OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
These numbers a(n) are the companion of A249163(n).
Consider the Worpitzky fractions A163626(n)/A002260(n) yielding the second Bernoulli numbers A164555(n)/A027642(n):
1,
1, -1/2,
1, -3/2, +2/3,
1, -7/2, +12/3, -6/4,
etc.
From the second row on, the sum of the numerators is 0.
The absolute values of every row of the numerators triangle A163626 are 1, 2, 6, 26, ... = A000629(n).
a(n) triangle is shifted. It starts from second row and second column of triangle above.
-1,
-3,
-7, -6,
-15, -60,
-31, -390, -120,
-63, -2100, -2520,
-127, -10206, -31920, -5040,
-255, -46620, -317520, -181440,
etc.
Sum of successive rows: -1, -3, -13, -75, ... = -A000670(n+1).
Successive columns: A000225, A028244, from the Stirling numbers of second kind S(n,2), S(n,4), S(n,6), S(n,8), S(n,10), ... . See A000770, A032180, A049434, A228910, A049435, A228912, A008277.
Thanks to Jean-François Alcover.
MATHEMATICA
Select[ Table[ (-1)^k*k!*StirlingS2[n+1, k+1], {n, 0, 12}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten, Negative] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 26 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,tabf
AUTHOR
Paul Curtz, Dec 17 2014
STATUS
approved