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A005225 Number of permutations of length n with equal cycles.
(Formerly M0903)
7
1, 2, 3, 10, 25, 176, 721, 6406, 42561, 436402, 3628801, 48073796, 479001601, 7116730336, 88966701825, 1474541093026, 20922789888001, 400160588853026, 6402373705728001, 133991603578884052, 2457732174030848001 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

a(n)=(n-1)!+1 iff n is a prime.

REFERENCES

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

D. P. Walsh, A differentiation-based characterization of primes, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc., 25 (No. 2, 2002), p. 339, #975-11-237.

H. S. Wilf, Three problems in combinatorial asymptotics, J. Combin. Theory, A 35 (1983), 199-207.

LINKS

D. P. Walsh, Primality test based on the generating function

D. P. Walsh, A differentiation-based characterization of primes

FORMULA

a(n) = n!*sum(((n/k)!*k^(n/k))^(-1)) where sum is over all divisors k of n. Exponential generating function [for a(1) through a(n)]= sum(exp(t^k/k), k=1..n).

EXAMPLE

For example, a(4)=10 since, of the 24 permutations of length 4, there are 6 permutations with consist of a single 4-cycle, 3 permutations that consist of two 2-cycles and 1 permutation with four 1-cycles. Also, a(7)=721 since there are 720 permutations with a single cycle of length 7 and 1 permutation with seven 1-cycles.

MATHEMATICA

Table[n! Sum[((n/d)!*d^(n/d))^(-1), {d, Divisors[n]}], {n, 21}] (* From Jean-François Alcover, Apr 04 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A103018 A005158 A182926 * A052929 A151415 A134588

Adjacent sequences:  A005222 A005223 A005224 * A005226 A005227 A005228

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

Additional comments from Dennis P. Walsh (dwalsh(AT)mtsu.edu), Dec 08 2000

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Dec 01 2001

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