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A000661 Shifts 2 places left under boustrophedon transform. 2

%I #24 Feb 01 2022 01:09:28

%S 1,0,1,1,2,6,17,62,259,1230,6592,39313,258575,1860318,14538245,

%T 122670593,1111715644,10771412394,111125142979,1216309735378,

%U 14078811306851,171837279141312,2205768169095338,29707098687614285

%N Shifts 2 places left under boustrophedon transform.

%D G. W. Hill, Acta Mathematica, VIII (1886).

%H Vaclav Kotesovec, <a href="/A000661/b000661.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..480</a>

%H J. Millar, N. J. A. Sloane and N. E. Young, A new operation on sequences: the Boustrophedon transform, J. Combin. Theory, 17A 44-54 1996 (<a href="http://neilsloane.com/doc/bous.txt">Abstract</a>, <a href="http://neilsloane.com/doc/bous.pdf">pdf</a>, <a href="http://neilsloane.com/doc/bous.ps">ps</a>).

%H N. J. A. Sloane, <a href="http://neilsloane.com/doc/sg.txt">My favorite integer sequences</a>, in Sequences and their Applications (Proceedings of SETA '98).

%H N. J. A. Sloane, <a href="/transforms.txt">Transforms</a>.

%H <a href="/index/Bo#boustrophedon">Index entries for sequences related to boustrophedon transform</a>

%F E.g.f. satisfies: A''(x) - (sec(x)+tan(x))*A(x) = 0 [G. W. Hill, 1886]. - _Sergei N. Gladkovskii_, Jun 12 2015

%F a(n) ~ n! * c * 2^n / (n^2 * Pi^n), where c = 21.874759697041762375842937403900898702204499795794357035182354071514... . - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 12 2015

%t nmax = 30; sectan = Normal[Series[Sec[x] + Tan[x], {x, 0, nmax+1}]]; Subscript[a,0]=1; Subscript[a,1]=0; egf = Sum[Subscript[a,k]*x^k, {k,0,nmax+1}]; Table[Subscript[a,k]*k!, {k,0,nmax}] /.Solve[Take[CoefficientList[Expand[ sectan*egf - D[egf,{x,2}]],x], nmax-1] == ConstantArray[0, nmax-1]][[1]] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 12 2015 *)

%K nonn,eigen

%O 0,5

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

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