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A008292 Triangle of Eulerian numbers T(n,k) (n >= 1, 1 <= k <= n) read by rows.

1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 11, 11, 1, 1, 26, 66, 26, 1, 1, 57, 302, 302, 57, 1, 1, 120, 1191, 2416, 1191, 120, 1, 1, 247, 4293, 15619, 15619, 4293, 247, 1, 1, 502, 14608, 88234, 156190, 88234, 14608, 502, 1, 1, 1013, 47840, 455192, 1310354, 1310354, 455192, 47840, 1013, 1

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 15 1996

The indexing used here follows that given in the classic books by Riordan and Comtet. For two other versions see A173018 and A123125. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 21 2010
Coefficients of Eulerian polynomials. Number of permutations of n objects with k-1 rises. Number of increasing rooted trees with n+1 nodes and k leaves.
T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] with k runs. T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] requiring k readings (see the Knuth reference). T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] having k distinct entries in its inversion table. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 09 2004
T(n,k) = number of ways to write the Coxeter element s_{e1}s_{e1-e2}s_{e2-e3}s_{e3-e4}...s_{e_{n-1}-e_n} of the reflection group of type B_n, using s_{e_k} and as few reflections of the form s_{e_i+e_j}, where i = 1, 2, ..., n and j is not equal to i, as possible. - Pramook Khungurn (pramook(AT)mit.edu), Jul 07 2004
Subtriangle for k>=1 and n>=1 of triangle A123125. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 22 2006
T(n,k)/n! also represents the n-dimensional volume of the portion of the n-dimensional hypercube cut by the (n-1)-dimensional hyperplanes x_1 + x_2 + ... x_n = k, x_1 + x_2 + ... x_n = k-1; or, equivalently, it represents the probability that the sum of n independent random variables with uniform distribution between 0 and 1 is between k-1 and k. - Stefano Zunino, Oct 25 2006
[E(.,t)/(1-t)]^n = n!*Lag[n,-P(.,t)/(1-t)] and [-P(.,t)/(1-t)]^n = n!*Lag[n, E(.,t)/(1-t)] umbrally comprise a combinatorial Laguerre transform pair, where E(n,t) are the Eulerian polynomials and P(n,t) are the polynomials in A131758. - Tom Copeland, Sep 30 2007
From Tom Copeland, Oct 07 2008: (Start)
G(x,t) = 1/(1 + (1-exp(x*t))/t) = 1 + 1*x + (2+t)*x^2/2! + (6+6*t+t^2)*x^3/3! + ... gives row polynomials for A090582, the reverse f-polynomials for the permutohedra (see A019538).
G(x,t-1) = 1 + 1*x + (1+t)*x^2/2! + (1+4*t+t^2)*x^3/3! + ... gives row polynomials for A008292, the h-polynomials for permutohedra (Postnikov et al.).
G((t+1)*x, -1/(t+1)) = 1 + (1+t)*x + (1+3*t+2*t^2)*x^2/2! + ... gives row polynomials for A028246.
(End)
A subexceedant function f on [n] is a map f:[n] -> [n] such that 1 <= f(i) <= i for all i, 1 <= i <= n. T(n,k) equals the number of subexceedant functions f of [n] such that the image of f has cardinality k [Mantaci & Rakotondrajao]. Example T(3,2) = 4: if we identify a subexceedant function f with the word f(1)f(2)...f(n) then the subexceedant functions on [3] are 111, 112, 113, 121, 122 and 123 and four of these functions have an image set of cardinality 2. - Peter Bala, Oct 21 2008
Further to the comments of Tom Copeland above, the n-th row of this triangle is the h-vector of the simplicial complex dual to a permutohedron of type A_(n-1). The corresponding f-vectors are the rows of A019538. For example, 1 + 4*x + x^2 = y^2 + 6*y + 6 and 1 + 11*x + 11*x^2 + x^3 = y^3 + 14*y^2 + 36*y + 24, where x = y + 1, give [1,6,6] and [1,14,36,24] as the third and fourth rows of A019538. The Hilbert transform of this triangle (see A145905 for the definition) is A047969. See A060187 for the triangle of Eulerian numbers of type B (the h-vectors of the simplicial complexes dual to permutohedra of type B). See A066094 for the array of h-vectors of type D. For tables of restricted Eulerian numbers see A144696 - A144699. - Peter Bala, Oct 26 2008
For a natural refinement of A008292 with connections to compositional inversion and iterated derivatives, see A145271. - Tom Copeland, Nov 06 2008
The polynomials E(z,n) = numerator(Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(n+1)*k^n*z^(k-1)) for n >=1 lead directly to the triangle of Eulerian numbers. - Johannes W. Meijer, May 24 2009
From Walther Janous (walther.janous(AT)tirol.com), Nov 01 2009: (Start)
The (Eulerian) polynomials e(n,x) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} T(n,k+1)*x^k turn out to be also the numerators of the closed-form expressions of the infinite sums:
S(p,x) = Sum_{j>=0} (j+1)^p*x^j, that is
S(p,x) = e(p,x)/(1-x)^(p+1), whenever |x| < 1 and p is a positive integer.
(Note the inconsistent use of T(n,k) in the section listing the formula section. I adhere tacitly to the first one.) (End)
If n is an odd prime, then all numbers of the (n-2)-th and (n-1)-th rows are in the progression k*n+1. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 01 2011
The Eulerian triangle is an element of the formula for the r-th successive summation of Sum_{k=1..n} k^j which appears to be Sum_{k=1..n} T(j,k-1) * binomial(j-k+n+r, j+r). - Gary Detlefs, Nov 11 2011
Li and Wong show that T(n,k) counts the combinatorially inequivalent star polygons with n+1 vertices and sum of angles (2*k-n-1)*Pi. An equivalent formulation is: define the total sign change S(p) of a permutation p in the symmetric group S_n to be equal to Sum_{i=1..n} sign(p(i)-p(i+1)), where we take p(n+1) = p(1). T(n,k) gives the number of permutations q in S_(n+1) with q(1) = 1 and S(q) = 2*k-n-1. For example, T(3,2) = 4 since in S_4 the permutations (1243), (1324), (1342) and (1423) have total sign change 0. - Peter Bala, Dec 27 2011
Xiong, Hall and Tsao refer to Riordan and mention that a traditional Eulerian number A(n,k) is the number of permutations of (1,2...n) with k weak exceedances. - Susanne Wienand, Aug 25 2014
Connections to algebraic geometry/topology and characteristic classes are discussed in the Buchstaber and Bunkova, the Copeland, the Hirzebruch, the Lenart and Zainoulline, the Losev and Manin, and the Sheppeard links; to the Grassmannian, in the Copeland, the Farber and Postnikov, the Sheppeard, and the Williams links; and to compositional inversion and differential operators, in the Copeland and the Parker links. - Tom Copeland, Oct 20 2015
The bivariate e.g.f. noted in the formulas is related to multiplying edges in certain graphs discussed in the Aluffi-Marcolli link. See p. 42. - Tom Copeland, Dec 18 2016
Distribution of left children in treeshelves is given by a shift of the Eulerian numbers. Treeshelves are ordered binary (0-1-2) increasing trees where every child is connected to its parent by a left or a right link. See A278677, A278678 or A278679 for more definitions and examples. - Sergey Kirgizov, Dec 24 2016
The row polynomial P(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} T(n, k)*x^k appears in the numerator of the o.g.f. G(n, x) = Sum_{m>=0} S(n, m)*x^m with S(n, m) = Sum_{j=0..m} j^n for n >= 1 as G(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} P(n, x)/(1 - x)^(n+2) for n >= 0 (with 0^0=1). See also triangle A131689 with a Mar 31 2017 comment for a rewritten form. For the e.g.f see A028246 with a Mar 13 2017 comment. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 31 2017
For relations to Ehrhart polynomials, volumes of polytopes, polylogarithms, the Todd operator, and other special functions, polynomials, and sequences, see A131758 and the references therein. - Tom Copeland, Jun 20 2017
For relations to values of the Riemann zeta function at integral arguments, see A131758 and the Dupont reference. - Tom Copeland, Mar 19 2018
Normalized volumes of the hypersimplices, attributed to Laplace. (Cf. the De Loera et al. reference, p. 327.) - Tom Copeland, Jun 25 2018

