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A008297 Triangle of Lah numbers.

-1, 2, 1, -6, -6, -1, 24, 36, 12, 1, -120, -240, -120, -20, -1, 720, 1800, 1200, 300, 30, 1, -5040, -15120, -12600, -4200, -630, -42, -1, 40320, 141120, 141120, 58800, 11760, 1176, 56, 1, -362880, -1451520, -1693440, -846720, -211680, -28224, -2016, -72, -1, 3628800, 16329600, 21772800, 12700800

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

|a(n,k)| = number of partitions of {1..n} into k lists, where a list means an ordered subset.
Let N be a Poisson random variable with parameter (mean) lambda, and Y_1,Y_2,... independent exponential(theta) variables, independent of N, so that their density is given by (1/theta)*exp(-x/theta), x > 0. Set S=Sum_{i=1..N} Y_i. Then E(S^n), i.e., the n-th moment of S, is given by (theta^n) * L_n(lambda), n >= 0, where L_n(y) is the Lah polynomial Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n,k)| * y^k. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 09 2010
For y = lambda > 0, formula 2) for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) dated Feb 02 2010 can be restated as follows: L_n(lambda) is the n-th ascending factorial moment of the Poisson distribution with parameter (mean) lambda. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 10 2010
See A111596 for an expression of the row polynomials in terms of an umbral composition of the Bell polynomials and relation to an inverse Mellin transform and a generalized Dobinski formula. - Tom Copeland, Nov 21 2011
Also the Bell transform of the sequence (-1)^(n+1)*(n+1)! without column 0. For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 28 2016
Named after the Slovenian mathematician and actuary Ivo Lah (1896-1979). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 13 2021

			|a(2,1)| = 2: (12), (21); |a(2,2)| = 1: (1)(2). |a(4,1)| = 24: (1234) (24 ways); |a(4,2)| = 36: (123)(4) (6*4 ways), (12)(34) (3*4 ways); |a(4,3)| = 12: (12)(3)(4) (6*2 ways); |a(4,4)| = 1: (1)(2)(3)(4) (1 way).
Triangle:
    -1;
     2,    1;
    -6,   -6,   -1;
    24,   36,   12,   1;
  -120, -240, -120, -20, -1; ...

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Same as A066667 and A105278 except for signs. Other variants: A111596 (differently signed triangle and (0,0)-based), A271703 (unsigned and (0,0)-based), A089231.
A293125 (row sums) and A000262 (row sums of unsigned triangle).
Columns 1-6 (unsigned): A000142, A001286, A001754, A001755, A001777, A001778.
A002868 gives maximal element (in magnitude) in each row.
A248045 (central terms, negated). A130561 is a natural refinement.
Cf. A007318, A048786, A001263, A008275, A008277, A048993, A094638, A130534.
Cf. A008296, A360177.

a008297 n k = a008297_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
a008297_row n = a008297_tabl !! (n-1)
a008297_tabl = [-1] : f [-1] 2 where
   f xs i = ys : f ys (i + 1) where
     ys = map negate $
          zipWith (+) ([0] ++ xs) (zipWith (*) [i, i + 1 ..] (xs ++ [0]))
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 30 2014

A008297 := (n,m) -> (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1,m-1)/m!;

a[n_, m_] := (-1)^n*n!*Binomial[n-1, m-1]/m!; Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 10}, {m, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 12 2012, after Maple *)
T[n_, n_] := (-1)^n; T[n_, k_]/;0Oliver Seipel, Dec 06 2024 *)

T(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1, m-1)/m!
for(n=1,9, for(m=1,n, print1(T(n,m)", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 09 2016

use bigint; use ntheory ":all"; my @L; for my $n (1..9) { push @L, map { stirling($n,$,3)*(-1)**$n } 1..$n; } say join(", ",@L); # _Dana Jacobsen, Mar 16 2017

def A008297_triangle(dim): # computes unsigned T(n, k).
    M = matrix(ZZ,dim,dim)
    for n in (0..dim-1): M[n,n] = 1
    for n in (1..dim-1):
        for k in (0..n-1):
            M[n,k] = M[n-1,k-1]+(2+2*k)*M[n-1,k]+((k+1)*(k+2))*M[n-1,k+1]
    return M
A008297_triangle(9) # Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2012

