squares (maximal area) in a polyomino with perimeter 2n. - Tanya Khovanova, Jul 04 2007
For n >= 3 a(n-1) is the number of bracelets with n+3 beads, 2 of which are red, 1 of which is blue. - Washington Bomfim, Jul 26 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A122196. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2008
Also a(n) is the number of different patterns of a 2-colored 3-partition of n. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Nov 19 2014
Also a(n-1) = C(((n+(n mod 2))/2), 2) + C(((n-(n mod 2))/2), 2), so this is the second diagonal of A061857 and A061866, and each even-indexed term is the average of its two neighbors. - Antti Karttunen
Equals triangle A171608 * ( 1, 2, 3, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 12 2009
a(n) gives the number of nonisomorphic faithful representations of the Symmetric group S_3 of dimension n. Any faithful representation of S_3 must contain at least one copy of the 2-dimensional irrep, along with any combination of the two 1-dimensional irreps. - Andrew Rupinski, Jan 20 2011
a(n+2) gives the number of ways to make change for "c" cents, letting n = floor(c/5) to account for the 5-repetitive nature of the task, using only pennies, nickels and dimes (see A187243). - Adam Sasson, Mar 07 2011
a(n) belongs to the sequence if and only if a(n) = floor(sqrt(a(n))) * ceiling(sqrt(a(n))), that is, a(n) = k^2 or a(n) = k*(k+1), k >= 0. - Daniel Forgues, Apr 17 2011
a(n) is the sum of the positive integers < n that have the opposite parity as n.
Deleting the first 0 from the sequence results in a sequence b = 0, 1, 2, 4, ... such that b(n) is sum of the positive integers <= n that have the same parity as n. The sequence b(n) is the additive counterpart of the double factorial. - Peter Luschny, Jul 06 2011
Third outer diagonal of Losanitsch's Triangle, A034851. - Fred Daniel Kline, Sep 10 2011
Written as a(1) = 1, a(n) = a(n-1) + ceiling (a(n-1)) this is to ceiling as A002984 is to floor, and as A033638 is to round. - Jonathan Vos Post, Oct 08 2011
a(n-2) gives the number of distinct graphs with n vertices and n regions. - Erik Hasse, Oct 18 2011
Construct the n-th row of Pascal's triangle (A007318) from the preceding row, starting with row 0 = 1. a(n) counts the total number of additions required to compute the triangle in this way up to row n, with the restrictions that copying a term does not count as an addition, and that all additions not required by the symmetry of Pascal's triangle are replaced by copying terms. - Douglas Latimer, Mar 05 2012
a(n) is the sum of the positive differences of the parts in the partitions of n+1 into exactly 2 parts. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jan 27 2013
a(n) is the maximum number of covering relations possible in an n-element graded poset. For n = 2m, this bound is achieved for the poset with two sets of m elements, with each point in the "upper" set covering each point in the "lower" set. For n = 2m+1, this bound is achieved by the poset with m nodes in an upper set covering each of m+1 nodes in a lower set. - Ben Branman, Mar 26 2013
a(n+2) is the number of (integer) partitions of n into 2 sorts of 1's and 1 sort of 2's. - Joerg Arndt, May 17 2013
Alternative statement of Oppermann's conjecture: For n>2, there is at least one prime between a(n) and a(n+1). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, May 23 2013. [This conjecture was mentioned in A220492, A222030. - Omar E. Pol, Oct 25 2013]
For any given prime number, p, there are an infinite number of a(n) divisible by p, with those a(n) occurring in evenly spaced clusters of three as a(n), a(n+1), a(n+2) for a given p. The divisibility of all a(n) by p and the result are given by the following equations, where m >= 1 is the cluster number for that p: a(2m*p)/p = p*m^2 - m; a(2m*p + 1)/p = p*m^2; a(2m*p + 2)/p = p*m^2 + m. The number of a(n) instances between clusters is 2*p - 3. - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 09 2013
Apart from the initial term this is the elliptic troublemaker sequence R_n(1,2) in the notation of Stange (see Table 1, p.16). For other elliptic troublemaker sequences R_n(a,b) see the cross references below. - Peter Bala, Aug 08 2013
a(n) is also the total number of twin hearts patterns (6c4c) packing into (n+1) X (n+1) coins, the coins left is A042948 and the voids left is A000982. See illustration in links. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Oct 24 2013
Partitions of 2n into parts of size 1, 2 or 4 where the largest part is 4, i.e., A073463(n,2). - Henry Bottomley, Oct 28 2013
a(n+1) is the minimum length of a sequence (of not necessarily distinct terms) that guarantees the existence of a (not necessarily consecutive) subsequence of length n in which like terms appear consecutively. This is also the minimum cardinality of an ordered set S that ensures that, given any partition of S, there will be a subset T of S so that the induced subpartition on T avoids the pattern ac/b, where a < b < c. - Eric Gottlieb, Mar 05 2014
Also the number of elements of the list 1..n+1 such that for any two elements {x,y} the integer (x+y)/2 lies in the range ]x,y[. - Robert G. Wilson v, May 22 2014
Number of lattice points (x,y) inside the region of the coordinate plane bounded by x <= n, 0 < y <= x/2. For a(11)=30 there are exactly 30 lattice points in the region below:
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0 0 1 2 4 6 9 12 16 20 25 30 .. a(n) - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 26 2014
a(n+1) is the greatest integer k for which there exists an n x n matrix M of nonnegative integers with every row and column summing to k, such that there do not exist n entries of M, all greater than 1, and no two of these entries in the same row or column. - Richard Stanley, Nov 19 2014
In a tiling of the triangular shape T_N with row length k for row k = 1, 2, ..., N >= 1 (or, alternatively row length N = 1-k for row k) with rectangular tiles, there can appear rectangles (i, j), N >= i >= j >= 1, of a(N+1) types (and their transposed shapes obtained by interchanging i and j). See the Feb 27 2004 comment above from Rick L. Shepherd. The motivation to look into this came from a proposal of Kival Ngaokrajang in A247139. - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 09 2014
Every positive integer is a sum of at most four distinct quarter-squares; see A257018. - Clark Kimberling, Apr 15 2015
a(n+1) gives the maximal number of distinct elements of an n X n matrix which is symmetric (w.r.t. the main diagonal) and symmetric w.r.t. the main antidiagonal. Such matrices are called bisymmetric. See the Wikipedia link. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 07 2015