			The triangle T(n, k) begins:
n\k 1    2     3      4       5       6      7     8    9 10 ...
1:  1
2:  1    1
3:  1    4     1
4:  1   11    11      1
5:  1   26    66     26       1
6:  1   57   302    302      57       1
7:  1  120  1191   2416    1191     120      1
8:  1  247  4293  15619   15619    4293    247     1
9:  1  502 14608  88234  156190   88234  14608   502    1
10: 1 1013 47840 455192 1310354 1310354 455192 47840 1013  1
... Reformatted. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Feb 14 2015
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E.g.f. = (y) * x^1 / 1! + (y + y^2) * x^2 / 2! + (y + 4*y^2 + y^3) * x^3 / 3! + ... - _Michael Somos_, Mar 17 2011
Let n=7. Then the following 2*7+1=15 consecutive terms are 1(mod 7): a(15+i), i=0..14. - _Vladimir Shevelev_, Jul 01 2011
Row 3: The plane increasing 0-1-2 trees on 3 vertices (with the number of colored vertices shown to the right of a vertex) are
.
.   1o (1+t)         1o t         1o t
.   |                / \          / \
.   |               /   \        /   \
.   2o (1+t)      2o     3o    3o    2o
.   |
.   |
.   3o
.
The total number of trees is (1+t)^2 + t + t = 1 + 4*t + t^2.

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Index entries for sequences related to rooted trees
Index entries for "core" sequences

Columns k=2..8 are A000295, A000460, A000498, A000505, A000514, A001243, A001244.

Cf. A019538, A028246, A048993, A048994, A049019, A086885, A090582, A129185, A131758, A139605, A173018.

Flat(List([1..10],n->List([1..n],k->Sum([0..k],j->(-1)^j*(k-j)^n*Binomial(n+1,j))))); # Muniru A Asiru, Jun 29 2018

import Data.List (genericLength)
a008292 n k = a008292_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
a008292_row n = a008292_tabl !! (n-1)
a008292_tabl = iterate f [1] where
   f xs = zipWith (+)
     (zipWith (*) ([0] ++ xs) (reverse ks)) (zipWith (*) (xs ++ [0]) ks)
     where ks = [1 .. 1 + genericLength xs]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 07 2013

Eulerian:= func< n,k | (&+[(-1)^j*Binomial(n+1,j)*(k-j+1)^n: j in [0..k+1]]) >; [[Eulerian(n,k): k in [0..n-1]]: n in [1..10]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 15 2019

A008292 := proc(n,k) option remember; if k < 1 or k > n then 0; elif k = 1 or k = n then 1; else k*procname(n-1,k)+(n-k+1)*procname(n-1,k-1) ; end if; end proc:

t[n_, k_] = Sum[(-1)^j*(k-j)^n*Binomial[n+1, j], {j, 0, k}];
Flatten[Table[t[n, k], {n, 1, 10}, {k, 1, n}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 31 2011, after Michael Somos *)
Flatten[Table[CoefficientList[(1-x)^(k+1)*PolyLog[-k, x]/x, x], {k, 1, 10}]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 27 2015 *)
Table[Tally[
   Count[#, x_ /; x > 0] & /@ (Differences /@
      Permutations[Range[n]])][[;; , 2]], {n, 10}] (* Li Han, Oct 11 2020 *)

{T(n, k) = if( k<1 || k>n, 0, if( n==1, 1, k * T(n-1, k) + (n-k+1) * T(n-1, k-1)))}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 19 1999 */

{T(n, k) = sum( j=0, k, (-1)^j * (k-j)^n * binomial( n+1, j))}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 19 1999 */

{A(n,c)=c^(n+c-1)+sum(i=1,c-1,(-1)^i/i!*(c-i)^(n+c-1)*prod(j=1,i,n+c+1-j))}

from sympy import binomial
def T(n, k): return sum([(-1)**j*(k - j)**n*binomial(n + 1, j) for j in range(k + 1)])
for n in range(1, 11): print([T(n, k) for k in range(1, n + 1)]) # Indranil Ghosh, Nov 08 2017

T <- function(n, k) {
  S <- numeric()
  for (j in 0:k) S <- c(S, (-1)^j*(k-j)^n*choose(n+1, j))
  return(sum(S))
}
for (n in 1:10){
  for (k in 1:n) print(T(n,k))
} # Indranil Ghosh, Nov 08 2017

[[sum((-1)^j*binomial(n+1, j)*(k-j)^n for j in (0..k)) for k in (1..n)] for n in (1..12)] # G. C. Greubel, Feb 23 2019

