NAME euler - Euler number SYNOPSIS euler(n) TYPES n integer, n <= 1000000 if even return integer DESCRIPTION Returns the Euler number with index n, i.e. the coefficient E_n in the expansion sech(t) = Sigma E_n * t^n/n! When euler(n) is computed for positive even n, the values for n and smaller positive even indices are stored in a table so that a later call to euler(k) with 0 <= k <= n will be executed quickly. If euler(k) is called with negative k, zero is returned and the memory used by the table iu freed. Considerable runtime and memery are required for calculating euler(n) for large even n. EXAMPLE > for (n = 0; n <= 6; n++) print euler(n),; print; 1 0 -1 0 5 0 -61 LIMITS none LINK LIBRARY NUMBER *qeuler(long n) SEE ALSO bernoulli, bell, catalan, comb, fact, perm