OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
Sum of series at x=1 converges to zero: 0 = 1 +1 +0/2! -3/3! -10/4! -35/5! +... G.f. for A129482 is closely related.
FORMULA
Special values: A(1) = 0.
EXAMPLE
E.g.f.: A(x) = 1 +x +0x^2/2! -3x^3/3! -10x^4/4! -35x^5/5! -186x^6/6!
-1162x^7/7! -6980x^8/8! -37893x^9/9! -170170x^10/10! -420926x^11/11! +...
Product formula is illustrated by:
A(x) = [exp(x)*(1)]*[exp(x)*(1 - x)]*[exp(x)*(1 - x + x^2/2!)]*
[exp(x)*(1 - x + x^2/2! - x^3/3!)]*
[exp(x)*(1 - x + x^2/2! - x^3/3! + x^4/4!)]*
[exp(x)*(1 - x + x^2/2! - x^3/3! + x^4/4! - x^5/5!)]*...*
[exp(x)*(Sum_{k=0..n} (-x)^k/k!) ]*...
Equivalently:
A(x) = [1 + x + x^2/2! + x^3/3! + x^4/4! + x^5/5! +...]*
[1 - x^2/2! - 2x^3/3! - 3x^4/4! - 4x^5/5! - 5x^6/6! -...]*
[1 + x^3/3! + 3x^4/4! + 6x^5/5! + 10x^6/6! + 15x^7/7! +...]*
[1 - x^4/4! - 4x^5/5! - 10x^6/6! - 20x^7/7! - 35x^8/8! -...]*
[1 + x^5/5! + 5x^6/6! + 15x^7/7! + 35x^8/8! + 70x^9/9! +...]*...*
[1 + (-1)^n*Sum_{k>=0} C(n+k-1,n)*x^(n+k)/(n+k)! ]*...
PROG
(PARI) {a(n)=n!*polcoeff(prod(k=0, n, exp(x+x*O(x^n))*sum(j=0, k, (-x)^j/j!)), n)}
(PARI) {a(n)=n!*polcoeff(prod(k=0, n, 1+(-1)^k*sum(i=1, n-k+1, binomial(k+i-1, k)*x^(k+i)/(k+i)! +x*O(x^n))), n)}
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
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AUTHOR
Paul D. Hanna, Apr 17 2007
STATUS
approved