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A000182 Tangent (or "Zag") numbers: e.g.f. tan(x), also (up to signs) e.g.f. tanh(x).

1, 2, 16, 272, 7936, 353792, 22368256, 1903757312, 209865342976, 29088885112832, 4951498053124096, 1015423886506852352, 246921480190207983616, 70251601603943959887872, 23119184187809597841473536, 8713962757125169296170811392, 3729407703720529571097509625856

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N. J. A. Sloane

Number of Joyce trees with 2n-1 nodes. Number of tremolo permutations of {0,1,...,2n}. - Ralf Stephan, Mar 28 2003
The Hankel transform of this sequence is A000178(n) for n odd = 1, 12, 34560, ...; example: det([1, 2, 16; 2, 16, 272, 16, 272, 7936]) = 34560. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 07 2004
a(n) is the number of increasing labeled full binary trees with 2n-1 vertices. Full binary means every non-leaf vertex has two children, distinguished as left and right; labeled means the vertices are labeled 1,2,...,2n-1; increasing means every child has a label greater than its parent. - David Callan, Nov 29 2007
From Micha Hofri (hofri(AT)wpi.edu), May 27 2009: (Start)
a(n) was found to be the number of permutations of [2n] which when inserted in order, to form a binary search tree, yield the maximally full possible tree (with only one single-child node).
The e.g.f. is sec^2(x)=1+tan^2(x), and the same coefficients can be manufactured from the tan(x) itself, which is the e.g.f. for the number of trees as above for odd number of nodes. (End)
a(n) is the number of increasing strict binary trees with 2n-1 nodes. For more information about increasing strict binary trees with an associated permutation, see A245894. - Manda Riehl, Aug 07 2014
For relations to alternating permutations, Euler and Bernoulli polynomials, zigzag numbers, trigonometric functions, Fourier transform of a square wave, quantum algebras, and integrals over and in n-dimensional hypercubes and over Green functions, see Hodges and Sukumar. For further discussion on the quantum algebra, see the later Hodges and Sukumar reference and the paper by Hetyei presenting connections to the general combinatorial theory of Viennot on orthogonal polynomials, inverse polynomials, tridiagonal matrices, and lattice paths (thereby related to continued fractions and cumulants). - Tom Copeland, Nov 30 2014
The Zigzag Hankel transform is A000178. That is, A000178(2*n - k) = det( [a(i+j - k)]{i,j = 1..n} ) for n>0 and k=0,1. - _Michael Somos, Mar 12 2015
a(n) is the number of standard Young tableaux of skew shape (n,n,n-1,n-2,...,3,2)/(n-1,n-2,n-3,...,2,1). - Ran Pan, Apr 10 2015
For relations to the Sheffer Appell operator calculus and a Riccati differential equation for generating the Meixner-Pollaczek and Krawtchouk orthogonal polynomials, see page 45 of the Feinsilver link and Rzadkowski. - Tom Copeland, Sep 28 2015
For relations to an elliptic curve, a Weierstrass elliptic function, the Lorentz formal group law, a Lie infinitesimal generator, and the Eulerian numbers A008292, see A155585. - Tom Copeland, Sep 30 2015
Absolute values of the alternating sums of the odd-numbered rows (where the single 1 at the apex of the triangle is counted as row #1) of the Eulerian triangle, A008292. The actual alternating sums alternate in sign, e.g., 1, -2, 16, -272, etc. (Even-numbered rows have alternating sums always 0.) - Gregory Gerard Wojnar, Sep 28 2018
The sequence is periodic modulo any odd prime p. The minimal period is (p-1)/2 if p == 1 mod 4 and p-1 if p == 3 mod 4 [Knuth & Buckholtz, 1967, Theorem 1]. - Allen Stenger, Aug 03 2020
From Peter Bala, Dec 24 2021: (Start)
Conjectures:
1) The sequence taken modulo any integer k eventually becomes periodic with period dividing phi(k).
2) The Gauss congruences a(n*p^k) == a(n*p^(k-1)) ( mod p^k ) hold for all prime p and positive integers n and k, except when p = 2, n = 1 and k = 1 or 2.
3) For i >= 1 define a_i(n) = a(n+i). The Gauss congruences a_i(n*p^k) == a_i(n*p^(k-1)) ( mod p^k ) hold for all prime p and positive integers n and k. If true, then for each i >= 1 the expansion of exp(Sum_{n >= 1} a_i(n)*x^n/n) has integer coefficients. For an example, see A262145.(End)

