OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
From Clark Kimberling, Jan 02 2013: (Start)
Each term divides its successor, as in A006963, and by the corresponding superfactorial, A000178(n), as in A203469.
Abbreviate "Vandermonde" as V. The V permanent of a set S={s(1),s(2),...,s(n)} is a product of sums s(j)+s(k) in analogy to the V determinant as a product of differences s(k)-s(j). Let D(n) and P(n) denote the V determinant and V permanent of S, and E(n) the V determinant of the numbers s(1)^2, s(2)^2, ..., s(n)^2; then P(n) = E(n)/D(n). This is one of many divisibility properties associated with V determinants and permanents. Another is that if S consists of distinct positive integers, then D(n) divides D(n+1) and P(n) divides P(n+1).
Guide to related sequences:
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s(n).............. D(n)....... P(n)
n................. A000178.... (this)
n+floor(n/2)...... A203430
n+floor[(n+1)/2].. A203433
1/n............... A203421
1/(n+1)........... A203422
1/(2n)............ A203424
1/(2n+2).......... A203426
1/(3n)............ A203428
Generalizing, suppose that f(x,y) is a function of two variables and S=(s(1),s(2),...s(n)). The phrase, "Vandermonde sequence using f(x,y) applied to S" means the sequence a(n) whose n-th term is the product f(s(j,k)) : 1<=j<k<=n}, which is the Vandermonde determinant if f(x,y)=y-x and the Vandermonde permanent if f(x,y)=x+y.
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If f(x,y) is a (bivariate) cyclotomic polynomial and S is a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers, then a(n) consists of integers, each of which divides its successor. Guide to sequences for which f(x,y) is x^2+xy+y^2 or x^2-xy+y^2 or x^2+y^2:
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s(n) ............ x^2+xy+y^2.. x^2-xy+y^2.. x^2+y^2
REFERENCES
Amarnath Murthy, Another combinatorial approach towards generalizing the AM-GM inequality, Octagon Mathematical Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, October 2000.
Amarnath Murthy, Smarandache Dual Symmetric Functions And Corresponding Numbers Of The Type Of Stirling Numbers Of The First Kind. Smarandache Notions Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1-2-3 Spring 2000.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..20
FORMULA
Partial products of A006963: a(n) = Product((2*i-1)!/i!, i=1..n). - Vladeta Jovovic, May 27 2004
G.f.: G(0)/(2*x) -1/x, where G(k)= 1 + 1/(1 - 1/(1 + 1/((2*k+1)!/(k+1)!)/x/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 15 2013
a(n) ~ sqrt(A/Pi) * 2^(n^2 + n/2 - 7/24) * exp(-3*n^2/4 + n/2 - 1/24) * n^(n^2/2 - n/2 - 11/24), where A is the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant A074962. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 26 2019
EXAMPLE
a(4) = (1+2)*(1+3)*(1+4)*(2+3)*(2+4)*(3+4) = 12600.
MAPLE
a:= n-> mul(mul(i+j, i=1..j-1), j=2..n):
seq(a(n), n=1..12); # Alois P. Heinz, Jul 23 2017
MATHEMATICA
f[n_] := Product[(j + k), {k, 2, n}, {j, 1, k - 1}]; Array[f, 10] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 08 2013 *)
PROG
(PARI) A093883(n)=prod(i=1, n, (2*i-1)!/i!) \\ M. F. Hasler, Nov 02 2012
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy, Apr 22 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, May 27 2004
STATUS
approved