OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..417
FORMULA
a(n) = binomial(2*n,n)^4 = ( [x^n](1 + x)^(2*n) )^4 = [x^n](F(x)^(16*n)), where F(x) = 1 + x + 25*x^2 + 1798*x^3 + 183442*x^4 + 22623769*x^5 + 3142959012*x^6 + ... appears to have integer coefficients. For similar results see A000897, A002894, A002897, A006480, A008977 and A188662. - Peter Bala, Jul 14 2016
a(n) ~ 256^n/(Pi*n)^2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 13 2016
EXAMPLE
G.f.: 4F3({1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2},{1,1,1},256x) where 4F3 is a hypergeometric series.
MATHEMATICA
Table[Binomial[2n, n]^4, {n, 0, 20}]
Table[Coefficient[Series[HypergeometricPFQ[{1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2}, {1, 1, 1}, 256 x], {x, 0, n}], x, n], {n, 0, 14}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Jul 13 2016 *)
PROG
(Maxima)
makelist(binomial(2*n, n)^4, n, 0, 40);
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Emanuele Munarini, Feb 21 2011
STATUS
approved