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Expansion of Sum_{k>=0} (x * (1 + k^2 * x))^k.
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%I #14 Feb 16 2023 09:33:00

%S 1,1,2,9,44,308,2391,22851,241570,2937179,39192998,579482352,

%T 9328260061,162563246381,3062996934322,61499850730949,

%U 1327236820161040,30176760155713420,733829463528115523,18639130961053854975,504241689606231891890

%N Expansion of Sum_{k>=0} (x * (1 + k^2 * x))^k.

%F a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} (n-k)^(2*k) * binomial(n-k,k).

%F a(n) ~ (exp(exp(1)) + (-1)^n * exp(-exp(1))) * n^n / 2^(n+1). - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Feb 16 2023

%t Flatten[{1, Table[Sum[Binomial[n-k,k] * (n-k)^(2*k), {k,0,n}], {n,1,30}]}] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Feb 16 2023 *)

%o (PARI) my(N=30, x='x+O('x^N)); Vec(sum(k=0, N, (x*(1+k^2*x))^k))

%o (PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n\2, (n-k)^(2*k)*binomial(n-k, k));

%Y Cf. A355471, A360592, A360647.

%K nonn

%O 0,3

%A _Seiichi Manyama_, Feb 16 2023