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A013520
A problem in derangements.
0
0, 2, 9, 100, 1237, 18896, 337663, 6941194, 161357425, 4186540456, 119942830785, 3761004532550, 128121728853479, 4711881688294652, 186065500280409423, 7852240169544076190, 352684377274345906213, 16798134072300013751064
OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Frank Schmidt and Rodica Simion, Card shuffling and a transformation on S_n, Aequationes Math. 44 (1992), no. 1, 11-34.
FORMULA
The reference gives a generating function.
MAPLE
a := n->simplify((n-1)!*sum(n^k/k!, k=0..n-1)-2*(n-1)^(n-1)): b := simplify(x^2+sum(a(n)*x^n/n!, n=3..70)): f := simplify(exp(b)): fser := simplify(series(f, x=0, 27)): s := seq(simplify(n!*coeff(fser, x^n)), n=1..25); # Emeric Deutsch, Mar 09 2004
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A322645 A368725 A277180 * A378045 A369673 A041239
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Mar 09 2004
STATUS
approved