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A211417
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Integral factorial ratio sequence: a(n) = (30*n)!*n!/((15*n)!*(10*n)!*(6*n)!).
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7
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1, 77636318760, 53837289804317953893960, 43880754270176401422739454033276880, 38113558705192522309151157825210540422513019720, 34255316578084325260482016910137568877961925210286281393760
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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The integrality of this sequence can be used to prove Chebyshev's estimate C(1)*x/log(x) <= #{primes <= x} <= C(2)*x/log(x), for x sufficiently large; the constant C(1) = 0.921292... and C(2) = 1.105550.... Chebyshev's approach used the related step function floor(x) -floor(x/2) -floor(x/3) -floor(x/5) +floor(x/30). See A182067.
This sequence is one of the 52 sporadic integral factorial ratio sequences of height 1 found by V. I. Vasyunin.
The o.g.f. sum {n >= 0} a(n)*z^n is a generalized hypergeometric series of type 8F7 (see Bober, Table 2, Entry 31) and is an algebraic function of degree 483840 over the field of rational functions Q(z) (see Rodriguez-Villegas). Bober remarks that the monodromy group of the differential equation satisfied by the o.g.f. is W(E_8), the Weyl group of the E_8 root system.
See the Bala link for the proof that a(n), n = 0,1,2..., is an integer.
Congruences: a(p^k) == a(p^(k-1)) ( mod p^(3*k) ) for any prime p >= 5 and any positive integer k (write a(n) as C(30*n,15*n)*C(15*n,5*n)/C(6*n,n) and use equation 39 in Mestrovic, p. 12). More generally, the congruences a(n*p^k) == a(n*p^(k-1)) ( mod p^(3*k) ) may hold for any prime p >= 5 and any positive integers n and k. Cf. A295431. - Peter Bala, Jan 24 2020
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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a(n) ~ 2^(14*n-1) * 3^(9*n-1/2) * 5^(5*n-1/2) / sqrt(Pi*n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 30 2016
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[(30 n)!*n!/((15 n)!*(10 n)!*(6 n)!), {n, 0, 5}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Oct 02 2015 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n) = (30*n)!*n!/((15*n)!*(10*n)!*(6*n)!);
(Magma) [Factorial(30*n)*Factorial(n)/(Factorial(15*n)*Factorial(10*n)*Factorial(6*n)): n in [0..10]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 03 2015
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A182067, A211418, A061162, A061163, A061164, A091496, A091527, A112292, A182400, A211419, A211420, A211421, A276100, A262733, A295431.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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