OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Fractional factorials are defined in terms of the gamma function, for example, (n/5)! := gamma(n/5 + 1).
This is only conjecturally an integer sequence. The similarly defined sequence (6*n)!*floor(n/5)!/((3*n)!*(2*n)!*floor(6*n/5)!) = A211418(6*n) is integral.
Let u(n) = (30*n)!*n!/((15*n)!*(10*n)!*(6*n)!) = A211417(n). The three sequences u(1/2*n), u(1/3*n) and u(1/5*n) appear to be integral (checked up to n = 200). This is the sequence u(1/5*n). See A276100 ( u(1/2*n) ) and A276101 ( u(1/3*n) ).
The generating function for u(n) is Hypergeom([29/30, 23/30, 19/30, 17/30, 13/30, 11/30, 7/30, 1/30], [4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 1/5, 2/3, 1/3, 1/2], (2^14*3^9*5^5)*x) and is algebraic - see Rodriguez-Villegas. Are the generating functions for u(1/2*n), u(1/3*n) and u(1/5*n) also algebraic?
The o.g.f. for this sequence can be expressed as a sum of 5 generalized hypergeometric functions of type 8F7.
LINKS
P. Bala, Some integer ratios of factorials
F. Rodriguez-Villegas, Integral ratios of factorials and algebraic hypergeometric functions, arXiv:math/0701362 [math.NT], 2007.
FORMULA
a(n) ~ (2^14*3^9*5^5)^(n/5)/sqrt(12*Pi*n).
MAPLE
MATHEMATICA
Table[(6*n)!*(n/5)!/((3*n)!*(2*n)!*(6*n/5)!) // FullSimplify, {n, 0, 11}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 27 2017 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Aug 22 2016
STATUS
approved