For 2^a(n+1), n >= 1, the number of binary bisymmetric n X n matrices, see A060656(n+1) and the comment and link by Dennis P. Walsh. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 16 2015
a(n) is the number of partitions of 2n+1 of length three with exactly two even entries (see below example). - John M. Campbell, Jan 29 2016
a(n) is the sum of the asymmetry degrees of all 01-avoiding binary words of length n. The asymmetry degree of a finite sequence of numbers is defined to be the number of pairs of symmetrically positioned distinct entries. a(6) = 9 because the 01-avoiding binary words of length 6 are 000000, 100000, 110000, 111000, 111100, 111110, and 111111, and the sum of their asymmetry degrees is 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 0 = 9. Equivalently, a(n) = Sum_{k>=0} k*A275437(n,k). - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 15 2016
a(n) is the number of ways to represent all the integers in the interval [3,n+1] as the sum of two distinct natural numbers. E.g., a(7)=12 as there are 12 different ways to represent all the numbers in the interval [3,8] as the sum of two distinct parts: 1+2=3, 1+3=4, 1+4=5, 1+5=6, 1+6=7, 1+7=8, 2+3=5, 2+4=6, 2+5=7, 2+6=8, 3+4=7, 3+5=8. - Anton Zakharov, Aug 24 2016
a(n+2) is the number of conjugacy classes of involutions (considering the identity as an involution) in the hyperoctahedral group C_2 wreath S_n. - Mark Wildon, Apr 22 2017
a(n+2) is the maximum number of pieces of a pizza that can be made with n cuts that are parallel or perpendicular to each other. - Anton Zakharov, May 11 2017
Also the matching number of the n X n black bishop graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jun 26 2017
The answer to a question posed by W. Mantel: a(n) is the maximum number of edges in an n-vertex triangle-free graph. Also solved by H. Gouwentak, J. Teixeira de Mattes, F. Schuh and W. A. Wythoff. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 01 2018
Number of nonisomorphic outer planar graphs of order n >= 3, size n+2, and maximum degree 4. - Christian Barrientos and Sarah Minion, Feb 27 2018
Maximum area of a rectangle with perimeter 2n and sides of integer length. - André Engels, Jul 29 2018
Also the crossing number of the complete bipartite graph K_{3,n+1}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 11 2018
a(n+2) is the number of distinct genotype frequency vectors possible for a sample of n diploid individuals at a biallelic genetic locus with a specified major allele. Such vectors are the lists of nonnegative genotype frequencies (n_AA, n_AB, n_BB) with n_AA + n_AB + n_BB = n and n_AA >= n_BB. - Noah A Rosenberg, Feb 05 2019
a(n+2) is the number of distinct real spectra (eigenvalues repeated according to their multiplicity) for an orthogonal n X n matrix. The case of an empty spectrum list is logically counted as one of those possibilities, when it exists. Thus a(n+2) is the number of distinct reduced forms (on the real field, in orthonormal basis) for elements in O(n). - Christian Devanz, Feb 13 2019
a(n) is the number of non-isomorphic asymmetric graphs that can be created by adding a single edge to a path on n+4 vertices. - Emma Farnsworth, Natalie Gomez, Herlandt Lino, and Darren Narayan, Jul 03 2019
a(n+1) is the number of integer triangles with largest side n. - James East, Oct 30 2019
a(n) is the number of nonempty subsets of {1,2,...,n} that contain exactly one odd and one even number. For example, for n=7, a(7)=12 and the 12 subsets are {1,2}, {1,4}, {1,6}, {2,3}, {2,5}, {2,7}, {3,4}, {3,6}, {4,5}, {4,7}, {5,6}, {6,7}. - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 16 2019
a(n+1) is also the n-th term of the Saind sequence (w_n){n>=1}, i.e., the infinite sequence caused by the entries of the queue of the degree sequences associated with the Saind arrays, as n increases. - _Giulia Palma, Jun 24 2020
Aside from the first two terms, a(n) enumerates the number of distinct normal ordered terms in the expansion of the differential operator (x + d/dx)^m associated to the Hermite polynomials and the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra. It also enumerates the number of distinct monomials in the bivariate polynomials corresponding to the partial sums of the series for cos(x+y) and sin(x+y). Cf. A344678. - Tom Copeland, May 27 2021
a(n) is the maximal number of negative products a_i * a_j (1 <= i <= j <= n), where all a_i are real numbers. - Logan Pipes, Jul 08 2021
From Allan Bickle, Dec 20 2021: (Start)
a(n) is the maximum product of the chromatic numbers of a graph of order n-1 and its complement. The extremal graphs are characterized in the papers of Finck (1968) and Bickle (2023).
a(n) is the maximum product of the degeneracies of a graph of order n+1 and its complement. The extremal graphs are characterized in the paper of Bickle (2012). (End)
a(n) is the maximum number m such that m white rooks and m black rooks can coexist on an n-1 X n-1 chessboard without attacking each other. - Aaron Khan, Jul 13 2022
Partial sums of A004526. - Bernard Schott, Jan 06 2023
a(n) is the number of 231-avoiding odd Grassmannian permutations of size n. - Juan B. Gil, Mar 10 2023
a(n) is the number of integer tuples (x,y) satisfying n + x + y >= 0, 25*n + x - 11*y >=0, 25*n - 11*x + y >=0, n + x + y == 0 (mod 12) , 25*n + x - 11*y == 0 (mod 5), 25*n - 11*x + y == 0 (mod 5) . For n=2, the sole solution is (x,y) = (0,0) and so a(2) = 1. For n = 3, the a(3) = 2 solutions are (-3, 2) and (2, -3). - Jeffery Opoku, Feb 16 2024
Let us consider triangles whose vertices are the centers of three squares constructed on the sides of a right triangle. a(n) is the integer part of the area of these triangles, taken without repetitions and in ascending order. See the illustration in the links. - Nicolay Avilov, Aug 05 2024
For n>=2, a(n) is the indendence number of the 2-token graph F_2(P_n) of the path graph P_n on n vertices. (Alternatively, as noted by Peter Munn, F_2(P_n) is the nXn square lattice, or grid, graph diminished by a cut across the diagonal.) - Miquel A. Fiol, Oct 05 2024
For n >= 1, also the lower matching number of the n-triangular honeycomb rook graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 14 2024
a(n-1) is also the minimal number of edges that a graph of n vertices must have such that any 3 vertices share at least one edge. - Ruediger Jehn, May 20 2025
a(n) is the number of edges of the antiregular graph A_n. This is the unique connected graph with n vertices and degrees 1 to n-1 (floor(n/2) repeated). - Allan Bickle, Jun 15 2025