a(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*A007318(n-1, m-1)/m!, n >= m >= 1.
a(n+1, m) = (n+m)*a(n, m)+a(n, m-1), a(n, 0) := 0; a(n, m) := 0, n < m; a(1, 1)=1.
a(n, m) = ((-1)^(n-m+1))*L(1, n-1, m-1) where L(1, n, m) is the triangle of coefficients of the generalized Laguerre polynomials n!*L(n, a=1, x). These polynomials appear in the radial l=0 eigen-functions for discrete energy levels of the H-atom.
|a(n, m)| = Sum_{k=m..n} |A008275(n, k)|*A008277(k, m), where A008275 = Stirling numbers of first kind, A008277 = Stirling numbers of second kind. - Wolfdieter Lang
If L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k (a Lah polynomial) then the e.g.f. for L_n(y) is exp(x*y/(1-x)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 06 2001
E.g.f. for the k-th column (unsigned): x^k/(1-x)^k/k!. - Vladeta Jovovic, Dec 03 2002
a(n, k) = (n-k+1)!*N(n, k) where N(n, k) is the Narayana triangle A001263. - Philippe Deléham, Jul 20 2003
From Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 02 2010: (Start)
We have the following expressions for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k -- exact generalizations of results in A000262 for A000262(n) = L_n(1):
1) L_n(y) = y*exp(-y)*n!*M(n+1,2,y), n >= 1, where M (=1F1) is the confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind;
2) L_n(y) = exp(-y)* Sum_{m>=0} y^m*[m]^n/m!, n>=0, where [m]^n = m*(m+1)*...*(m+n-1) is the rising factorial;
3) L_n(y) = (2n-2+y)L_{n-1}(y)-(n-1)(n-2)L_{n-2}(y), n>=2;
4) L_n(y) = y*(n-1)!*Sum_{k=1..n} (L_{n-k}(y) k!)/((n-k)! (k-1)!), n>=1. (End)
The row polynomials are given by D^n(exp(-x*t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1-x)^2*d/dx. Cf. A008277 and A035342. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
n!C(-xD,n) = Lah(n,:xD:) where C(m,n) is the binomial coefficient, xD= x d/dx, (:xD:)^k = x^k D^k, and Lah(n,x) are the row polynomials of this entry. E.g., 2!C(-xD,2)= 2 xD + x^2 D^2. - Tom Copeland, Nov 03 2012
From Tom Copeland, Sep 25 2016: (Start)
The Stirling polynomials of the second kind A048993 (A008277), i.e., the Bell-Touchard-exponential polynomials B_n[x], are umbral compositional inverses of the Stirling polynomials of the first kind signed A008275 (A130534), i.e., the falling factorials, (x)_n = n! binomial(x,n); that is, umbrally B_n[(x).] = x^n = (B.[x])_n.
An operational definition of the Bell polynomials is (xD_x)^n = B_n[:xD:], where, by definition, (:xD_x:)^n = x^n D_x^n, so (B.[:xD_x:])_n = (xD_x)_n = :xD_x:^n = x^n (D_x)^n.
Let y = 1/x, then D_x = -y^2 D_y; xD_x = -yD_y; and P_n(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_n = (-1)^n (1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n, the row polynomials of this entry in operational form, e.g., P_3(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_3 = (-yD_y) (yD_y-1) (yD_y-2) = (-1)^3 (1/y)^3 (y^2 D_y)^3 = -( 6 :yD_y: +  6 :yD_y:^2 + :yD_y:^3 ) = - ( 6 y D_y + 6 y^2 (D_y)^2 + y^3 (D_y)^3).
Therefore, P_n(y) = e^(-y) P_n(:yD_y:) e^y = e^(-y) (-1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n e^y = e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = P_n(1/x) and P_n(x) =  e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = e^(-1/x) (:x D_x:)^n e^(1/x). (Cf. also A094638.) (End)
T(n,k) = Sum_{j=k..n} (-1)^j*A008296(n,j)*A360177(j,k). - Mélika Tebni, Feb 02 2023

A111596 The matrix inverse of the unsigned Lah numbers A271703.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 0, -2, 1, 0, 6, -6, 1, 0, -24, 36, -12, 1, 0, 120, -240, 120, -20, 1, 0, -720, 1800, -1200, 300, -30, 1, 0, 5040, -15120, 12600, -4200, 630, -42, 1, 0, -40320, 141120, -141120, 58800, -11760, 1176, -56, 1, 0, 362880, -1451520, 1693440, -846720, 211680, -28224, 2016, -72, 1

