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A002421
Expansion of (1-4*x)^(3/2) in powers of x.
(Formerly M4058 N1683)
20
1, -6, 6, 4, 6, 12, 28, 72, 198, 572, 1716, 5304, 16796, 54264, 178296, 594320, 2005830, 6843420, 23571780, 81880920, 286583220, 1009864680, 3580429320, 12765008880, 45741281820, 164668614552, 595340375688, 2160865067312, 7871722745208, 28772503827312
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Terms that are not divisible by 12 have indices in A019469. - Ralf Stephan, Aug 26 2004
From Ralf Steiner, Apr 06 2017: (Start)
By analytic continuation to the entire complex plane there exist regularized values for divergent sums such as:
Sum_{k>=0} a(k)^2/8^k = 2F1(-3/2,-3/2,1,2).
Sum_{k>=0} a(k) / 2^k = -i. (End)
REFERENCES
A. Fletcher, J. C. P. Miller, L. Rosenhead and L. J. Comrie, An Index of Mathematical Tables. Vols. 1 and 2, 2nd ed., Blackwell, Oxford and Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1962, Vol. 1, p. 55.
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. N. Thiele, Interpolationsrechnung. Teubner, Leipzig, 1909, p. 164.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n} binomial(n, m)*K_m(4), where K_m(x) = K_m(n, 2, x) is a Krawtchouk polynomial. - Alexander Barg (abarg(AT)research.bell-labs.com)
a(n) ~ (3/4)*Pi^(-1/2)*n^(-5/2)*2^(2*n)*(1 + 15/8*n^-1 + ...). - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Nov 22 2001
From Ralf Stephan, Mar 11 2004: (Start)
a(n) = 12*(2*n-4)! /(n!*(n-2)!), n > 1.
a(n) = 12*Cat(n-2)/n = 2(Cat(n-1) - 4*Cat(n-2)), in terms of Catalan numbers (A000108).
Terms that are not divisible by 12 have indices in A019469. (End)
Let rho(x)=(1/Pi)*(x*(4-x))^(3/2), then for n >= 4, a(n) = Integral_{x=0..4} (x^(n-4) *rho(x)) dx. - Groux Roland, Mar 16 2011
G.f.: (1-4*x)^(3/2) = 1 - 6*x + 12*x^2/(G(0) + 2*x); G(k) = (4*x+1)*k-2*x+2-2*x*(k+2)*(2*k+1)/G(k+1); for -1/4 <= x < 1/4, otherwise G(0) = 2*x; (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 05 2011
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 + 4*x*(2*k+1)/(1 - 1/(1 + (2*k+2)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 18 2012
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 2 + 2*x*(2*k-3)*G(k+1)/(k+1). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 06 2013 [Edited by Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013]
0 = a(n+2) * (a(n+1) - 14*a(n)) + a(n+1) * (6*a(n+1) + 16*a(n)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013
A232546(n) = 3^n * a(n). - Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013
G.f.: hypergeometric1F0(-3/2;;4*x). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 09 2015
a(n) = 3*4^(n-1)*Gamma(-3/2+n)/(sqrt(Pi)*Gamma(1+n)). - Peter Luschny, Dec 14 2015
From Ralf Steiner, Apr 06 2017: (Start)
Sum_{k>=0} a(k)/4^k = 0.
Sum_{k>=0} a(k)^2/16^k = 32/(3*Pi).
Sum_{k>=0} a(k)^2*(k/8)/16^k = 1/Pi.
Sum_{k>=0} a(k)^2*(-k/24+1/8)/16^k = 1/Pi.
Sum_{k>=0} a(k-1)^2*(k-1/4)/16^k = 1/Pi.
Sum_{k>=0} a(k-1)^2*(2k-2)/16^k = 1/Pi.(End)
D-finite with recurrence: n*a(n) +2*(-2*n+5)*a(n-1)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 20 2020
From Amiram Eldar, Mar 22 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 4/3 + 10*Pi/(81*sqrt(3)).
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 92/75 - 4*sqrt(5)*log(phi)/125, where phi is the golden ratio (A001622). (End)
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 - 6*x + 6*x^2 + 4*x^3 + 6*x^4 + 12*x^5 + 28*x^6 + 72*x^7 + 198*x^8 + 572*x^9 + ...
MAPLE
A002421 := n -> 3*4^(n-1)*GAMMA(-3/2+n)/(sqrt(Pi)*GAMMA(1+n)):
seq(A002421(n), n=0..29); # Peter Luschny, Dec 14 2015
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[(1-4x)^(3/2), {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 11 2012
a[n_]:= Binomial[ 3/2, n] (-4)^n; (* Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013 *)
a[n_]:= SeriesCoefficient[(1-4x)^(3/2), {x, 0, n}]; (* Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013 *)
PROG
(Magma) [1, -6] cat [12*Catalan(n-2)/n: n in [2..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 11 2012
(PARI) {a(n) = binomial( 3/2, n) * (-4)^n}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013 */
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, polcoeff( (1 - 4*x + x * O(x^n))^(3/2), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 04 2013 */
(Sage) ((1-4*x)^(3/2)).series(x, 40).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Jul 03 2019
(GAP) Concatenation([1], List([1..40], n-> 12*Factorial(2*n-4) /( Factorial(n)*Factorial(n-2)) )) # G. C. Greubel, Jul 03 2019
KEYWORD
sign,easy
STATUS
approved

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