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A038048 (n-1)! * sigma(n). 11
1, 3, 8, 42, 144, 1440, 5760, 75600, 524160, 6531840, 43545600, 1117670400, 6706022400, 149448499200, 2092278988800, 40537905408000, 376610217984000, 13871809695744000, 128047474114560000, 5109094217170944000 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

sigma(n) = A000203(n) is the sum of the divisors of n.

Number of labeled regular octopi (or octopuses, cycles of ordered sets all the same size).

REFERENCES

F. Bergeron, G. Labelle and P. Leroux, Combinatorial Species and Tree-Like Structures, Camb. 1998, p. 56 (1.4.67).

L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 159, #10, A(n,1).

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..100

H. Ochiai, Counting functions for branched covers of elliptic curves and quasi-modular forms

FORMULA

a(n) = Sum(d|n, n!/d). - Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 24 2005

a(p) = (p+1)*(p-1)! if p is a prime. - Amarnath Murthy (amarnath_murthy(AT)yahoo.com), Jul 24 2005

E.g.f.: log(f(x)), where f(x) = o.g.f. for partitions (A000041), Product(k=1..infinity, 1/(1-x^k)) - N. J. A. Sloane.

E.g.f.: Sum(k>0, x^k/(k*(1-x^k))). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Mar 27 2005

EXAMPLE

a(6) = 5! * (1 + 2 + 3 + 6) = 1440.

MAPLE

with(numtheory): a:=proc(n) local div: div:=divisors(n): n!*sum(1/div[j], j=1..tau(n)) end: seq(a(n), n=1..23); (Deutsch)

MATHEMATICA

a[n_] := (n-1)!*DivisorSigma[1, n]; Table[a[n], {n, 20}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 23 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A058892, A057625, A000203, A110373, A110374.

Left edge of triangle in A008298.

Sequence in context: A152394 A168468 A128322 * A051763 A074435 A039647

Adjacent sequences:  A038045 A038046 A038047 * A038049 A038050 A038051

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,nice

AUTHOR

Christian G. Bower (bowerc(AT)usa.net)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Jul 24 2005

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), May 12 2008 at the suggestion of Joerg Arndt.

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