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A000292 Tetrahedral (or triangular pyramidal) numbers: a(n) = C(n+2,3) = n(n+1)(n+2)/6.

0, 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, 56, 84, 120, 165, 220, 286, 364, 455, 560, 680, 816, 969, 1140, 1330, 1540, 1771, 2024, 2300, 2600, 2925, 3276, 3654, 4060, 4495, 4960, 5456, 5984, 6545, 7140, 7770, 8436, 9139, 9880, 10660, 11480, 12341, 13244, 14190, 15180

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

a(n) is the number of balls in a triangular pyramid in which each edge contains n balls.
One of the 5 Platonic polyhedral (tetrahedral, cube, octahedral, dodecahedral and icosahedral) numbers (cf. A053012).
Also (1/6)*(n^3 + 3*n^2 + 2*n) is the number of ways to color the vertices of a triangle using <= n colors, allowing rotations and reflections. Group is the dihedral group D_6 with cycle index (x1^3 + 2*x3 + 3*x1*x2)/6.
Also the convolution of the natural numbers with themselves. - Felix Goldberg (felixg(AT)tx.technion.ac.il), Feb 01 2001
Connected with the Eulerian numbers (1, 4, 1) via 1*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-1) + 1*a(n) = n^3. - Gottfried Helms, Apr 15 2002
a(n) is sum of all the possible products p*q where (p,q) are ordered pairs and p + q = n + 1. E.g., a(5) = 5 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 5 = 35. - Amarnath Murthy, May 29 2003
Number of labeled graphs on n+3 nodes that are triangles. - Jon Perry, Jun 14 2003
Number of permutations of n+3 which have exactly 1 descent and avoid the pattern 1324. - Mike Zabrocki, Nov 05 2004
Schlaefli symbol for this polyhedron: {3,3}.
Transform of n^2 under the Riordan array (1/(1-x^2), x). - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005
a(n) is a perfect square only for n = {1, 2, 48}. E.g., a(48) = 19600 = 140^2. - Alexander Adamchuk, Nov 24 2006
a(n+1) is the number of terms in the expansion of (a_1 + a_2 + a_3 + a_4)^n. - Sergio Falcon, Feb 12 2007 [Corrected by Graeme McRae, Aug 28 2007]
a(n+1) is the number of terms in the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomial of degree n in 3 variables. - Richard Barnes, Sep 06 2017
This is also the average "permutation entropy", sum((pi(n)-n)^2)/n!, over the set of all possible n! permutations pi. - Jeff Boscole (jazzerciser(AT)hotmail.com), Mar 20 2007
a(n) = (d/dx)(S(n, x), x)|A049310.%20-%20_Wolfdieter%20Lang">{x = 2}. First derivative of Chebyshev S-polynomials evaluated at x = 2. See A049310. - _Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 04 2007
If X is an n-set and Y a fixed (n-1)-subset of X then a(n-2) is equal to the number of 3-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan Janjic, Aug 15 2007
Complement of A145397; A023533(a(n))=1; A014306(a(n))=0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 14 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A152205. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2008
a(n) is the number of gifts received from the lyricist's true love up to and including day n in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas". a(12) = 364, almost the number of days in the year. - Bernard Hill (bernard(AT)braeburn.co.uk), Dec 05 2008
Sequence of the absolute values of the z^1 coefficients of the polynomials in the GF2 denominators of A156925. See A157703 for background information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Mar 07 2009
Starting with 1 = row sums of triangle A158823. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 28 2009
Wiener index of the path with n edges. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 30 2009
This is a 'Matryoshka doll' sequence with alpha=0, the multiplicative counterpart is A000178: seq(add(add(i,i=alpha..k),k=alpha..n),n=alpha..50). - Peter Luschny, Jul 14 2009
a(n) is the number of nondecreasing triples of numbers from a set of size n, and it is the number of strictly increasing triples of numbers from a set of size n+2. - Samuel Savitz, Sep 12 2009 [Corrected and enhanced by Markus Sigg, Sep 24 2023]
a(n) is the number of ordered sequences of 4 nonnegative integers that sum to n. E.g., a(2) = 10 because 2 = 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 = 1 + 0 + 1 + 0 = 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 = 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 0 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 0 + 0 + 0 + 2. - Artur Jasinski, Nov 30 2009
a(n) corresponds to the total number of steps to memorize n verses by the technique described in A173964. - Ibrahima Faye (ifaye2001(AT)yahoo.fr), Feb 22 2010
The number of (n+2)-bit numbers which contain two runs of 1's in their binary expansion. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 30 2010
a(n) is also, starting at the second term, the number of triangles formed in n-gons by intersecting diagonals with three diagonal endpoints (see the first column of the table in Sommars link). - Alexandre Wajnberg, Aug 21 2010
Column sums of:
1 4 9 16 25...
    1  4  9...
          1...
..............
--------------
1 4 10 20 35...
From Johannes W. Meijer, May 20 2011: (Start)
The Ca3, Ca4, Gi3 and Gi4 triangle sums (see A180662 for their definitions) of the Connell-Pol triangle A159797 are linear sums of shifted versions of the duplicated tetrahedral numbers, e.g., Gi3(n) = 17*a(n) + 19*a(n-1) and Gi4(n) = 5*a(n) + a(n-1).
Furthermore the Kn3, Kn4, Ca3, Ca4, Gi3 and Gi4 triangle sums of the Connell sequence A001614 as a triangle are also linear sums of shifted versions of the sequence given above. (End)
a(n-2)=N_0(n), n >= 1, with a(-1):=0, is the number of vertices of n planes in generic position in three-dimensional space. See a comment under A000125 for general arrangement. Comment to Arnold's problem 1990-11, see the Arnold reference, p. 506. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 27 2011
We consider optimal proper vertex colorings of a graph G. Assume that the labeling, i.e., coloring starts with 1. By optimality we mean that the maximum label used is the minimum of the maximum integer label used across all possible labelings of G. Let S=Sum of the differences |l(v) - l(u)|, the sum being over all edges uv of G and l(w) is the label associated with a vertex w of G. We say G admits unique labeling if all possible labelings of G is S-invariant and yields the same integer partition of S. With an offset this sequence gives the S-values for the complete graph on n vertices, n = 2, 3, ... . - K.V.Iyer, Jul 08 2011
Central term of commutator of transverse Virasoro operators in 4-D case for relativistic quantum open strings (ref. Zwiebach). - Tom Copeland, Sep 13 2011
Appears as a coefficient of a Sturm-Liouville operator in the Ovsienko reference on page 43. - Tom Copeland, Sep 13 2011
For n > 0: a(n) is the number of triples (u,v,w) with 1 <= u <= v <= w <= n, cf. A200737. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 21 2011
Regarding the second comment above by Amarnath Murthy (May 29 2003), see A181118 which gives the sequence of ordered pairs. - L. Edson Jeffery, Dec 17 2011
The dimension of the space spanned by the 3-form v[ijk] that couples to M2-brane worldsheets wrapping 3-cycles inside tori (ref. Green, Miller, Vanhove eq. 3.9). - Stephen Crowley, Jan 05 2012
a(n+1) is the number of 2 X 2 matrices with all terms in {0, 1, ..., n} and (sum of terms) = n. Also, a(n+1) is the number of 2 X 2 matrices with all terms in {0, 1, ..., n} and (sum of terms) = 3*n. - Clark Kimberling, Mar 19 2012
Using n + 4 consecutive triangular numbers t(1), t(2), ..., t(n+4), where n is the n-th term of this sequence, create a polygon by connecting points (t(1), t(2)) to (t(2), t(3)), (t(2), t(3)) to (t(3), t(4)), ..., (t(1), t(2)) to (t(n+3), t(n+4)). The area of this polygon will be one-half of each term in this sequence. - J. M. Bergot, May 05 2012
Pisano period lengths:  1, 4, 9, 8, 5, 36, 7, 16, 27, 20, 11, 72, 13, 28, 45, 32, 17,108, 19, 40, ... . (The Pisano sequence modulo m is the auxiliary sequence p(n) = a(n) mod m, n >= 1, for some m. p(n) is periodic for all sequences with rational g.f., like this one, and others. The lengths of the period of p(n) are quoted here for m>=1.) - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
a(n) is the maximum possible number of rooted triples consistent with any phylogenetic tree (level-0 phylogenetic network) containing exactly n+2 leaves. - Jesper Jansson, Sep 10 2012
For n > 0, the digital roots of this sequence A010888(a(n)) form the purely periodic 27-cycle {1, 4, 1, 2, 8, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 7, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 1, 7, 8, 5, 8, 9, 9, 9}, which just rephrases the Pisano period length above. - Ant King, Oct 18 2012
a(n) is the number of functions f from {1, 2, 3} to {1, 2, ..., n + 4} such that f(1) + 1 < f(2) and f(2) + 1 < f(3). - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 27 2012
a(n) is the Szeged index of the path graph with n+1 vertices; see the Diudea et al. reference, p. 155, Eq. (5.8). - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 01 2013
Also the number of permutations of length n that can be sorted by a single block transposition. - Vincent Vatter, Aug 21 2013
From J. M. Bergot, Sep 10 2013: (Start)
a(n) is the 3 X 3 matrix determinant
  |  C(n,1)   C(n,2)   C(n,3)  |
  | C(n+1,1) C(n+1,2) C(n+1,3) |
  | C(n+2,1) C(n+2,2) C(n+2,3) |
(End)
In physics, a(n)/2 is the trace of the spin operator S_z^2 for a particle with spin S=n/2. For example, when S=3/2, the S_z eigenvalues are -3/2, -1/2, +1/2, +3/2 and the sum of their squares is 10/2 = a(3)/2. - Stanislav Sykora, Nov 06 2013
a(n+1) = (n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)/6 is also the dimension of the Hilbert space of homogeneous polynomials of degree n. - L. Edson Jeffery, Dec 12 2013
For n >= 4, a(n-3) is the number of permutations of 1,2...,n with the distribution of up (1) - down (0) elements 0...0111 (n-4 zeros), or, equivalently, a(n-3) is up-down coefficient {n,7} (see comment in A060351). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 15 2014
a(n) is one-half the area of the region created by plotting the points (n^2,(n+1)^2). A line connects points (n^2,(n+1)^2) and ((n+1)^2, (n+2)^2) and a line is drawn from (0,1) to each increasing point. From (0,1) to (4,9) the area is 2; from (0,1) to (9,16) the area is 8; further areas are 20,40,70,...,2*a(n). - J. M. Bergot, May 29 2014
Beukers and Top prove that no tetrahedral number > 1 equals a square pyramidal number A000330. - Jonathan Sondow, Jun 21 2014
a(n+1) is for n >= 1 the number of nondecreasing n-letter words over the alphabet [4] = {1, 2, 3, 4} (or any other four distinct numbers). a(2+1) = 10 from the words 11, 22, 33, 44, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 34; which is also the maximal number of distinct elements in a symmetric 4 X 4 matrix. Inspired by the Jul 20 2014 comment by R. J. Cano on A000582. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 29 2014
Degree of the q-polynomial counting the orbits of plane partitions under the action of the symmetric group S3. Orbit-counting generating function is Product_{i <= j <= k <= n} ( (1 - q^(i + j + k - 1))/(1 - q^(i + j + k - 2)) ). See q-TSPP reference. - Olivier Gérard, Feb 25 2015
Row lengths of tables A248141 and A248147. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 02 2014
If n is even then a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n/2} (2k)^2. If n is odd then a(n) = Sum_{k=0..(n-1)/2} (1+2k)^2. This can be illustrated as stacking boxes inside a square pyramid on plateaus of edge lengths 2k or 2k+1, respectively. The largest k are the 2k X 2k or (2k+1) X (2k+1) base. - R. K. Guy, Feb 26 2015
Draw n lines in general position in the plane. Any three define a triangle, so in all we see C(n,3) = a(n-2) triangles (6 lines produce 4 triangles, and so on). - Terry Stickels, Jul 21 2015
a(n-2) = fallfac(n,3)/3!, n >= 3, is also the number of independent components of an antisymmetric tensor of rank 3 and dimension n. Here fallfac is the falling factorial. - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 10 2015
Number of compositions (ordered partitions) of n+3 into exactly 4 parts. - Juergen Will, Jan 02 2016
Number of weak compositions (ordered weak partitions) of n-1 into exactly 4 parts. - Juergen Will, Jan 02 2016
For n >= 2 gives the number of multiplications of two nonzero matrix elements in calculating the product of two upper n X n triangular matrices. - John M. Coffey, Jun 23 2016
Terms a(4n+1), n >= 0, are odd, all others are even. The 2-adic valuation of the subsequence of every other term, a(2n+1), n >= 0, yields the ruler sequence A007814. Sequence A275019 gives the 2-adic valuation of a(n). - M. F. Hasler, Dec 05 2016
Does not satisfy Benford's law [Ross, 2012]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 12 2017
C(n+2,3) is the number of ways to select 1 triple among n+2 objects, thus a(n) is the coefficient of x1^(n-1)*x3 in exponential Bell polynomial B_{n+2}(x1,x2,...), hence its link with A050534 and A001296 (see formula). - Cyril Damamme, Feb 26 2018
a(n) is also the number of 3-cycles in the (n+4)-path complement graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 11 2018
a(n) is the general number of all geodetic graphs of diameter n homeomorphic to a complete graph K4. - Carlos Enrique Frasser, May 24 2018
a(n) + 4*a(n-1) + a(n-2) = n^3 = A000578(n), for n >= 0 (extending the a(n) formula given in the name). This is the Worpitzky identity for cubes. (Number of components of the decomposition of a rank 3 tensor in dimension n >= 1 into symmetric, mixed and antisymmetric parts). For a(n-2) see my Dec 10 2015 comment. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 16 2019
a(n) also gives the total number of regular triangles of length k (in some length unit), with k from {1, 2, ..., n}, in the matchstick arrangement with enclosing triangle of length n, but only triangles with the orientation of the enclosing triangle are counted. Row sums of unsigned A122432(n-1, k-1), for n >= 1. See the Andrew Howroyd comment in A085691. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 06 2020
a(n) is the number of bigrassmannian permutations on n+1 elements, i.e., permutations which have a unique left descent, and a unique right descent. - Rafael Mrden, Aug 21 2020
a(n-2) is the number of chiral pairs of colorings of the edges or vertices of a triangle using n or fewer colors. - Robert A. Russell, Oct 20 2020
a(n-2) is the number of subsets of {1,2,...,n} whose diameters are their size. For example, for n=4, a(2)=4 and the sets are {1,3}, {2,4}, {1,2,4}, {1,3,4}. - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 26 2020
For n>1, a(n-2) is the number of subsets of {1,2,...,n} in which the second largest element is the size of the subset. For example, for n=4, a(2)=4 and the sets are {2,3}, {2,4}, {1,3,4}, {2,3,4}. - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 02 2021
a(n) is the number of binary strings of length n+2 with exactly three 0's. - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 15 2021
From Tom Copeland, Jun 07 2021: (Start)
Aside from the zero, this sequence is the fourth diagonal of the Pascal matrix A007318 and the only nonvanishing diagonal (fourth) of the matrix representation IM = (A132440)^3/3! of the differential operator D^3/3!, when acting on the row vector of coefficients of an o.g.f., or power series.
M = e^{IM} is the lower triangular matrix of coefficients of the Appell polynomial sequence p_n(x) = e^{D^3/3!} x^n = e^{b. D} x^n = (b. + x)^n = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) b_n x^{n-k}, where the (b.)^n = b_n have the e.g.f. e^{b.t} = e^{t^3/3!}, which is that for A025035 aerated with double zeros, the first column of M.
See A099174 and A000332 for analogous relationships for the third and fifth diagonals of the Pascal matrix. (End)
a(n) is the number of circles with a radius of integer length >= 1 and center at a grid point in an n X n grid. - Albert Swafford, Jun 11 2021
Maximum Wiener index over all connected graphs with n+1 vertices. - Allan Bickle, Jul 09 2022
The third Euler row (1,4,1) has an additional connection with the tetrahedral numbers besides the n^3 identity stated above: a^2(n) + 4*a^2(n+1) + a^2(n+2) = a(n^2+4n+4), which can be shown with algebra. E.g., a^2(2) + 4*a^2(3) + a^2(4) = 16 + 400 + 400 = a(16). Although an analogous thing happens with the (1,1) row of Euler's triangle and triangular numbers C(n+1,2) = A000217(n) = T(n), namely both T(n-1) + T(n) = n^2 and T^2(n-1) + T^2(n) = T(n^2) are true, only one (the usual identity) still holds for the Euler row (1,11,11,1) and the C(n,4) numbers in A000332. That is, the dot product of (1,11,11,1) with the squares of 4 consecutive terms of A000332 is not generally a term of A000332. - Richard Peterson, Aug 21 2022
For n > 1, a(n-2) is the number of solutions of the Diophantine equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 = n, subject to the constraints 0 <= x1, 1 <= x2, 2 <= x3, 0 <= x4 <= 1, 0 <= x5 and x5 is even. - Daniel Checa, Nov 03 2022
a(n+1) is also the number of vertices of the generalized Pitman-Stanley polytope with parameters 2, n, and vector (1,1, ... ,1), which is integrally equivalent to a flow polytope over the grid graph having 2 rows and n columns. - William T. Dugan, Sep 18 2023
a(n) is the number of binary words of length (n+1) containing exactly one substring 01. a(2) = 4: 001, 010, 011, 101. - Nordine Fahssi, Dec 09 2024

