OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..75
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Binomial Sums
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*A219206(n,k).
Limit n->infinity |a(n)|^(1/n^2) = r^(r^2/(1-2*r)) = 1.533628065110458582053143..., where r = A220359 = 0.70350607643066243096929661621777... is the real root of the equation (1-r)^(2*r-1) = r^(2*r). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 25 2017
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[(-1)^k Binomial[n, k]^k, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 15}]
Table[Sum[(-1)^k (n!/(k! (n - k)!))^k, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 15}]
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n, (-1)^k*binomial(n, k)^k); \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 25 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 24 2017
STATUS
approved