Examples

			a(3) = 2, floor(3/2)*ceiling(3/2) = 2.
[ n] a(n)
---------
[ 2] 1
[ 3] 2
[ 4] 1 + 3
[ 5] 2 + 4
[ 6] 1 + 3 + 5
[ 7] 2 + 4 + 6
[ 8] 1 + 3 + 5 + 7
[ 9] 2 + 4 + 6 + 8
From _Wolfdieter Lang_, Dec 09 2014: (Start)
Tiling of a triangular shape T_N, N >= 1 with rectangles:
N=5, n=6: a(6) = 9 because all the rectangles (i, j) (modulo transposition, i.e., interchange of i and j) which are of use are:
  (5, 1)                ;  (1, 1)
  (4, 2), (4, 1)        ;  (2, 2), (2, 1)
                        ;  (3, 3), (3, 2), (3, 1)
That is (1+1) + (2+2) + 3 = 9 = a(6). Partial sums of 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, ... (A004526). (End)
Bisymmetric matrices B: 2 X 2, a(3) = 2 from B[1,1] and B[1,2]. 3 X 3, a(4) = 4 from B[1,1], B[1,2], B[1,3], and B[2,2]. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jul 07 2015
From _John M. Campbell_, Jan 29 2016: (Start)
Letting n=5, there are a(n)=a(5)=6 partitions of 2n+1=11 of length three with exactly two even entries:
(8,2,1) |- 2n+1
(7,2,2) |- 2n+1
(6,4,1) |- 2n+1
(6,3,2) |- 2n+1
(5,4,2) |- 2n+1
(4,4,3) |- 2n+1
(End)
From _Aaron Khan_, Jul 13 2022: (Start)
Examples of the sequence when used for rooks on a chessboard:
.
A solution illustrating a(5)=4:
  +---------+
  | B B . . |
  | B B . . |
  | . . W W |
  | . . W W |
  +---------+
.
A solution illustrating a(6)=6:
  +-----------+
  | B B . . . |
  | B B . . . |
  | B B . . . |
  | . . W W W |
  | . . W W W |
  +-----------+
(End)

References

  • Sergei Abramovich, Combinatorics of the Triangle Inequality: From Straws to Experimental Mathematics for Teachers, Spreadsheets in Education (eJSiE), Vol. 9, Issue 1, Article 1, 2016. See Fig. 3.
  • G. L. Alexanderson et al., The William Powell Putnam Mathematical Competition - Problems and Solutions: 1965-1984, M.A.A., 1985; see Problem A-1 of 27th Competition.
  • T. M. Apostol, Introduction to Analytic Number Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1976, page 73, problem 25.
  • Michael Doob, The Canadian Mathematical Olympiad -- L'Olympiade Mathématique du Canada 1969-1993, Canadian Mathematical Society -- Société Mathématique du Canada, Problème 9, 1970, pp 22-23, 1993.
  • H. J. Finck, On the chromatic numbers of a graph and its complement. Theory of Graphs (Proc. Colloq., Tihany, 1966) Academic Press, New York (1968), 99-113.
  • R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990, p. 99.
  • D. E. Knuth, The art of programming, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997, Ex. 36 of section 1.2.4.
  • J. Nelder, Critical sets in Latin squares, CSIRO Division of Math. and Stats. Newsletter, Vol. 38 (1977), p. 4.
  • 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).

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Crossrefs

A087811 is another version of this sequence.
Cf. A024206, A072280, A002984, A007590, A000212, A118015, A056827, A118013, A128174, A000601, A115514, A189151, A063657, A171608, A005044, A030179, A275437, A004526.
Differences of A002623. Complement of A049068.
a(n) = A014616(n-2) + 2 = A033638(n) - 1 = A078126(n) + 1. Cf. A055802, A055803.
Antidiagonal sums of array A003983.
Cf. A033436 - A033444. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 30 2009
Cf. A008217, A014980, A197081, A197122.
Elliptic troublemaker sequences: A000212 (= R_n(1,3) = R_n(2,3)), A007590 (= R_n(2,4)), A030511 (= R_n(2,6) = R_n(4,6)), A033436 (= R_n(1,4) = R_n(3,4)), A033437 (= R_n(1,5) = R_n(4,5)), A033438 (= R_n(1,6) = R_n(5,6)), A033439 (= R_n(1,7) = R_n(6,7)), A184535 (= R_n(2,5) = R_n(3,5)).
Cf. A077043, A060656 (2^a(n)), A344678.
Cf. A000290, A056834, A130519, A056838, A056865.
Cf. A250000 (queens on a chessboard), A176222 (kings on a chessboard), A355509 (knights on a chessboard).
Maximal product of k positive integers with sum n, for k = 2..10: this sequence (k=2), A006501 (k=3), A008233 (k=4), A008382 (k=5), A008881 (k=6), A009641 (k=7), A009694 (k=8), A009714 (k=9), A354600 (k=10).

Programs

  • GAP
    # using the formula by Paul Barry
A002620 := List([1..10^4], n-> (2*n^2 - 1 + (-1)^n)/8); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 01 2018
  • Haskell
    a002620 = (`div` 4) . (^ 2) -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 24 2012
  • Magma
    [ Floor(n/2)*Ceiling(n/2) : n in [0..40]];
  • Maple
    A002620 := n->floor(n^2/4); G002620 := series(x^2/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)),x,60);
with(combstruct):ZL:=[st,{st=Prod(left,right),left=Set(U,card=r),right=Set(U,card=1)}, unlabeled]: subs(r=1,stack): seq(count(subs(r=2,ZL),size=m),m=0..57) ; # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 09 2007
  • Mathematica
    Table[Ceiling[n/2] Floor[n/2], {n, 0, 56}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 18 2005 *)
LinearRecurrence[{2, 0, -2, 1}, {0, 0, 1, 2}, 60] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 05 2012 *)
Table[Floor[n^2/4], {n, 0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 11 2018 *)
Floor[Range[0, 20]^2/4] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 11 2018 *)
CoefficientList[Series[-(x^2/((-1 + x)^3 (1 + x))), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 11 2018 *)
Table[Floor[n^2/2]/2, {n, 0, 56}] (* Clark Kimberling, Dec 05 2021 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist(floor(n^2/4),n,0,50); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 17 2012 */
  • PARI
    a(n)=n^2\4
  • PARI
    (t(n)=n*(n+1)/2);for(i=1,50,print1(",",(-1)^i*sum(k=1,i,(-1)^k*t(k))))
  • PARI
    a(n)=n^2>>2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 11 2009
  • PARI
    x='x+O('x^100); concat([0, 0], Vec(x^2/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)))) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 15 2015
  • Python
    def A002620(n): return (n**2)>>2 # Chai Wah Wu, Jul 07 2022
  • Sage
    def A002620():
     x, y = 0, 1
     yield x
     while true:
         yield x
         x, y = x + y, x//y + 1
a = A002620(); print([next(a) for i in range(58)]) # Peter Luschny, Dec 17 2015

