OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Absolute value of the middle coefficient of the Laguerre polynomials.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = ((-1)^floor(n/2)*n!/floor(n/2)!)*hypergeom([n + 1, -floor(n/2)], [1], 1).
a(n) = binomial(n, floor(n/2))*FallingFactorial(n, n - floor(n/2)).
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Abs[Hypergeometric2F1[-Floor[n/2], n+1, 1, 1] n!/Floor[n/2]!];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 20}]
PROG
(SageMath)
def a(n): return binomial(n, n - n//2)*falling_factorial(n, n - n//2)
print([a(n) for n in range(23)])
(PARI) a(n) = abs(n!*polcoef(pollaguerre(n), n\2)); \\ Michel Marcus, Apr 21 2021
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Peter Luschny, Apr 20 2021
STATUS
approved