OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..300
FORMULA
a(n) = (1/(2*n+1)!) * Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} (2*k)!/k! * (2*n+k)! * |Stirling1(n,2*k)|.
a(n) ~ sqrt((s-1)*s^(5/2)/(sqrt(s-1) + sqrt(s)*(6*s - 5))) * (s^2 + 4*sqrt(s-1)*s^(5/2))^n * n^(n-1) / exp(n), where s = 1.2022277155248881869907262842781... is the root of the equation 4*(exp(sqrt(1 - 1/s)) - 1) * sqrt(s*(s-1)) = 1. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 22 2026
MATHEMATICA
Table[1/(2*n+1)! * Sum[(2*k)! / k! * (2*n+k)! * Abs[StirlingS1[n, 2*k]], {k, 0, n/2}], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 22 2026 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n\2, (2*k)!/k!*(2*n+k)!*abs(stirling(n, 2*k, 1)))/(2*n+1)!;
(Magma) [(1/Factorial(2*n+1)) * &+[Factorial(2*k) / Factorial(k) * Factorial(2*n+k)* Abs(StirlingFirst(n, 2*k)): k in [0..Floor(n/2)]]: n in [0..25] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 13 2026
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Jan 21 2026
STATUS
approved
