OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
A295445, defined by A295445(n) = (18*n)!*(2*n)! / ((9*n)!*(6*n)!*(5*n)!), is one of the 52 sporadic integral factorial ratio sequences of height 1 found by V. I. Vasyunin (see Bober, Table 2, Entry 15). Here we are essentially considering the sequence {A295445(n/3) : n >= 0}. Fractional factorials are defined in terms of the gamma function; for example, (2*n/3)! := Gamma(1 + 2*n/3).
This sequence is only conjecturally an integer sequence.
Conjecture: the supercongruences a(n*p^r) == a(n*p^(r-1)) (mod p^(3*r)) hold for all primes p >= 5 and all positive integers n and r.
LINKS
J. W. Bober, Factorial ratios, hypergeometric series, and a family of step functions, arXiv:0709.1977 [math.NT], 2007; J. London Math. Soc., 79, Issue 2, (2009), 422-444.
FORMULA
a(n) ~ c^n * 1/sqrt(5*Pi*n) where c = (1296/25)*20^(1/3) = 140.7154092442799....
a(n) = 93312*(2*n - 3)*(6*n - 1)*(6*n - 5)*(6*n - 7)*(6*n - 11)*(6*n - 13)*(6*n - 17)/(5*n*(n - 1)*(n - 2)*(5*n - 3)*(5*n - 6)*(5*n - 9)*(5*n - 12))*a(n-3) with a(0) = 1, a(1) = 36 and a(2) = 3564.
MAPLE
seq( simplify((6*n)!*(2*n/3)!/((3*n)!*(2*n)!*(5*n/3)!)), n = 0..15);
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Jul 13 2023
STATUS
approved