T(n, k) = k * T(n-1, k) + (n-k+1) * T(n-1, k-1), T(1, 1) = 1.
T(n, k) = Sum_{j=0..k} (-1)^j * (k-j)^n * binomial(n+1, j).
Row sums = n! = A000142(n) unless n=0. - Michael Somos, Mar 17 2011
E.g.f. A(x, q) = Sum_{n>0} (Sum_{k=1..n} T(n, k) * q^k) * x^n / n! = q * ( e^(q*x) - e^x ) / ( q*e^x - e^(q*x) ) satisfies dA / dx = (A + 1) * (A + q). - Michael Somos, Mar 17 2011
For a column listing, n-th term: T(c, n) = c^(n+c-1) + Sum_{i=1..c-1} (-1)^i/i!*(c-i)^(n+c-1)*Product_{j=1..i} (n+c+1-j). - Randall L Rathbun, Jan 23 2002
From John Robertson (jpr2718(AT)aol.com), Sep 02 2002: (Start)
Four characterizations of Eulerian numbers T(i, n):
1. T(0, n)=1 for n>=1, T(i, 1)=0 for i>=1, T(i, n) = (n-i)T(i-1, n-1) + (i+1)T(i, n-1).
2. T(i, n) = Sum_{j=0..i} (-1)^j*binomial(n+1,j)*(i-j+1)^n for n>=1, i>=0.
3. Let C_n be the unit cube in R^n with vertices (e_1, e_2, ..., e_n) where each e_i is 0 or 1 and all 2^n combinations are used. Then T(i, n)/n! is the volume of C_n between the hyperplanes x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n = i and x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n = i+1. Hence T(i, n)/n! is the probability that i <= X_1 + X_2 + ... + X_n < i+1 where the X_j are independent uniform [0, 1] distributions. - See Ehrenborg & Readdy reference.
4. Let f(i, n) = T(i, n)/n!. The f(i, n) are the unique coefficients so that (1/(r-1)^(n+1)) Sum_{i=0..n-1} f(i, n) r^{i+1} = Sum_{j>=0} (j^n)/(r^j) whenever n>=1 and abs(r)>1. (End)
O.g.f. for n-th row: (1-x)^(n+1)*polylog(-n, x)/x. - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 02 2002
Triangle T(n, k), n>0 and k>0, read by rows; given by [0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 5, 0, 6, ...] DELTA [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 5, 0, 6, ...] (positive integers interspersed with 0's) where DELTA is Deléham's operator defined in A084938.
Sum_{k=1..n} T(n, k)*2^k = A000629(n). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 05 2004
From Tom Copeland, Oct 10 2007: (Start)
Bell_n(x) = Sum_{j=0..n} S2(n,j) * x^j = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * Lag(n,-x, j-n) = Sum_{j=0..n} (E(n,j)/n!) * (n!*Lag(n,-x, j-n)) = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(Bell.(x)+j, n) umbrally where Bell_n(x) are the Bell / Touchard / exponential polynomials; S2(n,j), the Stirling numbers of the second kind; E(n,j), the Eulerian numbers; and Lag(n,x,m), the associated Laguerre polynomials of order m.
For x = 0, the equation gives Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(j,n) = 1 for n=0 and 0 for all other n. By substituting the umbral compositional inverse of the Bell polynomials, the lower factorial n!*binomial(y,n), for x in the equation, the Worpitzky identity is obtained; y^n = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(y+j,n).
Note that E(n,j)/n! = E(n,j)/(Sum_{k=0..n} E(n,k)). Also (n!*Lag(n, -1, j-n)) is A086885 with a simple combinatorial interpretation in terms of seating arrangements, giving a combinatorial interpretation to the equation for x=1; n!*Bell_n(1) = n!*Sum_{j=0..n} S2(n,j) = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * (n!*Lag(n, -1, j-n)).
(Appended Sep 16 2020) For connections to the Bernoulli numbers, extensions, proofs, and a clear presentation of the number arrays involved in the identities above, see my post Reciprocity and Umbral Witchcraft. (End)
From the relations between the h- and f-polynomials of permutohedra and reciprocals of e.g.f.s described in A049019: (t-1)((t-1)d/dx)^n 1/(t-exp(x)) evaluated at x=0 gives the n-th Eulerian row polynomial in t and the n-th row polynomial in (t-1) of A019538 and A090582. From the Comtet and Copeland references in A139605: ((t+exp(x)-1)d/dx)^(n+1) x gives pairs of the Eulerian polynomials in t as the coefficients of x^0 and x^1 in its Taylor series expansion in x. - Tom Copeland, Oct 05 2008
G.f: 1/(1-x/(1-x*y/1-2*x/(1-2*x*y/(1-3*x/(1-3*x*y/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Mar 24 2010
If n is odd prime, then the following consecutive 2*n+1 terms are 1 modulo n: a((n-1)*(n-2)/2+i), i=0..2*n. This chain of terms is maximal in the sense that neither the previous term nor the following one are 1 modulo n. - _Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 01 2011
From Peter Bala, Sep 29 2011: (Start)
For k = 0,1,2,... put G(k,x,t) := x -(1+2^k*t)*x^2/2 +(1+2^k*t+3^k*t^2)*x^3/3-(1+2^k*t+3^k*t^2+4^k*t^3)*x^4/4+.... Then the series reversion of G(k,x,t) with respect to x gives an e.g.f. for the present table when k = 0 and for A008517 when k = 1.
The e.g.f. B(x,t) := compositional inverse with respect to x of G(0,x,t) = (exp(x)-exp(x*t))/(exp(x*t)-t*exp(x)) = x + (1+t)*x^2/2! + (1+4*t+t^2)*x^3/3! + ... satisfies the autonomous differential equation dB/dx = (1+B)*(1+t*B) = 1 + (1+t)*B + t*B^2.
Applying [Bergeron et al., Theorem 1] gives a combinatorial interpretation for the Eulerian polynomials: A(n,t) counts plane increasing trees on n vertices where each vertex has outdegree <= 2, the vertices of outdegree 1 come in 1+t colors and the vertices of outdegree 2 come in t colors. An example is given below. Cf. A008517. Applying [Dominici, Theorem 4.1] gives the following method for calculating the Eulerian polynomials: Let f(x,t) = (1+x)*(1+t*x) and let D be the operator f(x,t)*d/dx. Then A(n+1,t) = D^n(f(x,t)) evaluated at x = 0.
(End)
With e.g.f. A(x,t) = G[x,(t-1)]-1 in Copeland's 2008 comment, the compositional inverse is Ainv(x,t) = log(t-(t-1)/(1+x))/(t-1). - Tom Copeland, Oct 11 2011
T(2*n+1,n+1) = (2*n+2)*T(2*n,n). (E.g., 66 = 6*11, 2416 = 8*302, ...) - Gary Detlefs, Nov 11 2011
E.g.f.: (1-y) / (1 - y*exp( (1-y)*x )). - Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 10 2012
From Peter Bala, Mar 12 2013: (Start)
Let {A(n,x)} n>=1 denote the sequence of Eulerian polynomials beginning [1, 1 + x, 1 + 4*x + x^2, ...]. Given two complex numbers a and b, the polynomial sequence defined by R(n,x) := (x+b)^n*A(n+1,(x+a)/(x+b)), n >= 0, satisfies the recurrence equation R(n+1,x) = d/dx((x+a)*(x+b)*R(n,x)). These polynomials give the row generating polynomials for several triangles in the database including A019538 (a = 0, b = 1), A156992 (a = 1, b = 1), A185421 (a = (1+i)/2, b = (1-i)/2), A185423 (a = exp(i*Pi/3), b = exp(-i*Pi/3)) and A185896 (a = i, b = -i).
(End)
E.g.f.: 1 + x/(T(0) - x*y), where T(k) = 1 + x*(y-1)/(1 + (k+1)/T(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 07 2013
From Tom Copeland, Sep 18 2014: (Start)
A) Bivariate e.g.f. A(x,a,b)= (e^(ax)-e^(bx))/(a*e^(bx)-b*e^(ax)) = x + (a+b)*x^2/2! + (a^2+4ab+b^2)*x^3/3! + (a^3+11a^2b+11ab^2+b^3)x^4/4! + ...
B) B(x,a,b)= log((1+ax)/(1+bx))/(a-b) = x - (a+b)x^2/2 + (a^2+ab+b^2)x^3/3 - (a^3+a^2b+ab^2+b^3)x^4/4 + ... = log(1+u.*x), with (u.)^n = u_n = h_(n-1)(a,b) a complete homogeneous polynomial, is the compositional inverse of A(x,a,b) in x (see Drake, p. 56).
C) A(x) satisfies dA/dx = (1+a*A)(1+b*A) and can be written in terms of a Weierstrass elliptic function (see Buchstaber & Bunkova).
D) The bivariate Eulerian row polynomials are generated by the iterated derivative ((1+ax)(1+bx)d/dx)^n x evaluated at x=0 (see A145271).
E) A(x,a,b)= -(e^(-ax)-e^(-bx))/(a*e^(-ax)-b*e^(-bx)), A(x,-1,-1) = x/(1+x), and B(x,-1,-1) = x/(1-x).
F) FGL(x,y) = A(B(x,a,b) + B(y,a,b),a,b) = (x+y+(a+b)xy)/(1-ab*xy) is called the hyperbolic formal group law and related to a generalized cohomology theory by Lenart and Zainoulline. (End)
For x > 1, the n-th Eulerian polynomial A(n,x) = (x - 1)^n * log(x) * Integral_{u>=0} (ceiling(u))^n * x^(-u) du. - Peter Bala, Feb 06 2015
Sum_{j>=0} j^n/e^j, for n>=0, equals Sum_{k=1..n} T(n,k)e^k/(e-1)^(n+1), a rational function in the variable "e" which evaluates, approximately, to n! when e = A001113 = 2.71828... - Richard R. Forberg, Feb 15 2015
For a fixed k, T(n,k) ~ k^n, proved by induction. - Ran Pan, Oct 12 2015
From A145271, multiply the n-th diagonal (with n=0 the main diagonal) of the lower triangular Pascal matrix by g_n = (d/dx)^n (1+a*x)*(1+b*x) evaluated at x= 0, i.e., g_0 = 1, g_1 = (a+b), g_2 = 2ab, and g_n = 0 otherwise, to obtain the tridiagonal matrix VP with VP(n,k) = binomial(n,k) g_(n-k). Then the m-th bivariate row polynomial of this entry is P(m,a,b) = (1, 0, 0, 0, ...) [VP * S]^(m-1) (1, a+b, 2ab, 0, ...)^T, where S is the shift matrix A129185, representing differentiation in the divided powers basis x^n/n!. Also, P(m,a,b) = (1, 0, 0, 0, ...) [VP * S]^m (0, 1, 0, ...)^T. - Tom Copeland, Aug 02 2016
Cumulatively summing a row generates the n starting terms of the n-th differences of the n-th powers. Applying the finite difference method to x^n, these terms correspond to those before constant n! in the lowest difference row. E.g., T(4,k) is summed as 0+1=1, 1+11=12, 12+11=23, 23+1=4!. See A101101, A101104, A101100, A179457. - Andy Nicol, May 25 2024

Thanks to Michael Somos for additional comments.

