OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
Wikipedia, Polylogarithm.
FORMULA
a(n) = (-4)^(n+1)/7 * Li_{-n}(7/3), where Li_{n}(x) is the polylogarithm function.
a(n) = 4^(n+1)/7 * Sum_{k>=0} k^n * (3/7)^k.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 3^k * 4^(n-k) * k! * Stirling2(n,k).
a(n) = (3/7) * Sum_{k=0..n} 7^k * (-4)^(n-k) * k! * Stirling2(n,k) for n > 0.
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 3 * Sum_{k=1..n} 4^(k-1) * binomial(n,k) * a(n-k).
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 3 * a(n-1) + 7 * Sum_{k=1..n-1} (-4)^(k-1) * binomial(n-1,k) * a(n-k).
MATHEMATICA
With[{nn=20}, CoefficientList[Series[4/(7-3Exp[4x]), {x, 0, nn}], x] Range[0, nn]!] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 21 2025 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = (-4)^(n+1)*polylog(-n, 7/3)/7;
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Jun 01 2025
STATUS
approved
