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A209299
E.g.f.: 1 / Product_{n>=1} (cos(x^n/n) - sin(x^n/n)).
2
1, 1, 4, 16, 98, 650, 5492, 50468, 543252, 6375668, 83752144, 1191943168, 18563252968, 310499073352, 5598292885200, 107674197010960, 2208771882047120, 48025183073776016, 1105381958987588672, 26817991185065949440, 684717365565811694880, 18341702444087583851936
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Compare to: 1/Product_{n>=1} (cosh(x^n/n) - sinh(x^n/n)) = 1/(1-x).
Limit (a(n)/n!)^(1/n) = 4/Pi; the radius of convergence of the e.g.f. is Pi/4.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) ~ c * 2^(2*n+3/2) * n! / Pi^(n+1), where c = 1 / product_{n>=2} (cos((Pi/4)^n/n) - sin((Pi/4)^n/n)) = 2.516454534521990223577410114610797032290984895329... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 04 2014
EXAMPLE
E.g.f.: A(x) = 1 + x + 4*x^2/2! + 16*x^3/3! + 98*x^4/4! + 650*x^5/5! +...
where A(x) = 1/((cos(x)-sin(x)) * (cos(x^2/2)-sin(x^2/2)) * (cos(x^3/3)-sin(x^3/3)) * (cos(x^4/4)-sin(x^4/4)) * (cos(x^5/5)-sin(x^5/5)) *...).
MATHEMATICA
With[{nmax = 50}, CoefficientList[Series[1/Product[(Cos[x^n/n] - Sin[x^n/n]), {n, 1, 200}], {x, 0, nmax}], x]*Range[0, nmax]!] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 03 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n)=n!*polcoeff(1/prod(k=1, n, cos(x^k/k +x*O(x^n))-sin(x^k/k +x*O(x^n))), n)}
for(n=0, 30, print1(a(n), ", "))
CROSSREFS
Cf. A209298.
Sequence in context: A130683 A111976 A236772 * A091040 A029985 A114023
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Paul D. Hanna, Jan 17 2013
STATUS
approved