A129116 Multifactorial array: A(k,n) = k-tuple factorial of n, for positive n, read by ascending antidiagonals.

1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 6, 1, 2, 3, 24, 1, 2, 3, 8, 120, 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 720, 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 48, 5040, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 105, 40320, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 28, 384, 362880, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 80, 945, 3628800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 32, 162, 3840, 39916800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 24, 45, 280, 10395, 479001600

Offset

1,3

Comments

The term "Quintuple factorial numbers" is also used for the sequences A008546, A008548, A052562, A047055, A047056 which have a different definition. The definition given here is the one commonly used. This problem exists for the other rows as well. "n!2" = n!!, "n!3" = n!!!, "n!4" = n!!!!, etcetera. Main diagonal is A[n,n] = n!n = n.

Similar to A114423 (with rows and columns exchanged). - Georg Fischer, Nov 02 2021

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Antidiagonals n = 1..141, flattened

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Multifactorial.

Formula

A(k,n) = n!k.

A(k,n) = M(n,k) in A114423. - Georg Fischer, Nov 02 2021

Example

Table begins:
  k / A(k,n)
  1 | 1 2 6 24 120 720 5040 40320 362880 3628800 ... = A000142.
  2 | 1 2 3  8  15  48  105   384    945    3840 ... = A006882.
  3 | 1 2 3  4  10  18   28    80    162     280 ... = A007661.
  4 | 1 2 3  4   5  12   21    32     45     120 ... = A007662.
  5 | 1 2 3  4   5   6   14    24     36      50 ... = A085157.
  6 | 1 2 3  4   5   6    7    16     27      40 ... = A085158.

Maple

A:= proc(k, n) option remember; if n >= 1 then n* A(k, n-k) elif n >= 1-k then 1 else 0 fi end: seq(seq(A(1+d-n, n), n=1..d), d=1..16); # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 02 2009

Mathematica

A[k_, n_] := A[k, n] = If[n >= 1, n*A[k, n-k], If[n >= 1-k, 1, 0]]; Table[ A[1+d-n, n], {d, 1, 16}, {n, 1, d}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, May 27 2016, after Alois P. Heinz *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A000142 (n!), A006882 (n!!), A007661 (n!!!), A007662(n!4), A085157 (n!5), A085158 (n!6), A114799 (n!7), A114800 (n!8), A114806 (n!9), A288327 (n!10).

Cf. A114423 (transposed).

Sequence in context: A178803 A292901 A083773 * A096179 A361834 A166350

Adjacent sequences: A129113 A129114 A129115 * A129117 A129118 A129119

Keyword

easy,nonn,tabl

Author

Jonathan Vos Post, May 24 2007

Extensions

Corrected and extended by Alois P. Heinz, Feb 02 2009

Status

approved