			tan(x) = x + 2*x^3/3! + 16*x^5/5! + 272*x^7/7! + ... = x + 1/3*x^3 + 2/15*x^5 + 17/315*x^7 + 62/2835*x^9 + O(x^11).
tanh(x) = x - 1/3*x^3 + 2/15*x^5 - 17/315*x^7 + 62/2835*x^9 - 1382/155925*x^11 + ...
(sec x)^2 = 1 + x^2 + 2/3*x^4 + 17/45*x^6 + ...
a(3)=16 because we have: {1, 3, 2, 5, 4}, {1, 4, 2, 5, 3}, {1, 4, 3, 5, 2},
  {1, 5, 2, 4, 3}, {1, 5, 3, 4, 2}, {2, 3, 1, 5, 4}, {2, 4, 1, 5, 3},
  {2, 4, 3, 5, 1}, {2, 5, 1, 4, 3}, {2, 5, 3, 4, 1}, {3, 4, 1, 5, 2},
  {3, 4, 2, 5, 1}, {3, 5, 1, 4, 2}, {3, 5, 2, 4, 1}, {4, 5, 1, 3, 2},
  {4, 5, 2, 3, 1}. - _Geoffrey Critzer_, May 19 2013

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Index entries for "core" sequences
Index entries for sequences related to boustrophedon transform
Index entries for sequences related to Bernoulli numbers.

A350972 is essentially the same sequence.
a(n)=2^(n-1)*A002105(n). Apart from signs, 2^(2n-2)*A001469(n) = n*a(n).
Cf. A001469, A002430, A036279, A000364 (secant numbers), A000111 (secant-tangent numbers), A024283, A009764. First diagonal of A059419 and of A064190.
Cf. A009006, A009725, A029584, A012509, A009123, A009567.
Equals A002425(n) * 2^A101921(n).
Equals leftmost column of A162005. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 27 2009
Cf. A258880, A258901. Cf. A002105, A080635, A234797.
Cf. A019538, A110501.

series(tan(x),x,40);
with(numtheory): a := n-> abs(2^(2*n)*(2^(2*n)-1)*bernoulli(2*n)/(2*n));
A000182_list := proc(n) local T,k,j; T[1] := 1;
for k from 2 to n do T[k] := (k-1)*T[k-1] od;
   for k from 2 to n do
       for j from k to n do
           T[j] := (j-k)*T[j-1]+(j-k+2)*T[j] od od;
seq(T[j], j=1..n)  end:
A000182_list(15);  # Peter Luschny, Apr 02 2012