Further comments from Christian G. Bower, May 12 2000

A000364 Euler (or secant or "Zig") numbers: e.g.f. (even powers only) sec(x) = 1/cos(x).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 5, 61, 1385, 50521, 2702765, 199360981, 19391512145, 2404879675441, 370371188237525, 69348874393137901, 15514534163557086905, 4087072509293123892361, 1252259641403629865468285, 441543893249023104553682821, 177519391579539289436664789665

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Inverse Gudermannian gd^(-1)(x) = log(sec(x) + tan(x)) = log(tan(Pi/4 + x/2)) = arctanh(sin(x)) = 2 * arctanh(tan(x/2)) = 2 * arctanh(csc(x) - cot(x)). - Michael Somos, Mar 19 2011
a(n) is the number of downup permutations of [2n]. Example: a(2)=5 counts 4231, 4132, 3241, 3142, 2143. - David Callan, Nov 21 2011
a(n) is the number of increasing full binary trees on vertices {0,1,2,...,2n} for which the leftmost leaf is labeled 2n. - David Callan, Nov 21 2011
a(n) is the number of unordered increasing trees of size 2n+1 with only even degrees allowed and degree-weight generating function given by cosh(t). - Markus Kuba, Sep 13 2014
a(n) is the number of standard Young tableaux of skew shape (n+1,n,n-1,...,3,2)/(n-1,n-2,...2,1). - Ran Pan, Apr 10 2015
Since cos(z) has a root at z = Pi/2 and no other root in C with a smaller |z|, the radius of convergence of the e.g.f. (intended complex-valued) is Pi/2 = A019669 (see also A028296). - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 07 2016
All terms are odd. - Alois P. Heinz, Jul 22 2018
The sequence starting with a(1) 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 2]. - Allen Stenger, Aug 03 2020
Conjecture: taking the sequence [a(n) : n >= 1] modulo an integer k gives a purely periodic sequence with period dividing phi(k). For example, the sequence taken modulo 21 begins [1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, 20, 16, 2, 1, 5, 19, ...] with an apparent period of 6 = phi(21)/2. - Peter Bala, May 08 2023

			G.f. = 1 + x + 5*x^2 + 61*x^3 + 1385*x^4 + 50521*x^5 + 2702765*x^6 + 199360981*x^7 + ...
sec(x) = 1 + 1/2*x^2 + 5/24*x^4 + 61/720*x^6 + ...
From _Gary W. Adamson_, Jul 18 2011: (Start)
The first few rows of matrix M are:
   1,  1,  0,  0,  0, ...
   4,  4,  4,  0,  0, ...
   9,  9,  9,  9,  0, ...
  16, 16, 16, 16, 16, ... (End)

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

Cf. A000111, A000182, A011248, A019669, A034947, A060075, A013525, A000816, A002436, A000464, A002105, A002439, A079144, A158690.
Essentially same as A028296 and A122045.
First column of triangle A060074.
Two main diagonals of triangle A060058 (as iterated sums of squares).
Absolute values of row sums of A160485. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
Left edge of triangle A210108, see also A125053, A076552. Cf. A255881.
Bisection (even part) of A317139.
The sequences [(-k^2)^n*Euler(2*n, 1/k), n = 0, 1, ...] are: A000007 (k=1), A000364 (k=2), |A210657| (k=3), A000281 (k=4), A272158 (k=5), A002438 (k=6), A273031 (k=7).

series(sec(x),x,40): SERIESTOSERIESMULT(%): subs(x=sqrt(y),%): seriestolist(%);
# end of program
A000364_list := proc(n) local S,k,j; S[0] := 1;
for k from 1 to n do S[k] := k*S[k-1] od;
for k from  1 to n do
    for j from k to n do
        S[j] := (j-k)*S[j-1]+(j-k+1)*S[j] od od;
seq(S[j], j=1..n)  end:
A000364_list(16);  # Peter Luschny, Apr 02 2012
A000364 := proc(n)
    abs(euler(2*n)) ;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Mar 14 2013

Take[ Range[0, 32]! * CoefficientList[ Series[ Sec[x], {x, 0, 32}], x], {1, 32, 2}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Apr 23 2006 *)
Table[Abs[EulerE[2n]], {n, 0, 30}] (* Ray Chandler, Mar 20 2007 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, With[{m = 2 n}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ Sec[ x], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 22 2013 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, With[{m = 2 n + 1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ InverseGudermannian[ x], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 22 2013 *)
a[n_] := Sum[Sum[Binomial[k, m] (-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1)) Sum[Binomial[m, j]* (2j-m)^(2n), {j, 0, m/2}] (-1)^(k-m), {m, 0, k}], {k, 1, 2n}]; Table[ a[n], {n, 0, 16}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 26 2019, after Vladimir Kruchinin *)
a[0] := 1; a[n_] := a[n] = -Sum[a[n - k]/(2 k)!, {k, 1, n}]; Map[(-1)^# (2 #)! a[#] &, Range[0, 16]] (* Oliver Seipel, May 18 2024 *)

a(n):=sum(sum(binomial(k,m)*(-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1))*sum(binomial(m,j)*(2*j-m)^(2*n),j,0,m/2)*(-1)^(k-m),m,0,k),k,1,2*n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 05 2010 */

a[n]:=if n=0 then 1 else sum(sum((i-k)^(2*n)*binomial(2*k, i)*(-1)^(i+k+n), i, 0, k-1)/ (2^(k-1)), k, 1, 2*n); makelist(a[n], n, 0, 16); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 05 2012 */

{a(n)=local(CF=1+x*O(x^n));if(n<0,return(0), for(k=1,n,CF=1/(1-(n-k+1)^2*x*CF));return(Vec(CF)[n+1]))} \\ Paul D. Hanna Oct 07 2005

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (2*n)! * polcoeff( 1 / cos(x + O(x^(2*n + 1))), 2*n))}; /* Michael Somos, Jun 18 2002 */

{a(n) = my(A); if( n<0, 0, n = 2*n+1 ; A = x * O(x^n); n! * polcoeff( log(1 / cos(x + A) + tan(x + A)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007 */

{a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0, n, (2*m)!/2^m * x^m/prod(k=1, m, 1+k^2*x+x*O(x^n))), n)} \\ Paul D. Hanna, Sep 20 2012

list(n)=my(v=Vec(1/cos(x+O(x^(2*n+1)))));vector(n,i,v[2*i-1]*(2*i-2)!) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2012

a(n)=subst(bernpol(2*n+1),'x,1/4)*4^(2*n+1)*(-1)^(n+1)/(2*n+1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 10 2014

a(n)=abs(eulerfrac(2*n)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 23 2022

\\ Based on an algorithm of Peter Bala, cf. link in A110501.
upto(n) = my(v1, v2, v3); v1 = vector(n+1, i, 0); v1[1] = 1; v2 = vector(n, i, i^2); v3 = v1; for(i=2, n+1, for(j=2, i-1, v1[j] += v2[i-j+1]*v1[j-1]); v1[i] = v1[i-1]; v3[i] = v1[i]); v3 \\ Mikhail Kurkov, Aug 30 2025

from functools import lru_cache
from math import comb
@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
def A000364(n): return 1 if n == 0 else (1 if n % 2 else -1)*sum((-1 if i % 2 else 1)*A000364(i)*comb(2*n,2*i) for i in range(n)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 14 2022

