TITLE: How to evaluate $ \:\sum _{n=3}^{\infty \:}\frac{4n^2-1}{n!}\:\: $?
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: I am trying to evaluate:
$$ \:\sum _{n=3}^{\infty \:}\:\:\frac{4n^2-1}{n!}\:\: \quad (1)$$

My attempt:
$$ \:\sum _{n=3}^{\infty \:}\:\:\frac{4n^2-1}{n!}\:\: \quad  = 4\sum _{n=0}^{\infty \:} \frac{(n+3)^2}{(n+3)!} + \sum _{n=0}^{\infty \:} \frac{1}{(n+3)!}$$
The last form is very similar to the expotential series, but I can't get it from here.
Any ideas?

REPLY [3 votes]: For higher powers (series of the form $\displaystyle  \sum_{k\geq 0}\frac{k^n}{k!} , n > 0 $ ) we use Dobínski's formula  and the our problem is just particular case of it.
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$$4\sum_{n\geq 3}\frac{n^2}{n!}-\sum_{n\geq 3}\frac{1}{n!}=4\left(\sum_{n\geq 0}\frac{n^2}{n!} -1-\frac{2^2}{2!}\right)-\left(\sum_{n\geq 0}\frac{1}{n!}-2-\frac{1}{2!}\right)=4\sum_{n\geq 0}\left(\frac{n^2}{n!}-\frac{1}{n!}\right)-12+\frac{5}{2}$$ and hence by Dobiński's formula we have $$4eB_2-eB_0-\frac{19}{2}= 8e-e-\frac{19}{2}=7e -\frac{19}{2} $$ where $B_n$ is nth Bell number with $B_0=B_1=1$ and $B_2=2$