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A051593 Largest order of even permutation of n elements, or maximal order of element of alternating group A_n. 16
1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 15, 15, 21, 21, 35, 35, 60, 105, 105, 105, 140, 210, 210, 420, 420, 420, 420, 840, 1155, 1260, 1365, 1540, 2310, 2520, 4620, 4620, 5460, 5460, 9240, 9240, 13860, 15015, 16380, 16380, 27720, 30030, 32760, 60060, 60060, 60060 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

REFERENCES

J. H. Conway, R. T. Curtis, S. P. Norton, R. A. Parker and R. A. Wilson, ATLAS of Finite Groups. Oxford Univ. Press, 1985.

V. Jovovic, Some combinatorial characteristics of symmetric and alternating groups (in Russian), Belgrade, 1980, unpublished.

FORMULA

a(n)=max{ A000793(n-2), A051704(n-1), A051704(n) }, a(0)=a(1)=1.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A057742, A057743, A057740, A000793.

Sequence in context: A092316 A142456 A098508 * A142712 A046200 A063281

Adjacent sequences:  A051590 A051591 A051592 * A051594 A051595 A051596

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs)

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