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A060725 E.g.f.: exp(-(x^5/5))/(1-x). 7
1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 96, 576, 4032, 32256, 290304, 2975616, 32731776, 392781312, 5106157056, 71486198784, 1070549415936, 17128790654976, 291189441134592, 5241409940422656, 99586788868030464, 1991897970827821056, 41829857387384242176 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

a(n) is the number of permutations in the symmetric group S_n whose cycle decomposition contains no 5-cycle.

REFERENCES

R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Wadsworth, Vol. 1, 1986, page 93, problem 7.

LINKS

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n=0,...,100

Plouffe, Simon, Exact formulas for integer sequences

FORMULA

The formula for a(n) is: a(n) = n! * sum i=0 ... [ n/5 ]( (-1)^i /(i! * 5^i)) by this formula we have as n -> infinity: a(n)/n! ~ sum i >= 0 (-1)^i /(i! * 5^i) = e^(-1/5) or a(n) ~ e^(-1/5) * n! and using Stirling's formula in A000142: a(n) ~ e^(-1/5) * (n/e)^n * sqrt(2 * Pi * n)

a(n,k) = n!*floor(floor(n/k)!*k^floor(n/k)/exp(1/k) + 1/2)/(floor(n/k)! * k^floor(n/k)), k=5, n>=0. Simon Plouffe, Feb. 18 2011.

EXAMPLE

a(5) = 96 because in S_5 the permutations with no 5-cycle are the complement of the 24 5-cycles so a(5) = 5! - 24 = 96.

MAPLE

for n from 0 to 30 do printf(`%d, `, n! * sum(( (-1)^i /(i! * 5^i)), i=0..floor(n/5))) od:

PROG

(PARI) { for (n=0, 100, write("b060725.txt", n, " ", n! * sum(i=0, n\5, (-1)^i / (i! * 5^i))); ) } [From Harry J. Smith (hjsmithh(AT)sbcglobal.net), Jul 10 2009]

(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( -(x^5 / 5) + x*O(x^n)) / (1 - x), n))} /* Michael Somos Jul 28 2009 */

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000142, A000090, A000138, A000266, A060725, A060726, A060727.

Sequence in context: A147887 A053502 A053504 * A150299 A094012 A141253

Adjacent sequences:  A060722 A060723 A060724 * A060726 A060727 A060728

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Apr 22 2001

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Apr 24 2001

Entry improved by comments from Michael Somos Jul 28 2009

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