# after Mikhail Kurkov, based on an algorithm of Peter Bala, cf. link in A110501.
def euler_list(len: int) -> list[int]:
    if len == 0: return []
    v1 = [1] + [0] * (len - 1)
    v2 = [i**2 for i in range(1, len + 1)]
    result = [0] * len
    result[0] = 1
    for i in range(1, len):
        for j in range(1, i):
            v1[j] += v2[i - j] * v1[j - 1]
        v1[i] = v1[i - 1]
        result[i] = v1[i]
    return result
print(euler_list(1000))  # Peter Luschny, Aug 30 2025

# Algorithm of L. Seidel (1877)
# n -> [a(0), a(1), ..., a(n-1)] for n > 0.
def A000364_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
A000364_list(17) # Peter Luschny, Mar 31 2012

E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n) * x^(2*n) / (2*n)! = sec(x). - Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007
E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n) * x^(2*n+1) / (2*n+1)! = gd^(-1)(x). - Michael Somos, Aug 15 2007
E.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)*x^(2*n+1)/(2*n+1)! = 2*arctanh(cosec(x)-cotan(x)). - Ralf Stephan, Dec 16 2004
Pi/4 - [Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k/(2*k+1)] ~ (1/2)*[Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k*E(k)/(2*n)^(2k+1)] for positive even n. [Borwein, Borwein, and Dilcher]
Also, for positive odd n, log(2) - Sum_{k = 1..(n-1)/2} (-1)^(k-1)/k ~ (-1)^((n-1)/2) * Sum_{k >= 0} (-1)^k*E(k)/n^(2*k+1), where E(k) is the k-th Euler number, by Borwein, Borwein, and Dilcher, Lemma 2 with f(x) := 1/(x + 1/2), h := 1/2 and then replace x with (n-1)/2. - Peter Bala, Oct 29 2016
Let M_n be the n X n matrix M_n(i, j) = binomial(2*i, 2*(j-1)) = A086645(i, j-1); then for n>0, a(n) = det(M_n); example: det([1, 1, 0, 0; 1, 6, 1, 0; 1, 15, 15, 1; 1, 28, 70, 28 ]) = 1385. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 04 2005
This sequence is also (-1)^n*EulerE(2*n) or abs(EulerE(2*n)). - Paul Abbott (paul(AT)physics.uwa.edu.au), Apr 14 2006
a(n) = 2^n * E_n(1/2), where E_n(x) is an Euler polynomial.
a(k) = a(j) (mod 2^n) if and only if k == j (mod 2^n) (k and j  are even). [Stern; see also Wagstaff and Sun]
E_k(3^(k+1)+1)/4 = (3^k/2)*Sum_{j=0..2^n-1} (-1)^(j-1)*(2j+1)^k*[(3j+1)/2^n] (mod 2^n) where k is even and [x] is the greatest integer function. [Sun]
a(n) ~ 2^(2*n+2)*(2*n)!/Pi^(2*n+1) as n -> infinity. [corrected by Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 10 2021]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A094665(n, k)*2^(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 10 2004
Recurrence: a(n) = -(-1)^n*Sum_{i=0..n-1} (-1)^i*a(i)*binomial(2*n, 2*i). - Ralf Stephan, Feb 24 2005
O.g.f.: 1/(1-x/(1-4*x/(1-9*x/(1-16*x/(...-n^2*x/(1-...)))))) (continued fraction due to T. J. Stieltjes). - Paul D. Hanna, Oct 07 2005
a(n) = (Integral_{t=0..Pi} log(tan(t/2)^2)^(2n)dt)/Pi^(2n+1). - Logan Kleinwaks (kleinwaks(AT)alumni.princeton.edu), Mar 15 2007
From Peter Bala, Mar 24 2009: (Start)
Basic hypergeometric generating function: 2*exp(-t)*Sum {n >= 0} Product_{k = 1..n} (1-exp(-(4*k-2)*t))*exp(-2*n*t)/Product_{k = 1..n+1} (1+exp(-(4*k-2)*t)) = 1 + t + 5*t^2/2! + 61*t^3/3! + .... For other sequences with generating functions of a similar type see A000464, A002105, A002439, A079144 and A158690.
a(n) = 2*(-1)^n*L(-2*n), where L(s) is the Dirichlet L-function L(s) = 1 - 1/3^s + 1/5^s - + .... (End)
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*z^(2*n)/(4*n)!! = Beta(1/2-z/(2*Pi),1/2+z/(2*Pi))/Beta(1/2,1/2) with Beta(z,w) the Beta function. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 06 2009
a(n) = Sum_(Sum_(binomial(k,m)*(-1)^(n+k)/(2^(m-1))*Sum_(binomial(m,j)*(2*j-m)^(2*n),j,0,m/2)*(-1)^(k-m),m,0,k),k,1,2*n), n>0. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Aug 05 2010
If n is prime, then a(n)==1 (mod 2*n). - Vladimir Shevelev, Sep 04 2010
From Peter Bala, Jan 21 2011: (Start)
(1)... a(n) = (-1/4)^n*B(2*n,-1),
where {B(n,x)}n>=1 = [1, 1+x, 1+6*x+x^2, 1+23*x+23*x^2+x^3, ...] is the sequence of Eulerian polynomials of type B - see A060187. Equivalently,
(2)... a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..2*n} Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(n-j) *binomial(2*n+1,k-j)*(j+1/2)^(2*n).
We also have
(3)... a(n) = 2*A(2*n,i)/(1+i)^(2*n+1),
where i = sqrt(-1) and where {A(n,x)}n>=1 = [x, x + x^2, x + 4*x^2 + x^3, ...] denotes the sequence of Eulerian polynomials - see A008292. Equivalently,
(4)... a(n) = i*Sum_{k = 1..2*n} (-1)^(n+k)*k!*Stirling2(2*n,k) *((1+i)/2)^(k-1)
= i*Sum_{k = 1..2*n} (-1)^(n+k)*((1+i)/2)^(k-1) Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(k,j)*j^(2*n).
Either this explicit formula for a(n) or (2) above may be used to obtain congruence results for a(n). For example, for prime p
(5a)... a(p) = 1 (mod p)
(5b)... a(2*p) = 5 (mod p)
and for odd prime p
(6a)... a((p+1)/2) = (-1)^((p-1)/2) (mod p)
(6b)... a((p-1)/2) = -1 + (-1)^((p-1)/2) (mod p).
(End)
a(n) = (-1)^n*2^(4*n+1)*(zeta(-2*n,1/4) - zeta(-2*n,3/4)). - Gerry Martens, May 27 2011
a(n) may be expressed as a sum of multinomials taken over all compositions of 2*n into even parts (Vella 2008): a(n) = Sum_{compositions 2*i_1 + ... + 2*i_k = 2*n} (-1)^(n+k)* multinomial(2*n, 2*i_1, ..., 2*i_k). For example, there are 4 compositions of the number 6 into even parts, namely 6, 4+2, 2+4 and 2+2+2, and hence a(3) = 6!/6! - 6!/(4!*2!) - 6!/(2!*4!) + 6!/(2!*2!*2!) = 61. A companion formula expressing a(n) as a sum of multinomials taken over the compositions of 2*n-1 into odd parts has been given by Malenfant 2011. - Peter Bala, Jul 07 2011
a(n) = the upper left term in M^n, where M is an infinite square production matrix; M[i,j] = A000290(i) = i^2, i >= 1 and 1 <= j <= i+1, and M[i,j] = 0, i >= 1 and j >= i+2 (see examples). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 18 2011
E.g.f. A'(x) satisfies the differential equation A'(x)=cos(A(x)). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Nov 03 2011
From Peter Bala, Nov 28 2011: (Start)
a(n) = D^(2*n)(cosh(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator cosh(x)*d/dx. a(n) = D^(2*n-1)(f(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where f(x) = 1+x+x^2/2! and D is the operator f(x)*d/dx.
Other generating functions: cosh(Integral_{t = 0..x} 1/cos(t)) dt = 1 + x^2/2! + 5*x^4/4! + 61*x^6/6! + 1385*x^8/8! + .... Cf. A012131.
A(x) := arcsinh(tan(x)) = log( sec(x) + tan(x) ) = x + x^3/3! + 5*x^5/5! + 61*x^7/7! + 1385*x^9/9! + .... A(x) satisfies A'(x) = cosh(A(x)).
B(x) := Series reversion( log(sec(x) + tan(x)) ) = x - x^3/3! + 5*x^5/5! - 61*x^7/7! + 1385*x^9/9! - ... = arctan(sinh(x)). B(x) satisfies B'(x) = cos(B(x)). (End)
HANKEL transform is A097476. PSUM transform is A173226. - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
a(n+1) - a(n) = A006212(2*n). - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
a(0) = 1 and, for n > 0, a(n) = (-1)^n*((4*n+1)/(2*n+1) - Sum_{k = 1..n} (4^(2*k)/2*k)*binomial(2*n,2*k-1)*A000367(k)/A002445(k)); see the Bucur et al. link. - L. Edson Jeffery, Sep 17 2012
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} (2*n)!/2^n * x^n / Product_{k=1..n} (1 + k^2*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Sep 20 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 31 2011 to Oct 11 2013: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f.: (sec(x)) = 1+x^2/T(0), T(k) = 2(k+1)(2k+1) - x^2 + x^2*(2k+1)(2k+2)/T(k+1).
E.g.f.: 2/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x^2/(x^2 - 2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x*k*(3*k-1) - x*(k+1)*(2*k+1)*(x*k^2+1)/Q(k+1).
E.g.f.: (2 + x^2 + 2*U(0))/(2 + (2 - x^2)*U(0)) where U(k)=  4*k + 4 + 1/( 1 + x^2/(2 - x^2 + (2*k+3)*(2*k+4)/U(k+1))).
E.g.f.: 1/cos(x) = 8*(x^2+1)/(4*x^2 + 8 - x^4*U(0)) where U(k) = 1 + 4*(k+1)*(k+2)/(2*k+3 - x^2*(2*k+3)/(x^2 - 8*(k+1)*(k+2)*(k+3)/U(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 + x - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/(1 - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+2)/U(k+1)).
G.f.: 1 + x/G(0) where G(k) = 1 + x - x*(2*k+2)*(2*k+3)/(1 - x*(2*k+2)*(2*k+3)/G(k+1)).
Let F(x) = sec(x^(1/2)) = Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*x^n/(2*n)!, then F(x)=2/(Q(0) + 1) where Q(k)= 1 - x/(2*k+1)/(2*k+2)/(1 - 1/(1 + 1/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)^2/( x*(k+1)^2 - 1/Q(k+1)).
E.g.f.: 1/cos(x) = 1 + x^2/(2-x^2)*Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 2*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)/( 2*x^2*(k+1)*(2*k+1)+ (12-x^2 + 14*k + 4*k^2)*(2-x^2 + 6*k + 4*k^2)/Q(k+1)). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2*n} (Sum_{i=0..k-1} (i-k)^(2*n)*binomial(2*k,i)*(-1)^(i+k+n)) / 2^(k-1) for n>0, a(0)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 05 2012
It appears that a(n) = 3*A076552(n -1) + 2*(-1)^n for n >= 1. Conjectural congruences: a(2*n) == 5 (mod 60) for n >= 1 and a(2*n+1) == 1 (mod 60) for n >= 0. - Peter Bala, Jul 26 2013
From Peter Bala, Mar 09 2015: (Start)
O.g.f.: Sum_{n >= 0} 1/2^n * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n,k)/(1 - sqrt(-x)*(2*k + 1)) = Sum_{n >= 0} 1/2^n * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n,k)/(1 + x*(2*k + 1)^2).
O.g.f. is 1 + x*d/dx(log(F(x))), where F(x) = 1 + x + 3*x^2 + 23*x^3 + 371*x^4 + ... is the o.g.f. for A255881. (End)
Sum_(n >= 1, A034947(n)/n^(2d+1)) = a(d)*Pi^(2d+1)/(2^(2d+2)-2)(2d)! for d >= 0; see Allouche and Sondow, 2015. - Jonathan Sondow, Mar 21 2015
Asymptotic expansion: 4*(4*n/(Pi*e))^(2*n+1/2)*exp(1/2+1/(24*n)-1/(2880*n^3) +1/(40320*n^5)-...). (See the Luschny link.) - Peter Luschny, Jul 14 2015
a(n) = 2*(-1)^n*Im(Li_{-2n}(i)), where Li_n(x) is polylogarithm, i=sqrt(-1). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 22 2015
Limit_{n->infinity} ((2*n)!/a(n))^(1/(2*n)) = Pi/2. - Stanislav Sykora, Oct 07 2016
O.g.f.: 1/(1 + x - 2*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 + x - 12*x/(1 - 12*x/(1 + x - 30*x/(1 - 30*x/(1 + x - ... - (2*n - 1)*(2*n)*x/(1 - (2*n - 1)*(2*n)*x/(1 + x - ... ))))))))). - Peter Bala, Nov 09 2017
For n>0, a(n) = (-PolyGamma(2*n, 1/4) / 2^(2*n - 1) - (2^(2*n + 2) - 2) * Gamma(2*n + 1) * zeta(2*n + 1)) / Pi^(2*n + 1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 04 2020
a(n) ~ 2^(4*n + 3) * n^(2*n + 1/2) / (Pi^(2*n + 1/2) * exp(2*n)) * exp(Sum_{k>=1} bernoulli(k+1) / (k*(k+1)*2^k*n^k)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 05 2021
Peter Bala's conjectured congruences, a(2n) == 5 (mod 60) for n >= 1 and a(2n + 1) == 1 (mod 60), hold due to the results of Stern (mod 4) and Knuth & Buckholtz (mod 3 and 5). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 23 2022

