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a(n) = [x^n] Product_{k=1..n} 1/(1 + x^k)^(n-k+1).
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%I #9 Aug 21 2018 10:53:14

%S 1,-1,2,-5,18,-60,189,-601,1967,-6544,21872,-73247,246080,-829924,

%T 2808357,-9527485,32389671,-110316862,376372802,-1286063899,

%U 4400499380,-15075608840,51704898623,-177513230200,610007283817,-2098029341745,7221561430933,-24875274224531

%N a(n) = [x^n] Product_{k=1..n} 1/(1 + x^k)^(n-k+1).

%H Vaclav Kotesovec, <a href="/A303174/b303174.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500</a>

%F a(n) ~ (-1)^n * c * d^n / sqrt(n), where d = A318204 = 3.50975432794970334043727352337... and c = 0.2457469629428839220188283... - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Aug 21 2018

%e a(0) = 1;

%e a(1) = [x^1] 1/(1 + x) = -1;

%e a(2) = [x^2] 1/((1 + x)^2*(1 + x^2)) = 2;

%e a(3) = [x^3] 1/((1 + x)^3*(1 + x^2)^2*(1 + x^3)) = -5;

%e a(4) = [x^4] 1/((1 + x)^4*(1 + x^2)^3*(1 + x^3)^2*(1 + x^4)) = 18;

%e a(5) = [x^5] 1/((1 + x)^5*(1 + x^2)^4*(1 + x^3)^3*(1 + x^4)^2*(1 + x^5)) = -60, etc.

%e ...

%e The table of coefficients of x^k in expansion of Product_{k=1..n} 1/(1 + x^k)^(n-k+1) begins:

%e n = 0: (1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

%e n = 1: 1, (-1), 1, -1, 1, -1, ...

%e n = 2: 1, -2, (2), -2, 3, -4, ...

%e n = 3: 1, -3, 4, (-5), 9, -14, ...

%e n = 4: 1, -4, 7, -10, (18), -30, ...

%e n = 5: 1, -5, 11, -18, 33, (-60), ...

%t Table[SeriesCoefficient[Product[1/(1 + x^k)^(n - k + 1), {k, 1, n}], {x, 0, n}], {n, 0, 27}]

%Y Cf. A206228, A206229, A255526, A255528, A303173.

%K sign

%O 0,3

%A _Ilya Gutkovskiy_, Apr 19 2018