			a(2) = 3*4*5/6 = 10, the number of balls in a pyramid of 3 layers of balls, 6 in a triangle at the bottom, 3 in the middle layer and 1 on top.
Consider the square array
  1  2  3  4  5  6 ...
  2  4  6  8 10 12 ...
  3  6  9 12 16 20 ...
  4  8 12 16 20 24 ...
  5 10 15 20 25 30 ...
  ...
then a(n) = sum of n-th antidiagonal. - _Amarnath Murthy_, Apr 06 2003
G.f. = x + 4*x^2 + 10*x^3 + 20*x^4 + 35*x^5 + 56*x^6 + 84*x^7 + 120*x^8 + 165*x^9 + ...
Example for a(3+1) = 20 nondecreasing 3-letter words over {1,2,3,4}: 111, 222, 333; 444, 112, 113, 114, 223, 224, 122, 224, 133, 233, 144, 244, 344; 123, 124, 134, 234.  4 + 4*3 + 4 = 20. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jul 29 2014
Example for a(4-2) = 4 independent components of a rank 3 antisymmetric tensor A of dimension 4: A(1,2,3), A(1,2,4), A(1,3,4) and A(2,3,4). - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Dec 10 2015

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Index entries for "core" sequences
Index to sequences related to pyramidal numbers
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).
Index entries for two-way infinite sequences
Index entries for sequences related to Benford's law

Bisections give A000447 and A002492.
Sums of 2 consecutive terms give A000330.
a(3n-3) = A006566(n). A000447(n) = a(2n-2). A002492(n) = a(2n+1).
Column 0 of triangle A094415.
Cf. A000217 (first differences), A001044,  (see above example), A061552, A040977, A133111, A133112, A152205, A158823, A156925, A157703, A173964, A058187, A190717, A190718, A100440, A181118, A222716.
Partial sums are A000332. - Jonathan Vos Post, Mar 27 2011
Cf. A216499 (the analogous sequence for level-1 phylogenetic networks).
Cf. A068980 (partitions), A231303 (spin physics).
Cf. similar sequences listed in A237616.
Cf. A104712 (second column, if offset is 2).
Cf. A145397 (non-tetrahedral numbers). - Daniel Forgues, Apr 11 2015
Cf. A127324.
Cf. A007814, A275019 (2-adic valuation).
Cf. A000578 (cubes), A005900 (octahedral numbers), A006566 (dodecahedral numbers), A006564 (icosahedral numbers).
Cf. A002817 (4-cycle count of \bar P_{n+4}), A060446 (5-cycle count of \bar P_{n+3}), A302695 (6-cycle count of \bar P_{n+5})
Row 2 of A325000 (simplex facets and vertices) and A327084 (simplex edges and ridges).
Cf. A085691 (matchsticks), A122432 (unsigned row sums).
Cf. (triangle colorings) A006527 (oriented), A000290 (achiral), A327085 (chiral simplex edges and ridges).
Row 3 of A321791 (cycles of n colors using k or fewer colors).
Cf. A007318, A025035, A099174.
The Wiener indices of powers of paths for k = 1..6 are given in A000292, A002623, A014125, A122046, A122047, and A175724, respectively.

a:=n->Binomial(n+2,3);; A000292:=List([0..50],n->a(n)); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 28 2018

a000292 n = n * (n + 1) * (n + 2) `div` 6
a000292_list = scanl1 (+) a000217_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 16 2013, Feb 09 2012, Nov 21 2011

[n*(n+1)*(n+2)/6: n in [0..50]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 03 2014

a:=n->n*(n+1)*(n+2)/6; seq(a(n), n=0..50);
A000292 := n->binomial(n+2,3); seq(A000292(n), n=0..50);
isA000292 := proc(n)
    option remember;
    local a,i ;
    for i from iroot(6*n,3)-1 do
        a := A000292(i) ;
        if a > n then
            return false;
        elif a = n then
            return true;
        end if;
    end do:
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Aug 14 2024

Table[Binomial[n + 2, 3], {n, 0, 20}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 31 2010 *)
Accumulate[Accumulate[Range[0, 50]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 10 2011 *)
Table[n (n + 1)(n + 2)/6, {n,0,100}] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 25 2013 *)
Nest[Accumulate, Range[0, 50], 2] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 24 2017 *)
Binomial[Range[20] + 1, 3] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 08 2017 *)
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {0, 1, 4, 10}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 08 2017 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x/(-1 + x)^4, {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 08 2017 *)
Table[Range[n].Range[n,1,-1],{n,0,50}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 02 2024 *)

A000292(n):=n*(n+1)*(n+2)/6$ makelist(A000292(n),n,0,60); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 24 2012 */

a(n) = (n) * (n+1) * (n+2) / 6  \\ corrected by Harry J. Smith, Dec 22 2008

a=vector(10000);a[2]=1;for(i=3,#a,a[i]=a[i-2]+i*i); \\ Stanislav Sykora, Nov 07 2013

is(n)=my(k=sqrtnint(6*n,3)); k*(k+1)*(k+2)==6*n \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 13 2016

# Compare A000217.
def A000292():
    x, y, z = 1, 1, 1
    yield 0
    while True:
        yield x
        x, y, z = x + y + z + 1, y + z + 1, z + 1
a = A000292(); print([next(a) for i in range(45)]) # Peter Luschny, Aug 03 2019

a(n) = C(n+2,3) = n*(n+1)*(n+2)/6 (see the name).
G.f.: x / (1 - x)^4.
a(n) = -a(-4 - n) for all in Z.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A000217(k) = Sum_{k=1..n} Sum_{j=0..k} j, partial sums of the triangular numbers.
a(2n)= A002492(n). a(2n+1)=A000447(n+1).
a(n) = Sum_{1 <= i <= j <= n} |i - j|. - Amarnath Murthy, Aug 05 2002
a(n) = (n+3)*a(n-1)/n. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 26 2003
Sums of three consecutive terms give A006003. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 26 2003
Determinant of the n X n symmetric Pascal matrix M_(i, j) = C(i+j+2, i). - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 19 2003
The sum of a series constructed by the products of the index and the length of the series (n) minus the index (i): a(n) = sum[i(n-i)]. - Martin Steven McCormick (mathseq(AT)wazer.net), Apr 06 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} (n-2k)^2 [offset 0]; a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} k^2*(1-(-1)^(n+k-1))/2 [offset 0]. - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005
a(n) = -A108299(n+5, 6) = A108299(n+6, 7). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 01 2005
a(n) = -A110555(n+4, 3). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 27 2005
Values of the Verlinde formula for SL_2, with g = 2: a(n) = Sum_{j=1..n-1} n/(2*sin^2(j*Pi/n)). - Simone Severini, Sep 25 2006
a(n-1) = (1/(1!*2!))*Sum_{1 <= x_1, x_2 <= n} |det V(x_1, x_2)| = (1/2)*Sum_{1 <= i,j <= n} |i-j|, where V(x_1, x_2) is the Vandermonde matrix of order 2. Column 2 of A133112. - Peter Bala, Sep 13 2007
Starting with 1 = binomial transform of [1, 3, 3, 1, ...]; e.g., a(4) = 20 = (1, 3, 3, 1) dot (1, 3, 3, 1) = (1 + 9 + 9 + 1). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 04 2007
a(n) = A006503(n) - A002378(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 24 2008
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4) for n >= 4. - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Nov 18 2008
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 3/2, case x = 1 in Gradstein-Ryshik 1.513.7. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 27 2009
E.g.f.:((x^3)/6 + x^2 + x)*exp(x). - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 21 2009
Limit_{n -> oo} A171973(n)/a(n) = sqrt(2)/2. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 20 2010
With offset 1, a(n) = (1/6)*floor(n^5/(n^2 + 1)). - Gary Detlefs, Feb 14 2010
a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..n} k*(n-k+1). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 30 2010
a(n) = (3*n^2 + 6*n + 2)/(6*(h(n+2) - h(n-1))), n > 0, where h(n) is the n-th harmonic number. - Gary Detlefs, Jul 01 2011
a(n) = coefficient of x^2 in the Maclaurin expansion of 1 + 1/(x+1) + 1/(x+1)^2 + 1/(x+1)^3 + ... + 1/(x+1)^n. - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = coefficient of x^4 in the Maclaurin expansion of sin(x)*exp((n+1)*x). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 04 2011
a(n) = 2*A002415(n+1)/(n+1). - Tom Copeland, Sep 13 2011
a(n) = A004006(n) - n - 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 31 2012
a(n) = (A007531(n) + A027480(n) + A007290(n))/11. - J. M. Bergot, May 28 2012
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) + 1. - Ant King, Oct 18 2012
G.f.: x*U(0) where U(k) = 1 + 2*x*(k+2)/( 2*k+1 - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+5)/(x*(2*k+5)+(2*k+2)/U(k+1) )); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 3-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 01 2012
a(n^2 - 1) = (1/2)*(a(n^2 - n - 2) + a(n^2 + n - 2)) and
a(n^2 + n - 2) - a(n^2 - 1) = a(n-1)*(3*n^2 - 2) = 10*A024166(n-1), by Berselli's formula in A222716. - Jonathan Sondow, Mar 04 2013
G.f.: x + 4*x^2/(Q(0)-4*x) where Q(k) = 1 + k*(x+1) + 4*x - x*(k+1)*(k+5)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 14 2013
a(n+1) = det(C(i+3,j+2), 1 <= i,j <= n), where C(n,k) are binomial coefficients. - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
a(n) = a(n-2) + n^2, for n > 1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 16 2013
a(2n) = 4*(a(n-1) + a(n)), for n > 0. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Apr 26 2013
G.f.: x*G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x/(x + (k+1)/(k+4)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 02 2013
a(n) = n + 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2), with a(0) = a(-1) = 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 11 2013
a(n)*(m+1)^3 + a(m)*(n+1) = a(n*m + n + m), for any nonnegative integers m and n. This is a 3D analog of Euler's theorem about triangular numbers, namely t(n)*(2m+1)^2 + t(m) = t(2nm + n + m), where t(n) is the n-th triangular number. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 20 2013
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/(n+1)! = 2*e/3 = 1.8121878856393... .  Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = 13*e/6 = 5.88961062832... .  - Richard R. Forberg, Dec 25 2013
a(n+1) = A023855(n+1) + A023856(n). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 24 2013
a(n) = A024916(n) + A076664(n), n >= 1. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 11 2014
a(n) = A212560(n) - A059722(n). - J. M. Bergot, Mar 08 2014
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n + 1)/a(n) = 12*log(2) - 15/2 = 0.8177661667... See A242024, A242023. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 11 2014
3/(Sum_{n>=m} 1/a(n)) = A002378(m), for m > 0. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 12 2014
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} Sum_{j=i..n} min(i,j). - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Dec 03 2014
Arithmetic mean of Square pyramidal number and Triangular number: a(n) = (A000330(n) + A000217(n))/2. - Luciano Ancora, Mar 14 2015
a(k*n) = a(k)*a(n) + 4*a(k-1)*a(n-1) + a(k-2)*a(n-2). - Robert Israel, Apr 20 2015
Dirichlet g.f.: (zeta(s-3) + 3*zeta(s-2) + 2*zeta(s-1))/6. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 01 2016
a(n) = A080851(1,n-1) - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
a(n) = (A000578(n+1) - (n+1) ) / 6. - Zhandos Mambetaliyev, Nov 24 2016
G.f.: x/(1 - x)^4 = (x * r(x) * r(x^2) * r(x^4) * r(x^8) * ...), where r(x) = (1 + x)^4 = (1 + 4x + 6x^2 + 4x^3 + x^4); and x/(1 - x)^4 = (x * r(x) * r(x^3) * r(x^9) * r(x^27) * ...) where r(x) = (1 + x + x^2)^4. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 23 2017
a(n) = A000332(n+3) - A000332(n+2). - Bruce J. Nicholson, Apr 08 2017
a(n) = A001296(n) - A050534(n+1). - Cyril Damamme, Feb 26 2018
a(n)  = Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(n-k)*A122432(n-1, k-1), for n >= 1, and a(0) = 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 06 2020
From Robert A. Russell, Oct 20 2020: (Start)
a(n) = A006527(n) - a(n-2) = (A006527(n) + A000290(n)) / 2 = a(n-2) + A000290(n).
a(n-2) = A006527(n) - a(n) = (A006527(n) - A000290(n)) / 2 = a(n) - A000290(n).
a(n) = 1*C(n,1) + 2*C(n,2) + 1*C(n,3), where the coefficient of C(n,k) is the number of unoriented triangle colorings using exactly k colors.
a(n-2) = 1*C(n,3), where the coefficient of C(n,k) is the number of chiral pairs of triangle colorings using exactly k colors.
a(n-2) = A327085(2,n). (End)
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 25 2021: (Start)
Product_{n>=1} (1 + 1/a(n)) = sinh(sqrt(2)*Pi)/(3*sqrt(2)*Pi).
Product_{n>=2} (1 - 1/a(n)) = sqrt(2)*sinh(sqrt(2)*Pi)/(33*Pi). (End)
a(n) = A002623(n-1) + A002623(n-2), for n>1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Nov 14 2021

