A198630 - OEIS

A198630

Alternating sums of powers of 1,2,...,7.

1, 4, 28, 208, 1540, 11344, 83188, 607408, 4416580, 31986064, 230784148, 1659338608, 11892395620, 84983496784, 605698755508, 4306834677808, 30560156566660

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OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

For the e.g.f.s and o.g.f.s of such alternating power sums see A196847 (even case) and A196848 (odd case).

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..16.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (28,-322,1960,-6769,13132,-13068,5040).

FORMULA

a(n)=sum(((-1)^(j+1))*j^n,j=1..7), n>=0.

E.g.f.: sum(((-1)^(j+1))*exp(j*x),j=1..7)= exp(x)*

(1+exp(7*x))/(1+exp(x)).

O.g.f: sum(((-1)^(j+1))/(1-j*x),j=1..7) = (1-24*x+238*x^2-1248*x^3+3661*x^4-5736*x^5+3828*x^6)/

product(1-j*x,j=1..7). See A196848 for a formula for the coefficients of the numerator polynomial.

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 1^2-2^2+3^2-4^2+5^2-6^2+7^2 = 28.

MAPLE

A198630 := proc(n)

3^n-4^n+1-2^n+5^n-6^n+7^n ;

end proc:

seq(A198630(n), n=0..20) ; # R. J. Mathar, May 11 2022

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=([0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1; 5040, -13068, 13132, -6769, 1960, -322, 28]^n*[1; 4; 28; 208; 1540; 11344; 83188])[1, 1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jul 06 2017

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000225, A083323, 2*A053154, A198628, 3*A198629.

Sequence in context: A270471 A355354 A019482 * A246021 A090965 A106258

Adjacent sequences: A198627 A198628 A198629 * A198631 A198632 A198633

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 28 2011

STATUS

approved