Table[ Sum[2^(2*n + 1 - k)*(-1)^(n + k + 1)*k!*StirlingS2[2*n + 1, k], {k, 1, 2*n + 1}], {n, 0, 7}] (* Victor Adamchik, Oct 05 2005 *)
v[1] = 2; v[n_] /; n >= 2 := v[n] = Sum[ Binomial[2 n - 3, 2 k - 2] v[k] v[n - k], {k, n - 1}]; Table[ v[n]/2, {n, 15}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 08 2009 *)
Rest@ Union[ Range[0, 29]! CoefficientList[ Series[ Tan[x], {x, 0, 30}], x]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 19 2011; modified by Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 02 2012 *)
t[1, 1] = 1; t[1, 0] = 0; t[n_ /; n > 1, m_] := t[n, m] = m*(m+1)*Sum[t[n-1, k], {k, m-1, n-1}]; a[n_] := t[n, 1]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 15}]  (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 02 2013, after A064190 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 1, 0, With[{m = 2 n - 1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ Tan[x], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Mar 12 2015 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 1, 0, ((-16)^n - (-4)^n) Zeta[1 - 2 n]]; (* Michael Somos, Mar 12 2015 *)
Table[2 PolyGamma[2n - 1, 1/2]/Pi^(2n), {n, 1, 10}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 18 2015 *)
a[ n_] := a[n] = If[ n < 2, Boole[n == 1], Sum[Binomial[2 n - 2, 2 k - 1] a[k] a[n - k], {k, n - 1}]]; (* Michael Somos, Aug 02 2018 *)
a[n_] := (2^(2*n)*(2^(2*n) - 1)*Abs[BernoulliB[2*n]])/(2*n); a /@  Range[20]  (* Stan Wagon, Nov 21 2022 *)

a(n):=sum(sum(binomial(k,r)*sum(sum(binomial(l,j)/2^(j-1)*sum((-1)^(n)*binomial(j,i)*(j-2*i)^(2*n),i,0,floor((j-1)/2))*(-1)^(l-j),j,1,l)*(-1)^l*binomial(r+l-1,r-1),l,1,2*n)*(-1)^(1-r),r,1,k)/k,k,1,2*n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 23 2010 */

a[n]:=if n=1 then 1 else 2*sum(sum(binomial(2*j,j+k)*(-4*k^2)^(n-1)*(-1)^k/(4^j),k,1,j),j,1,n-1);
makelist(a[n],n,1,30); /* Tani Akinari, Sep 20 2023 */

{a(n) = if( n<1, 0, ((-4)^n - (-16)^n) * bernfrac(2*n) / (2*n))};

{a(n) = my(an); if( n<2, n==1, an = vector(n, m, 1); for( m=2, n, an[m] = sum( k=1, m-1, binomial(2*m - 2, 2*k - 1) * an[k] * an[m-k])); an[n])}; /* Michael Somos */

{a(n) = if( n<1, 0, (2*n - 1)! * polcoeff( tan(x + O(x^(2*n + 2))), 2*n - 1))}; /* Michael Somos */

{a(n) = my(X=x+x*O(x^n),Egf); Egf = x*sum(m=0,n, prod(k=1,m, tanh(2*k*X))); (n-1)!*polcoeff(Egf,n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, May 11 2010 */

/* Continued Fraction for the e.g.f. tan(x), from Paul D. Hanna: */
{a(n)=local(CF=1+O(x)); for(i=1, n, CF=1/(2*(n-i+1)-1-x^2*CF)); (2*n-1)!*polcoeff(x*CF, 2*n-1)}

/* O.g.f. Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*x^n, from Paul D. Hanna Feb 05 2013: */
{a(n)=polcoeff( x+2*x*sum(m=1, n, x^m*prod(k=1, m, (2*k-1)^2/(1+(2*k-1)^2*x +x*O(x^n))) ), n)}

# The objective of this implementation is efficiency.
# n -> [0, a(1), a(2), ..., a(n)] for n > 0.
def A000182_list(n):
    T = [0 for i in range(1, n+2)]
    T[1] = 1
    for k in range(2, n+1):
        T[k] = (k-1)*T[k-1]
    for k in range(2, n+1):
        for j in range(k, n+1):
            T[j] = (j-k)*T[j-1]+(j-k+2)*T[j]
    return T
print(A000182_list(100)) # Peter Luschny, Aug 07 2011

from sympy import bernoulli
def A000182(n): return abs(((2-(2<<(m:=n<<1)))*bernoulli(m)<Chai Wah Wu, Apr 14 2023

