[seqfan] Re: Sorting out incorrect versions of sequences

Alois Heinz heinz at hs-heilbronn.de
Thu Nov 12 00:34:11 CET 2009


I would change the definition.

There are more sequences like A161563:

A167446 Fibonacci(n)!!!.
A167748 EulerPhi(n!!!).

Alois

Charles Greathouse schrieb:
> A161563 is described as "Triple factorials n!!!" and begins
> 1, 1, 2, 6, 40320, 1307674368000, ...
>
> The Math'ca code it gives is n!!!, which is parsed as (n!!)!.  So a(5)
> = (5!!)! = 15! = 1307674368000.
>
> Should I mark this as an erroneous version of A007661, or should I
> change the definition to "Factorials of double factorials"?  This
> seems to have implications for many of the unedited sequences so I
> thought I'd ask here.
>
> Charles Greathouse
> Analyst/Programmer
> Case Western Reserve University
>
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