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A353252
Expansion of Sum_{k>=0} x^k * Product_{j=0..k-1} (j + 2 * x).
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1, 0, 2, 2, 8, 24, 100, 488, 2832, 19096, 147296, 1281392, 12422864, 132870368, 1554525152, 19750621216, 270817685568, 3986140113792, 62686410981696, 1048946532137216, 18608550117641728, 348854564104019072, 6891109834644748032, 143058034748452036352
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} 2^k * |Stirling1(n-k,k)|.
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Sum[2^k * Abs[StirlingS1[n - k, k]], {k, 0, Floor[n/2]}]; Array[a, 25, 0] (* Amiram Eldar, Apr 09 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) my(N=40, x='x+O('x^N)); Vec(sum(k=0, N, x^k*prod(j=0, k-1, j+2*x)))
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n\2, 2^k*abs(stirling(n-k, k, 1)));
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Apr 08 2022
STATUS
approved