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A296741
Expansion of e.g.f. arcsin(x*sec(x)) (odd powers only).
3
1, 4, 64, 2752, 237312, 34390016, 7512117248, 2302977392640, 942529341030400, 496287845973753856, 326775812392982937600, 263039306566659448242176, 254121613033387345942937600, 290175686081926976733941071872, 386599796043915196967089006968832
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n+1)! * [x^(2*n+1)] arcsin(x*sec(x)).
EXAMPLE
arcsin(x*sec(x)) = x/1! + 4*x^3/3! + 64*x^5/5! + 2752*x^7/7! + 237312*x^9/9! + ...
MATHEMATICA
nmax = 15; Table[(CoefficientList[Series[ArcSin[x Sec[x]], {x, 0, 2 nmax + 1}], x] Range[0, 2 nmax + 1]!)[[n]], {n, 2, 2 nmax, 2}]
PROG
(PARI) first(n) = x='x+O('x^(2*n)); vecextract(Vec(serlaplace(asin(x/cos(x)))), (4^n - 1)/3) \\ Iain Fox, Dec 19 2017
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Dec 19 2017
STATUS
approved