OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Note that a(n) = (a(n-1) + a(n+1))/(n+1). - T. D. Noe, Oct 12 2012; corrected by Gary Detlefs, Oct 26 2018
a(n) equals minus the determinant of M(n+2) where M(n) is the n X n symmetric tridiagonal matrix with entries 1 just above and below its diagonal and diagonal entries 0, 1, 2, .., n-1. Example: M(4)=matrix([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 0], [0, 1, 2, 1], [0, 0, 1, 3]]). - Roland Bacher, Jun 19 2001
a(n) = A221913(n,-1), n>=1, is the numerator sequence of the n-th approximation of the continued fraction -(0 + K_{k=1)^infty(-1/k)) = 1/(1-1/(2-1/(3-1/(4-... The corresponding denominator sequence is A058797(n). - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 08 2013
The recurrence equation a(n+1) = (A*n + B)*a(n) + C*a(n-1) with the initial conditions a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1 has the solution a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..floor((n-1)/2)} C^k*binomial(n-k-1,k)*( Product_{j = 1..n-2k-1} (k+j)*A + B ). This is the case A = 1, B = 1, C = -1. - Peter Bala, Aug 01 2013
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..449
S. Janson, A divergent generating function that can be summed and analysed analytically, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science; 2010, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1-22.
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..floor((n-1)/2)} (-1)^k*binomial(n-k-1,k)*(n-k)!/(k+1)!. - Peter Bala, Aug 01 2013
a(n) = Pi*(BesselY(1, 2)*BesselJ(n+1, 2) - BesselJ(1,2)* BesselY(n+1,2)). See the Abramowitz-Stegun reference given under A103921, p. 361 eq. 9.1.27 (first line with Y, J and z=2) and p. 360, eq. 9.1.16 (Wronskian). - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 05 2013
Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/n! = BesselJ(1,2) = 0.576724807756873... See a comment on asymptotics under A084950.
a(n) = n!*hypergeometric([1/2-n/2, 1-n/2], [2, 1-n, -n], -4) for n >= 2. - Peter Luschny, Sep 10 2014
EXAMPLE
Continued fraction approximation 1/(1-1/(2-1/(3-1/4))) = 18/4 = a(4)/A058797(4). - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 08 2013
MATHEMATICA
t = {0, 1}; Do[AppendTo[t, n*t[[-1]] - t[[-2]]], {n, 2, 25}]; t (* T. D. Noe, Oct 12 2012 *)
nxt[{n_, a_, b_}]:={n+1, b, b*(n+1)-a}; Transpose[NestList[nxt, {1, 0, 1}, 20]] [[2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 30 2015 *)
PROG
(Sage)
def A058798(n):
if n < 3: return n
return hypergeometric([1/2-n/2, 1-n/2], [2, 1-n, -n], -4)*factorial(n)
[simplify(A058798(n)) for n in (0..20)] # Peter Luschny, Sep 10 2014
(Magma) [0] cat [n le 2 select n else n*Self(n-1)-Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 22 2016
(GAP) a:=[1, 2];; for n in [3..25] do a[n]:=n*a[n-1]-a[n-2]; od; Concatenation([0], a); # Muniru A Asiru, Oct 26 2018
(PARI) m=30; v=concat([1, 2], vector(m-2)); for(n=3, m, v[n] = n*v[n-1]-v[n-2]); concat(0, v) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 24 2018
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Christian G. Bower, Dec 02 2000
EXTENSIONS
New description from Amarnath Murthy, Aug 17 2002
STATUS
approved