Offset: 0

Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 23 2005

Also the associated Sheffer triangle to Sheffer triangle A111595.
Coefficients of Laguerre polynomials (-1)^n * n! * L(n,-1,x), which equals (-1)^n * Lag(n,x,-1) below. Lag(n,Lag(.,x,-1),-1) = x^n evaluated umbrally, i.e., with (Lag(.,x,-1))^k = Lag(k,x,-1). - Tom Copeland, Apr 26 2014
Without row n=0 and column m=0 this is, up to signs, the Lah triangle A008297.
The unsigned column sequences are (with leading zeros): A000142, A001286, A001754, A001755, A001777, A001778, A111597-A111600 for m=1..10.
The row polynomials p(n,x) := Sum_{m=0..n} a(n,m)*x^m, together with the row polynomials s(n,x) of A111595 satisfy the exponential (or binomial) convolution identity s(n,x+y) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*s(k,x)*p(n-k,y), n>=0.
Exponential Riordan array [1,x/(1+x)]. Inverse of the exponential Riordan array [1,x/(1-x)], which is the unsigned version of A111596. - Paul Barry, Apr 12 2007
For the unsigned subtriangle without column number m=0 and row number n=0, see A105278.
Unsigned triangle also matrix product |S1|*S2 of Stirling number matrices.
The unsigned row polynomials are Lag(n,-x,-1), the associated Laguerre polynomials of order -1 with negated argument. See Gradshteyn and Ryzhik, Abramowitz and Stegun and Rota (Finite Operator Calculus) for extensive formulas. - Tom Copeland, Nov 17 2007, Sep 09 2008
An infinitesimal matrix generator for unsigned A111596 is given by A132792. - Tom Copeland, Nov 22 2007
From the formalism of A132792 and A133314 for n > k, unsigned A111596(n,k) = a(k) * a(k+1)...a(n-1) / (n-k)! = a generalized factorial, where a(n) = A002378(n) = n-th term of first subdiagonal of unsigned A111596. Hence Deutsch's remark in A002378 provides an interpretation of A111596(n,k) in terms of combinations of certain circular binary words. - Tom Copeland, Nov 22 2007
Given T(n,k)= A111596(n,k) and matrices A and B with A(n,k) = T(n,k)*a(n-k) and B(n,k) = T(n,k)*b(n-k), then A*B = C where C(n,k) = T(n,k)*[a(.)+b(.)]^(n-k), umbrally. - Tom Copeland, Aug 27 2008
Operationally, the unsigned row polynomials may be expressed as p_n(:xD:) = x*:Dx:^n*x^{-1}=x*D^nx^n*x^{-1}= n!*binomial(xD+n-1,n) = (-1)^n n! binomial(-xD,n) = n!L(n,-1,-:xD:), where, by definition, :AB:^n = A^nB^n for any two operators A and B, D = d/dx, and L(n,-1,x) is the Laguerre polynomial of order -1. A similarity transformation of the operators :Dx:^n generates the higher order Laguerre polynomials, which can also be expressed in terms of rising or falling factorials or Kummer's confluent hypergeometric functions (cf. the Mathoverflow post). -  Tom Copeland, Sep 21 2019

			Binomial convolution of row polynomials: p(3,x) = 6*x-6*x^2+x^3; p(2,x) = -2*x+x^2, p(1,x) = x, p(0,x) = 1,
together with those from A111595: s(3,x) = 9*x-6*x^2+x^3; s(2,x) = 1-2*x+x^2, s(1,x) = x, s(0,x) = 1; therefore
9*(x+y)-6*(x+y)^2+(x+y)^3 = s(3,x+y) = 1*s(0,x)*p(3,y) + 3*s(1,x)*p(2,y) + 3*s(2,x)*p(1,y) +1*s(3,x)*p(0,y) = (6*y-6*y^2+y^3) + 3*x*(-2*y+y^2) + 3*(1-2*x+x^2)*y + 9*x-6*x^2+x^3.
From _Wolfdieter Lang_, Apr 28 2014: (Start)
The triangle a(n,m) begins:
n\m  0     1       2       3      4     5   6  7
0:   1
1:   0     1
2:   0    -2       1
3:   0     6      -6       1
4:   0   -24      36     -12      1
5:   0   120    -240     120    -20     1
6:   0  -720    1800   -1200    300   -30   1
7:   0  5040  -15120   12600  -4200   630 -42  1
...
For more rows see the link.
(End)

G. C. Greubel, Rows n=0..100 of triangle, flattened
Wolfdieter Lang, The first 11 rows of the triangle.
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].
Paul Barry, The Restricted Toda Chain, Exponential Riordan Arrays, and Hankel Transforms, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010) # 10.8.4, example 4.
Paul Barry, Exponential Riordan Arrays and Permutation Enumeration, J. Int. Seq. 13 (2010) # 10.9.1, example 6.
Paul Barry, Riordan Arrays, Orthogonal Polynomials as Moments, and Hankel Transforms, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.2.2, example 20.
Paul Barry, Combinatorial polynomials as moments, Hankel transforms and exponential Riordan arrays, arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.3044 [math.CO], 2011, also J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) 11.6.7.
Tom Copeland, A Class of Differential Operators and the Stirling Numbers; Generators, Inversion, and Matrix, Binomial, and Integral Transforms; Lagrange a la Lah
A. Hennessy and P. Barry, Generalized Stirling Numbers, Exponential Riordan Arrays, and Orthogonal Polynomials, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.8.2.
M. Janjic, Some classes of numbers and derivatives, JIS 12 (2009) 09.8.3.
Mathoverflow, Pochhammer symbol of a differential, and hypergeometric polynomials, a question posed by Emilio Pisanty and answered by Tom Copeland, 2012.
J. Taylor, Counting words with Laguerre polynomials, DMTCS Proc., Vol. AS, 2013, p. 1131-1142. [_Tom Copeland_, Jan 08 2016] [Broken link]
J. Taylor, Formal group laws and hypergraph colorings, doctoral thesis, Univ. of Wash., 2016, p. 96. [_Tom Copeland_, Dec 20 2018]
Jian Zhou, On Some Mathematics Related to the Interpolating Statistics, arXiv:2108.10514 [math-ph], 2021.

