A361892 - OEIS

A361892

a(n) = S(7,2*n-1)/S(1,2*n-1), where S(r,n) = Sum_{k = 0..floor(n/2)} ( binomial(n,k) - binomial(n,k-1) )^r.

1, 43, 9451, 6031627, 6571985126, 9140730357409, 14801600281919487, 26927918031565051915, 53804800109969394477580, 116002825041515533807200418, 266118189111094898593879923346, 642598035707739308769581970619393

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Odd bisection of A361891.

Conjecture: the supercongruence a(n*p^r) == a(n*p^(r-1)) (mod p^(3*r)) holds for positive integers n and r and all primes p >= 5.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..12.

FORMULA

a(n) = 1/binomial(2*n-1,n-1) * Sum_{k = 0..n-1} ( (2*n - 2*k)/(2*n - k) * binomial(2*n-1,k) )^7 for n >= 1.

MAPLE

seq(add( ( binomial(2*n-1, k) - binomial(2*n-1, k-1) )^7/binomial(2*n-1, n-1), k = 0..n-1), n = 1..20);

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003161 ( S(3,n) ), A003162 ( S(3,n)/S(1,n) ), A183069 ( S(3,2*n+1)/ S(1,2*n+1) ), A361887 ( S(5,n) ), A361888 ( S(5,n)/S(1,n) ), A361889 ( S(5,2*n-1)/S(1,2*n-1) ), A361890 ( S(7,n) ), A361891 ( S(7,n)/S(1,n) ).

Sequence in context: A208625 A147522 A183489 * A356203 A184144 A262856

Adjacent sequences: A361889 A361890 A361891 * A361893 A361894 A361895

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,changed

AUTHOR

Peter Bala, Mar 30 2023

EXTENSIONS

Offset changed to 1 by Georg Fischer, Nov 20 2024

STATUS

approved