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A132437 A binomial recursion : a(n)=q(n) (see comment). 0
0, 1, 3, 15, 97, 767, 7175, 77497, 949047, 12993303, 196655437, 3260367539, 58761008087, 1143864229549, 23917992791139, 534642521054391, 12722568903456817, 321112383611040455, 8568150193087139231 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Let z(1)=x and z(n)=1+sum(k=1,n-1,(-1+binomial(n,k))*z(k)), then z(n)=p(n)*x+q(n).

REFERENCES

B. Cloitre, Binomial recursions, Pi and log2, in preparation 2007

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..19.

FORMULA

Lim n-->infty p(n)/q(n)=(Pi-2)/(4-Pi)=1.329896183162743847239353...

PROG

(PARI) r=1; s=-1; v=vector(120, j, x); for(n=2, 120, g=r+sum(k=1, n-1, (s+binomial(n, k))*v[k]); v[n]=g); z(n)=v[n]; p(n)=polcoeff(z(n), 1); q(n)=polcoeff(z(n), 0); a(n)=p(n);

CROSSREFS

Cf. A135147, A135148, A135149, A135150, A135074, A135075.

Sequence in context: A108442 A060148 A143435 * A128081 A186264 A140286

Adjacent sequences:  A132434 A132435 A132436 * A132438 A132439 A132440

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre, Nov 20 2007

STATUS

approved

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