Corrected and edited by Daniel Forgues, May 14 2010

A008277 Triangle of Stirling numbers of the second kind, S2(n,k), n >= 1, 1 <= k <= n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 7, 6, 1, 1, 15, 25, 10, 1, 1, 31, 90, 65, 15, 1, 1, 63, 301, 350, 140, 21, 1, 1, 127, 966, 1701, 1050, 266, 28, 1, 1, 255, 3025, 7770, 6951, 2646, 462, 36, 1, 1, 511, 9330, 34105, 42525, 22827, 5880, 750, 45, 1, 1, 1023, 28501, 145750, 246730, 179487, 63987, 11880, 1155, 55, 1

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

Also known as Stirling set numbers and written {n, k}.
S2(n,k) counts partitions of an n-set into k nonempty subsets.
From Manfred Boergens, Apr 07 2025: (Start)
With regard to the preceding comment:
For disjoint collections of subsets see A256894.
For arbitrary collections of subsets see A163353.
For arbitrary collections of nonempty subsets see A055154. (End)
Triangle S2(n,k), 1 <= k <= n, read by rows, given by [0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 5, 0, 6, ...] DELTA [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...] where DELTA is Deléham's operator defined in A084938.
Number of partitions of {1, ..., n+1} into k+1 nonempty subsets of nonconsecutive integers, including the partition 1|2|...|n+1 if n=k. E.g., S2(3,2)=3 since the number of partitions of {1,2,3,4} into three subsets of nonconsecutive integers is 3, i.e., 13|2|4, 14|2|3, 1|24|3. - Augustine O. Munagi, Mar 20 2005
Draw n cards (with replacement) from a deck of k cards. Let prob(n,k) be the probability that each card was drawn at least once. Then prob(n,k) = S2(n,k)*k!/k^n (see A090582). - Rainer Rosenthal, Oct 22 2005
Define f_1(x), f_2(x), ..., such that f_1(x)=e^x and for n = 2, 3, ..., f_{n+1}(x) = (d/dx)(x*f_n(x)). Then f_n(x) = e^x*Sum_{k=1..n} S2(n,k)*x^(k-1). - Milan Janjic, May 30 2008
From Peter Bala, Oct 03 2008: (Start)
For tables of restricted Stirling numbers of the second kind see A143494 - A143496.
S2(n,k) gives the number of 'patterns' of words of length n using k distinct symbols - see [Cooper & Kennedy] for an exact definition of the term 'pattern'. As an example, the words AADCBB and XXEGTT, both of length 6, have the same pattern of letters. The five patterns of words of length 3 are AAA, AAB, ABA, BAA and ABC giving row 3 of this table as (1,3,1).
Equivalently, S2(n,k) gives the number of sequences of positive integers (N_1,...,N_n) of length n, with k distinct entries, such that N_1 = 1 and N_(i+1) <= 1 + max{j = 1..i} N_j for i >= 1 (restricted growth functions). For example, Stirling(4,2) = 7 since the sequences of length 4 having 2 distinct entries that satisfy the conditions are (1,1,1,2), (1,1,2,1), (1,2,1,1), (1,1,2,2), (1,2,2,2), (1,2,2,1) and (1,2,1,2).
(End)
Number of combinations of subsets in the plane. - Mats Granvik, Jan 13 2009
S2(n+1,k+1) is the number of size k collections of pairwise disjoint, nonempty subsets of [n]. For example: S2(4,3)=6 because there are six such collections of subsets of [3] that have cardinality two: {(1)(23)},{(12)(3)}, {(13)(2)}, {(1)(2)}, {(1)(3)}, {(2)(3)}. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 06 2009
Consider a set of A000217(n) balls of n colors in which, for each integer k = 1 to n, exactly one color appears in the set a total of k times. (Each ball has exactly one color and is indistinguishable from other balls of the same color.) a(n+1, k+1) equals the number of ways to choose 0 or more balls of each color in such a way that exactly (n-k) colors are chosen at least once, and no two colors are chosen the same positive number of times. - Matthew Vandermast, Nov 22 2010
S2(n,k) is the number of monotonic-labeled forests on n vertices with exactly k rooted trees, each of height one or less. See link "Counting forests with Stirling and Bell numbers" below. - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 16 2011
If D is the operator d/dx, and E the operator xd/dx, Stirling numbers are given by:  E^n = Sum_{k=1..n} S2(n,k) * x^k*D^k. - Hyunwoo Jang, Dec 13 2011
The Stirling polynomials of the second kind (a.k.a. the Bell / Touchard polynomials) are the umbral compositional inverses of the falling factorials (a.k.a. the Pochhammer symbol or Stirling polynomials of the first kind), i.e., binomial(Bell(.,x),n) = x^n/n! (cf. Copeland's 2007 formulas), implying binomial(xD,n) = binomial(Bell(.,:xD:),n) = :xD:^n/n! where D = d/dx and :xD:^n = x^n*D^n. - Tom Copeland, Apr 17 2014
S2(n,k) is the number of ways to nest n matryoshkas (Russian nesting dolls) so that exactly k matryoshkas are not contained in any other matryoshka. - Carlo Sanna, Oct 17 2015
The row polynomials R(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} S2(n, k)*x^k appear in the numerator of the e.g.f. of n-th powers, E(n, x) = Sum_{m>=0} m^n*x^m/m!, as E(n, x) = exp(x)*x*R(n, x), for n >= 1. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 02 2017
With offsets 0 for n and k this is the Sheffer product matrix A007318*A048993 denoted by (exp(t), (exp(t) - 1)) with e.g.f. exp(t)*exp(x*(exp(t) - 1)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 20 2017
Number of words on k+1 unlabeled letters of length n+1 with no repeated letters. - Thomas Anton, Mar 14 2019
Also coefficients of moments of Poisson distribution about the origin expressed as polynomials in lambda. [Haight] (see also A331155). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 14 2020
k!*S2(n,k) is the number of surjections from an n-element set to a k-element set. - Jianing Song, Jun 01 2022

			The triangle S2(n, k) begins:
\ k    1       2       3        4         5         6         7         8        9
n \   10      11      12       13        14        15       ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  |   1
2  |   1       1
3  |   1       3       1
4  |   1       7       6        1
5  |   1      15      25       10         1
6  |   1      31      90       65        15         1
7  |   1      63     301      350       140        21         1
8  |   1     127     966     1701      1050       266        28         1
9  |   1     255    3025     7770      6951      2646       462        36        1
10 |   1     511    9330    34105     42525     22827      5880       750       45
       1
11 |   1    1023   28501   145750    246730    179487     63987     11880     1155
      55       1
12 |   1    2047   86526   611501   1379400   1323652    627396    159027    22275
    1705      66       1
13 |   1    4095  261625  2532530   7508501   9321312   5715424   1899612   359502
   39325    2431      78        1
14 |   1    8191  788970 10391745  40075035  63436373  49329280  20912320  5135130
  752752   66066    3367       91         1
15 |   1   16383 2375101 42355950 210766920 420693273 408741333 216627840 67128490
12662650 1479478  106470     4550       105         1
...
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x^4 = 1 x_(1) + 7 x_(2) + 6 x_(3) + 1 x_(4), where x_(k) = P(x,k) = k!*C(x,k). - _Daniel Forgues_, Jan 16 2016

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Index entries for "core" sequences

Cf. A008275 (Stirling numbers of first kind), A048993 (another version of this triangle).
Cf. A000217, A001296, A001297, A001298, A007318, A028246, A039810-A039813, A048994, A087107-A087111, A087127, A094262, A127701.
See also A331155.
Cf. A038207, A086885, A132440, A138378, A173018, A238385.
Cf. A055154, A163353, A256894.
Cf. A000110 (row sums), A102661 (partial row sums).

a008277 n k = a008277_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
a008277_row n = a008277_tabl !! (n-1)
a008277_tabl = map tail $ a048993_tabl  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 26 2012

n ((] (1 % !)) * +/@((^~ * (] (1 ^ |.)) * (! {:)@]) i.@>:)) k NB. _Stephen Makdisi, Apr 06 2016

[[StirlingSecond(n,k): k in [1..n]]: n in [1..12]]; // G. C. Greubel, May 22 2019

seq(seq(combinat[stirling2](n, k), k=1..n), n=1..10); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 02 2007
stirling_2 := (n,k) -> (1/k!) * add((-1)^(k-i)*binomial(k,i)*i^n, i=0..k);

Table[StirlingS2[n, k], {n, 11}, {k, n}] // Flatten (* Robert G. Wilson v, May 23 2006 *)
BellMatrix[f_, len_] := With[{t = Array[f, len, 0]}, Table[BellY[n, k, t], {n, 0, len - 1}, {k, 0, len - 1}]];
rows = 12;
B = BellMatrix[1&, rows];
Table[B[[n, k]], {n, 2, rows}, {k, 2, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 28 2018, after Peter Luschny *)
a[n_, n_] := 1; a[n_, 1] := 1;
a[n_, k_] := a[n, k] = a[n-1, k-1] + k a[n-1, k]; Flatten@
Table[a[n, k], {n, 1, 11}, {k, 1, n}] (* Oliver Seipel, Jun 12 2024 *)
With[{m = 11},
 Flatten@MapIndexed[Take[#, #2[[1]]] &,
   Transpose@
    Table[Range[1, m]! Coefficient[(E^x-1)^k/k! + O[x]^(m+1), x,
Range[1, m]], {k, 1, m}]]] (* Oliver Seipel, Jun 12 2024 *)

create_list(stirling2(n+1,k+1),n,0,30,k,0,n); /* Emanuele Munarini, Jun 01 2012 */

for(n=1,22,for(k=1,n,print1(stirling(n,k,2),", "));print()); \\ Joerg Arndt, Apr 21 2013

Stirling2(n,k)=sum(i=0,k,(-1)^i*binomial(k,i)*i^n)*(-1)^k/k!  \\ M. F. Hasler, Mar 06 2012