Formula

a(n) = (2*n^2-1+(-1)^n)/8. - Paul Barry, May 27 2003
G.f.: x^2/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)) = x^2 / ( (1+x)*(1-x)^3 ). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, leading zeros dropped
E.g.f.: exp(x)*(2*x^2+2*x-1)/8 + exp(-x)/8.
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 05 2008
a(-n) = a(n) for all n in Z.
a(n) = a(n-1) + floor(n/2), n > 0. Partial sums of A004526. - Adam Kertesz, Sep 20 2000
a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) - a(n-3) + 1 [with a(-1) = a(0) = a(1) = 0], a(2k) = k^2, a(2k-1) = k(k-1). - Henry Bottomley, Mar 08 2000
0*0, 0*1, 1*1, 1*2, 2*2, 2*3, 3*3, 3*4, ... with an obvious pattern.
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} floor(k/2). - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Mar 10 2001
a(n) = n*floor((n-1)/2) - floor((n-1)/2)*(floor((n-1)/2)+ 1); a(n) = a(n-2) + n-2 with a(1) = 0, a(2) = 0. - Santi Spadaro, Jul 13 2001
Also: a(n) = binomial(n, 2) - a(n-1) = A000217(n-1) - a(n-1) with a(0) = 0. - Labos Elemer, Apr 26 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*C(k, 2). - Paul Barry, Jul 01 2003
a(n) = (-1)^n * partial sum of alternating triangular numbers. - Jon Perry, Dec 30 2003
a(n) = A024206(n+1) - n. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 27 2004
a(n) = a(n-2) + n - 1, n > 1. - Paul Barry, Jul 14 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{i=0..n} min(i, n-i). - Marc LeBrun, Feb 15 2005
a(n+1) = Sum_{k = 0..floor((n-1)/2)} n-2k; a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} k*(1-(-1)^(n+k-1))/2. - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005
a(n) = A108561(n+1,n-2) for n > 2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 10 2005
1 + 1/(1 + 2/(1 + 4/(1 + 6/(1 + 9/(1 + 12/(1 + 16/(1 + ...))))))) = 6/(Pi^2 - 6) = 1.550546096730... - Philippe Deléham, Jun 20 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Min_{k, n-k}, sums of rows of the triangle in A004197. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 27 2005
For n > 2 a(n) = a(n-1) + ceiling(sqrt(a(n-1))). - Jonathan Vos Post, Jan 19 2006
Sequence starting (2, 2, 4, 6, 9, ...) = A128174 (as an infinite lower triangular matrix) * vector [1, 2, 3, ...]; where A128174 = (1; 0,1; 1,0,1; 0,1,0,1; ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2007
a(n) = Sum_{i=k..n} P(i, k) where P(i, k) is the number of partitions of i into k parts. - Thomas Wieder, Sep 01 2007
a(n) = sum of row (n-2) of triangle A115514. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 25 2007
For n > 1: gcd(a(n+1), a(n)) = a(n+1) - a(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 06 2008
a(n+3) = a(n) + A000027(n) + A008619(n+1) = a(n) + A001651(n+1) with a(1) = 0, a(2) = 0, a(3) = 1. - Yosu Yurramendi, Aug 10 2008
a(2n) = A000290(n). a(2n+1) = A002378(n). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2008
a(n+1) = a(n) + A110654(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 06 2009
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (k mod 2)*(n-k); Cf. A000035, A001477. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 05 2009
a(n-1) = (n*n - 2*n + n mod 2)/4. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Nov 23 2009
a(n) = round((2*n^2-1)/8) = round(n^2/4) = ceiling((n^2-1)/4). - Mircea Merca, Nov 29 2010
n*a(n+2) = 2*a(n+1) + (n+2)*a(n). Holonomic Ansatz with smallest order of recurrence. - Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda, Dec 12 2010
a(n+1) = (n*(2+n) + n mod 2)/4. - Fred Daniel Kline, Sep 11 2011
a(n) = A199332(n, floor((n+1)/2)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 23 2011
a(n) = floor(b(n)) with b(n) = b(n-1) + n/(1+e^(1/n)) and b(0)= 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 08 2013
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..floor((n+1)/2)} (n+1)-2i. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 09 2013
a(n) = floor((n+2)/2 - 1)*(floor((n+2)/2)-1 + (n+2) mod 2). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 09 2013
Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = 1 + zeta(2) = 1+A013661. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Jun 30 2013
Empirical: a(n-1) = floor(n/(e^(4/n)-1)). - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 24 2013
a(n) = A007590(n)/2. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 08 2014
A237347(a(n)) = 3; A235711(n) = A003415(a(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2014
A240025(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 05 2014
0 = a(n)*a(n+2) + a(n+1)*(-2*a(n+2) + a(n+3)) for all integers n. - Michael Somos, Nov 22 2014
a(n) = Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} ceiling((i+j-n-1)/2). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Mar 12 2015
a(4n+1) = A002943(n) for all n>=0. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 11 2015
a(n+2)-a(n-2) = A004275(n+1). - Anton Zakharov, May 11 2017
a(n) = floor(n/2)*floor((n+1)/2). - Bruno Berselli, Jun 08 2017
a(n) = a(n-3) + floor(3*n/2) - 2. - Yuchun Ji, Aug 14 2020
a(n)+a(n+1) = A000217(n). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 13 2021
a(n) = A004247(n,floor(n/2)). - Logan Pipes, Jul 08 2021
a(n) = floor(n^2/2)/2. - Clark Kimberling, Dec 05 2021
Sum_{n>=2} (-1)^n/a(n) = Pi^2/6 - 1. - Amiram Eldar, Mar 10 2022

A005425 a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 5, 14, 43, 142, 499, 1850, 7193, 29186, 123109, 538078, 2430355, 11317646, 54229907, 266906858, 1347262321, 6965034370, 36833528197, 199037675054, 1097912385851, 6176578272782, 35409316648435, 206703355298074, 1227820993510153, 7416522514174082
Offset: 0

