A158118 Number of solutions of +-1+-2^3+-3^3..+-n^3=0.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 4, 2, 0, 0, 4, 124, 0, 0, 536, 712, 0, 0, 4574, 2260, 0, 0, 10634, 73758, 0, 0, 406032, 638830, 0, 0, 4249160, 3263500, 0, 0, 21907736, 82561050, 0, 0, 485798436, 945916970, 0, 0, 5968541478, 6839493576, 0, 0

Offset

1,12

Comments

Constant term in the expansion of (x + 1/x)(x^8 + 1/x^8)..(x^n^3 + 1/x^n^3).

a(n) = 0 for any n=1 (mod 4) or n=2 (mod 4).

The expansion above and the integral representation formula below are due to Andrica & Tomescu. The asymptotic formula is a conjecture; see Andrica & Ionascu. - Jonathan Sondow, Nov 06 2013

Links

Ray Chandler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..130

D. Andrica and E. J. Ionascu, Variations on a result of Erdős and Surányi, INTEGERS 2013 slides.

Dorin Andrica and Ioan Tomescu, On an Integer Sequence Related to a Product of Trigonometric Functions, and Its Combinatorial Relevance, J. Integer Sequences, 5 (2002), Article 02.2.4.

Formula

a(n) = 2 * A113263(n).

Integral representation: a(n)=((2^n)/Pi)*int_0^Pi prod_{k=1}^n cos(x*k^3) dx.

Asymptotic formula: a(n)=(2^n)*sqrt(14/(Pi*n^7))*(1+o(1)) as n-->infty; n=-1 or 0 (mod 4).

Example

Example: For n=12 the a(12) = 2 solutions are:
+1+8-27+64-125-216-343+512+729-1000-1331+1728=0,
-1-8+27-64+125+216+343-512-729+1000+1331-1728=0.

Maple

N:=60: p:=1: a:=[]: for n from 1 to N do p:=expand(p*( x^(n^3) + x^(-n^3) )): a:=[op(a), coeff(p, x, 0)]: od:a;

Crossrefs

Equals twice A113263.

Cf. A063865, A158092, A019568. - Pietro Majer, Mar 15 2009

Sequence in context: A252729 A121552 A350785 * A212137 A346462 A230295

Adjacent sequences: A158115 A158116 A158117 * A158119 A158120 A158121

Keyword

nonn

Author

Pietro Majer, Mar 12 2009

Status

approved