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A038065
Product_{k>=1} 1/(1 - x^k)^a(k) = 1 + 4x.
7
4, -10, 20, -60, 204, -690, 2340, -8160, 29120, -104958, 381300, -1397740, 5162220, -19175130, 71582716, -268431360, 1010580540, -3817763040, 14467258260, -54975528948, 209430785460, -799645010850, 3059510616420
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane, Euler transform
FORMULA
G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} mu(k)*log(1 + 4*x^k)/k. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 23 2017
a(n) ~ -(-1)^n * 4^n / n. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 12 2018
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^24); Vec(sum(k=1, 24, moebius(k)*log(1 + 4*x^k)/k)) \\ Indranil Ghosh, May 24 2017
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Christian G. Bower, Jan 04 1999
STATUS
approved