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Author

Simon Plouffe

Keywords

Comments

Switchboard problem with n subscribers, where a subscriber who is not talking can be of either of two sexes. Subscribers who are talking cannot be distinguished by sex. See also A000085. - Karol A. Penson, Apr 15 2004
John W. Layman observes that computationally this agrees with the binomial transform of A000085.
Number of self-inverse partial permutations.
Number of '12-3 and 214-3'-avoiding permutations.
Number of matchings of the corona K'(n) of the complete graph K(n) and the complete graph K(1); in other words, K'(n) is the graph constructed from K(n) by adding for each vertex v a new vertex v' and the edge vv'. Example: a(3)=14 because in the graph with vertex set {A,B,C,a,b,c} and edge set {AB,AC,BC,Aa,Bb,Cc} we have the following matchings: (i) the empty set (1); (ii) the edges as singletons (6); (iii) {Aa,BC},{Bb,AC},{Cc,AB},{Aa,Bb},{Aa,Cc}, {Bb,Cc} (6); (iv) {Aa,Bb,Cc} (1). Row sums of A100862. - Emeric Deutsch, Jan 10 2005
Consider finite sequences of positive integers of length n with b(1)=1 and with the constraint that b(m) <= max_{0A111062. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 21 2005, corrected Dec 31 2014
Number of n X n symmetric binary matrices with no row sum greater than 1. - R. H. Hardin, Jun 13 2008
Polynomials in A099174 evaluated at x=2 (see also formula by Deutsch below). - Johannes W. Meijer, Feb 04 2010
Equals eigensequence of triangle A128227. Example: a(5) = 142 = (1, 1, 2, 5, 14, 43) dot (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1) = (1 + 2 + 6 + 20 + 70 + 43); where (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1) = row 5 of triangle A128227. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 27 2010
Number of words [d(1), d(2), ..., d(n)] where d(k) is either =0, or =k (a fixed point), or the only value repeating a previous fixed point, see example. - Joerg Arndt, Apr 18 2014
From Robert A. Russell, Apr 28 2018: (Start)
Stirling transform of this sequence is A002872;
Stirling transform of A005425(n-1) is A080337. (End)
Number of congruence orbits of upper-triangular n X n matrices on symmetric matrices, or the number of Borel orbits in largest sect of the type CI symmetric space Sp_{2n}(C)/GL_n(C). - Aram Bingham, Oct 10 2019
For a refined enumeration of the switchboard scenario presented by Penson above and in Donaghey and its relation to perfect matchings of simplices and an operator calculus, see A344678. - Tom Copeland, May 29 2021
Write [n] for {1, ..., n} and [n]^(k) for k-tuples without repeated entries. Then C [n]^(k) is naturally a complex S_n-representation, whose length is a(k) provided that n >= 2k. a(k) also gives the length of the countable dimensional Sym(N)-representation C N^(k), as remarked by Sam and Snowden (see link). - Jingjie Yang, Dec 28 2023

Examples

			From _Joerg Arndt_, Apr 18 2014: (Start)
The a(3) = 14 words [d(1), d(2), d(3)] where d(k) is either =0, or =k (a fixed point), or the only value repeating a previous fixed point are (dots for zeros):
# :    word        partial involution
01:  [ . . . ]    ()
02:  [ . . 3 ]    (3)
03:  [ . 2 . ]    (2)
04:  [ . 2 2 ]    (2 3)
05:  [ . 2 3 ]    (2) (3)
06:  [ 1 . . ]    (1)
07:  [ 1 . 1 ]    (1 3)
08:  [ 1 . 3 ]    (1) (3)
09:  [ 1 1 . ]    (1 2)
10:  [ 1 1 3 ]    (1 2) (3)
11:  [ 1 2 . ]    (1) (2)
12:  [ 1 2 1 ]    (1 3) (2)
13:  [ 1 2 2 ]    (1) (2 3)
14:  [ 1 2 3 ]    (1) (2) (3)
(End)

References

  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

Crossrefs

Cf. A002872, A080337, A085483, A100862, A111062, A128227.
Bisections give A093620, A100510.
Row sums of A344678.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a005425 n = a005425_list !! n
a005425_list = 1 : 2 : zipWith (+)
   (map (* 2) (tail a005425_list)) (zipWith (*) [1..] a005425_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 18 2011
  • Magma
    a:=[2,5];[1] cat [n le 2 select a[n] else 2*Self(n-1) + (n-1)*Self(n-2):n in [1..30]]; // Marius A. Burtea, Oct 10 2019
  • Maple
    with(orthopoly): seq((-I/sqrt(2))^n*H(n,I*sqrt(2)),n=0..25);
  • Mathematica
    a[0] = 1; a[1] = 2; a[n_]:= 2a[n-1] + (n-1)*a[n-2]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 25}] (* or *)
Range[0, 25]!CoefficientList[Series[Exp[2 x + x^2/2], {x, 0, 25}], x] (* or *)
f[n_] := Sum[2^(n - 3k)n!/((n - 2k)!k!), {k, 0, n}]; Table[ f[n], {n, 0, 25}] (* or *)
Table[(-I/Sqrt[2])^n*HermiteH[n, I*Sqrt[2]], {n, 0, 25}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Nov 04 2005 *)
RecurrenceTable[{a[0]==1,a[1]==2,a[n]==2a[n-1]+(n-1)a[n-2]},a,{n,30}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 30 2015 *)
a[n_] := 2^(n/2) Exp[- I n Pi/2] HypergeometricU[-n/2, 1/2, -2];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 22}] (* Peter Luschny, May 30 2021 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist((%i/sqrt(2))^n*hermite(n,-%i*sqrt(2)),n,0,12); /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 02 2016 */
  • PARI
    A005425(n)=sum(k=0,n\2,2^(n-3*k)*n!/(n-2*k)!/k!) \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 13 2012
  • SageMath
    [(-i/sqrt(2))^n*hermite(n, i*sqrt(2)) for n in range(41)] # G. C. Greubel, Nov 19 2022

Formula

E.g.f.: exp( 2*x + x^2/2 ).
a(n) = A027412(n+1)/2. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 13 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*A000085(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Mar 07 2004
a(n) = (-i/sqrt(2))^n*H(n, i*sqrt(2)), where H(n, x) is the n-th Hermite polynomial and i = sqrt(-1). - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 24 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} 2^{n-3*k}*n!/((n-2*k)!*k!). - Huajun Huang (hua_jun(AT)hotmail.com), Oct 10 2005
For all n, a(n) = [M_n]1,1 = [M_n]_2,1, where M_n = A_n * A_n-1 * ... * A_1, being A_k the matrix A_k = [1, k;1, 1]. - _Simone Severini, Apr 25 2007
a(n) = (1/sqrt(2*Pi))*Integral_{x=-infinity..infinity} exp(-x^2/2)*(x+2)^n. - Groux Roland, Mar 14 2011
G.f.: 1/(1-2x-x^2/(1-2x-2x^2/(1-2x-3x^2/(1-2x-4x^2/(1-... (continued fraction).
E.g.f.: G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x*(4+x)/(4*k + 2 - x*(4+x)*(4*k+2)/(x*(4+x) + 4*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 17 2011
a(n) ~ exp(2*sqrt(n) - n/2 - 1)*n^(n/2)/sqrt(2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 08 2012
a(n) = 2^(n/2)*exp(-i*n*Pi/2)*KummerU(-n/2, 1/2, -2). - Peter Luschny, May 30 2021

Extensions

Recurrence and formula corrected by Olivier Gérard, Oct 15 1997

A099174 Triangle read by rows: coefficients of modified Hermite polynomials.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 3, 0, 6, 0, 1, 0, 15, 0, 10, 0, 1, 15, 0, 45, 0, 15, 0, 1, 0, 105, 0, 105, 0, 21, 0, 1, 105, 0, 420, 0, 210, 0, 28, 0, 1, 0, 945, 0, 1260, 0, 378, 0, 36, 0, 1, 945, 0, 4725, 0, 3150, 0, 630, 0, 45, 0, 1, 0, 10395, 0, 17325, 0, 6930, 0, 990, 0, 55, 0, 1
Offset: 0

