OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..220
Daniel Dockery, Polygorials, Special "Factorials" of Polygonal Numbers, preprint, 2003.
FORMULA
a(n) = polygorial(n, 11) = (A000142(n)/A000079(n))*A084949(n) = (n!/2^n)*Product_{i=0..n-1} (9*i+2) = (n!/2^n)*9^n*Pochhammer(2/9, n) = (n!/2^n)*9^n*Gamma(n+2/9)/Gamma(2/9).
D-finite with recurrence 2*a(n) = n*(9*n-7)*a(n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2019
a(n) ~ 9^n * n^(2*n + 2/9) * Pi /(Gamma(2/9) * 2^(n-1) * exp(2*n)). - Amiram Eldar, Aug 28 2025
From Amiram Eldar, Dec 26 2025: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = (2/9)^(7/18) * BesselI(-7/9, 2*sqrt(2)/3) * Gamma(2/9).
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = (2/9)^(7/18) * BesselJ(-7/9, 2*sqrt(2)/3) * Gamma(2/9). (End)
G.f.: 3F0(2/9,1,1;;9*x/2). - R. J. Mathar, May 28 2026
MAPLE
a := n->n!/2^n*product(9*i+2, i=0..n-1); [seq(a(j), j=0..30)];
MATHEMATICA
polygorial[k_, n_] := FullSimplify[ n!/2^n (k -2)^n*Pochhammer[2/(k - 2), n]]; Array[polygorial[11, #] &, 16, 0] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 13 2016 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 13 2003
STATUS
approved
