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A277474
E.g.f.: -exp(-x)*LambertW(-x).
4
0, 1, 0, 6, 36, 380, 4830, 74382, 1342712, 27825912, 651274650, 16994464850, 489240628932, 15404364096420, 526634857318934, 19428038813967630, 769280055136105200, 32543192449030871792, 1464827827285673677746, 69903432558329996409642, 3525344776953738276010940
OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(n-k) * binomial(n,k) * k^(k-1).
a(n) ~ exp(-exp(-1)) * n^(n-1).
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[-Exp[-x]*LambertW[-x], {x, 0, 20}], x] * Range[0, 20]!
Table[Sum[(-1)^(n-k)*Binomial[n, k]*k^(k-1), {k, 1, n}], {n, 0, 20}]
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^50); concat([0], Vec(serlaplace(-exp(-x)*lambertw(-x)))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 07 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 17 2016
STATUS
approved