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Author

Ralf Stephan, on a suggestion of Karol A. Penson, Oct 13 2004

Keywords

Comments

Absolute values of A066325.
T(n,k) is the number of involutions of {1,2,...,n}, having k fixed points (0 <= k <= n). Example: T(4,2)=6 because we have 1243,1432,1324,4231,3214 and 2134. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 14 2006
Riordan array [exp(x^2/2),x]. - Paul Barry, Nov 06 2008
Same as triangle of Bessel numbers of second kind, B(n,k) (see Cheon et al., 2013). - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 03 2013
The modified Hermite polynomial h(n,x) (as in the Formula section) is the numerator of the rational function given by f(n,x) = x + (n-2)/f(n-1,x), where f(x,0) = 1. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 20 2014
Second lower diagonal T(n,n-2) equals positive triangular numbers A000217 \ {0}. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 23 2014
From James East, Aug 17 2015: (Start)
T(n,k) is the number of R-classes (equivalently, L-classes) in the D-class consisting of all rank k elements of the Brauer monoid of degree n.
For n < k with n == k (mod 2), T(n,k) is the rank (minimal size of a generating set) and idempotent rank (minimal size of an idempotent generating set) of the ideal consisting of all rank <= k elements of the Brauer monoid. (End)
This array provides the coefficients of a Laplace-dual sequence H(n,x) of the Dirac delta function, delta(x), and its derivatives, formed by taking the inverse Laplace transform of these modified Hermite polynomials. H(n,x) = h(n,D) delta(x) with h(n,x) as in the examples and the lowering and raising operators L = -x and R = -x + D = -x + d/dx such that L H(n,x) = n * H(n-1,x) and R H(n,x) = H(n+1,x). The e.g.f. is exp[t H(.,x)] = e^(t^2/2) e^(t D) delta(x) = e^(t^2/2) delta(x+t). - Tom Copeland, Oct 02 2016
Antidiagonals of this entry are rows of A001497. - Tom Copeland, Oct 04 2016
This triangle is the reverse of that in Table 2 on p. 7 of the Artioli et al. paper and Table 6.2 on p. 234 of Licciardi's thesis, with associations to the telephone numbers. - Tom Copeland, Jun 18 2018 and Jul 08 2018
See A344678 for connections to a Heisenberg-Weyl algebra of differential operators, matching and independent edge sets of the regular n-simplices with partially labeled vertices, and telephone switchboard scenarios. - Tom Copeland, Jun 02 2021

Examples

			h(0,x) = 1
h(1,x) = x
h(2,x) = x^2 + 1
h(3,x) = x^3 + 3*x
h(4,x) = x^4 + 6*x^2 + 3
h(5,x) = x^5 + 10*x^3 + 15*x
h(6,x) = x^6 + 15*x^4 + 45*x^2 + 15
From _Paul Barry_, Nov 06 2008: (Start)
Triangle begins
   1,
   0,  1,
   1,  0,  1,
   0,  3,  0,  1,
   3,  0,  6,  0,  1,
   0, 15,  0, 10,  0,  1,
  15,  0, 45,  0, 15,  0,  1
Production array starts
  0, 1,
  1, 0, 1,
  0, 2, 0, 1,
  0, 0, 3, 0, 1,
  0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 1,
  0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 1 (End)

Links

Crossrefs

Row sums (polynomial values at x=1) are A000085.
Polynomial values: A005425 (x=2), A202834 (x=3), A202879(x=4).
Cf. A000217, A001147, A059343, A060821, A066325.
Cf. A000384, A014105, A034839, A049403, A096713, A100861, A104556, A122848, A130757, A176230, A176231.
Cf. A137286.
Cf. A001497.
Cf. A111062, A344678.

Programs

  • Maple
    T:=proc(n,k) if n-k mod 2 = 0 then n!/2^((n-k)/2)/((n-k)/2)!/k! else 0 fi end: for n from 0 to 12 do seq(T(n,k),k=0..n) od; # yields sequence in triangular form; Emeric Deutsch, Oct 14 2006
  • Mathematica
    nn=10;a=y x+x^2/2!;Range[0,nn]!CoefficientList[Series[Exp[a],{x,0,nn}],{x,y}]//Grid  (* Geoffrey Critzer, May 08 2012 *)
H[0, x_] = 1; H[1, x_] := x; H[n_, x_] := H[n, x] = x*H[n-1, x]-(n-1)* H[n-2, x]; Table[CoefficientList[H[n, x], x], {n, 0, 11}] // Flatten // Abs (* Jean-François Alcover, May 23 2016 *)
T[ n_, k_] := If[ n < 0, 0, Coefficient[HermiteH[n, x I/Sqrt[2]] (Sqrt[1/2]/I)^n, x, k]]; (* Michael Somos, May 10 2019 *)
  • PARI
    T(n,k)=if(k<=n && k==Mod(n,2), n!/k!/(k=(n-k)/2)!>>k) \\ M. F. Hasler, Oct 23 2014
  • Python
    import sympy
from sympy import Poly
from sympy.abc import x, y
def H(n, x): return 1 if n==0 else x if n==1 else x*H(n - 1, x) - (n - 1)*H(n - 2, x)
def a(n): return [abs(cf) for cf in Poly(H(n, x), x).all_coeffs()[::-1]]
for n in range(21): print(a(n)) # Indranil Ghosh, May 26 2017
  • Python
    def Trow(n: int) -> list[int]:
    row: list[int] = [0] * (n + 1); row[n] = 1
    for k in range(n - 2, -1, -2):
        row[k] = (row[k + 2] * (k + 2) * (k + 1)) // (n - k)
    return row  # Peter Luschny, Jan 08 2023
  • Sage
    def A099174_triangle(dim):
    M = matrix(ZZ,dim,dim)
    for n in (0..dim-1): M[n,n] = 1
    for n in (1..dim-1):
        for k in (0..n-1):
            M[n,k] = M[n-1,k-1]+(k+1)*M[n-1,k+1]
    return M
A099174_triangle(9)  # Peter Luschny, Oct 06 2012

