OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..449
FORMULA
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} (-1)^k * (3*k)! * x^(3*k) / (1 - x)^(3*k+1).
E.g.f.: exp(x) / (1 + x^3).
a(0) = a(1) = a(2) = 1; a(n) = 1 - n * (n-1) * (n-2) * a(n-3).
MATHEMATICA
Table[n! Sum[(-1)^k/(n - 3 k)!, {k, 0, Floor[n/3]}], {n, 0, 22}]
nmax = 22; CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x]/(1 + x^3), {x, 0, nmax}], x] Range[0, nmax]!
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = n!*sum(k=0, n\3, (-1)^k / (n-3*k)!); \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 18 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Sep 18 2020
STATUS
approved