A002555 Denominators of coefficients for numerical differentiation. (Formerly M5177 N2249)

1, 24, 5760, 322560, 51609600, 13624934400, 19837904486400, 2116043145216, 20720294477955072, 15747423803245854720, 131978409017679544320, 72852081777759108464640, 151532330097738945606451200, 2828603495157793651320422400, 19687080326298243813190139904000

Offset

1,2

References

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).

Links

Ruperto Corso, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..387

W. G. Bickley and J. C. P. Miller, Numerical differentiation near the limits of a difference table, Phil. Mag., 33 (1942), 1-12 (plus tables).

W. G. Bickley and J. C. P. Miller, Numerical differentiation near the limits of a difference table, Phil. Mag., 33 (1942), 1-12 (plus tables) [Annotated scanned copy]

T. R. Van Oppolzer, Lehrbuch zur Bahnbestimmung der Kometen und Planeten, Vol. 2, Engelmann, Leipzig, 1880, p. 23.

Formula

a(n) is the denominator of (-1)^(n-1)*Cn-1{1^2..(2n-1)^2}/((2n)!*2^(2n-3)), where Cn{1^2..(2n+1)^2} is equal to 1 when n=0, otherwise, it is the sum of the products of all possible combinations, of size n, of the numbers (2k+1)^2 with k=0,1,..,n. - Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011

a(n) = denominator(A001824(n-1)*(-1)^(n-1)/(2^(2*n-3)*(2*n)!)). - Sean A. Irvine, Mar 29 2014

Maple

with(combinat): a:=n->add(mul(k, k=j), j=choose([seq((2*i-1)^2, i=1..n)], n-1))*(-1)^(n-1)/(2^(2*n-3)*(2*n)!): seq(denom(a(n)), n=1..20); # Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011

Crossrefs

Cf. A001824, A002554.

Sequence in context: A100089 A151598 A003787 * A239898 A002198 A277001

Adjacent sequences: A002552 A002553 A002554 * A002556 A002557 A002558

Keyword

nonn,frac

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

More terms from Ruperto Corso, Dec 15 2011

Status

approved