Formula

h(k, x) = (-I/sqrt(2))^k * H(k, I*x/sqrt(2)), H(n, x) the Hermite polynomials (A060821, A059343).
T(n,k) = n!/(2^((n-k)/2)*((n-k)/2)!k!) if n-k >= 0 is even; 0 otherwise. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 14 2006
G.f.: 1/(1-x*y-x^2/(1-x*y-2*x^2/(1-x*y-3*x^2/(1-x*y-4*x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Apr 10 2009
E.g.f.: exp(y*x + x^2/2). - Geoffrey Critzer, May 08 2012
Recurrence: T(0,0)=1, T(0,k)=0 for k>0 and for n >= 1 T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) + (k+1)*T(n-1,k+1). - Peter Luschny, Oct 06 2012
T(n+2,n) = A000217(n+1), n >= 0. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 23 2014
The row polynomials P(n,x) = (a. + x)^n, umbrally evaluated with (a.)^n = a_n = aerated A001147, are an Appell sequence with dP(n,x)/dx = n * P(n-1,x). The umbral compositional inverses (cf. A001147) of these polynomials are given by the same polynomials signed, A066325. - Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2014
From Tom Copeland, Dec 13 2015: (Start)
The odd rows are (2x^2)^n x n! L(n,-1/(2x^2),1/2), and the even, (2x^2)^n n! L(n,-1/(2x^2),-1/2) in sequence with n= 0,1,2,... and L(n,x,a) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+a,k+a) (-x)^k/k!, the associated Laguerre polynomial of order a. The odd rows are related to A130757, and the even to A176230 and A176231. Other versions of this entry are A122848, A049403, A096713 and A104556, and reversed A100861, A144299, A111924. With each non-vanishing diagonal divided by its initial element A001147(n), this array becomes reversed, aerated A034839.
Create four shift and stretch matrices S1,S2,S3, and S4 with all elements zero except S1(2n,n) = 1 for n >= 1, S2(n,2n) = 1 for n >= 0, S3(2n+1,n) = 1 for n >= 1, and S4(n,2n+1) = 1 for n >= 0. Then this entry's lower triangular matrix is T = Id + S1 * (A176230-Id) * S2 + S3 * (unsigned A130757-Id) * S4 with Id the identity matrix. The sandwiched matrices have infinitesimal generators with the nonvanishing subdiagonals A000384(n>0) and A014105(n>0).
As an Appell sequence, the lowering and raising operators are L = D and R = x + dlog(exp(D^2/2))/dD = x + D, where D = d/dx, L h(n,x) = n h(n-1,x), and R h(n,x) = h(n+1,x), so R^n 1 = h(n,x). The fundamental moment sequence has the e.g.f. e^(t^2/2) with coefficients a(n) = aerated A001147, i.e., h(n,x) = (a. + x)^n, as noted above. The raising operator R as a matrix acting on o.g.f.s (formal power series) is the transpose of the production matrix P below, i.e., (1,x,x^2,...)(P^T)^n (1,0,0,...)^T = h(n,x).
For characterization as a Riordan array and associations to combinatorial structures, see the Barry link and the Yang and Qiao reference. For relations to projective modules, see the Sazdanovic link.
(End)
From the Appell formalism, e^(D^2/2) x^n = h_n(x), the n-th row polynomial listed below, and e^(-D^2/2) x^n = u_n(x), the n-th row polynomial of A066325. Then R = e^(D^2/2) * x * e^(-D^2/2) is another representation of the raising operator, implied by the umbral compositional inverse relation h_n(u.(x)) = x^n. - Tom Copeland, Oct 02 2016
h_n(x) = p_n(x-1), where p_n(x) are the polynomials of A111062, related to the telephone numbers A000085. - Tom Copeland, Jun 26 2018
From Tom Copeland, Jun 06 2021: (Start)
In the power basis x^n, the matrix infinitesimal generator M = A132440^2/2, when acting on a row vector for an o.g.f., is the matrix representation for the differential operator D^2/2.
e^{M} gives the coefficients of the Hermite polynomials of this entry.
The only nonvanishing subdiagonal of M, the second subdiagonal (1,3,6,10,...), gives, aside from the initial 0, the triangular numbers A000217, the number of edges of the n-dimensional simplices with (n+1) vertices. The perfect matchings of these simplices are the aerated odd double factorials A001147 noted above, the moments for the Hermite polynomials.
The polynomials are also generated from A036040 with x[1] = x, x[2] = 1, and the other indeterminates equal to zero. (End)

A344565 Triangle read by rows, for 0 <= k <= n: T(n, k) = binomial(n, k) * binomial(binomial(n + 3, 2), 2).

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 15, 15, 45, 90, 45, 105, 315, 315, 105, 210, 840, 1260, 840, 210, 378, 1890, 3780, 3780, 1890, 378, 630, 3780, 9450, 12600, 9450, 3780, 630, 990, 6930, 20790, 34650, 34650, 20790, 6930, 990, 1485, 11880, 41580, 83160, 103950, 83160, 41580, 11880, 1485
Offset: 0

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Author

Peter Luschny, May 28 2021

Keywords

Examples

			Triangle begins:
[0]   3;
[1]  15,     15;
[2]  45,     90,    45;
[3]  105,   315,   315,    105;
[4]  210,   840,  1260,    840,    210;
[5]  378,  1890,  3780,   3780,   1890,    378;
[6]  630,  3780,  9450,  12600,   9450,   3780,    630;
[7]  990,  6930, 20790,  34650,  34650,  20790,   6930,   990;
[8] 1485, 11880, 41580,  83160, 103950,  83160,  41580, 11880,  1485;
[9] 2145, 19305, 77220, 180180, 270270, 270270, 180180, 77220, 19305, 2145.

Crossrefs

Apparently a subtriangle of A344678. Row sums A344564.

Programs

  • Maple
    T := (n, k) -> (n + 4)! / (8 * k! * (n - k)!):
for n from 0 to 9 do seq(T(n, k), k = 0..n) od;
  • Mathematica
    T[n_, k_] := (n + 4)!/(8*k!*(n - k)!); Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 8}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Amiram Eldar, May 28 2021 *)

Formula

T(n, k) = (n + 4)! / (8 * k! * (n - k)!).

A344911 Concatenated Bessel-scaled Pascal triangles. Irregular triangle read by rows, T(n,k) with n >= 0 and 0 <= k <= (2*n*(n + 4) - 1 + (-1)^n)/8.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1, 6, 12, 6, 3, 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1, 10, 30, 30, 10, 15, 15, 1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1, 15, 60, 90, 60, 15, 45, 90, 45, 15, 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1, 21, 105, 210, 210, 105, 21, 105, 315, 315, 105, 105, 105
Offset: 0

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Author

Peter Luschny, Jun 03 2021

Keywords

Comments

Let p(n) = Sum_{k=0..n/2} Sum_{j=0..n-2*k} (n!/(2^k*k!*j!*(n-2*k-j)!))*x^j*y^(n-2*k-j). Row n of the triangle is defined as the coefficient list of the polynomials p(n), where the monomials are in degree-lexicographic order.
One observes: The triangle of the coefficients appears as a series of concatenated subtriangles. The first one is Pascal's triangle A007318. Appending the rows of triangle A094305 on the right side starts in row 2. In row 4, the next triangle is appended, which is A344565. This scheme goes on indefinitely.
This can be formalized as follows: Let C(n) denote row n of the binomial triangle, set c.C(n) = Seq_{j=0..n} c*binomial(n, j), and let B(n, k) denote the Bessel numbers A100861(n, k). Then T(n) = Seq_{k=0..n/2} B(n, k).C(n-2*k). Since B(n, k) = binomial(n, 2*k)*(2*k - 1)!! it follows that: T(n) = Seq_{k=0..n/2} Seq_{j=0..n-2*k} binomial(n, 2*k)*binomial(n-2*k, j)*(2*k-1)!!. This expression equals the coefficient list of p(n) since the monomials are in degree-lexicographic order.
The polynomials are also the unsigned, probabilist's Hermite polynomials H_n(x+y)
which are discussed in A344678. The coefficients are listed there in a different order which do not reveal the structure described above.

