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A296787
Expansion of e.g.f. exp(x*arctan(x)) (even powers only).
2
1, 2, 4, 24, -496, 36000, -3753408, 556961664, -111591202560, 29054584410624, -9541382573767680, 3858875286730168320, -1884995591107521540096, 1094305223336273239449600, -744771228363250138965196800, 587358379156469629707528929280
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
a(n) = (2*n)! * [x^(2*n)] exp(x*arctan(x)).
a(n) ~ -(-1)^n * 2^(2*n-1) * n^(2*n-1) / exp(2*n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 21 2017
EXAMPLE
exp(x*arctan(x)) = 1 + 2*x^2/2! + 4*x^4/4! + 24*x^6/6! - 496*x^8/8! + ...
MATHEMATICA
nmax = 15; Table[(CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x ArcTan[x]], {x, 0, 2 nmax}], x] Range[0, 2 nmax]!)[[n]], {n, 1, 2 nmax + 1, 2}]
nmax = 15; Table[(CoefficientList[Series[Exp[(I/2) x (Log[1 - I x] - Log[1 + I x])], {x, 0, 2 nmax}], x] Range[0, 2 nmax]!)[[n]], {n, 1, 2 nmax + 1, 2}]
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Dec 20 2017
STATUS
approved