OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
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).
LINKS
K. Yamamoto, Structure polynomial of Latin rectangles and its application to a combinatorial problem, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyusyu University, Series A, 10 (1956), 1-13.
K. Yamamoto, Structure polynomial of Latin rectangles and its application to a combinatorial problem, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyusyu University, Series A, 10 (1956), 1-13. [Annotated scanned copy]
FORMULA
a(n) - (2n-5)*a(n-1) + (n-1)*(n-4)*a(n-2) + (n-1)*(n-2)*a(n-3) = 0.
From Mélika Tebni, Mar 02 2022: (Start)
E.g.f.: exp(-x*(3 - x) / (1 - x)). (End)
MATHEMATICA
a[ n_ ] := a[ n ]=(2n-5)a[ n-1 ]-(n-1)(n-4)a[ n-2 ]-(n-1)(n-2)a[ n-3 ]; a[ 0 ]=1; a[ 1 ]=-3; a[ 2 ]=5; Table[ a[ n ], {n, 0, 24} ] (* Typo fixed by Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 20 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
approved