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A225688 revision #9

A225688
E.g.f.: sec(x)^3+(sec(x)^2*tan(x)).
4
1, 1, 3, 8, 33, 136, 723, 3968, 25953, 176896, 1376643, 11184128, 101031873, 951878656, 9795436563, 104932671488, 1212135593793, 14544442556416, 186388033956483, 2475749026562048, 34859622790687713, 507711943253426176, 7791941518975112403, 123460740095103991808
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Number of up-down min-max permutations of n elements.
REFERENCES
F. Heneghan and T. K. Petersen, Power series for up-down min-max permutations,
http://math.depaul.edu/tpeter21/MaxMinUpDownCMJ2v.pdf, 2013.
FORMULA
The e.g.f. can also be written as (1+sin(x))/cos(x)^3.
A225688(n)+A225689(n) = A000111(n+2). - corrected by Vaclav Kotesovec, May 26 2013
a(n) ~ n! * n^2*(2/Pi)^(n+3). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 26 2013
MATHEMATICA
Table[n!*SeriesCoefficient[(1+Sin[x])/Cos[x]^3, {x, 0, n}] , {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, May 26 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A148917 A120892 A195499 * A109655 A184255 A001120
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, May 26 2013
STATUS
proposed