OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
a(n) is positive starting at n=8. - Karol A. Penson and Olivier Gérard, Oct 22 2007
Hankel transform is A000178. - Paul Barry, Apr 23 2009
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
FORMULA
E.g.f.: exp(exp(x)-2*x-1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 04 2007
a(n) = e^(-1) * Sum_{k>=0} (k-2)^n / k!. This is a Dobinski-type formula. - Karol A. Penson and Olivier Gérard, Oct 22 2007
G.f.: 1/(1+x-x^2/(1-2x^2/(1-x-3x^2/(1-2x-4x^2/(1-3x-5x^2/(1-.... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Apr 23 2009
Let A be the upper Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,i-1]=-1, A[i,j]=binomial(j-1,i-1), (i<=j), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n>=1, a(n)=(-1)^(n)charpoly(A,2). - Milan Janjic, Jul 08 2010
G.f.: -1/U(0) where U(k) = x*k - 1 - x - x^2*(k+1)/U(k+1); (continued fraction, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 28 2012
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 + 2*x/(1 + 1/(1 - 2*x*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 23 2012
G.f.: G(0)/(1+3*x) where G(k) = 1 - 2*x*(k+1)/((2*k+1)*(2*x*k-2*x-1) - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+3)*(2*x*k-2*x-1)/(x*(2*k+3) - 2*(k+1)*(2*x*k-x-1)/G(k+1) )); (recursively defined continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 19 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Feb 13 2013: (Start)
Conjecture: if the e.g.f. is E(x)= exp( exp(x) -1 + p*x) then
g.f.: (x+1-p*x)/x/(G(0)-x) - 1/x where G(k) = 2*x + 1 - p*x - x*k + x*(x*k - x - 1 + p*x)/G(k+1); (continued fraction).
So, for this sequence (p=-2), g.f.: (3*x+1)/x/( G(0)-x ) - 1/x where G(k) = 4*x + 1 - x*k + x*(x*k - 3*x - 1)/G(k+1);
(End)
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + 2*x - x/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 22 2013
a(0) = 1; a(n) = -2 * a(n-1) + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k) * a(k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 30 2021
a(n) ~ n^(n-2) * exp(n/LambertW(n) - n - 1) / (sqrt(1 + LambertW(n)) * LambertW(n)^(n-2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 27 2022
EXAMPLE
G.f.: 1 - 1*x + 2*x^2 - 3*x^3 + 7*x^4 - 10*x^5 + 31*x^6 - 21*x^7 + 204*x^8 + 307*x^9 + 2811*x^10 + 12100*x^11 + 74053*x^12 + 432211*x^13 + ...
MATHEMATICA
Table[ Sum[ (-2)^(n - k) Binomial[n, k] BellB[k], {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 50}] (* Karol A. Penson and Olivier Gérard, Oct 22 2007 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
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AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 04 2007
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Karol A. Penson and Olivier Gérard, Oct 22 2007
STATUS
approved