# Algorithm of L. Seidel (1877)
# n -> [a(1), ..., a(n)] for n >= 1.
def A000182_list(len) :
    R = []; A = {-1:0, 0:1}; k = 0; e = 1
    for i in (0..2*len-1) :
        Am = 0; A[k + e] = 0; e = -e
        for j in (0..i) : Am += A[k]; A[k] = Am; k += e
        if e > 0 : R.append(A[i//2])
    return R
A000182_list(15) # Peter Luschny, Mar 31 2012

E.g.f.: log(sec x) = Sum_{n > 0} a(n)*x^(2*n)/(2*n)!.
E.g.f.: tan x = Sum_{n >= 0} a(n+1)*x^(2*n+1)/(2*n+1)!.
E.g.f.: (sec x)^2 = Sum_{n >= 0} a(n+1)*x^(2*n)/(2*n)!.
2/(exp(2x)+1) = 1 + Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1) a(n) x^(2n-1)/(2n-1)! = 1 - x + x^3/3 - 2*x^5/15 + 17*x^7/315 - 62*x^9/2835 + ...
a(n) = 2^(2*n) (2^(2*n) - 1) |B_(2*n)| / (2*n) where B_n are the Bernoulli numbers (A000367/A002445 or A027641/A027642).
Asymptotics: a(n) ~ 2^(2*n+1)*(2*n-1)!/Pi^(2*n).
Sum[2^(2*n + 1 - k)*(-1)^(n + k + 1)*k!*StirlingS2[2*n + 1, k], {k, 1, 2*n + 1}]. - Victor Adamchik, Oct 05 2005
a(n) = abs[c(2*n-1)] where c(n)= 2^(n+1) * (1-2^(n+1)) * Ber(n+1)/(n+1) = 2^(n+1) * (1-2^(n+1)) * (-1)^n * Zeta(-n) = [ -(1+EN(.))]^n = 2^n * GN(n+1)/(n+1) = 2^n * EP(n,0) = (-1)^n * E(n,-1) = (-2)^n * n! * Lag[n,-P(.,-1)/2] umbrally = (-2)^n * n! * C{T[.,P(.,-1)/2] + n, n} umbrally for the signed Euler numbers EN(n), the Bernoulli numbers Ber(n), the Genocchi numbers GN(n), the Euler polynomials EP(n,t), the Eulerian polynomials E(n,t), the Touchard / Bell polynomials T(n,t), the binomial function C(x,y) = x!/[(x-y)!*y! ] and the polynomials P(j,t) of A131758. - Tom Copeland, Oct 05 2007
a(1) = A094665(0,0)*A156919(0,0) and a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n-1} 2^(n-k-1)*A094665(n-1, k)*A156919(k,0) for n = 2, 3, .., see A162005. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 27 2009
G.f.: 1/(1-1*2*x/(1-2*3*x/(1-3*4*x/(1-4*5*x/(1-5*6*x/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Feb 24 2010
From Paul Barry, Mar 29 2010: (Start)
G.f.: 1/(1-2x-12x^2/(1-18x-240x^2/(1-50x-1260x^2/(1-98x-4032x^2/(1-162x-9900x^2/(1-... (continued fraction);
coefficient sequences given by 4*(n+1)^2*(2n+1)*(2n+3) and 2(2n+1)^2 (see Van Fossen Conrad reference). (End)
E.g.f.: x*Sum_{n>=0} Product_{k=1..n} tanh(2*k*x) = Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*x^n/(n-1)!. - Paul D. Hanna, May 11 2010 [corrected by Paul D. Hanna, Sep 28 2023]