stirling_number2 # Danny Rorabaugh, Oct 11 2015

S2(n, k) = k*S2(n-1, k) + S2(n-1, k-1), n > 1. S2(1, k) = 0, k > 1. S2(1, 1) = 1.
E.g.f.: A(x, y) = e^(y*e^x-y). E.g.f. for m-th column: (e^x-1)^m/m!.
S2(n, k) = (1/k!) * Sum_{i=0..k} (-1)^(k-i)*binomial(k, i)*i^n.
Row sums: Bell number A000110(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} S2(n, k), n>0.
S(n, k) = Sum (i_1*i_2*...*i_(n-k)) summed over all (n-k)-combinations {i_1, i_2, ..., i_k} with repetitions of the numbers {1, 2, ..., k}. Also S(n, k) = Sum (1^(r_1)*2^(r_2)*...* k^(r_k)) summed over integers r_j >= 0, for j=1..k, with Sum{j=1..k} r_j = n-k. [Charalambides]. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 15 2019.
A019538(n, k) = k! * S2(n, k).
A028248(n, k) = (k-1)! * S2(n, k).
For asymptotics see Hsu (1948), among other sources.
Sum_{n>=0} S2(n, k)*x^n = x^k/((1-x)(1-2x)(1-3x)...(1-kx)).
Let P(n) = the number of integer partitions of n (A000041), p(i) = the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) = the number of distinct parts of the i-th partition of n, p(j, i) = the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, m(i, j) = multiplicity of the j-th part of the i-th partition of n, and Sum_{i=1..P(n), p(i)=m} = sum running from i=1 to i=P(n) but taking only partitions with p(i)=m parts into account. Then S2(n, m) = Sum_{i=1..P(n), p(i)=m} n!/(Product_{j=1..p(i)} p(i, j)!) * 1/(Product_{j=1..d(i)} m(i, j)!). For example, S2(6, 3) = 90 because n=6 has the following partitions with m=3 parts: (114), (123), (222). Their complexions are: (114): 6!/(1!*1!*4!) * 1/(2!*1!) = 15, (123): 6!/(1!*2!*3!) * 1/(1!*1!*1!) = 60, (222): 6!/(2!*2!*2!) * 1/(3!) = 15. The sum of the complexions is 15+60+15 = 90 = S2(6, 3). - Thomas Wieder, Jun 02 2005
Sum_{k=1..n} k*S2(n,k) = B(n+1)-B(n), where B(q) are the Bell numbers (A000110). - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 01 2006
Recurrence: S2(n+1,k) = Sum_{i=0..n} binomial(n,i)*S2(i,k-1). With the starting conditions S2(n,k) = 1 for n = 0 or k = 1 and S2(n,k) = 0 for k = 0 we have the closely related recurrence S2(n,k) = Sum_{i=k..n} binomial(n-1,i-1)*S2(i-1,k-1). - Thomas Wieder, Jan 27 2007
Representation of Stirling numbers of the second kind S2(n,k), n=1,2,..., k=1,2,...,n, as special values of hypergeometric function of type (n)F(n-1): S2(n,k)= (-1)^(k-1)*hypergeom([ -k+1,2,2,...,2],[1,1,...,1],1)/(k-1)!, i.e., having n parameters in the numerator: one equal to -k+1 and n-1 parameters all equal to 2; and having n-1 parameters in the denominator all equal to 1 and the value of the argument equal to 1. Example: S2(6,k)= seq(evalf((-1)^(k-1)*hypergeom([ -k+1,2,2,2,2,2],[1,1,1,1,1],1)/(k-1)!),k=1..6)=1,31,90,65,15,1. - Karol A. Penson, Mar 28 2007
From Tom Copeland, Oct 10 2007: (Start)
Bell_n(x) = Sum_{j=0..n} S2(n,j) * x^j = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * Lag(n,-x, j-n) = Sum_{j=0..n} (E(n,j)/n!) * (n!*Lag(n,-x, j-n)) = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(Bell.(x)+j, n) umbrally where Bell_n(x) are the Bell / Touchard / exponential polynomials; S2(n,j), the Stirling numbers of the second kind; E(n,j), the Eulerian numbers; and Lag(n,x,m), the associated Laguerre polynomials of order m.
For x = 0, the equation gives Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(j,n) = 1 for n=0 and 0 for all other n. By substituting the umbral compositional inverse of the Bell polynomials, the lower factorial n!*binomial(y,n), for x in the equation, the Worpitzky identity is obtained; y^n = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * binomial(y+j,n).
Note that E(n,j)/n! = E(n,j)/(Sum_{k=0..n}E(n,k)). Also (n!*Lag(n, -1, j-n)) is A086885 with a simple combinatorial interpretation in terms of seating arrangements, giving a combinatorial interpretation to the equation for x=1; n!*Bell_n(1) = n!*Sum_{j=0..n} S2(n,j) = Sum_{j=0..n} E(n,j) * (n!*Lag(n, -1, j-n)).
(Appended Sep 16 2020) For connections to the Bernoulli numbers, extensions, proofs, and a clear presentation of the number arrays involved in the identities above, see my post Reciprocity and Umbral Witchcraft. (End)
n-th row = leftmost column of nonzero terms of A127701^(n-1). Also, (n+1)-th row of the triangle = A127701 * n-th row; deleting the zeros. Example: A127701 * [1, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...] = [1, 7, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 21 2007
The row polynomials are given by D^n(e^(x*t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1+x)*d/dx. Cf. A147315 and A094198. See also A185422. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
Let f(x) = e^(e^x). Then for n >= 1, 1/f(x)*(d/dx)^n(f(x)) = 1/f(x)*(d/dx)^(n-1)(e^x*f(x)) = Sum_{k=1..n} S2(n,k)*e^(k*x). Similar formulas hold for A039755, A105794, A111577, A143494 and A154537. - Peter Bala, Mar 01 2012
S2(n,k) = A048993(n,k), 1 <= k <= n. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 26 2012
O.g.f. for the n-th diagonal is D^n(x), where D is the operator x/(1-x)*d/dx. - Peter Bala, Jul 02 2012
n*i!*S2(n-1,i) = Sum_{j=(i+1)..n} (-1)^(j-i+1)*j!/(j-i)*S2(n,j). - Leonid Bedratyuk, Aug 19 2012
G.f.: (1/Q(0)-1)/(x*y), where Q(k) = 1 - (y+k)*x - (k+1)*y*x^2/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 09 2013
From Tom Copeland, Apr 17 2014: (Start)
Multiply each n-th diagonal of the Pascal lower triangular matrix by x^n and designate the result as A007318(x) = P(x).
With Bell(n,x)=B(n,x) defined above, D = d/dx, and :xD:^n = x^n*D^n, a Dobinski formula gives umbrally f(y)^B(.,x) = e^(-x)*e^(f(y)*x). Then f(y)^B(.,:xD:)g(x) = [f(y)^(xD)]g(x) = e^[-(1-f(y)):xD:]g(x) = g[f(y)x].
In particular, for f(y) = (1+y),
A) (1+y)^B(.,x) = e^(-x)*e^((1+y)*x) = e^(x*y) = e^[log(1+y)B(.,x)],
B) (I+dP)^B(.,x) = e^(x*dP) = P(x) = e^[x*(e^M-I)]= e^[M*B(.,x)] with dP = A132440, M = A238385-I = log(I+dP), and I = identity matrix, and
C) (1+dP)^(xD) = e^(dP:xD:) = P(:xD:) = e^[(e^M-I):xD:] = e^[M*xD] with action e^(dP:xD:)g(x) = g[(I+dP)*x].
D) P(x)^m = P(m*x), which implies (Sum_{k=1..m} a_k)^j = B(j,m*x) where the sum is umbrally evaluated only after exponentiation with (a_k)^q = B(.,x)^q = B(q,x). E.g., (a1+a2+a3)^2=a1^2+a2^2+a3^2+2(a1*a2+a1*a3+a2*a3) = 3*B(2,x)+6*B(1,x)^2 = 9x^2+3x = B(2,3x).
E) P(x)^2 = P(2x) = e^[M*B(.,2x)] = A038207(x), the face vectors of the n-Dim hypercubes.
(End)
As a matrix equivalent of some inversions mentioned above, A008277*A008275 = I, the identity matrix, regarded as lower triangular matrices. - Tom Copeland, Apr 26 2014
O.g.f. for the n-th diagonal of the triangle (n = 0,1,2,...): Sum_{k>=0} k^(k+n)*(x*e^(-x))^k/k!. Cf. the generating functions of the diagonals of A039755. Also cf. A112492. - Peter Bala, Jun 22 2014
Floor(1/(-1 + Sum_{n>=k} 1/S2(n,k))) = A034856(k-1), for k>=2. The fractional portion goes to zero at large k. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 17 2015
From Daniel Forgues, Jan 16 2016: (Start)
Let x_(n), called a factorial term (Boole, 1970) or a factorial polynomial (Elaydi, 2005: p. 60), denote the falling factorial Product_{k=0..n-1} (x-k). Then, for n >= 1, x_(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} A008275(n,k) * x^k, x^n = Sum_{k=1..n} T(n,k) * x_(k), where A008275(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the first kind.
For n >= 1, the row sums yield the exponential numbers (or Bell numbers): Sum_{k=1..n} T(n,k) = A000110(n), and Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(n+k) * T(n,k) = (-1)^n * Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^k * T(n,k) = (-1)^n * A000587(n), where A000587 are the complementary Bell numbers. (End)
Sum_{k=1..n} k*S2(n,k) = A138378(n). - Alois P. Heinz, Jan 07 2022
O.g.f. for the m-th column: x^m/(Product_{j=1..m} 1-j*x). - Daniel Checa, Aug 25 2022
S2(n,k) ~ (k^n)/k!, for fixed k as n->oo. - Daniel Checa, Nov 08 2022
S2(2n+k, n) ~ (2^(2n+k-1/2) * n^(n+k-1/2)) / (sqrt(Pi*(1-c)) * exp(n) * c^n * (2-c)^(n+k)), where c = -LambertW(-2 * exp(-2)). - Miko Labalan, Dec 21 2024
From Mikhail Kurkov, Mar 05 2025: (Start)
For a general proof of the formulas below via generating functions, see Mathematics Stack Exchange link.
Recursion for the n-th row (independently of other rows): T(n,k) = 1/(n-k)*Sum_{j=2..n-k+1} (j-2)!*binomial(-k,j)*T(n,k+j-1) for 1 <= k < n with T(n,n) = 1 (see Fedor Petrov link).
Recursion for the k-th column (independently of other columns): T(n,k) = 1/(n-k)*Sum_{j=2..n-k+1} binomial(n,j)*T(n-j+1,k)*(-1)^j for 1 <= k < n with T(n,n) = 1. (End)

A211795 Number of (w,x,y,z) with all terms in {1,...,n} and wx < 2y*z.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 11, 58, 177, 437, 894, 1659, 2813, 4502, 6836, 10008, 14121, 19449, 26117, 34372, 44422, 56597, 71044, 88160, 108115, 131328, 158074, 188773, 223604, 263172, 307719, 357715, 413493, 475690, 544480, 620632, 704381, 796413

