OFFSET
0,3
REFERENCES
F. Smarandache, Back and Forth Factorials, Arizona State Univ., Special Collections, 1972.
LINKS
J. Dezert, ed., Smarandacheials (1), Mathematics Magazine for Grades 1-12, No. 4, 2004.
J. Dezert, ed., Smarandacheials (2), Mathematics Magazine for Grades 1-12, No. 4, 2004.
FORMULA
a(n) = !n!_2 = Prod_{i=0, 1, 2, ... .}_{0<|n-2i|<=n}(n-2i) = n(n-2)(n-4)... = (-1)^(Int(n+1)/2) * (n!!)^2
EXAMPLE
!3!_2 = 3(3-2)(3-4)(3-6) = 9 and !4!_2 = 4(4-2)(4-6)(4-8) = 64.
MAPLE
T:=proc(n, k) local i, p;
p:=1;
for i from 0 to floor(2*n/k) do
if n-k*i <> 0 then p:=p*(n-k*i) fi; od:
p;
end;
r:=k->[seq(T(n, k), n=0..60)]; r(2); # N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 03 2017
MATHEMATICA
T[n_, k_] := Module[{i, p = 1}, For[i = 0, i <= Floor[2n/k], i++, If[n - k i != 0, p *= (n - k i)]]; p]; T[_, 0] = 1;
Table[T[n, 2], {n, 0, 22}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 05 2020, after Maple *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
J. Dezert (Jean.Dezert(AT)onera.fr), Mar 21 2004
EXTENSIONS
Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 03 2017
STATUS
approved