Typo in name corrected by Anders Claesson, Dec 01 2015

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

Original entry on oeis.org

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

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N. J. A. Sloane

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

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

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100
Paul Barry, General Eulerian Polynomials as Moments Using Exponential Riordan Arrays, Journal of Integer Sequences, 16 (2013), #13.9.6.
Paul Barry, Generalized Eulerian Triangles and Some Special Production Matrices, arXiv:1803.10297 [math.CO], 2018.
Isabel Cação, Helmuth R. Malonek, Maria Irene Falcão, and Graça Tomaz, Combinatorial Identities Associated with a Multidimensional Polynomial Sequence, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 21 (2018), Article 18.7.4.
P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
CombOS - Combinatorial Object Server, Generate colored permutations
R. Coquereaux and J.-B. Zuber, Maps, immersions and permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03163 [math.CO], 2015.
Colin Defant, Rupert Li, James Propp, and Benjamin Young, Tilings of Benzels via the Abacus Bijection, arXiv preprint, arXiv:2209.05717 [math.CO], 2022.
Eric S. Egge, Restricted symmetric permutations, Ann. Combin., 11 (2007), 405-434.
Peter C. Fishburn, Signed Orders, Choice Probabilities and Linear Polytopes, Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 1, (2001), pp. 53-80.
Joël Gay and Vincent Pilaud, The weak order on Weyl posets, arXiv:1804.06572 [math.CO], 2018.
G. Gordon, The answer is 2^n*n! What is the question?, Amer. Math. Monthly, 106 (1999), 636-645.
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles
Guo-Niu Han, Enumeration of Standard Puzzles [Cached copy]
Hamed Hatami and Pooya Hatami, Perfect dominating sets in the Cartesian products of prime cycles, arXiv:math/0701018 [math.CO], 2006-2009.
Jason D. Hildebrand, Differentiating Arctan(x)
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 136
E. Lappo and N. A. Rosenberg, A lattice structure for ancestral configurations arising from the relationship between gene trees and species trees, Adv. Appl. Math. 343 (2024), 65-81.
L. C. Larson, The number of essentially different nonattacking rook arrangements, J. Recreat. Math., 7 (No. 3, 1974), circa pages 180-181. [Annotated scan of pages 180 and 181 only]
E. Lucas, Théorie des nombres (annotated scans of a few selected pages)
Eugene McDonnell, Magic Squares and Permutations, APL Quote Quad 7.3 (Fall 1976).
B. E. Meserve, Double Factorials, American Mathematical Monthly, 55 (1948), 425-426.
G. A. Miller, Groups formed by special matrices, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1918), 203-206.
R. Ondrejka, Tables of double factorials, Math. Comp., 24 (1970), 231.
Alexsandar Petojevic, The Function vM_m(s; a; z) and Some Well-Known Sequences, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 5 (2002), Article 02.1.7.
Luis Manuel Rivera, Integer sequences and k-commuting permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3081 [math.CO], 2014.
R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
M. Z. Spivey and L. L. Steil, The k-Binomial Transforms and the Hankel Transform, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 9 (2006), #06.1.1.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Double Factorial
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Graph Automorphism
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ladder Rung Graph
Index to divisibility sequences
Index entries for sequences related to factorial numbers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A001586 Generalized Euler numbers, or Springer numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 11, 57, 361, 2763, 24611, 250737, 2873041, 36581523, 512343611, 7828053417, 129570724921, 2309644635483, 44110959165011, 898621108880097, 19450718635716001, 445777636063460643, 10784052561125704811, 274613643571568682777, 7342627959965776406281