Offset: 0

Clark Kimberling, Apr 27 2012

nonn

Each sequence in the following guide counts 4-tuples
(w,x,y,z) such that the indicated relation holds and the four numbers w,x,y,z are in {1,...,n}.  The notation "m div" means that m divides every term of the sequence.
A211058 ... wx <= yz
A211787 ... wx <= 2yz
A211795 ... wx < 2yz
A211797 ... wx > 2yz
A211809 ... wx >= 2yz
A211812 ... wx <= 3yz
A211917 ... wx < 3yz
A211918 ... wx > 3yz
A211919 ... wx >= 3yz
A211920 ... 2wx < 3yz
A211921 ... 2wx <= 3yz
A211922 ... 2wx > 3yz
A211923 ... 2wx >= 3yz
A212019 ... wx = 2yz ..... 2 div
A212020 ... wx = 3yz ..... 2 div
A212021 ... 2wx = 3yz .... 2 div
A212047 ... wx = 4yz
A212048 ... 3wx = 4yz .... 2 div
A212049 ... wx = 5yz ..... 2 div
A212050 ... 2wx = 5yz .... 2 div
A212051 ... 3wx = 5yz .... 2 div
A212052 ... 4wx = 5yz .... 2 div
A209978 ... wx = yz + 1 .. 2 div
A212053 ... wx <= yz + 1
A212054 ... wx > yz + 1
A212055 ... wx <= yz + 2
A212056 ... wx > yz + 2
A197168 ... wx = yz + 2 .. 2 div
A061201 ... w = xyz
A212057 ... w < xyz
A212058 ... w >= xyz
A212059 ... w = xyz - 1
A212060 ... w = xyz - 2
A212061 ... wx = (yz)^2
A212062 ... w^2 = xyz
A212063 ... w^2 < xyz
A212064 ... w^2 >= xyz
A212065 ... w^2 <= xyz
A212066 ... w^2 > xyz
A212067 ... w^3 = xyz
A002623 ... w = 2x + y + z
A006918 ... w = 2x + 2y + z
A000601 ... w = x + 2y + 3z (except for initial 0's)
A212068 ... 2w = x + y + z
A212069 ... 3w = x + y + z (w = average{x,y,z})
A212088 ... 3w < x + y + z
A212089 ... 3w >= x + y + z
A212090 ... w < x + y + z
A000332 ... w >= x + y + z
A212145 ... w < 2x + y + z
A001752 ... w >= 2x + y + z
A001400 ... w = 2x +3y + 4z
A005900 ... w = -x + y + z
A192023 ... w = -x + y + z + 2
A212091 ... w^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 ... 3 div
A212087 ... w^2 + x^2 = y^2 + z^2
A212092 ... w^2 < x^2 + y^2 + z^2
A212093 ... w^2 <= x^2 + y^2 + z^2
A212094 ... w^2 > x^2 + y^2 + z^2
A212095 ... w^2 >= x^2 + y^2 + z^2
A212096 ... w^3 = x^3 + y^3 + z^3 ... 6 div
A212097 ... w^3 < x^3 + y^3 + z^3
A212098 ... w^3 <= x^3 + y^3 + z^3
A212099 ... w^3 > x^3 + y^3 + z^3
A212100 ... w^3 >= x^3 + y^3 + z^3
A212101 ... wx^2 = yz^2
A212102 ... 1/w = 1/x + 1/y + 1/z
A212103 ... 3/w = 1/x + 1/y + 1/z; w = h.m. of {x,y,z}
A212104 ... 3/w >= 1/x + 1/y + 1/z; w >= h.m.
A212105 ... 3/w < 1/x + 1/y + 1/z; w < h.m.
A212106 ... 3/w > 1/x + 1/y + 1/z; w > h.m.
A212107 ... 3/w <= 1/x + 1/y + 1/z; w <= h.m.
A212133 ... median(w,x,y,z) = mean(w,x,y,z)
A212134 ... median(w,x,y,z) <= mean(w,x,y,z)
A212135 ... median(w,x,y,z) > mean(w,x,y,z)
A212241 ... wx + yz > n
A212243 ... 2wx + yz = n
A212244 ... w = xyz - n
A212245 ... w = xyz - 2n
A212246 ... 2w = x + y + z - n
A212247 ... 3w = x + y + z + n
A212249 ... 3w < x + y + z + n
A212250 ... 3w >= x + y + z + n
A212251 ... 3w = x + y + z + n + 1
A212252 ... 3w = x + y + z + n + 2
A212254 ... w = x + 2y + 3z - n
A212255 ... w^2 = mean(x^2, y^2, z^2)
A212256 ... 4/w = 1/x + 1/y +1/z + 1/n
In the list above, if the relation in the second column is of the form "w rel ax + by + cz" then the sequence is linearly recurrent.  In the list below, the same is true for expressions involving more than one relation.
A000332 ... w < x <= y < z .... C(n,4)
A000914 ... w < x <= y < z .... Stirling 1st kind
A000914 ... w < x <= y >= z ... Stirling 1st kind
A050534 ... w < x < y >= z .... tritriangular
A001296 ... w <= x <= y >= z .. 4-dim pyramidal
A006322 ... x < x > y >= z
A002418 ... w < x >= y < z
A050534 ... w < x >=y >= z
A212415 ... w < x >= y <= z
A001296 ... w < x >= y <= z
A212246 ... w <= x > y <= z
A006322 ... w <= x >= y <= z
A212501 ... w > x < y >= z
A212503 ... w < 2x and y < 2z ..... A (note below)
A212504 ... w < 2x and y > 2z ..... A
A212505 ... w < 2x and y >= 2z .... A
A212506 ... w <= 2x and y <= 2z ... A
A212507 ... w < 2x and y <= 2z .... B
A212508 ... w < 2x and y < 3z ..... C
A212509 ... w < 2x and y <= 3z .... C
A212510 ... w < 2x and y > 3z ..... C
A212511 ... w < 2x and y >= 3z .... C
A212512 ... w <= 2x and y < 3z .... C
A212513 ... w <= 2x and y <= 3z ... C
A212514 ... w <= 2x and y > 3z .... C
A212515 ... w <= 2x and y >= 3z ... C
A212516 ... w > 2x and y < 3z ..... C
A212517 ... w > 2x and y <= 3z .... C
A212518 ... w > 2x and y > 3z ..... C
A212519 ... w > 2x and y >= 3z .... C
A212520 ... w >= 2x and y < 3z .... C
A212521 ... w >= 2x and y <= 3z ... C
A212522 ... w >= 2x and y > 3z .... C
A212523 ... w + x < y + z
A212560 ... w + x <= y + z
A212561 ... w + x = 2y + 2z
A212562 ... w + x < 2y + 2z ....... B
A212563 ... w + x <= 2y + 2z ...... B
A212564 ... w + x > 2y + 2z ....... B
A212565 ... w + x >= 2y + 2z ...... B
A212566 ... w + x = 3y + 3z
A212567 ... 2w + 2x = 3y + 3z
A212570 ... |w - x| = |x - y| + |y - z|
A212571 ... |w - x| < |x - y| + |y - z| ... B ... 4 div
A212572 ... |w - x| <= |x - y| + |y - z| .. B
A212573 ... |w - x| > |x - y| + |y - z| ... B ... 2 div
A212574 ... |w - x| >= |x - y| + |y - z| .. B
A212575 ... 2|w - x| = |x - y| + |y - z|
A212576 ... |w - x| = 2|x - y| + 2|y - z|
A212577 ... |w - x| = 2|x - y| - |y - z|
A212578 ... 2|w - x| = |x - y| - |y - z|
A212579 ... min{|w-x|,|w-y|} = min{|x-y|,|x-z|}
A212692 ... w = |x - y| + |y - z| ............... 2 div
A212568 ... w < |x - y| + |y - z| ............... 2 div
A212573 ... w <= |x - y| + |y - z| .............. 2 div
A212574 ... w > |x - y| + |y - z|
A212575 ... w >= |x - y| + |y - z|
A212676 ... w + x = |x - y| + |y - z| ......... H
A212677 ... w + y = |x - y| + |y - z|
A212678 ... w + x + y = |x - y| + |y - z|
A006918 ... w + x + y + z = |x - y| + |y - z| . H
A212679 ... |x - y| = |y - z| ................. H
A212680 ... |x - y| = |y - z| + 1 ..............H 2 div
A212681 ... |x - y| < |y - z| ................... 2 div
A212682 ... |x - y| >= |y - z|
A212683 ... |x - y| = w + |y - z| ............... 2 div
A212684 ... |x - y| = n - w + |y - z|
A212685 ... |w - x| = w + |y - z|
A186707 ... |w - x| < w + |y - z| ... (Note D)
A212714 ... |w - x| >= w + |y - z| .......... H . 2 div
A212686 ... 2*|w - x| = n + |y - z| ............. 4 div
A212687 ... 2*|w - x| < n + |y - z| ......... B
A212688 ... 2*|w - x| < n + |y - z| ......... B . 2 div
A212689 ... 2*|w - x| > n + |y - z| ......... B . 2 div
A212690 ... 2*|w - x| <= n + |y - z| ........ B
A212691 ... w + |x - y| = |x - z| + |y - z| . E . 2 div
...
In the above lists, all the terms of (w,x,y,z) are in {1,...,n}, but in the next lists they are all in {0,...,n}, and sequences are all linearly recurrent.
  R=range{w,x,y,z}=max{w,x,y,z}-min{w,x,y,z}.
A212740 ... max{w,x,y,z} < 2*min{w,x,y,z} .... A
A212741 ... max{w,x,y,z} >= 2*min{w,x,y,z} ... A
A212742 ... max{w,x,y,z} <= 2*min{w,x,y,z} ... A
A212743 ... max{w,x,y,z} > 2*min{w,x,y,z} .... A . 2 div
A212744 ... w=range (=max-min) ............... E
A212745 ... w=max{w,x,y,z} - 2*min{w,x,y,z}
A212746 ... R is in {w,x,y,z} ................ E
A212569 ... R is not in {w,x,y,z} ............ E
A212749 ... w=R or xA212750 ... w=R or x=R or yA212751 ... w=R or x=R or yA212752 ... wR ......... A
A212753 ... wR or z>R ......... D
A212754 ... wR or y>R or z>R ......... D
A002415 ... w = x + R ........................ D
A212755 ... |w - x| = R ...................... D
A212756 ... 2w = x + R
A212757 ... 2w = R
A212758 ... w = floor(R/2)
A002413 ... w = floor((x+y+z/2))
A212759 ... w, x, y are even
A212760 ... w is even and x = y + z .......... E
A212761 ... w is odd and x and y are even .... F . 2 div
A212762 ... w and x are odd y is even ........ F . 2 div
A212763 ... w, x, y are odd .................. F
A212764 ... w, x, y are even and z is odd .... F
A030179 ... w and x are even and y and z odd
A212765 ... w is even and x,y,z are odd ...... F
A212766 ... w is even and x is odd ........... A . 2 div
A212767 ... w and x are even and w+x=y+z ..... E
A212889 ... R is even ........................ A
A212890 ... R is odd ......................... A . 2 div
A212742 ... w-x, x-y, y-z are all even ....... A
A212892 ... w-x, x-y, y-z are all odd ........ A
A212893 ... w-x, x-y, y-z have same parity ... A
A005915 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} = 0
A212894 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} = 1
A212895 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} = 2
A179824 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} > 0
A212896 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} <= 1
A212897 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} > 1
A212898 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} <= 2
A212899 ... min{|w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z|} > 2
A212901 ... |w-x| = |x-y| = |y-z|
A212900 ... |w-x|, |x-y|, |y-z| are distinct . G
A212902 ... |w-x| < |x-y| < |y-z| ............ G
A212903 ... |w-x| <= |x-y| <= |y-z| .......... G
A212904 ... |w-x| + |x-y| + |y-z| = n ........ H
A212905 ... |w-x| + |x-y| + |y-z| = 2n ....... H
...
Note A: A212503-A212506 (and others) have these recurrence coefficients: 2,2,-6,0,6,-2,-2,1.
B: 3,-1,-5,5,1,-3,1
C: 0,2,2,-1,-4,0,2,0,-2,0,4,1,-2,-2,0,1
D: 4,-5,0,5,-4,1
E: 1,3,-3,-3,3,1,-1
F: 1,4,-4,-6,6,4,-4,-1,1
G: 2,1,-3,-1,1,3,-1,-2,1
H: 2,1,-4,1,2,-1

		Examples
					a(2)=11 counts these (w,x,y,z): (1,1,1,1), (1,1,1,2), (1,1,2,1), (2,1,2,1), (2,1,1,2), (1,2,2,1), (1,2,1,2), (1,1,2,2), (1,2,2,2), (2,1,2,2), (2,2,2,2).
		
	
References
			A. Barvinok, Lattice Points and Lattice Polytopes, Chapter 7 in Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, CRC Press, 1997, 133-152.
P. Gritzmann and J. M. Wills, Lattice Points, Chapter 3.2 in Handbook of Convex Geometry, vol. B, North-Holland, 1993, 765-797.

		
Links
			Bo Gyu Jeong, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200

		
CrossrefsCf. A000583 (n^4), A210000, A211809, A212959.
Programs
			
				Mathematica
				t = Compile[{{n, _Integer}}, Module[{s = 0},
    (Do[If[w*x < 2 y*z, s = s + 1], {w, 1, #},
      {x, 1, #}, {y, 1, #}, {z, 1, #}] &[n]; s)]];
Map[t[#] &, Range[0, 40]] (* A211795 *)
(* Peter J. C. Moses, Apr 13 2012 *)
				

		
Formulaa(n) = n^4 - A211809(n).

A002411 Pentagonal pyramidal numbers: a(n) = n^2*(n+1)/2.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 6, 18, 40, 75, 126, 196, 288, 405, 550, 726, 936, 1183, 1470, 1800, 2176, 2601, 3078, 3610, 4200, 4851, 5566, 6348, 7200, 8125, 9126, 10206, 11368, 12615, 13950, 15376, 16896, 18513, 20230, 22050, 23976, 26011, 28158, 30420, 32800, 35301, 37926, 40678

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

a(n) = n^2(n+1)/2 is half the number of colorings of three points on a line with n+1 colors. - R. H. Hardin, Feb 23 2002
Sum of n smallest multiples of n. - Amarnath Murthy, Sep 20 2002
a(n) = number of (n+6)-bit binary sequences with exactly 7 1's none of which is isolated. A 1 is isolated if its immediate neighbor(s) are 0. - David Callan, Jul 15 2004
Also as a(n) = (1/6)*(3*n^3+3*n^2), n > 0: structured trigonal prism numbers (cf. A100177 - structured prisms; A100145 for more on structured numbers). - James A. Record (james.record(AT)gmail.com), Nov 07 2004
Kekulé numbers for certain benzenoids. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 18 2005
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n >= 5, a(n-4) is the number of 5-subsets of X having at least two elements in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Nov 23 2007
a(n-1), n >= 2, is the number of ways to have n identical objects in m=2 of altogether n distinguishable boxes (n-2 boxes stay empty). - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 13 2007
a(n+1) is the convolution of (n+1) and (3n+1). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2008
The number of 3-character strings from an alphabet of n symbols, if a string and its reversal are considered to be the same.
Partial sums give A001296. - Jonathan Vos Post, Mar 26 2011
a(n-1):=N_1(n), n >= 1, is the number of edges of n planes in generic position in three-dimensional space. See a comment under A000125 for general arrangement. Comment to Arnold's problem 1990-11, see the Arnold reference, p.506. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 27 2011
Partial sums of pentagonal numbers A000326. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 07 2012
From Ant King, Oct 23 2012: (Start)
For n > 0, the digital roots of this sequence A010888(A002411(n)) form the purely periodic 9-cycle {1,6,9,4,3,9,7,9,9}.
For n > 0, the units' digits of this sequence A010879(A002411(n)) form the purely periodic 20-cycle {1,6,8,0,5,6,6,8,5,0,6,6,3,0,0,6,1,8,0,0}.
(End)
a(n) is the number of inequivalent ways to color a path graph having 3 nodes using at most n colors.  Note, here there is no restriction on the color of adjacent nodes as in the above comment by R. H. Hardin (Feb 23 2002).  Also, here the structures are counted up to graph isomorphism, where as in the above comment the "three points on a line" are considered to be embedded in the plane. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 20 2013
After 0, row sums of the triangle in A101468. - Bruno Berselli, Feb 10 2014
Latin Square Towers: Take a Latin square of order n, with symbols from 1 to n, and replace each symbol x with a tower of height x. Then the total number of unit cubes used is a(n). - Arun Giridhar, Mar 29 2015
This is the case k = n+4 of b(n,k) = n*((k-2)*n-(k-4))/2, which is the n-th k-gonal number. Therefore, this is the 3rd upper diagonal of the array in A139600. - Luciano Ancora, Apr 11 2015
For n > 0, a(n) is the number of compositions of n+7 into n parts avoiding the part 2. - Milan Janjic, Jan 07 2016
Also the Wiener index of the n-antiprism graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 07 2017
For n > 0, a(2n+1) is the number of non-isomorphic 5C_m-snakes, where m = 2n+1 or m = 2n (for n >= 2). A kC_n-snake is a connected graph in which the k >= 2 blocks are isomorphic to the cycle C_n and the block-cutpoint graph is a path. - Christian Barrientos, May 15 2019
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of 0°- and 45°-tilted squares that can be drawn by joining points in an n X n lattice. - Paolo Xausa, Apr 13 2021
a(n) is the number of all possible products of n rolls of a six-sided die. This can be easily seen by the recursive formula a(n) = a(n - 1) + 2 * binomial(n, 2) + binomial(n + 1, 2). - Rafal Walczak, Jun 15 2024
a(n) is the number of all triples consisting of nonnegative integers smaller than n such that the sum of the first two integers is less than n. - Ruediger Jehn, Aug 17 2025

			a(3)=18 because 4 identical balls can be put into m=2 of n=4 distinguishable boxes in binomial(4,2)*(2!/(1!*1!) + 2!/2!) = 6*(2+1) = 18 ways. The m=2 part partitions of 4, namely (1,3) and (2,2), specify the filling of each of the 6 possible two-box choices. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Nov 13 2007

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N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Wiener Index.
Index entries for two-way infinite sequences.
Index to sequences related to polygonal numbers.
Index to sequences related to pyramidal numbers.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).

Cf. A001296, A011379, A015223, A015224, A014799, A014800, A127739, A132118, A139600.
A006002(n) = -a(-1-n).
a(n) = A093560(n+2, 3), (3, 1)-Pascal column.
A row or column of A132191.
Second column of triangle A103371.
Cf. similar sequences listed in A237616.

