A296940 Expansion of e.g.f. sech(x*tan(x/2)) (even powers only).

1, 0, -3, -15, 406, 14355, -189123, -42283696, -837846615, 284972761557, 28521503291230, -3070544172379761, -1054107683427761463, 1143265731049052000, 54900209444888714822181, 7959249060310612253252265, -3679623847504649619798598778, -1631286181830482909037469295781

Offset

0,3

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..17.

Formula

a(n) = (2*n)! * [x^(2*n)] sech(x*tan(x/2)).

Example

sech(x*tan(x/2)) = 1 - 3*x^4/4! - 15*x^6/6! + 406*x^8/8! + ...

Mathematica

nmax = 17; Table[(CoefficientList[Series[Sech[x Tan[x/2]], {x, 0, 2 nmax}], x] Range[0, 2 nmax]!)[[n]], {n, 1, 2 nmax + 1, 2}]

Crossrefs

Cf. A000364, A001469, A009011, A110501, A296839, A296841, A296842, A296853, A296854, A296856, A296939.

Sequence in context: A338183 A012474 A336270 * A193119 A309069 A122579

Adjacent sequences: A296937 A296938 A296939 * A296941 A296942 A296943

Keyword

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Author

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Dec 22 2017

Status

approved