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N. J. A. Sloane

From Peter Bala, Feb 02 2011: (Start)
The Springer numbers were originally considered by Glaisher (see references). They are a type B analog of the zigzag numbers A000111 for the group of signed permutations.
COMBINATORIAL INTERPRETATIONS
Several combinatorial interpretations of the Springer numbers are known:
1) a(n) gives the number of Weyl chambers in the principal Springer cone of the Coxeter group B_n of symmetries of an n dimensional cube. An example can be found in [Arnold - The Calculus of snakes...].
2) Arnold found an alternative combinatorial interpretation of the Springer numbers in terms of snakes. Snakes are a generalization of alternating permutations to the group of signed permutations. A signed permutation is a sequence (x_1,x_2,...,x_n) of integers such that {|x_1|,|x_2|,...,|x_n|} = {1,2,...,n}. They form a group, the hyperoctahedral group of order 2^n*n! = A000165(n), isomorphic to the group of symmetries of the n dimensional cube. A snake of type B_n is a signed permutation (x_1,x_2,...,x_n) such that 0 < x_1  > x_2 < ... x_n. For example, (3,-4,-2,-5,1,-6) is a snake of type B_6. a(n) gives the number of snakes of type B_n [Arnold]. The cases n=2 and n=3 are given in the Example section below.
3) The Springer numbers also arise in the study of the critical points of functions; they count the topological types of odd functions with 2*n critical values [Arnold, Theorem 35].
4) Let F_n be the set of plane rooted forests satisfying the following conditions:
... each root has exactly one child, and each of the other internal nodes has exactly two (ordered) children,
... there are n nodes labeled by integers from 1 to n, but some leaves can be non-labeled (these are called empty leaves), and labels are increasing from each root down to the leaves. Then a(n) equals the cardinality of F_n. An example and proof are given in [Verges, Theorem 4.5].
OTHER APPEARANCES OF THE SPRINGER NUMBERS
1) Hoffman has given a connection between Springer numbers, snakes and the successive derivatives of the secant and tangent functions.
2) For integer N the quarter Gauss sums Q(N) are defined by ... Q(N) := Sum_{r = 0..floor(N/4)} exp(2*Pi*I*r^2/N). In the cases N = 1 (mod 4) and N = 3 (mod 4) an asymptotic series for Q(N) as N -> inf that involves the Springer numbers has been given by Evans et al., see 1.32 and 1.33.
For a sequence of polynomials related to the Springer numbers see A185417. For a table to recursively compute the Springer numbers see A185418.
(End)
Similar to the way in which the signed Euler numbers A122045 are 2^n times the value of the Euler polynomials at 1/2, the generalized signed Euler numbers A188458 can be seen as 2^n times the value of generalized Euler polynomials at 1/2. These are the Swiss-Knife polynomials A153641. A recursive definition of these polynomials is given in A081658. - Peter Luschny, Jul 19 2012
a(n) is the number of reverse-complementary updown permutations of [2n]. For example, the updown permutation 241635 is reverse-complementary because its complement is 536142, which is the same as its reverse, and a(2)=3 counts 1324, 2413, 3412. - David Callan, Nov 29 2012
a(n) = |2^n G(n,1/2;-1)|, a specialization of the Appell sequence of polynomials umbrally formed by G(n,x;t) = (G(.,0;t) + x)^n from the Grassmann polynomials G(n,0;t) of A046802 enumerating the cells of the positive Grassmannians. - Tom Copeland, Oct 14 2015
Named "Springer numbers" after the Dutch mathematician Tonny Albert Springer (1926-2011). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 13 2021

			a(2) = 3: The three snakes of type B_2 are
  (1,-2), (2,1), (2,-1).
a(3) = 11: The 11 snakes of type B_3 are
  (1,-2,3), (1,-3,2), (1,-3,-2),
  (2,1,3), (2,-1,3), (2,-3,1), (2,-3,-1),
  (3,1,2), (3,-1,2), (3,-2,1), (3,-2,-1).

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Matthew House, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..432 (terms 0..100 from T. D. Noe)
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Cf. A007836, A079858, A185417, A185418, A212435.
Row 2 of A349271.
Bisections are A000281 and A000464. Overview in A349264.
Related polynomials are given in A098432, A081658 and A153641.
Cf. A046802.

a := proc(n) local k; (-1)^iquo(n,2)*add(2^k*binomial(n,k)*euler(k),k=0..n) end; # Peter Luschny, Jul 08 2009
a := n -> (-1)^(n+iquo(n,2))*2^(3*n+1)*(Zeta(0,-n,1/8) - Zeta(0,-n,5/8)):
seq(a(n),n=0..21); # Peter Luschny, Mar 11 2015

n=21; CoefficientList[Series[1/(Cos[x]-Sin[x]), {x, 0, n}], x] * Table[k!, {k, 0, n}] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 18 2011 *)
Table[Abs[Numerator[EulerE[n,1/4]]],{n,0,35}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 18 2011 *)

{a(n) = if(n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( 1 / (cos(x + x * O(x^n)) - sin(x + x * O(x^n))), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004 */

{a(n) = my(an); if(n<2, n>=0, an = vector(n+1, m, 1); for(m=2, n, an[m+1] = 2*an[m] + an[m-1] + sum(k=0, m-3, binomial(m-2, k) * (an[k+1] * an[m-1-k] + 2*an[k+2] * an[m-k] - an[k+3] * an[m-1-k]))); an[n+1])}; /* Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004 */

/* Explicit formula by Peter Bala: */
{a(n)=((1+I)/2)^n*sum(k=0,n,((1-I)/(1+I))^k*sum(j=0,k,(-1)^(k-j)*binomial(n+1,k-j)*(2*j+1)^n))}

@CachedFunction
def p(n,x) :
    if n == 0 : return 1
    w = -1 if n%2 == 0 else 0
    v =  1 if n%2 == 0 else -1
    return v*add(p(k,0)*binomial(n,k)*(x^(n-k)+w) for k in range(n)[::2])
def A001586(n) : return abs(2^n*p(n, 1/2))
[A001586(n) for n in (0..21)] # Peter Luschny, Jul 19 2012