List([0..45], n->n^2*(n+1)/2); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 19 2018

a002411 n = n * a000217 n  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 07 2012

[n^2*(n+1)/2: n in [0..40]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 25 2014

Maple
```
seq(n^2*(n+1)/2, n=0..40);
```

Table[n^2 (n + 1)/2, {n, 0, 40}]
LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {0, 1, 6, 18}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 20 2011 *)
Nest[Accumulate, Range[1, 140, 3], 2] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 21 2012 *)
CoefficientList[Series[x (1 + 2 x) / (1 - x)^4, {x, 0, 45}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 08 2016 *)

PARI
```
a(n)=n^2*(n+1)/2
```

concat(0, Vec(x*(1+2*x)/(1-x)^4 + O(x^100))) \\ Altug Alkan, Jan 07 2016

Average of n^2 and n^3.
G.f.: x*(1+2*x)/(1-x)^4. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = n*Sum_{k=0..n} (n-k) = n*Sum_{k=0..n} k. - Paul Barry, Jul 21 2003
a(n) = n*A000217(n). - Xavier Acloque, Oct 27 2003
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{j=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} (i+j) = (1/2)*(n^2+n^3) = (1/2)*A011379(n). - Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 13 2006
Row sums of triangle A127739, triangle A132118; and binomial transform of [1, 5, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0, ...] = (1, 6, 18, 40, 75, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 10 2007
G.f.: x*F(2,3;1;x). - Paul Barry, Sep 18 2008
Sum_{j>=1} 1/a(j) = hypergeom([1, 1, 1], [2, 3], 1) = -2 + 2*zeta(2) = A195055 - 2. - Stephen Crowley, Jun 28 2009
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4); a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=6, a(3)=18. - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 20 2011
From Ant King, Oct 23 2012: (Start)
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) + 3.
a(n) = (n+1)*(2*A000326(n)+n)/6 = A000292(n) + 2*A000292(n-1).
a(n) = A000330(n)+A000292(n-1) = A000217(n) + 3*A000292(n-1).
a(n) = binomial(n+2,3) + 2*binomial(n+1,3).
(End)
a(n) = (A000330(n) + A002412(n))/2 = (A000292(n) + A002413(n))/2. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2013
a(n) = (24/(n+3)!)*Sum_{j=0..n} (-1)^(n-j)*binomial(n,j)*j^(n+3). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Jun 04 2013
Sum_{n>=1} a(n)/n! = (7/2)*exp(1). - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 15 2013
E.g.f.: x*(2 + 4*x + x^2)*exp(x)/2. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 31 2016
From R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016: (Start)
a(n) = A057145(n+4,n).
a(n) = A080851(3,n-1). (End)
For n >= 1, a(n) = (Sum_{i=1..n} i^2) + Sum_{i=0..n-1} i^2*((i+n) mod 2). - Paolo Xausa, Apr 13 2021
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} GCD(k,n) * LCM(k,n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 22 2021
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 2 + Pi^2/6 - 4*log(2). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 03 2022

A002415 4-dimensional pyramidal numbers: a(n) = n^2*(n^2-1)/12.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 1, 6, 20, 50, 105, 196, 336, 540, 825, 1210, 1716, 2366, 3185, 4200, 5440, 6936, 8721, 10830, 13300, 16170, 19481, 23276, 27600, 32500, 38025, 44226, 51156, 58870, 67425, 76880, 87296, 98736, 111265, 124950, 139860, 156066, 173641, 192660, 213200, 235340

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Also number of ways to legally insert two pairs of parentheses into a string of m := n-1 letters. (There are initially 2C(m+4,4) (A034827) ways to insert the parentheses, but we must subtract 2(m+1) for illegal clumps of 4 parentheses, 2m(m+1) for clumps of 3 parentheses, C(m+1,2) for 2 clumps of 2 parentheses and (m-1)C(m+1,2) for 1 clump of 2 parentheses, giving m(m+1)^2(m+2)/12 = n^2*(n^2-1)/12.) See also A000217.
E.g., for n=2 there are 6 ways: ((a))b, ((a)b), ((ab)), (a)(b), (a(b)), a((b)).
Let M_n denote the n X n matrix M_n(i,j)=(i+j); then the characteristic polynomial of M_n is x^(n-2) * (x^2-A002378(n)*x - a(n)). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 09 2002
Let M_n denote the n X n matrix M_n(i,j)=(i-j); then the characteristic polynomial of M_n is x^n + a(n)x^(n-2). - Michael Somos, Nov 14 2002 [See A114327 for the infinite matrix M in triangular form. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 05 2018]
Number of permutations of [n] which avoid the pattern 132 and have exactly 2 descents. - Mike Zabrocki, Aug 26 2004
Number of tilings of a <2,n,2> hexagon.
a(n) is the number of squares of side length at least 1 having vertices at the points of an n X n unit grid of points (the vertices of an n-1 X n-1 chessboard). [For a proof, see Comments in A051602. - N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 29 2021] For example, on the 3 X 3 grid (the vertices of a 2 X 2 chessboard) there are four 1 X 1 squares, one (skew) sqrt(2) X sqrt(2) square, and one 3 X 3 square, so a(3)=6. On the 4 X 4 grid (the vertices of a 3 X 3 chessboard) there are 9 1 X 1 squares, 4 2 X 2 squares, 1 3 X 3 square, 4 sqrt(2) X sqrt(2) squares, and 2 sqrt(5) X sqrt(5) squares, so a(4) = 20. See also A024206, A108279. [Comment revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 11 2015]
Kekulé numbers for certain benzenoids. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 12 2005
Number of distinct components of the Riemann curvature tensor. - Gene Ward Smith, Apr 24 2006
a(n) is the number of 4 X 4 matrices (symmetrical about each diagonal) M = [a,b,c,d;b,e,f,c;c,f,e,b;d,c,b,a] with a+b+c+d=b+e+f+c=n+2; (a,b,c,d,e,f natural numbers). - Philippe Deléham, Apr 11 2007
If a 2-set Y and an (n-2)-set Z are disjoint subsets of an n-set X then a(n-3) is the number of 5-subsets of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan Janjic, Sep 19 2007
a(n) is the number of Dyck (n+1)-paths with exactly n-1 peaks. - David Callan, Sep 20 2007
Starting (1,6,20,50,...) = third partial sums of binomial transform of [1,2,0,0,0,...]. a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} C(n+3,i+3)*b(i), where b(i)=[1,2,0,0,0,...]. - Borislav St. Borisov (b.st.borisov(AT)abv.bg), Mar 05 2009
4-dimensional square numbers. - Borislav St. Borisov (b.st.borisov(AT)abv.bg), Mar 05 2009
Equals row sums of triangle A177877; a(n), n > 1 = (n-1) terms in (1,2,3,...) dot (...,3,2,1) with additive carryovers. Example: a(4) = 20 = (1,2,3) dot (3,2,1) with carryovers = (1*3) + (2*2 + 3) + (3*1 + 7) = (3 + 7 + 10).
Convolution of the triangular numbers A000217 with the odd numbers A004273.
a(n+2) is the number of 4-tuples (w,x,y,z) with all terms in {0,...,n} and w-x=max{w,x,y,z}-min{w,x,y,z}. - Clark Kimberling, May 28 2012
The second level of finite differences is a(n+2) - 2*a(n+1) + a(n) = (n+1)^2, the squares. - J. M. Bergot, May 29 2012
Because the differences of this sequence give A000330, this is also the number of squares in an n+1 X n+1 grid whose sides are not parallel to the axes.
a(n+2) gives the number of 2*2 arrays that can be populated with 0..n such that rows and columns are nondecreasing. - Jon Perry, Mar 30 2013
For n consecutive numbers 1,2,3,...,n, the sum of all ways of adding the k-tuples of consecutive numbers for n=a(n+1). As an example, let n=4: (1)+(2)+(3)+(4)=10; (1+2)+(2+3)+(3+4)=15; (1+2+3)+(2+3+4)=15; (1+2+3+4)=10 and the sum of these is 50=a(4+1)=a(5). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 19 2013
If P(n,k) = n*(n+1)*(k*n-k+3)/6 is the n-th (k+2)-gonal pyramidal number, then a(n) = P(n,k)*P(n-1,k-1) - P(n-1,k)*P(n,k-1). - Bruno Berselli, Feb 18 2014
For n > 1, a(n) = 1/6 of the area of the trapezoid created by the points (n,n+1), (n+1,n), (1,n^2+n), (n^2+n,1). - J. M. Bergot, May 14 2014
For n > 3, a(n) is twice the area of a triangle with vertices at points (C(n,4),C(n+1,4)), (C(n+1,4),C(n+2,4)), and (C(n+2,4),C(n+3,4)). - J. M. Bergot, Jun 03 2014
a(n) is the dimension of the space of metric curvature tensors (those having the symmetries of the Riemann curvature tensor of a metric) on an n-dimensional real vector space. - Daniel J. F. Fox, Dec 15 2018
Coefficients in the terminating series identity 1 - 6*n/(n + 5) + 20*n*(n - 1)/((n + 5)*(n + 6)) - 50*n*(n - 1)*(n - 2)/((n + 5)*(n + 6)*(n + 7)) + ... = 0 for n = 1,2,3,.... Cf. A000330 and A005585. - Peter Bala, Feb 18 2019

			a(7) = 6*21 - (6*0 + 4*1 + 2*3 + 0*6 - 2*10 - 4*15) = 196. - _Bruno Berselli_, Jun 22 2013
G.f. = x^2 + 6*x^3 + 20*x^4 + 50*x^5 + 105*x^6 + 196*x^7 + 336*x^8 + ...

O. D. Anderson, Find the next sequence, J. Rec. Math., 8 (No. 4, 1975-1976), 241.
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S. J. Cyvin and I. Gutman, Kekulé structures in benzenoid hydrocarbons, Lecture Notes in Chemistry, No. 46, Springer, New York, 1988 (p.165).
R. Euler and J. Sadek, "The Number of Squares on a Geoboard", Journal of Recreational Mathematics, 251-5 30(4) 1999-2000 Baywood Pub. NY
S. Mukai, An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli, Cambridge, 2003; see p. 238.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
P. Aluffi, Degrees of projections of rank loci, arXiv:1408.1702 [math.AG], 2014. ["After compiling the results of many explicit computations, we noticed that many of the numbers d_{n,r,S} appear in the existing literature in contexts far removed from the enumerative geometry of rank conditions; we owe this surprising (to us) observation to perusal of [Slo14]."]
O. D. Anderson, Find the next sequence, J. Rec. Math., 8 (No. 4, 1975-1976), 241. [Annotated scanned copy]
Brandy Amanda Barnette, Counting Convex Sets on Products of Totally Ordered Sets, Masters Theses & Specialist Projects, Paper 1484, 2015.
Henry Bottomley, Illustration of initial terms
Duane DeTemple, Using Squares to Sum Squares, The College Mathematics Journal, ? (2010), 214-221.
Steven Edwards and William Griffiths, On Generalized Delannoy Numbers, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 23 (2020), Article 20.3.6.
Reinhard O. W. Franz, and Berton A. Earnshaw, A constructive enumeration of meanders, Ann. Comb. 6 (2002), no. 1, 7-17.
M. Hyatt and J. Remmel, The classification of 231-avoiding permutations by descents and maximum drop, arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.1052 [math.CO], 2012.
Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
Milan Janjić, On Restricted Ternary Words and Insets, arXiv:1905.04465 [math.CO], 2019.
M. Jones, S. Kitaev, and J. Remmel, Frame patterns in n-cycles, arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.3332 [math.CO], 2013.
Sandi Klavžar, Balázs Patkós, Gregor Rus, and Ismael G. Yero, On general position sets in Cartesian grids, arXiv:1907.04535 [math.CO], 2019.
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Calvin Lin, Squares on a grid, April 2015
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Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
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Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials.
Index to sequences related to pyramidal numbers
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).

a(n) = ((-1)^n)*A053120(2*n, 4)/8 (one-eighth of fifth unsigned column of Chebyshev T-triangle, zeros omitted). Cf. A001296.
Second row of array A103905.
Third column of Narayana numbers A001263.
Cf. A001079, A006011, A008911, A037270, A047819, A047928, A071253, A083374, A107891, A108741, A132592, A146311, A146312, A146313, A173115, A173116, A108279, A024206.
Partial sums of A000330.
The expression binomial(m+n-1,n)^2-binomial(m+n,n+1)*binomial(m+n-2,n-1) for the values m = 2 through 14 produces sequences A000012, A000217, A002415, A006542, A006857, A108679, A134288, A134289, A134290, A134291, A140925, A140935, A169937.
Cf. A220212 for a list of sequences produced by the convolution of the natural numbers (A000027) with the k-gonal numbers.
Cf. A002388, A051602, A114327.

List([0..45],n->Binomial(n^2,2)/6); # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 15 2018

[n^2*(n^2-1)/12: n in [0..50]]; // Wesley Ivan Hurt, May 14 2014

A002415 := proc(n) binomial(n^2,2)/6 ; end proc: # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 07 2008

Table[(n^4 - n^2)/12, {n, 0, 40}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 21 2007 *)
LinearRecurrence[{5,-10,10,-5,1},{0,0,1,6,20},40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 29 2011 *)

PARI
```
a(n) = n^2 * (n^2 - 1) / 12;
```

x='x+O('x^200); concat([0, 0], Vec(x^2*(1+x)/(1-x)^5)) \\ Altug Alkan, Mar 23 2016

G.f.: x^2*(1+x)/(1-x)^5. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} (n-i)*i^2 = a(n-1) + A000330(n-1) = A000217(n)*A000292(n-2)/n = A000217(n)*A000217(n-1)/3 = A006011(n-1)/3, convolution of the natural numbers with the squares. - Henry Bottomley, Oct 19 2000
a(n)+1 = A079034(n). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Feb 12 2003
a(n) = 2*C(n+2, 4) - C(n+1, 3). - Paul Barry, Mar 04 2003
a(n) = C(n+2, 4) + C(n+1, 4). - Paul Barry, Mar 13 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} A000330(n-1). - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 15 2003
a(n) = n*C(n+1,3)/2 = C(n+1,3)*C(n+1,2)/(n+1). - Mitch Harris, Jul 06 2006
a(n) = A006011(n)/3 = A008911(n)/2 = A047928(n-1)/12 = A083374(n)/6. - Zerinvary Lajos, May 09 2007
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{1 <= x_1, x_2 <= n} (det V(x_1,x_2))^2 = (1/2)*Sum_{1 <= i,j <= n} (i-j)^2, where V(x_1,x_2) is the Vandermonde matrix of order 2. - Peter Bala, Sep 21 2007
a(n) = C(n+1,3) + 2*C(n+1,4). - Borislav St. Borisov (b.st.borisov(AT)abv.bg), Mar 05 2009
a(n) = (1/48)*sinh(2*arccosh(n))^2. - Artur Jasinski, Feb 10 2010
a(n) = n*A000292(n-1)/2. - Tom Copeland, Sep 13 2011
a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 10*a(n-2) + 10*a(n-3) - 5*a(n-4) + a(n-5), n > 4. - Harvey P. Dale, Nov 29 2011
a(n) = (n-1)*A000217(n-1) - Sum_{i=0..n-2} (n-1-2*i)*A000217(i) for n > 1. - Bruno Berselli, Jun 22 2013
a(n) = C(n,2)*C(n+1,3) - C(n,3)*C(n+1,2). - J. M. Bergot, Sep 17 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} ( (2k-n)* k(k+1)/2 ). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 26 2013
a(n) = floor(n^2/3) + 3*Sum_{k=1..n} k^2*floor((n-k+1)/3). - Mircea Merca, Feb 06 2014
Euler transform of length 2 sequence [6, -1]. - Michael Somos, May 28 2014
G.f. x^2*2F1(3,4;2;x). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 09 2015
Sum_{n>=2} 1/a(n) = 21 - 2*Pi^2 = 1.260791197821282762331... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 27 2016
a(n) = A080852(2,n-2). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016
a(n) = A046092(n) * A046092(n-1)/48 = A000217(n) * A000217(n-1)/3. - Bruce J. Nicholson, Jun 06 2017
E.g.f.: (1/12)*exp(x)*x^2*(6 + 6*x + x^2). - Stefano Spezia, Dec 07 2018
Sum_{n>=2} (-1)^n/a(n) = Pi^2 - 9 (See A002388). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 28 2020

