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A001715
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a(n) = n!/6.
(Formerly M3566 N1445)
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50
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1, 4, 20, 120, 840, 6720, 60480, 604800, 6652800, 79833600, 1037836800, 14529715200, 217945728000, 3487131648000, 59281238016000, 1067062284288000, 20274183401472000, 405483668029440000, 8515157028618240000, 187333454629601280000, 4308669456480829440000
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OFFSET
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3,2
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COMMENTS
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The numbers (4, 20, 120, 840, 6720, ...) arise from the divisor values in the general formula a(n) = n*(n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)* ... *(n+k)*(n*(n+k) + (k-1)*k/6)/((k+3)!/6) (which covers the following sequences: A000578, A000537, A024166, A101094, A101097, A101102). - Alexander R. Povolotsky, May 17 2008
a(n) is also the number of decreasing 3-cycles in the decomposition of permutations as product of disjoint cycles, a(3)=1, a(4)=4, a(5)=20. - Wenjin Woan, Dec 21 2008
a(n) is the number of n-permutations having 1, 2, and 3 in three distinct cycles. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 26 2009
The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=1,n=4) ~ exp(-x)/x*(1 - 4/x + 20/x^2 - 120/x^3 + 840/x^4 - 6720/x^5 + 60480/x^6 - 604800/x^7 + ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A130534 for more information.
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REFERENCES
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N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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FORMULA
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a(n) = A049352(n-2, 1) (first column of triangle).
E.g.f. if offset 0: 1/(1-x)^4.
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x/(x + 1/(k+4)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 01 2013
G.f.: W(0), where W(k) = 1 - x*(k+4)/( x*(k+4) - 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/( x*(k+1) - 1/W(k+1) ))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 26 2013
The o.g.f. A(x) satisfies the Riccati equation x^2*A'(x) + (4*x - 1)*A(x) + 1 = 0.
G.f. as an S-fraction: A(x) = 1/(1 - 4*x/(1 - x/(1 - 5*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 - 6*x/(1 - 3*x/(1 - ... - (n + 3)*x/(1 - n*x/(1 - ... ))))))))) (apply Stokes, 1982).
A(x) = 1/(1 - 3*x - x/(1 - 4*x/(1 - 2*x/(1 - 5*x/(1 - 3*x/(1 - 6*x/(1 - ... - n*x/(1 - (n+3)*x/(1 - ... ))))))))). (End)
H(x) = (1 - (1 + x)^(-3)) / 3 = x - 4 x^2/2! + 20 x^3/3! - ... is an e.g.f. of the signed sequence (n!/4!), which is the compositional inverse of G(x) = (1 - 3*x)^(-1/3) - 1, an e.g.f. for A007559. Cf. A094638, A001710 (for n!/2!), and A001720 (for n!/4!). Cf. columns of A094587, A173333, and A213936 and rows of A138533.- Tom Copeland, Dec 27 2019
Sum_{n>=3} 1/a(n) = 6*e - 15.
Sum_{n>=3} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 3 - 6/e. (End)
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MAPLE
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f := proc(n) n!/6; end;
BB:= [S, {S = Prod(Z, Z, C), C = Union(B, Z, Z), B = Prod(Z, C)}, labelled]: seq(combstruct[count](BB, size=n)/12, n=3..20); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 19 2008
G(x):=1/(1-x)^4: f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 18 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1], x) od: x:=0: seq(f[n], n=0..16); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 01 2009
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MATHEMATICA
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(Haskell)
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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