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A039991 Triangle of coefficients of cos(x)^n in polynomial for cos(nx). 16
1, 1, 0, 2, 0, -1, 4, 0, -3, 0, 8, 0, -8, 0, 1, 16, 0, -20, 0, 5, 0, 32, 0, -48, 0, 18, 0, -1, 64, 0, -112, 0, 56, 0, -7, 0, 128, 0, -256, 0, 160, 0, -32, 0, 1, 256, 0, -576, 0, 432, 0, -120, 0, 9, 0, 512, 0, -1280, 0, 1120, 0, -400, 0, 50, 0, -1, 1024, 0, -2816, 0, 2816, 0, -1232, 0, 220 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

Also triangle of coefficients of Chebyshev polynomials of first kind (T(n,x)) in decreasing order of powers of x.

REFERENCES

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 795.

E. A. Guilleman, Synthesis of Passive Networks, Wiley, 1957, p. 593.

Theodore J. Rivlin, Chebyshev polynomials: from approximation theory to algebra and number theory, 2. ed., Wiley, New York, 1990.

LINKS

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

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].

Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials.

FORMULA

a(n, m) = 0 if n<m or m odd, (-1)^{m/2} if m=n is even, ((-1)^(3*m/2))*(2^(n-m-1))*n*binomial(n-1-m/2, n-1-m)/(n-m) else. a(n, m) = 2*a(n-1, m)-a(n-2, m-2), n >= 2, m >= 0; a(n, -2) := 0=: a(n, -1), a(0, 0)=1=a(1, 0).

G.f. for m-th column: 0 if m odd, (1-x)/(1-2*x) if m=0, else ((-1)^(m/2))*(x^m)*(1-x)/(1-2*x)^(m/2+1). For g.f. for row polynomials and row sums, see A053120.

EXAMPLE

Letting c = cos x, we have: cos 0x = 1, cos 1x = 1c; cos 2x = 2c^2-1; cos 3x = 4c^3-3c, cos 4x = 8c^4-8c^2+1, etc.

MATHEMATICA

row[n_] := CoefficientList[ ChebyshevT[n, x], x] // Reverse; Table[row[n], {n, 0, 11}] // Flatten(* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 14 2012 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A028297. Essentially same as A008310.

Triangle without zeros: A028297. Without signs: A081265.

Sequence in context: A131487 A181670 * A081265 A108643 A133838 A182138

Adjacent sequences:  A039988 A039989 A039990 * A039992 A039993 A039994

KEYWORD

tabl,easy,sign,nice

AUTHOR

David W. Wilson

EXTENSIONS

Entry improved by comments from Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 11 2000.

STATUS

approved

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