Typo in link fixed by Matthew Vandermast, Nov 22 2010

Redundant comment deleted and more detail on relationship with A000330 added by Joshua Zucker, Jan 01 2013

A000914 Stirling numbers of the first kind: s(n+2, n).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 2, 11, 35, 85, 175, 322, 546, 870, 1320, 1925, 2717, 3731, 5005, 6580, 8500, 10812, 13566, 16815, 20615, 25025, 30107, 35926, 42550, 50050, 58500, 67977, 78561, 90335, 103385, 117800, 133672, 151096, 170170, 190995, 213675, 238317, 265031

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Sum of product of unordered pairs of numbers from {1..n+1}.
Number of edges of a complete k-partite graph of order k*(k+1)/2 (A000217), K_1,2,3,...,k. - Roberto E. Martinez II, Oct 18 2001
This sequence holds the x^(n-2) coefficient of the characteristic polynomial of the N X N matrix A formed by MAX(i,j), where i is the row index and j is the column index of element A[i][j], 1 <= i,j <= N. Here N >= 2. - Paul Max Payton, Sep 06 2005
The sequence contains the partial sums of A006002, which represent the areas beneath lines created by the triangular numbers plotted (t(1),t(2)) connected to (t(2),t(3)) then (t(3),t(4))...(t(n-1),t(n)) and the x-axis. - J. M. Bergot, May 05 2012
Number of functions f from [n+2] to [n+2] with f(x)=x for exactly n elements x of [n+2] and f(x)>x for exactly two elements x of [n+2]. To prove this, let the two elements of [n+2] with a larger image be labeled i and j. Note both i and j must be less than n+2. Then there are (n+2-i) choices for f(i) and (n+2-j) choices for f(j). Summing the product of the number of choices over all sets {i,j} gives us "Sum of product of unordered pairs of numbers from {1..n+1}" in the first line of the Comments Section. See the example in the Example Section below. - Dennis P. Walsh, Sep 06 2017
Zhu Shijie gives in his Magnus Opus "Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns" the problem: "Apples are piled in the form of a triangular pyramid. The top apple is worth 2 and the price of the whole is 1320. Each apple in one layer costs 1 less than an apple in the next layer below." We find the solution 9 to this problem in this sequence 1320 = a(9). Zhu Shijie gave the solution polynomial: "Let the element tian be the number of apples in a side of the base. From the statement we have 31680 for the negative shi, 10 for the positive fang, 21 for the positive first lian, 14 for the positive last lian, and 3 for the positive yu."  This translates into the polynomial equation: 3*x^4 + 14*x^3 + 21*x^2 + 10*x - 31680 = 0. - Thomas Scheuerle, Feb 10 2025

			Examples include E(K_1,2,3) = s(2+2,2) = 11 and E(K_1,2,3,4,5) = s(4+2,4) = 85, where E is the function that counts edges of graphs.
For n=2 the a(2)=11 functions f:[4]->[4] with exactly two f(x)=x and two f(x)>x are given by the 11 image vectors of form <f(1),f(2),f(3),f(4)> that follow: <1,3,4,4>, <1,4,4,4>, <2,2,4,4>, <3,2,4,4>, <4,2,4,4>, <2,3,3,4>, <2,4,3,4>, <3,3,3,4>, <3,4,3,4>, <4,3,3,4>, and <4,4,3,4>. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Sep 06 2017

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 833.
George E. Andrews, Number Theory, Dover Publications, New York, 1971, p. 4.
Louis Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 227, #16.
F. N. David, M. G. Kendall and D. E. Barton, Symmetric Function and Allied Tables, Cambridge, 1966, p. 226.
H. S. Hall and S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra, Fourth Edition, Macmillan, 1891, p. 518.
Zhu Shijie, Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (Siyuan yujian), Book III Guo Duo Die Gang (Piles of Fruit), Problem number 1, 1303.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
Karl Dienger, Beiträge zur Lehre von den arithmetischen und geometrischen Reihen höherer Ordnung, Jahres-Bericht Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Rastatt, Rastatt, 1910. [Annotated scanned copy]
Robert E. Moritz, On the sum of products of n consecutive integers, Univ. Washington Publications in Math., Vol. 1, No. 3 (1926), pp. 44-49. [Annotated scanned copy]
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992, arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992.
Zhu Shijie, Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns 2, Translation by Library of Chinese classics, original from 1303.
Wikipedia, Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).

Cf. A000217, A000290, A033428, A033581, A033583, A008275, A052149.
Cf. similar sequences listed in A241765.
Cf. A001296.
Cf. A006325(n+1) (Zhu Shijie's problem number 2 uses a pyramid with square base).

a000914 n = a000914_list !! n
a000914_list = scanl1 (+) a006002_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 25 2014

[StirlingFirst(n+2, n): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 28 2019

A000914 := n -> 1/24*(n+1)*n*(n+2)*(3*n+5);
A000914 := proc(n)
    combinat[stirling1](n+2,n) ;
end proc: # R. J. Mathar, May 19 2016

Table[StirlingS1[n+2,n],{n,0,40}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 24 2011 *)
a[ n_] := n (n + 1) (n + 2) (3 n + 5) / 24; (* Michael Somos, Sep 04 2017 *)

a(n)=sum(i=1,n+1,sum(j=1,n+1,i*j*(i

a(n)=sum(i=1,n+1,sum(j=1,i-1,i*j)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 07 2015

a(n) = binomial(n+2, 3)*(3*n+5)/4 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Apr 07 2015

[stirling_number1(n+2, n) for n in range(41)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 14 2009

a(n) = binomial(n+2, 3)*(3*n+5)/4 = (n+1)*n*(n+2)*(3*n+5)/24.
E.g.f.: exp(x)*x*(48 + 84*x + 32*x^2 + 3*x^3)/24.
G.f.: (2*x+x^2)/(1-x)^5. - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} i*(i+1)^2/2. - Jon Perry, Jul 31 2003
a(n) = A052149(n+1)/2. - J. M. Bergot, Jun 02 2012
-(3*n+2)*(n-1)*a(n) + (n+2)*(3*n+5)*a(n-1) = 0. - R. J. Mathar, Apr 30 2015
a(n) = a(n-1) + (n+1)*binomial(n+1,2) for n >= 1. - Dennis P. Walsh, Sep 21 2015
a(n) = A001296(-2-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Sep 04 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 10 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 162*log(3)/5 - 18*sqrt(3)*Pi/5 - 384/25.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 36*sqrt(3)*Pi/5 - 96*log(2)/5 - 636/25. (End)
a(n) = 3*A000332(n+3) - A000292(n). - Yasser Arath Chavez Reyes, Apr 03 2024

More terms from Klaus Strassburger (strass(AT)ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de), Jan 17 2000
Comments from Michael Somos, Jan 29 2000
Erroneous duplicate of the polynomial formula removed by R. J. Mathar, Sep 15 2009

A050534 Tritriangular numbers: a(n) = binomial(binomial(n,2),2) = n(n+1)(n-1)*(n-2)/8.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, 0, 3, 15, 45, 105, 210, 378, 630, 990, 1485, 2145, 3003, 4095, 5460, 7140, 9180, 11628, 14535, 17955, 21945, 26565, 31878, 37950, 44850, 52650, 61425, 71253, 82215, 94395, 107880, 122760, 139128, 157080, 176715, 198135, 221445, 246753, 274170, 303810, 335790

Offset: 0

Klaus Strassburger (strass(AT)ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de), Dec 29 1999

"There are n straight lines in a plane, no two of which are parallel and no three of which are concurrent. Their points of intersection being joined, show that the number of new lines drawn is (1/8)n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)." (Schmall, 1915).
Several different versions of this sequence are possible, beginning with either one, two or three 0's.
If Y is a 3-subset of an n-set X then, for n>=6, a(n-4) is the number of (n-6)-subsets of X which have exactly one element in common with Y. - Milan Janjic, Dec 28 2007
Number of distinct ways to select 2 pairs of objects from a set of n+1 objects, when order doesn't matter. For example, with n = 3 (4 objects), the 3 possibilities are (12)(34), (13)(24), and (14)(23). - Brian Parsonnet, Jan 03 2012
Partial sums of A027480. - J. M. Bergot, Jul 09 2013
For the set {1,2,...,n}, the sum of the 2 smallest elements of all subsets with 3 elements is a(n) (see Bulut et al. link). - Serhat Bulut, Jan 20 2015
a(n) is also the number of subgroups of S_{n+1} (the symmetric group on n+1 elements) that are isomorphic to D_4 (the dihedral group of order 8). - Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 13 2015
a(n) is the coefficient of x1^(n-3)*x2^2 in exponential Bell polynomial B_{n+1}(x1,x2,...) (number of ways to select 2 pairs among n+1 objects, see above), hence its link with A000292 and A001296 (see formula). - Cyril Damamme, Feb 26 2018
Also the number of 4-cycles in the complete graph K_{n+1}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 13 2018
Number of chiral pairs of colorings of the 4 edges or vertices of a square using n or fewer colors. Each member of a chiral pair is a reflection, but not a rotation, of the other. - Robert A. Russell, Oct 20 2020

			For a(3)=3, the chiral pairs of square colorings are AABC-AACB, ABBC-ACBB, and ABCC-ACCB. - _Robert A. Russell_, Oct 20 2020

Arthur T. Benjamin and Jennifer Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 154.
Louis Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, Problem 1, page 72.
Richard P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge, Vol. 2, 1999; see Problem 5.5, case k=2.

William A. Tedeschi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
Serhat Bulut and Oktay Erkan Temizkan, Subset Sum Problem, Jan 20 2015.
Alexander Burstein, Sergey Kitaev and Toufik Mansour, Partially ordered patterns and their combinatorial interpretations, PU. M. A., Vol. 19, No. 2-3 (2008), pp. 27-38.
Sela Fried, Counting r X s rectangles in nondecreasing and Smirnov words, arXiv:2406.18923 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 9.
Frank Harary and Bennet Manvel, On the number of cycles in a graph, Matemat. casop. 21 (1971) 55-63, Theorem 1 for 4-cycles in complete graph.
Louis H. Kauffman, Non-Commutative Worlds-Classical Constraints, Relativity and the Bianchi Identity, arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1085 [math-ph], 2011. (See Appendix)
Alexander Kreinin, Integer Sequences and Laplace Continued Fraction, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 19 (2016), Article 16.6.2.
Ronald Orozco López, Solution of the Differential Equation y^(k)= e^(a*y), Special Values of Bell Polynomials and (k,a)-Autonomous Coefficients, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia 2021).
Frank Ruskey and Jennifer Woodcock, The Rand and block distances of pairs of set partitions, in Combinatorial Algorithms, 287-299, Lecture Notes in Comput. Sci., 7056, Springer, Heidelberg, 2011.
C. N. Schmall, Problem 432, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 22, No. 4 (1915), p. 130.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Complete Graph.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Graph Cycle.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Tritriangular Number.
Chai Wah Wu, Graphs whose normalized Laplacian matrices are separable as density matrices in quantum mechanics, arXiv:1407.5663 [quant-ph], 2014.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (5,-10,10,-5,1).

Cf. A000217, A000332, A033487, A107394, A034827, A210569, Second column of triangle A001498.
Cf. similar sequences listed in A241765.
Cf. (square colorings) A006528 (oriented), A002817 (unoriented), A002411 (achiral),
Row 2 of A325006 (orthoplex facets, orthotope vertices) and A337409 (orthotope edges, orthoplex ridges).
Row 4 of A293496 (cycles of n colors using k or fewer colors).

List([0..40],n->3*Binomial(n+1,4)); # Muniru A Asiru, Mar 20 2018

[3*Binomial(n+1, 4): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 14 2015

[seq(binomial(n+1,4)*3,n=0..40)]; # Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 18 2006

Table[Binomial[Binomial[n, 2], 2], {n, 0, 50}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 08 2006 *)
LinearRecurrence[{5, -10, 10, -5, 1}, {0, 0, 0, 3, 15}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 14 2011 *)
(* Start from Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 13 2018 *)
Binomial[Binomial[Range[0, 20], 2], 2]
Nest[Binomial[#, 2] &, Range[0, 20], 2]
Nest[PolygonalNumber[# - 1] &, Range[0, 20], 2]
CoefficientList[Series[3 x^3/(1 - x)^5, {x, 0, 20}], x]
(* End *)

a(n)=n*(n+1)*(n-1)*(n-2)/8 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 20 2012

x='x+O('x^100); concat([0, 0, 0], Vec(3*x^3/(1-x)^5)) \\ Altug Alkan, Nov 01 2015

[(binomial(binomial(n,2),2)) for n in range(0, 39)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 30 2009

a(n) = 3*binomial(n+1, 4) = 3*A000332(n+1).
From Vladeta Jovovic, May 03 2002: (Start)
Recurrence: a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 10*a(n-2) + 10*a(n-3) - 5*a(n-4) + a(n-5).
G.f.: 3*x^3 / (1-x)^5. (End)
a(n+1) = T(T(n)) - T(n); a(n+2) = T(T(n)+n) where T is A000217. - Jon Perry, Jun 11 2003
a(n+1) = T(n)^2 - T(T(n)) where T is A000217. - Jon Perry, Jul 23 2003
a(n) = T(T(n-1)-1) where T is A000217. - Jon E. Schoenfield, Dec 14 2014
a(n) = 3*C(n, 4) + 3*C(n, 3), for n>3.
From Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 11 2006: (Start)
a(n) = (1/2)*Sum_{k=1..n} k*(k-1)*(k-2).
a(n) = A033487(n-2)/2, n>1.
a(n) = C(n-1,2)*C(n+1,2)/2, n>2. (End)
a(n) = A052762(n+1)/8. - Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 26 2007
a(n) = (4x^4 - 4x^3 - x^2 + x)/2 where x = floor(n/2)*(-1)^n for n >= 0. - William A. Tedeschi, Aug 24 2010
E.g.f.: x^3*exp(x)*(4+x)/8. - Robert Israel, Nov 01 2015
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} Sum_{i=1..k} (n-i-1)*(n-k). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 12 2017
a(n) = A001296(n-1) - A000292(n-1). - Cyril Damamme, Feb 26 2018
Sum_{n>=3} 1/a(n) = 4/9. - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 01 2018
a(n) = A006528(n) - A002817(n) = (A006528(n) - A002411(n)) / 2 = A002817(n) - A002411(n). - Robert A. Russell, Oct 20 2020
Sum_{n>=3} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 32*log(2)/3 - 64/9. - Amiram Eldar, Jan 09 2022
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..2} (-1)^(k+1)*binomial(n,2-k)*binomial(n,2+k). - Gerry Martens, Oct 09 2022

