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A036740
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a(n) = (n!)^n.
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57
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1, 1, 4, 216, 331776, 24883200000, 139314069504000000, 82606411253903523840000000, 6984964247141514123629140377600000000, 109110688415571316480344899355894085582848000000000, 395940866122425193243875570782668457763038822400000000000000000000
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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(-1)^n*a(n) is the determinant of the n X n matrix m_{i,j} = T(n+i,j), 1 <= i,j <= n, where T(n,k) are the signed Stirling numbers of the first kind (A008275). Derived from methods given in Krattenthaler link. - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 17 2005
a(n) is also the number of binary operations on an n-element set which are right (or left) cancellative. These are also called right (left) cancellative magma or groupoids. The multiplication table of a right (left) cancellative magma is an n X n matrix with entries from an n element set such that the elements in each column (or row) are distinct. - W. Edwin Clark, Apr 09 2009
This sequence is mentioned in "Experimentation in Mathematics" as a sum-of-powers determinant. - John M. Campbell, May 07 2011
Determinant of the n X n matrix M_n = [m_n(i,j)] with m_n(i,j) = Stirling2(n+i,j) for 1<=i,j<=n. - Alois P. Heinz, Jul 26 2013
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REFERENCES
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Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey and Roland Girgensohn, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational Paths to Discovery, A K Peters, Ltd., 2004, p. 207.
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LINKS
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Christian Krattenthaler, Advanced determinant calculus, in: D. Foata and G. N. Han (eds.), The Andrews Festschrift, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2001, pp. 349-426; arXiv preprint, arXiv:math/9902004 [math.CO], 1999.
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FORMULA
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a(n) = Product_{k=1..n} (k-1)!*k^k;
a(n) ~ 2^(n/2) * Pi^(n/2) * n^(n*(2*n+1)/2) / exp(n^2-1/12). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 14 2014
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MAPLE
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a:= n-> n!^n:
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n)=n!^n;
(Maxima) makelist(n!^n, n, 0, 10); /* Martin Ettl, Jan 13 2013 */
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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