E.g.f.: 1/(cos(x) - sin(x)).
Values at 1 of polynomials Q_n() defined in A104035. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 06 2009
a(n) = numerator of abs(Euler(n,1/4)). - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 07 2009
Let B_n(x) = Sum_{k=0.. n*(n-1)/2} b(n,k)*x^k, where b(n,k) is number of n-node acyclic digraphs with k arcs, cf. A081064; then a(n) = |B_n(-2)|. - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 25 2005
G.f. A(x) = y satisfies y'^2 = 2y^4 - y^2, y''y = y^2 + 2y'^2. - Michael Somos, Feb 03 2004
a(n) = (-1)^floor(n/2) Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k C(n,k) Euler(k). - Peter Luschny, Jul 08 2009
From Peter Bala, Feb 02 2011: (Start)
(1)... a(n) = ((1 + i)/2)^n*B(n,(1 - i)/(1 + i)), where i = sqrt(-1) and {B(n,x)}n>=0 = [1, 1 + x, 1 + 6*x + x^2, 1 + 23*x + 23*x^2 + x^3, ...] is the sequence of type B Eulerian polynomials - see A060187.
This yields the explicit formula
(2)... a(n) = ((1 + i)/2)^n*Sum_{k = 0..n} ((1 - i)/(1 + i))^k * Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(n+1,k-j)*(2*j + 1)^n.
The result (2) can be used to find congruences satisfied by the Springer numbers. For example, for odd prime p
(3)
... a(p) = 1 (mod p) when p = 4*n + 1
... a(p) = -1 (mod p) when p = 4*n + 3.
(End)
E.g.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - x/((2k+1)-x*(2k+1)/(x+(2k+2)/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 19 2011
E.g.f.: 2/U(0) where U(k) = 1 + 1/(1 + x/(2*k + 1 -x - (2*k+1)/(2 - x/(x+ (2*k+2)/U(k+1))))); (continued fraction, 5-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 24 2012
E.g.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - x/(4*k+1 - x*(4*k+1)/(4*k+2 + x + x*(4*k+2)/(4*k+3 - x - x*(4*k+3)/(x + (4*k+4)/G(k+1) )))); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 5-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 02 2012
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - x*(2*k+1) - 2*x^2*(k+1)*(k+1)/G(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 11 2013
a(n) = | 2*4^n*lerchphi(-1, -n, 1/4) |. - Peter Luschny, Apr 27 2013
a(n) ~ 4 * n^(n+1/2) * (4/Pi)^n / (sqrt(Pi)*exp(n)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 07 2013
G.f.: T(0)/(1-x), where T(k) = 1 - 2*x^2*(k+1)^2/( 2*x^2*(k+1)^2 - (1-x-2*x*k)*(1-3*x-2*x*k)/T(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 15 2013
a(n) = (-1)^C(n+1,2)*2^(3*n+1)*(Zeta(-n,1/8)-Zeta(-n,5/8)), where Zeta(a,z) is the generalized Riemann zeta function. - Peter Luschny, Mar 11 2015
E.g.f. A(x) satisfies: A(x) = exp( Integral A(x)/A(-x) dx ). - Paul D. Hanna, Feb 04 2017
E.g.f. A(x) satisfies: A'(x) = A(x)^2/A(-x). - Paul D. Hanna, Feb 04 2017

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 25 2005

Row sums are:{1, 2, 23550, 43415946, 764706337542, 12915928055056194,
589740008382887355630, 34621385290631641181980314,
3529900361215340810891790303798, 482387142371699171544762551301105426,
95463751455117339958648491169567658521950,...}.

The equation solved for integer q is q*exp(x*t)/(q - 1 + exp(x)) - exp(t) *x/(-exp(2*t) + x) = 0.
The row sums are alternating sign powers of two: {1, -2, 4, -8, 16, -32, 64, -128, 256, -512, 1024, ...}.
This result comes out backward to the one in A178232 and took fewer factors to get the simple representation here.
There seems to be no q=2 lower limit/offset.

Consider the triangle T(n,k) given by T(n, 1) = T(n,n) = 1, otherwise T(n, k) = (m*n-m*k+1)*T(n-1,k-1) + (m*k-m+1)*T(n-1,k). For m = ...,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,... we get ..., A225372, A144431, A007318, A008292, A060187, A142458, ... - N. J. A. Sloane, May 08 2013

There is a nice geometric interpretation. Let V be a Euclidean space containing a root system of type B_n. We can decompose V into a disjoint union of 'cells', a cell being simply a maximal connected subset C of V with the property that if C has nonempty intersection with the orthogonal complement of some root a, then C lies entirely within the orthogonal complement of a. a(n) is then the number of cells.
For example, if n=2 then we can take V=R^2 and the roots to be (1,0), (0,1), (1,1), (-1, -1) and their negatives. The 17 cells are as follows: the set containing the origin O; the eight "open" halflines radiating from O and containing a root (but not O); the eight connected components of V minus the union of the nine cells already described. The corresponding sequences for types A,D are A000670, A080254 respectively.
Also number of signed orders.

Related triangles may be found by varying the function f(x). If f(x) is a linear function, it can be parameterized as f(x) = a*x + b. With different values for a and b, the following triangles are obtained:
  a\b 1.......2.......3.......4.......5.......6
  -1  A144431
  0   A007318 A038208 A038221
  1   A008292 A256890 A257180 A257606 A257607
  2   A060187 A257609 A257611 A257613 A257615
  3   A142458 A257610 A257620 A257622 A257624 A257626
  4   A142459 A257612 A257621
  5   A142460 A257614 A257623
  6   A142461 A257616 A257625
  7   A142462 A257617 A257627
  8   A167884 A257618
  9   A257608 A257619
The row sums of these, and similarly constructed number triangles, are shown in the following table:
  a\b 1.......2.......3.......4.......5.......6.......7.......8.......9
  0   A000079 A000302 A000400
  1   A000142 A001715 A001725 A049388 A049198
  2   A000165 A002866 A002866 A051580 A051582
  3   A008544 A051578 A037559 A051605 A051607 A051609
  4   A001813 A047053 A000407 A034177 A051618 A051620 A051622
  5   A047055 A008546 A008548 A034300 A034325 A051688 A051690
  6   A047657 A049308 A047058 A034689 A034724 A034788 A053101 A053103
  7   A084947 A144827 A049209 A045754 A034830 A034832 A034834 A053105
  8   A084948 A144828 A147626 A051189 A034908 A034910 A034912 A034976 A053115
  9   A084949 A144829 A147630 A049211 A045756 A035013 A035018 A035021 A035023
  10                                  A051262 A035265 A035273         A035277
  11                                  A254322
  12                                          A145448
The formula can be further generalized to: t(n,m) = f(m+s)*t(n-1,m) + f(n-s)*t(n,m-1), where f(x) = a*x + b. The following table specifies triangles with nonzero values for s (given after the slash).
  a\b  0           1           2          3
  -2   A130595/1
  -1
  0
  1    A110555/-1  A120434/-1  A144697/1  A144699/2
With the absolute value, f(x) = |x|, one obtains A038221/3, A038234/4, A038247/5, A038260/6, A038273/7, A038286/8, A038299/9 (with value for s after the slash).
If f(x) = A000045(x) (Fibonacci) and s = 1, the result is A010048 (Fibonomial).
In the notation of Carlitz and Scoville, this is the triangle of generalized Eulerian numbers A(r, s | alpha, beta) with alpha = beta = 2. Also the array A(2,1,4) in the notation of Hwang et al. (see page 31). - Peter Bala, Dec 27 2019

The sum of cubes of even divisors of 2*k equals 8*A001158(k), and the sum of cubes of even divisors of 2*k-1 vanishes, for k >= 1. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 07 2017

Sum_{k>=1} 1/a(k) diverges. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 21 2020

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A178234 A triangle sequence derived from setting an Euler numbers A122045 generalization equal to the MacMahon numbers A060187 to get a generating function expansion: p(x,t) = (exp(t)* (1 - exp(x))* x)/(exp(2 t + t x) + exp(t)* x - exp(tx) x).

A142458 Triangle T(n,k) read by rows: T(n,k) = 1 if k=1 or k=n, otherwise T(n,k) = (3n-3k+1)T(n-1,k-1) + (3k-2)*T(n-1,k).

A256890 Triangle T(n,k) = t(n-k, k); t(n,m) = f(m)t(n-1,m) + f(n)t(n,m-1), where f(x) = x + 2.