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A003720 E.g.f. tan(tan(tan(x))).
(Formerly M4301)
0
1, 6, 168, 10672, 1198080, 208521728, 51874413568, 17449541107712, 7622674735988736, 4193561606973095936, 2836052065377836597248, 2312174256451088534208512, 2236165580390456719589769216 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

REFERENCES

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

LINKS

Vladimir Kruchinin, Compositae and their properties, arXiv:1103.2582

FORMULA

a(n)=b(2*n-1) where b(n)=sum(m=1..n, (((-1)^(m-1)+1)*(sum(j=1..m, j!*2^(m-j-1)*(-1)^((m+1)/2+j)*stirling2(m,j)))*sum(k=m..n,(((-1)^(k-m)+1)*(sum(j=m..k, binomial(j-1,m-1)*j!*2^(k-j-1)*stirling2(k,j)*(-1)^((m+k)/2+j)))*((-1)^(n-k)+1)*sum(j=k,n, binomial(j-1,k-1)*j!*2^(n-j-1)*(-1)^((n+k)/2+j)*stirling2(n,j)))/k!))/m!); [From Vladimir Kruchinin kru(AT)ie.tusur.ru, Apr 23 2011]

MATHEMATICA

Rest@ Union[ Range[0, 25]! CoefficientList[ Series[Tan@ Tan@ Tan@ x, {x, 0, 25}], x]] (* Robert G. Wilson v *)

PROG

(Maxima)

a(n):=b(2*n-1);

b(n):=sum((((-1)^(m-1)+1)*(sum(j!*2^(m-j-1)*(-1)^((m+1)/2+j)*stirling2(m, j), j, 1, m))*sum((((-1)^(k-m)+1)*(sum(binomial(j-1, m-1)*j!*2^(k-j-1)*stirling2(k, j)*(-1)^((m+k)/2+j), j, m, k))*((-1)^(n-k)+1)*sum(binomial(j-1, k-1)*j!*2^(n-j-1)*(-1)^((n+k)/2+j)*stirling2(n, j), j, k, n))/k!, k, m, n))/m!, m, 1, n); [From Vladimir Kruchinin kru(AT)ie.tusur.ru, Apr 23 2011]

(Pari) x='x+O('x^66); /* that many terms */

serlaplace(tan(tan(tan(x)))) /* show terms */ /* Joerg Arndt, Apr 26 2011 */

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A104729 A106661 A181013 * A002884 A198176 A166762

Adjacent sequences:  A003717 A003718 A003719 * A003721 A003722 A003723

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

R. H. Hardin (rhhardin(AT)att.net)

EXTENSIONS

Extended and formatted Mar 15 1997 by Olivier Gerard

Corrected definition, Joerg Arndt, Apr 26 2011.

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