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A001813
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Quadruple factorial numbers: a(n) = (2n)!/n!.
(Formerly M2040 N0808)
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1, 2, 12, 120, 1680, 30240, 665280, 17297280, 518918400, 17643225600, 670442572800, 28158588057600, 1295295050649600, 64764752532480000, 3497296636753920000, 202843204931727360000, 12576278705767096320000, 830034394580628357120000, 58102407620643984998400000
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Counts binary rooted trees (with out-degree <= 2), embedded in plane, with n labeled end nodes of degree 1. Unlabeled version gives Catalan numbers A000108.
Define a "downgrade" to be the permutation which places the items of a permutation in descending order. We are concerned with permutations that are identical to their downgrades. Only permutations of order 4n and 4n+1 can have this property; the number of permutations of length 4n having this property are equinumerous with those of length 4n+1. If a permutation p has this property then the reversal of this permutation also has it. a(n) = number of permutations of length 4n and 4n+1 that are identical to their downgrades. - Eugene McDonnell (eemcd(AT)mac.com), Oct 26 2003
Number of broadcast schemes in the complete graph on n+1 vertices, K_{n+1}. - Calin D. Morosan (cd_moros(AT)alumni.concordia.ca), Nov 28 2008
The e.g.f. of 1/a(n) = n!/(2*n)! is (exp(sqrt(x)) + exp(-sqrt(x)) )/2. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2012
Aerated with intervening zeros (1,0,2,0,12,0,120,...) = a(n) (cf. A123023 and A001147), the e.g.f. is e^(t^2), so this is the base for the Appell sequence with e.g.f. e^(t^2) e^(x*t) = exp(P(.,x),t) (reverse A059344, cf. A099174, A066325 also). P(n,x) = (a. + x)^n with (a.)^n = a_n and comprise the umbral compositional inverses for e^(-t^2)e^(x*t) = exp(UP(.,x),t), i.e., UP(n,P(.,t)) = x^n = P(n,UP(.,t)), e.g., (P(.,t))^n = P(n,t).
Equals A000407*2 with leading 1 added. (End)
a(n) is also the number of square roots of any permutation in S_{4*n} whose disjoint cycle decomposition consists of 2*n transpositions. - Luis Manuel Rivera Martínez, Mar 04 2015
For n > 1, it follows from the formula dated Aug 07 2013 that a(n) is a Zumkeller number (A083207). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Feb 28 2017
For n divisible by 4, a(n/4) is the number of ways to place n points on an n X n grid with pairwise distinct abscissae, pairwise distinct ordinates, and 90-degree rotational symmetry. For n == 1 (mod 4), the number of ways is a((n-1)/4) because the center point can be considered "fixed". For 180-degree rotational symmetry see A006882, for mirror symmetry see A000085, A135401, and A297708. - Manfred Scheucher, Dec 29 2017
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REFERENCES
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D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 4, Section 7.2.1.6, Eq. 32.
L. C. Larson, The number of essentially different nonattacking rook arrangements, J. Recreat. Math., 7 (No. 3, 1974), circa pages 180-181.
Eugene McDonnell, "Magic Squares and Permutations" APL Quote-Quad 7.3 (Fall, 1976)
R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
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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FORMULA
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E.g.f.: (1-4*x)^(-1/2).
a(n) = (2*n)!/n! = Product_{k=0..n-1} (4*k + 2).
Integral representation as n-th moment of a positive function on a positive half-axis, in Maple notation: a(n) = int(x^n*exp(-x/4)/(sqrt(x)*2*sqrt(Pi)), x=0..infinity), n=0, 1, .. . This representation is unique. - Karol A. Penson, Sep 18 2001
Define a'(1)=1, a'(n) = Sum_{k=1..n-1} a'(n-k)*a'(k)*C(n, k); then a(n)=a'(n+1). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 27 2003
With interpolated zeros (1, 0, 2, 0, 12, ...) this has e.g.f. exp(x^2). - Paul Barry, May 09 2003
a(n) = A000680(n)/A000142(n)*A000079(n) = Product_{i=0..n-1} (4*i + 2) = 4^n*Pochhammer(1/2, n) = 4^n*GAMMA(n+1/2)/sqrt(Pi). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 13 2003
For asymptotics, see the Robinson paper.
a(n) = (-1)^n*A097388(n). - D. Morosan (cd_moros(AT)alumni.concordia.ca), Nov 28 2008
G.f.: 1/(1-2x/(1-4x/(1-6x/(1-8x/(1-10x/(1-... (continued fraction);
G.f.: 1/(1-2x-8x^2/(1-10x-48x^2/(1-18x-120x^2/(1-26x-224x^2/(1-34x-360x^2/(1-42x-528x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Nov 25 2009
a(n) = upper left term of M^n, M = an infinite square production matrix as follows:
2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...
4, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, ...
6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 0, ...
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, ...
...
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a(n) = (-2)^n*Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k*s(n+1,n+1-k), where s(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the first kind, A048994. - Mircea Merca, May 03 2012
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + x*(4*k+2) - x*(4*k+4)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 18 2013
G.f.: 2/G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(8*k+4)/(x*(8*k+4) - 1 + 8*x*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 30 2013
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 2*x/(2*x + 1/(2*k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 01 2013
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = (4*n-6)*a(n-2) + (4*n-3)*a(n-1), n>=2. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 07 2013
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = (exp(1/4)*sqrt(Pi)*erf(1/2) + 2)/2 = 1 + A214869, where erf(x) is the error function. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 10 2016
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1 - sqrt(Pi)*erfi(1/2)/(2*exp(1/4)), where erfi(x) is the imaginary error function. - Amiram Eldar, Feb 20 2021
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EXAMPLE
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The following permutations of order 8 and their reversals have this property:
1 7 3 5 2 4 0 6
1 7 4 2 5 3 0 6
2 3 7 6 1 0 4 5
2 4 7 1 6 0 3 5
3 2 6 7 0 1 5 4
3 5 1 7 0 6 2 4
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MAPLE
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A001813 := n -> mul(k, k = select(k-> k mod 4 = 2, [$1 .. 4*n])): seq(A001813(n), n=0..16);
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(Sage) [binomial(2*n, n)*factorial(n) for n in range(0, 17)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 03 2009
(PARI) first(n) = x='x+O('x^n); Vec(serlaplace((1 - 4*x)^(-1/2))) \\ Iain Fox, Jan 01 2018 (corrected by Iain Fox, Jan 11 2018)
(Maxima) makelist(binomial(n+n, n)*n!, n, 0, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
(Magma) [Factorial(2*n)/Factorial(n): n in [0..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 09 2018
(GAP) List([0..20], n->Factorial(2*n)/Factorial(n)); # Muniru A Asiru, Nov 01 2018
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from math import factorial
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A037224, A048854, A001147, A007696, A008545, A122670 (essentially the same sequence), A000165, A047055, A047657, A084947, A084948, A084949, A010050, A000142, A008275, A000108, A000984, A008276, A000680, A094216.
Catalan(n-1)*M^(n-1)*n! for M=1,2,3,4,5,6: A001813, A052714 (or A144828), A221954, A052734, A221953, A221955.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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approved
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