a(n) = (-1)^(n+1)*Sum_{j=1..2*n+1} j!*Stirling2(2*n+1,j)*2^(2*n+1-j)*(-1)^j for n >= 0. Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 23 2010: (Start)
If n is odd such that 2*n-1 is prime, then a(n) == 1 (mod (2*n-1)); if n is even such that 2*n-1 is prime, then a(n) == -1 (mod (2*n-1)). - Vladimir Shevelev, Sep 01 2010
Recursion: a(n) = (-1)^(n-1) + Sum_{i=1..n-1} (-1)^(n-i+1)*C(2*n-1,2*i-1)* a(i). - Vladimir Shevelev, Aug 08 2011
E.g.f.: tan(x) = Sum_{n>=1} a(n)*x^(2*n-1)/(2*n-1)! = x/(1 - x^2/(3 - x^2/(5 - x^2/(7 - x^2/(9 - x^2/(11 - x^2/(13 -...))))))) (continued fraction from J. H. Lambert - 1761). - Paul D. Hanna, Sep 21 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 31 2011 to Oct 09 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f.: (sec(x))^2 = 1+x^2/(x^2+U(0)) where U(k) = (k+1)*(2k+1) - 2x^2 + 2x^2*(k+1)*(2k+1)/U(k+1).
E.g.f.: tan(x) = x*T(0) where T(k) = 1-x^2/(x^2-(2k+1)*(2k+3)/T(k+1)).
E.g.f.: tan(x) = x/(G(0)+x) where G(k) = 2*k+1 - 2*x + x/(1 + x/G(k+1)).
E.g.f.: tanh(x) = x/(G(0)-x) where G(k) = k+1 + 2*x - 2*x*(k+1)/G(k+1).
E.g.f.: tan(x) = 2*x - x/W(0) where W(k) = 1 + x^2*(4*k+5)/((4*k+1)*(4*k+3)*(4*k+5) - 4*x^2*(4*k+3) + x^2*(4*k+1)/W(k+1)).
E.g.f.: tan(x) = x/T(0) where T(k) = 1 - 4*k^2 + x^2*(1 - 4*k^2)/T(k+1).
E.g.f.: tan(x) = -3*x/(T(0)+3*x^2) where T(k)= 64*k^3 + 48*k^2 - 4*k*(2*x^2 + 1) - 2*x^2 - 3 - x^4*(4*k -1)*(4*k+7)/T(k+1).
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - 2*x*(2*k+1)^2 - x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)^2*(2*k+3)/G(k+1).
G.f.: 2*Q(0) - 1 where Q(k) = 1 + x^2*(4*k + 1)^2/(x + x^2*(4*k + 1)^2 - x^2*(4*k + 3)^2*(x + x^2*(4*k + 1)^2)/(x^2*(4*k + 3)^2 + (x + x^2*(4*k + 3)^2)/Q(k+1) )).
G.f.: (1 - 1/G(0))*sqrt(-x), where G(k) = 1 + sqrt(-x) - x*(k+1)^2/G(k+1).
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)*(k+2)/( x*(k+1)*(k+2) - 1/Q(k+1)). (End)
O.g.f.: x + 2*x*Sum_{n>=1} x^n * Product_{k=1..n} (2*k-1)^2 / (1 + (2*k-1)^2*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Feb 05 2013
a(n) = (-4)^n*Li_{1-2*n}(-1). - Peter Luschny, Jun 28 2012
a(n) = (-4)^n*(4^n-1)*Zeta(1-2*n). - Jean-François Alcover, Dec 05 2013
Asymptotic expansion: 4*((2*(2*n-1))/(Pi*e))^(2*n-1/2)*exp(1/2+1/(12*(2*n-1))-1/(360*(2*n-1)^3)+1/(1260*(2*n-1)^5)-...). (See Luschny link.) - Peter Luschny, Jul 14 2015
From Peter Bala, Sep 11 2015: (Start)
