OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, du Bois-Reymond Constants.
EXAMPLE
{(-7 + e^2)/2, (-25 - 4*e^2 + e^4)/8, (-98 + 3*e^2 - 6*e^4 + e^6)/32}
MAPLE
a := proc(n) local r ; r := residue(x^2/(1+x^2)^n/(tan(x)-x), x=I) ; r := -3-2*subs(tanh(1)=(x-1/x)/(x+1/x), %) ; r := taylor(r, x=0, 16*n+2) ; cf := 1 ; for p from 0 to 2*n by 2 do cf := lcm(cf, denom(coeftayl(r, x=0, p))) ; od ; r := simplify(convert(r*cf, polynom)) ; RETURN([cf, r]) ; end: A085466 := proc() # n = 1 invalid formula printf("2, ") ; for n from 2 to 14 do a085467 := a(n)[1] : printf("%d, ", a085467) ; od : end: A085466() ; # R. J. Mathar, Apr 05 2007
MATHEMATICA
a = {}; Do[p = FullSimplify[TrigToExp[ -3 - 2Residue[x^2/((Tan[x] - x) (1 + x^2)^n), {x, I}]]]; AppendTo[a, Denominator[p]], {n, 1, 9}]; a (* Artur Jasinski, Mar 26 2008 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 01 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from R. J. Mathar, Apr 05 2007
Extended by Max Alekseyev, Sep 15 2009
STATUS
approved