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A002596 Numerators in expansion of sqrt(1+x). Absolute values give numerators in expansion of sqrt(1-x).
(Formerly M3768 N1538)
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%I M3768 N1538 #90 Jun 07 2022 02:30:13

%S 1,1,-1,1,-5,7,-21,33,-429,715,-2431,4199,-29393,52003,-185725,334305,

%T -9694845,17678835,-64822395,119409675,-883631595,1641030105,

%U -6116566755,11435320455,-171529806825,322476036831,-1215486600363,2295919134019

%N Numerators in expansion of sqrt(1+x). Absolute values give numerators in expansion of sqrt(1-x).

%C Also, absolute values are numerators of (2n-3)!!/n! or the odd part of the (n-1)-th Catalan number.

%C From _Dimitri Papadopoulos_, Oct 28 2016: (Start)

%C The sum of the coefficients of the expansion of sqrt(1+x) is sqrt(2) (easy). Observation: The sum of the squares of the coefficients is 4/Pi.

%C Observation/conjecture: If a term of this sequence is divisible by a prime p, then that term is in a block of exactly (p^k-3)/2 consecutive terms all of which are divisible by p. Furthermore, if a(n) is the term preceding such a block then a(p*n-(p-1)/2) also precedes a block of (p^(k+1)-3)/2 terms all divisible by p.

%C E.g., a(4)=-5 is divisible by 5 and is in a block of (5^1 - 3)/2 = 1 consecutive terms that are all divisible by 5. Then a(5*3 - (5-1)/2) = a(13) = 52003 precedes a block of exactly (5^2 - 3)/2 = 11 terms all divisible by 5.

%C (End)

%D B. D. Hughes, Random Walks and Random Environments, Oxford 1995, vol. 1, p. 513, Eq. (7.281).

%D M. Kauers and P. Paule, The Concrete Tetrahedron, Springer 2011, p. 88.

%D Eli Maor, e: The Story of a Number. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press (1994): 72.

%D N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

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

%H T. D. Noe, <a href="/A002596/b002596.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200</a>

%H T. Copeland, <a href="http://tcjpn.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/the-elliptic-lie-triad-kdv-and-ricattt-equations-infinigens-and-elliptic-genera/">Addendum to Elliptic Lie Triad</a>

%H Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LegendrePolynomial.html">Legendre Polynomial</a>

%F a(n+2) = C(n+1)/2^k(n+1), n >= 0; where C(n) = A000108(n), k(n) = A048881(n).

%F From _Johannes W. Meijer_, Jun 08 2009: (Start)

%F a(n) = (-1)^n*numerator((1/(1-2*n))*binomial(2*n,n)/(4^n)).

%F (1+x)^(1/2) = Sum_{n>=0} (1/(1-2*n))*binomial(2*n,n)/(4^n)*(-x)^n.

%F (1-x)^(1/2) = Sum_{n>=0} (1/(1-2*n))*binomial(2*n,n)/(4^n)*(x)^n. (End)

%F a(n) = numerator(Product_{k=1..n} (3-2*k)/(2*k)). - _Dimitri Papadopoulos_, Oct 22 2016

%e sqrt(1+x) = 1 + (1/2)*x - (1/8)*x^2 + (1/16)*x^3 - (5/128)*x^4 + (7/256)*x^5 - (21/1024)*x^6 + (33/2048)*x^7 + ...

%e Coefficients are 1, 1/2, -1/8, 1/16, -5/128, 7/256, -21/1024, 33/2048, -429/32768, 715/65536, -2431/262144, 4199/524288, -29393/4194304, 52003/8388608, ...

%p seq(numer(subs(k=1/2,expand(binomial(k,n)))),n=0..50); # _James R. Buddenhagen_, Aug 16 2014

%t 1+InverseSeries[Series[2^p*y+y^2/2^q, {y, 0, 24}], x] (* p, q positive integers, then a(n)=numerator(y(n)). - _Len Smiley_, Apr 13 2000 *)

%t Numerator[CoefficientList[Series[Sqrt[1+x],{x,0,30}],x]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Oct 22 2011 *)

%t Table[Numerator[Product[(3 - 2 k)/(2 k) , {k, j}]], {j, 0, 30}] (* _Dimitri Papadopoulos_, Oct 22 2016 *)

%o (PARI) x = 'x + O('x^40); apply(x->numerator(x), Vec(sqrt(1+x))) \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jan 14 2016

%o (Magma) [(-1)^n*Numerator((1/(1-2*n))*Binomial(2*n,n)/(4^n)): n in [0..30]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Jan 14 2016

%Y Denominators are A046161.

%Y Cf. A001795.

%Y Equals A000265(A000108(n-1)), n>0.

%Y Absolute values are essentially A098597.

%Y From _Johannes W. Meijer_, Jun 08 2009: (Start)

%Y Cf. A161200 [(1-x)^(3/2)] and A161202 [(1-x)^(5/2)], A001803 [(1-x)^(-3/2)].

%Y Cf. A161198 = triangle related to the series expansions of (1-x)^((-1-2*n)/2) for all values of n. (End)

%K easy,nice,frac,sign

%O 0,5

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

%E Minor correction to definition from _Johannes W. Meijer_, Jun 05 2009

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