The e.g.f. A(x) = tan(x) satisfies the differential equation A''(x) = 2*A(x)*A'(x) with A(0) = 0 and A'(0) = 1, leading to the recurrence a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, else a(n) = 2*Sum_{i = 0..n-2} binomial(n-2,i)*a(i)*a(n-1-i) for the aerated sequence [0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 16, 0, 272, ...].
Note, the same recurrence, but with the initial conditions a(0) = 1 and a(1) = 1, produces the sequence n! and with a(0) = 1/2 and a(1) = 1 produces A080635. Cf. A002105, A234797. (End)
a(n) = 2*polygamma(2*n-1, 1/2)/Pi^(2*n). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 18 2015
a(n) = 2^(2n-2)*|p(2n-1,-1/2)|, where p_n(x) are the shifted row polynomials of A019538. E.g., a(2) = 2 = 2^2 * |1 + 6(-1/2) + 6(-1/2)^2|. - Tom Copeland, Oct 19 2016
From Peter Bala, May 05 2017: (Start)
With offset 0, the o.g.f. A(x) = 1 + 2*x + 16*x^2 + 272*x^3 + ... has the property that its 4th binomial transform 1/(1 - 4*x) A(x/(1 - 4*x)) has the S-fraction representation 1/(1 - 6*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 - 20*x/(1 - 12*x/(1 - 42*x/(1 - 30*x/(1 - ...))))))), where the coefficients [6, 2, 20, 12, 42, 30, ...] in the partial numerators of the continued fraction are obtained from the sequence [2, 6, 12, 20, ..., n*(n + 1), ...] by swapping adjacent terms. Compare with the S-fraction associated with A(x) given above by Paul Barry.
A(x) = 1/(1 + x - 3*x/(1 - 4*x/(1 + x - 15*x/(1 - 16*x/(1 + x - 35*x/(1 - 36*x/(1 + x - ...))))))), where the unsigned coefficients in the partial numerators [3, 4, 15, 16, 35, 36,...] come in pairs of the form 4*n^2 - 1, 4*n^2 for n = 1,2,.... (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..n-1} binomial(2*n-2, 2*k-1) * a(k) * a(n-k), with a(1) = 1. - Michael Somos, Aug 02 2018
a(n) = 2^(2*n-1) * |Euler(2*n-1, 0)|, where Euler(n,x) are the Euler polynomials. - Daniel Suteu, Nov 21 2018 (restatement of one of Copeland's 2007 formulas.)
x - Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^n*a(n)*x^(2*n)/(2*n)! = x - log(cosh(x)). The series reversion of x - log(cosh(x)) is (1/2)*x - (1/2)*log(2 - exp(x)) = Sum_{n >= 0} A000670(n)*x^(n+1)/(n+1)!. - Peter Bala, Jul 11 2022
For n > 1, a(n) = 2*Sum_{j=1..n-1} Sum_{k=1..j} binomial(2*j,j+k)*(-4*k^2)^(n-1)*(-1)^k/(4^j). - Tani Akinari, Sep 20 2023
a(n) = A110501(n) * 4^(n-1) / n (Han and Liu, 2018). - Amiram Eldar, May 17 2024