Additional comments from Antreas P. Hatzipolakis, May 03 2002

A093560 (3,1) Pascal triangle.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 7, 5, 1, 3, 10, 12, 6, 1, 3, 13, 22, 18, 7, 1, 3, 16, 35, 40, 25, 8, 1, 3, 19, 51, 75, 65, 33, 9, 1, 3, 22, 70, 126, 140, 98, 42, 10, 1, 3, 25, 92, 196, 266, 238, 140, 52, 11, 1, 3, 28, 117, 288, 462, 504, 378, 192, 63, 12, 1, 3, 31, 145, 405, 750, 966, 882, 570, 255, 75, 13, 1

Offset: 0

Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 22 2004

The array F(3;n,m) gives in the columns m >= 1 the figurate numbers based on A016777, including the pentagonal numbers A000326 (see the W. Lang link).
This is the third member, d=3, in the family of triangles of figurate numbers, called (d,1) Pascal triangles: A007318 (Pascal (d=1), A029653 (d=2).
This is an example of a Riordan triangle (see A053121 for a comment and the 1991 Shapiro et al. reference on the Riordan group) with o.g.f. of column no. m of the type g(x)*(x*f(x))^m with f(0)=1. Therefore the o.g.f. for the row polynomials p(n,x):=Sum_{m=0..n} a(n,m)*x^m is G(z,x)=g(z)/(1-x*z*f(z)). Here: g(x)=(1+2*x)/(1-x), f(x)=1/(1-x), hence G(z,x)=(1+2*z)/(1-(1+x)*z).
The SW-NE diagonals give the Lucas numbers A000032: L(n) = Sum_{k=0..ceiling((n-1)/2)} a(n-1-k,k), n >= 1, with L(0)=2. Observation by Paul Barry, Apr 29 2004. Proof via recursion relations and comparison of inputs.
Triangle T(n,k), read by rows, given by [3,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,...] DELTA [1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 17 2009
For a closed-form formula for generalized Pascal's triangle see A228576. - Boris Putievskiy, Sep 09 2013
From Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2015: (Start)
The signed lower triangular matrix (-1)^(n-1)*a(n,m) is the inverse of the Riordan matrix A106516; that is Riordan ((1-2*x)/(1+x),x/(1+x)).
See the Peter Bala comment from Dec 23 2014 in A106516 for general Riordan triangles of the type (g(x), x/(1-x)): exp(x)*r(n,x) = d(n,x) with the e.g.f. r(n,x) of row n and the e.g.f. of diagonal n.
Similarly, for general Riordan triangles of the type (g(x), x/(1+x)): exp(x)*r(n,-x) = d(n,x). (End)
The n-th row polynomial is (3 + x)*(1 + x)^(n-1) for n >= 1. More generally, the n-th row polynomial of the Riordan array ( (1-a*x)/(1-b*x), x/(1-b*x) ) is (b - a + x)*(b + x)^(n-1) for n >= 1. - Peter Bala, Mar 02 2018
Binomial(n-2,k)+2*Binomial(n-3,k) is also the number of permutations avoiding both 123 and 132 with k double descents, i.e., positions with w[i]>w[i+1]>w[i+2]. - Lara Pudwell, Dec 19 2018

			Triangle begins
  1,
  3,  1,
  3,  4,  1,
  3,  7,  5,   1,
  3, 10, 12,   6,   1,
  3, 13, 22,  18,   7,   1,
  3, 16, 35,  40,  25,   8,   1,
  3, 19, 51,  75,  65,  33,   9,  1,
  3, 22, 70, 126, 140,  98,  42, 10,  1,
  3, 25, 92, 196, 266, 238, 140, 52, 11, 1,

Kurt Hawlitschek, Johann Faulhaber 1580-1635, Veroeffentlichung der Stadtbibliothek Ulm, Band 18, Ulm, Germany, 1995, Ch. 2.1.4. Figurierte Zahlen.
Ivo Schneider, Johannes Faulhaber 1580-1635, Birkhäuser, Basel, Boston, Berlin, 1993, ch.5, pp. 109-122.

Reinhard Zumkeller, Rows n = 0..125 of triangle, flattened
Peter Bala, A note on the diagonals of a proper Riordan Array
M. Bukata, R. Kulwicki, N. Lewandowski, L. Pudwell, J. Roth, and T. Wheeland, Distributions of Statistics over Pattern-Avoiding Permutations, arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.07112 [math.CO], 2018.
W. Lang, First 10 rows and array of figurate numbers .

Cf. Column sequences for m=1..9: A016777, A000326 (pentagonal), A002411, A001296, A051836, A051923, A050494, A053367, A053310;

A007318 (Pascal's triangle), A029653 ((2,1) Pascal triangle), A093561 ((4,1) Pascal triangle), A228196, A228576.

Concatenation([1],Flat(List([1..11],n->List([0..n],k->Binomial(n,k)+2*Binomial(n-1,k))))); # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 20 2018

a093560 n k = a093560_tabl !! n !! k
a093560_row n = a093560_tabl !! n
a093560_tabl = [1] : iterate
               (\row -> zipWith (+) ([0] ++ row) (row ++ [0])) [3, 1]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 31 2014

from math import comb, isqrt
def A093560(n): return comb(r:=(m:=isqrt(k:=n+1<<1))-(k<=m*(m+1)),a:=n-comb(r+1,2))*(r+(r-a<<1))//r if n else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 12 2024

a(n, m)=F(3;n-m, m) for 0<= m <= n, otherwise 0, with F(3;0, 0)=1, F(3;n, 0)=3 if n>=1 and F(3;n, m):=(3*n+m)*binomial(n+m-1, m-1)/m if m>=1.
G.f. column m (without leading zeros): (1+2*x)/(1-x)^(m+1), m>=0.
Recursion: a(n, m)=0 if m>n, a(0, 0)= 1; a(n, 0)=3 if n>=1; a(n, m)= a(n-1, m) + a(n-1, m-1).
T(n, k) = C(n, k) + 2*C(n-1, k). - Philippe Deléham, Aug 28 2005
Equals M * A007318, where M = an infinite triangular matrix with all 1's in the main diagonal and all 2's in the subdiagonal. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 01 2007
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k) = A151821(n+1). - Philippe Deléham, Sep 17 2009
exp(x) * e.g.f. for row n = e.g.f. for diagonal n. For example, for n = 3 we have exp(x)*(3 + 7*x + 5*x^2/2! + x^3/3!) = 3 + 10*x + 22*x^2/2! + 40*x^3/3! + 65*x^4/4! + .... The same property holds more generally for Riordan arrays of the form ( f(x), x/(1 - x) ). - Peter Bala, Dec 22 2014
G.f.: (-1-2*x)/(-1+x+x*y). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 11 2015

Incorrect connection with A046055 deleted by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 08 2009

A001297 Stirling numbers of the second kind S(n+3, n).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 15, 90, 350, 1050, 2646, 5880, 11880, 22275, 39325, 66066, 106470, 165620, 249900, 367200, 527136, 741285, 1023435, 1389850, 1859550, 2454606, 3200450, 4126200, 5265000, 6654375, 8336601, 10359090, 12774790, 15642600, 19027800

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

			a(2) = 1*1*1 + 1*1*2 + 1*2*2 + 2*2*2 = 15

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 835.
Louis Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 227, #16.
F. N. David, M. G. Kendall and D. E. Barton, Symmetric Function and Allied Tables, Cambridge, 1966, p. 223.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
Steve Butler and Pavel Karasik, A note on nested sums, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 13 (2010), Article 10.4.4, page 5.
Martin Griffiths, Remodified Bessel Functions via Coincidences and Near Coincidences, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 14 (2011), Article 11.7.1.
C. Krishnamachaki, The operator (xD)^n, J. Indian Math. Soc., Vol. 15 (1923), pp. 3-4. [Annotated scanned copy]
Feihu Liu, Guoce Xin, and Chen Zhang, Ehrhart Polynomials of Order Polytopes: Interpreting Combinatorial Sequences on the OEIS, arXiv:2412.18744 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 29.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992, arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Stirling numbers of the 2nd kind.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-21,35,-35,21,-7,1).

Cf. A001296, A001298, A008277, A008517, A048993, A062196, A094262.

Cf. A001303.

[n^2*(n+1)^2*(n+2)*(n+3)/48: n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 22 2017

A001297:=-(1+8*z+6*z**2)/(z-1)**7; # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, without the initial 0

lst={};Do[f=StirlingS2[n+3, n];AppendTo[lst, f], {n, 0, 5!}];lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Sep 27 2008 *)
a[ n_] := n^2 (n + 1)^2 (n + 2) (n + 3) / 48; (* Michael Somos, Sep 04 2017 *)
Table[StirlingS2[n+3,n],{n,0,30}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 30 2019 *)

{a(n) = n^2 * (n+1)^2 * (n+2) * (n+3) / 48}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 04 2017 */

[stirling_number2(n+3,n) for n in range(0, 34)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 16 2009

G.f.: x*(1 + 8*x + 6*x^2)/(1 - x)^7. - Paul Barry, Aug 05 2004
E.g.f. with offset -2: exp(x)*(1*(x^3)/3! + 11*(x^4)/4! + 25*(x^5)/5! + 15*(x^6)/6!). For the coefficients [1, 11, 25, 15] see triangle A112493. E.g.f.: 1/48*x*exp(x)*(x^5+22*x^4+152*x^3+384*x^2+312*x+48)/48. Above given e.g.f. differentiated twice.
a(n) = (binomial(n+4, n-1) - binomial(n+3, n-2))*(binomial(n+2, n-1) - binomial(n+1, n-2)). - Zerinvary Lajos, May 12 2006
a(n) = binomial(n+1, 2)*binomial(n+3, 4). - Vladimir Shevelev, Dec 18 2011
O.g.f.: D^3(x/(1-x)) = D^4(x), where D is the operator x/(1-x)*d/dx. - Peter Bala, Jul 02 2012
a(n) = A001303(-3-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Sep 04 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} Sum_{i=1..n} i * C(k+2,k-1). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 21 2017
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 10 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 16*Pi^2/3 - 464/9.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 260/9 - 4*Pi^2/3 - 64*log(2)/3. (End)
a(n) = Sum_{0<=i<=j<=k<=n} i*j*k. - Robert FERREOL, May 25 2022

Initial zero added by N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 21 2008

Name corrected by Nathaniel Johnston, Apr 30 2011

A080852 Square array of 4D pyramidal numbers, read by antidiagonals.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 4, 1, 5, 10, 1, 6, 15, 20, 1, 7, 20, 35, 35, 1, 8, 25, 50, 70, 56, 1, 9, 30, 65, 105, 126, 84, 1, 10, 35, 80, 140, 196, 210, 120, 1, 11, 40, 95, 175, 266, 336, 330, 165, 1, 12, 45, 110, 210, 336, 462, 540, 495, 220, 1, 13, 50, 125, 245, 406, 588, 750, 825, 715, 286

Offset: 0

Paul Barry, Feb 21 2003

The first row contains the tetrahedral numbers, which are really three-dimensional, but can be regarded as degenerate 4D pyramidal numbers. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 28 2015

			Array, n >= 0, k >= 0, begins
1 4 10 20  35  56 ...
1 5 15 35  70 126 ...
1 6 20 50 105 196 ...
1 7 25 65 140 266 ...
1 8 30 80 175 336 ...

Index to sequences related to pyramidal numbers

Rows include A000292, A000332, A002415, A001296, A002418, A002419, A051740, A051797.
Cf. A057145, A080851, A180266, A055796 (antidiagonal sums).
See A257200 for another version of the array.

vector(vector(poly_coeff(Taylor((1+kx)/(1-x)^5,x,11),x,n),n,0,11),k,-1,10)

VECTOR(VECTOR(comb(k+3,3)+comb(k+3,4)n, k, 0, 11), n, 0, 11)

A080852 := proc(n,k)
        binomial(k+4,4)+(n-1)*binomial(k+3,4) ;
end proc:
seq( seq(A080852(d-k,k),k=0..d),d=0..12) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 01 2021

T[n_, k_] := Binomial[k+3, 3] + Binomial[k+3, 4]n;
Table[T[n-k, k], {n, 0, 11}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, May 05 2023 *)

T(n, k) = binomial(k + 4, 4) + (n-1)*binomial(k + 3, 4), corrected Oct 01 2021.
T(n, k) = T(n - 1, k) + C(k + 3, 4) = T(n - 1, k) + k(k + 1)(k + 2)(k + 3)/24.
G.f. for rows: (1 + nx)/(1 - x)^5, n >= -1.
T(n,k) = sum_{j=0..k} A080851(n,j). - R. J. Mathar, Jul 28 2016

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A000292 Tetrahedral (or triangular pyramidal) numbers: a(n) = C(n+2,3) = n*(n+1)*(n+2)/6.

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A008277 Triangle of Stirling numbers of the second kind, S2(n,k), n >= 1, 1 <= k <= n.

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A211795 Number of (w,x,y,z) with all terms in {1,...,n} and w*x < 2*y*z.

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A002411 Pentagonal pyramidal numbers: a(n) = n^2*(n+1)/2.

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A002415 4-dimensional pyramidal numbers: a(n) = n^2*(n^2-1)/12.

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A000292 Tetrahedral (or triangular pyramidal) numbers: a(n) = C(n+2,3) = n(n+1)(n+2)/6.

A211795 Number of (w,x,y,z) with all terms in {1,...,n} and wx < 2y*z.

A050534 Tritriangular numbers: a(n) = binomial(binomial(n,2),2) = n(n+1)(n-1)*(n-2)/8.