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A004990 (3^n/n!)*product[ k=0..n-1 ](3*k - 1). 3
1, -3, -9, -45, -270, -1782, -12474, -90882, -681615, -5225715, -40760577, -322379109, -2579032872, -20830650120, -169621008120, -1390892266584, -11474861199318, -95173848770814, -793115406423450, -6637123664280450, -55751838779955780 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

FORMULA

A(x) = (1 - 9*x)^(1/3).

a(n) ~ -1/3*Gamma(2/3)^-1*n^(-4/3)*3^(2*n)*{1 + 2/9*n^-1 + ...}.

PROG

(PARI): for(n=0, 30, print1( (3^n/n!)*prod(k=0, n-1, (3*k-1) ), ", "))

CROSSREFS

a(n)=9*A034164(n-2), n >= 2.

Sequence in context: A138315 A038059 A174318 * A027616 A013492 A106341

Adjacent sequences:  A004987 A004988 A004989 * A004991 A004992 A004993

KEYWORD

sign,easy

AUTHOR

Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Jason Earls (zevi_35711(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 03 2001

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