A122045 Euler (or secant) numbers E(n).

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1, 0, -1, 0, 5, 0, -61, 0, 1385, 0, -50521, 0, 2702765, 0, -199360981, 0, 19391512145, 0, -2404879675441, 0, 370371188237525, 0, -69348874393137901, 0, 15514534163557086905, 0, -4087072509293123892361, 0, 1252259641403629865468285, 0, -441543893249023104553682821

Offset: 0

Roger L. Bagula, Sep 13 2006

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The convention in the OEIS is that the alternate zeros are normally omitted in such sequences. See A000364 for the official version of this sequence.

Odd primes p such that p | E(p-1) are primes p == 1 (mod 4), A002144. Conjecture: odd composites m such that m | E(m-1) are Carmichael numbers m such that p == 1 (mod 4) for every prime p|m, A265237. - Thomas Ordowski, Feb 06 2020

			G.f. = 1 - x^2 + 5*x^4 - 61*x^6 + 1385*x^8 - 50521*x^10 + 2702765*x^12 + ...

Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 5, page 41.

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
Fernando Barbero G., Juan Margalef-Bentabol, and Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor, A two-sided Faulhaber-like formula involving Bernoulli polynomials, arXiv:2002.00550 [math.NT], 2020.
Marilena Barnabei, Flavio Bonetti, Niccolò Castronuovo, and Matteo Silimbani, Ascending runs in permutations and valued Dyck paths, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea (2019) Vol. 16, No. 2, 445-463.
Hacène Belbachir and Yassine Otmani, Quadrinomial-Like Versions for Wolstenholme, Morley and Glaisher Congruences, Integers (2023) Vol. 23.
Fatima Zohra Bensaci, Rachid Boumahdi, and Laala Khaldi, Finite Sums Involving Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers, J. Int. Seq. (2024). See p. 2.
Michael D. Hirschhorn, Binomial Identities and Congruences for Euler Numbers, Fibonacci Quart. 53 (2015), no. 4, 319-322.
Guodong Liu, Generating functions and generalized Euler numbers, Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 84, Number 2 (2008), 29-34. See p 32.
F. Luca, A. Pizarro-Madariaga, and C. Pomerance, On the counting function of irregular primes, 2014.
Emanuele Munarini, Two-Parameter Identities for q-Appell Polynomials, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 26 (2023), Article 23.3.1.
A. Niedermaier and J. Remmel, Analogues of up-down permutations for colored permutations, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010) 10.5.6.
Bruce E. Sagan, Generalized Euler numbers and ordered set partitions, arXiv:2501.07692 [math.NT], 2025. See p. 2.
T. J. Stieltjes, Sur la réduction en fraction continue d'une série procédant suivant les puissances descendantes d'une variable, Ann. Fac. Sc. Toulouse 3 (1889) 1-17.

Cf. A000364, A002144, A028296, A265237, A331978, A350972.

m:=35; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), m); b:=Coefficients(R!( 1/Cosh(x) )); [Factorial(n-1)*b[n]: n in [1..m-1]]; // G. C. Greubel, Feb 13 2020

seq(euler(n) , n=0..31); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 15 2009
P := proc(n,x) option remember; if n = 0 then 1 else
   (n*x+(1/2)*(1-x))*P(n-1,x)+x*(1-x)*diff(P(n-1,x),x); expand(%) fi end:
A122045 := n -> (-1)^n*subs(x=-1, P(n,x)):
seq(A122045(n), n=0..30);  # Peter Luschny, Mar 07 2014
ptan := proc(n) option remember; if irem(n, 2) = 1 then 0 else
    -add(`if`(k=0, 1, binomial(n, k)*ptan(n - k)), k = 0..n-1,2) fi end:
A122045 := n -> ifelse(n = 0, 1, ptan(n)):
seq(A122045(n), n = 0..30); # Peter Luschny, Jun 06 2022

Table[EulerE[n], {n, 0, 30}]
Range[0, 30]! CoefficientList[ Series[ Sech[x], {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 08 2018 *)
a[0] := 1; a[n_?OddQ] := 0; a[n_?EvenQ] := a[n] = -Sum[a[k] Binomial[n, k], {k, 0, n - 1, 2}]; Map[a, Range[0, 30]] (* Oliver Seipel, May 20 2024 *)

a[n]:=if n<2 then 1-n else sum(-a[n-2*k]*binomial(n,2*k),k,1,floor(n/2));
makelist(a[n],n,0,50); /* Tani Akinari, Sep 15 2023 */

x='x+O('x^66); Vec(serlaplace(1/cosh(x))) \\ Joerg Arndt, Mar 10 2014

a(n) = 2^n*2^(n+1)*(subst(bernpol(n+1,x), x, 3/4) - subst(bernpol(n+1,x), x, 1/4))/(n+1); \\ Michel Marcus, May 20 2017

from sympy import bernoulli as B
def a(n): return int(2**n*2**(n + 1)*(B(n + 1, 3/4) - B(n + 1, 1/4))/(n + 1))
print([a(n) for n in range(101)]) # Indranil Ghosh, Jun 24 2017, after PARI code by Michel Marcus

from functools import cache
from math import comb as binomial
@cache
def ptan(n):   # see also A331978 and A350972.
    return (0 if n % 2 == 1 else
    -sum(binomial(n,k) * ptan(n-k) if k > 0 else 1 for k in range(0, n-1, 2)))
def A122045(n): return 1 if n == 0 else ptan(n)
print([A122045(n) for n in range(31)])  # Peter Luschny, Jun 06 2022

