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Why does this "factorial sequence" appear in the OEIS?

For a reciprocal of a polynomial, $f = \frac{1}{p}$, we (presumably) may construct a sequence $(c_n)_{n=0}^\infty$ such that for all $N\ge 0$ $$f(k)k! = \sum_{n=0}^{N-1} c_n(k-n)! + O((k-N)!). $$ I ...
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Is OEIS A007018 really a subsequence of squarefree numbers?

A comment in A007018 a(n) = a(n-1)^2 + a(n-1), a(0)=1 claims Subsequence of squarefree numbers (A005117). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 15 2004 Is that really so? As far as I know, it is an open ...
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