Examples

			The triangle begins:
[0] [ 1 ]
[1] [ 1, 1 ]
[2] [ 1, 2,  1 ][ 1 ]
[3] [ 1, 3,  3,   1 ][ 3,   3 ]
[4] [ 1, 4,  6,   4,   1 ][ 6,   12,    6 ][ 3 ]
[5] [ 1, 5, 10,  10,   5,   1 ][ 10,   30,  30, 10 ][ 15, 15 ]
[6] [ 1, 6, 15,  20,  15,   6,    1 ][ 15,  60, 90,   60, 15 ][ 45, 90, 45][ 15 ]
.
With the notations in the comment row 7 concatenates:
B(7, 0).C(7) =   1.[1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1] = [1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1],
B(7, 1).C(5) =  21.[1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1]         = [21, 105, 210, 210, 105, 21],
B(7, 2).C(3) = 105.[1, 3, 3, 1]                 = [105, 315, 315, 105],
B(7, 3).C(1) = 105.[1, 1]                       = [105, 105].
.
p_6(x,y) = x^6 + 6*x^5*y + 15*x^4*y^2 + 20*x^3*y^3 + 15*x^2*y^4 + 6*x*y^5 + y^6 +
15*x^4 + 60*x^3*y + 90*x^2*y^2 + 60*x*y^3 + 15*y^4 + 45*x^2 + 90*x*y + 45*y^2 + 15.

Crossrefs

Cf. A005425 (row sums), A100861 (scaling factors).
Cf. A007318, A094305, A099174, A344565, A344678.

Programs

  • Maple
    P := n -> add(add(n!/(2^k*k!*j!*(n-2*k-j)!)*y^(n-2*k-j)*x^j, j=0..n-2*k), k=0..n/2):
seq(seq(subs(x = 1, y = 1, m), m = [op(P(n))]), n = 0..7);
# Alternatively, without polynomials:
B := (n, k) -> binomial(n, 2*k)*doublefactorial(2*k-1):
C := n -> seq(binomial(n, j), j=0..n):
seq(seq(B(n, k)*C(n-2*k), k = 0..n/2), n = 0..7);
# Based on the e.g.f. of the polynomials:
T := proc(numofrows) local gf, ser, n, m;
gf := exp(t^2/2)*exp(t*(x + y)); ser := series(gf, t, numofrows+1);
for n from 0 to numofrows do [op(sort(n!*expand(coeff(ser, t, n))))];
print(seq(subs(x=1, y=1, m), m = %)) od end: T(7);
  • Mathematica
    P[n_] := Sum[ Sum[n! / (2^k k! j! (n - 2k - j)!) y^(n - 2k - j) x^j, {j, 0, n-2k}], {k, 0, n/2}];
DegLexList[p_] := MonomialList[p, {x, y}, "DegreeLexicographic"] /. x->1 /. y->1;
Table[DegLexList[P[n]], {n, 0, 7}] // Flatten

Formula

The bivariate e.g.f. exp(t^2/2)*exp(t*(x + y)) = Sum_{n>=0} H_n(x + y)*t^n/n!, where H_n(x) are the unsigned, modified Hermite polynomials A099174, is given by Tom Copeland in A344678.

A344912 Irregular triangle read by rows, Trow(n) = Seq_{k=0..n/3} Seq_{j=0..n-3*k} (n! * binomial(n - 3*k, j)) / (k!*(n - 3*k)!*3^k).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1, 8, 8, 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1, 20, 40, 20, 1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1, 40, 120, 120, 40, 40, 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1, 70, 280, 420, 280, 70, 280, 280, 1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28, 8, 1, 112, 560, 1120, 1120, 560, 112, 1120, 2240, 1120
Offset: 0

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Author

Peter Luschny, Jun 04 2021

Keywords

Comments

Consider a sequence of Pascal tetrahedrons (depending on a parameter m >= 1), where the slices of the pyramid are scaled. They are given by the e.g.f.s exp(t^m / m) * exp(t*(x + y)), which provide a sequence of bivariate polynomials in x and y, whose monomials are to be ordered in degree-lexicographic order. For m = 1 one gets A109649 (resp. A046816), for m = 2 one gets A344911 (resp. A344678), and for m = 3 the current triangle. The row sums have an unexpected interpretation in A336614 (see the link).

Examples

			Triangle begins:
[0] 1;
[1] 1, 1;
[2] 1, 2,  1;
[3] 1, 3,  3,  1,  2;
[4] 1, 4,  6,  4,  1,  8,  8;
[5] 1, 5, 10, 10,  5,  1, 20, 40,  20;
[6] 1, 6, 15, 20, 15,  6,  1, 40, 120, 120,  40,  40;
[7] 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21,  7,  1,  70, 280, 420, 280, 70, 280, 280.
.
p_{6}(x, y) = x^6 + 6*x^5*y + 15*x^4*y^2 + 20*x^3*y^3 + 15*x^2*y^4 + 6*x*y^5 + y^6 + 40*x^3 + 120*x^2*y + 120*x*y^2 + 40*y^3 + 40.

Links

Crossrefs

m=1: A109649, (A046816) [row sums A000244], scaling A007318 [row sums A000079].
m=2: A344911, (A344678) [row sums A005425], scaling A100861 [row sums A000085].
m=3: this triangle [row sums A336614], scaling A118931 [row sums A001470].

Programs

  • Maple
    B := (n, k) -> n!/(k!*(n - 3*k)!*(3^k)): C := n -> seq(binomial(n, j), j=0..n):
T := (n, k) -> B(n, k)*C(n - 3*k): seq(seq(T(n, k), k = 0..n/3), n = 0..8);
  • Mathematica
    gf := Exp[t^3 / 3] Exp[t (x + y)]; ser := Series[gf, {t, 0, 9}];
P[n_] := Expand[n! Coefficient[ser, t, n]];
DegLexList[p_] := MonomialList[p, {x, y}, "DegreeLexicographic"] /. x->1 /. y->1;
Table[DegLexList[P[n]], {n, 0, 7}] // Flatten
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