[euler_number(i) for i in range(31)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 15 2009

E.g.f.: sech(x). - Michael Somos, Mar 11 2014
a(n) = (Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k*(2*k+1)^n)*2. - Gottfried Helms, Mar 09 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 14 2012 - Oct 13 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x + x*(k+1)/(1 - x*(k+1)/U(k+1)).
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x^2 + x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/(1 + x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/ U(k+1)).
E.g.f.: (1-x)/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x/(1 - x/(x - (2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/U(k+1))).
E.g.f.: 1 - x^2/U(0) where U(k) = (2*k+1)*(2*k+2) + x^2 - x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/U(k+1).
E.g.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 + x^2/(2*(2*k+1)*(4*k+1) - 2*x^2*(2*k+1)*(4*k+1)/(x^2 + 4*(4*k+3)*(k+1)/U(k+1))).
E.g.f.: (2 + x^4/(U(0)*(x^2-2) - 2))/(2-x^2) where U(k) = 4*k + 4 + 1/(1 + x^2/(2 - x^2 + (2*k+3)*(2*k+4)/U(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x^2*(2*k+1)^2/(1 + x^2*(2*k+2)^2/G(k+1)) (due to T. J. Stieltjes).
G.f.: 1/S(0) where S(k) = 1 + x^2*(k+1)^2/S(k+1) (due to T. J. Stieltjes).
G.f.: 1 - x/(1+x) + x/(1+x)/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - x + x*(k+2)/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: -(1/x)/Q(0) where Q(k) = -1/x + (k+1)^2/Q(k+1) (due to T. J. Stieltjes).
G.f.: (1/(1-x))/Q(0) + 1/(1-x) where Q(k) = 1 - 1/x + (k+1)*(k+2)/Q(k+1).
G.f.: (x/(x-1))/Q(0) + 1/(1-x) where Q(k) = 1 - x + x^2*(k+1)*(k+2)/Q(k+1).
G.f.: 1 - x/(1+x) + (x/(1+x))/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x + (k+1)*(k+2)*x^2/Q(k+1).
E.g.f.: 1 - T(0)*x^2/(2+x^2) where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/(x^2*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2) - ((2*k+1)*(2*k+2) + x^2)*((2*k+3)*(2*k+4) + x^2)/T(k+1)).
G.f.: T(0) where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)^2/(x^2*(k+1)^2 + 1/T(k+1)). (End)
a(n) = 2^(2*n+1)*(zeta(-n,1/4) - zeta(-n,3/4)), where zeta(a, z) is the generalized Riemann zeta function. - Peter Luschny, Mar 11 2015
a(n) = 2^n*(2^(n+1)/(n+1))*(B(n+1, 3/4) - B(n+1, 1/4)) where B(n,x) is the n-th Bernoulli polynomial. See Liu link. - Michel Marcus, May 20 2017 [This is the same as: a(n) = -4^(n+1)*B(n+1, 1/4)*((n+1) mod 2)/(n+1). Peter Luschny, Oct 30 2020]
a(n) = 2*Im(PolyLog(-n, I)). - Peter Luschny, Sep 29 2020
a(4n) == 5 (mod 60) and a(4n+2) == -1 (mod 60). See Hirschhorn. - Michel Marcus, Jan 11 2022
For n > 1, a(n) = -Sum_{k=1..floor(n/2)} a(n-2*k)*binomial(n,2*k). - Tani Akinari, Sep 15 2023

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 17 2006

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