Row sums: A111884. Unsigned row sums: A000262.
A002868 gives maximal element (in magnitude) in each row.
Cf. A130561 for a natural refinement.
Cf. A264428, A264429, A271703 (unsigned).
Cf. A008297, A089231, A105278 (variants).
Cf. A002378, A008277, A132792, A133314, A132792, A001263.

# The function BellMatrix is defined in A264428.
BellMatrix(n -> `if`(n::odd, -(n+1)!, (n+1)!), 9); # Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016

a[0, 0] = 1; a[n_, m_] := ((-1)^(n-m))*(n!/m!)*Binomial[n-1, m-1]; Table[a[n, m], {n, 0, 10}, {m, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 05 2013 *)
T[ n_, k_] := (-1)^n n! Coefficient[ LaguerreL[ n, -1, x], x, k]; (* Michael Somos, Dec 15 2014 *)
rows = 9;
t = Table[(-1)^(n+1) n!, {n, 1, rows}];
T[n_, k_] := BellY[n, k, t];
Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, rows}, {k, 0, n}]  // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 22 2018, after Peter Luschny *)

{T(n, k) = if( n<1 || k<1, n==0 && k==0, (-1)^n * n! * polcoeff( sum(k=1, n, binomial( n-1, k-1) * (-x)^k / k!), k))}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 15 2014 */

lah_number = lambda n, k: factorial(n-k)*binomial(n,n-k)*binomial(n-1,n-k)
A111596_row = lambda n: [(-1)^(n-k)*lah_number(n, k) for k in (0..n)]
for n in range(10): print(A111596_row(n)) # Peter Luschny, Oct 05 2014

# uses[inverse_bell_transform from A264429]
def A111596_matrix(dim):
    fact = [factorial(n) for n in (1..dim)]
    return inverse_bell_transform(dim, fact)
A111596_matrix(10) # Peter Luschny, Dec 20 2015

E.g.f. m-th column: ((x/(1+x))^m)/m!, m>=0.
E.g.f. for row polynomials p(n, x) is exp(x*y/(1+y)).
a(n, m) = ((-1)^(n-m))*|A008297(n, m)| = ((-1)^(n-m))*(n!/m!)*binomial(n-1, m-1), n>=m>=1; a(0, 0)=1; else 0.
a(n, m) = -(n-1+m)*a(n-1, m) + a(n-1, m-1), n>=m>=0, a(n, -1):=0, a(0, 0)=1; a(n, m)=0 if n|a(n,m)| = Sum_{k=m..n} |S1(n,k)|*S2(k,m), n>=0. S2(n,m):=A048993. S1(n,m):=A048994. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 04 2007
From Tom Copeland, Nov 21 2011: (Start)
For this Lah triangle, the n-th row polynomial is given umbrally by
  (-1)^n n! binomial(-Bell.(-x),n), where Bell_n(-x)= exp(x)(xd/dx)^n exp(-x), the n-th Bell / Touchard / exponential polynomial with neg. arg., (cf. A008277). E.g., 2! binomial(-Bell.(-x),2) = -Bell.(-x)*(-Bell.(-x)-1) = Bell_2(-x)+Bell_1(-x) = -2x+x^2.
A Dobinski relation is (-1)^n n! binomial(-Bell.(-x),n)= (-1)^n n! e^x Sum_{j>=0} (-1)^j binomial(-j,n)x^j/j!= n! e^x Sum_{j>=0} (-1)^j binomial(j-1+n,n)x^j/j!. See the Copeland link for the relation to inverse Mellin transform. (End)
The n-th row polynomial is (-1/x)^n e^x (x^2*D_x)^n e^(-x). - Tom Copeland, Oct 29 2012
Let f(.,x)^n = f(n,x) = x!/(x-n)!, the falling factorial,and r(.,x)^n = r(n,x) = (x-1+n)!/(x-1)!, the rising factorial, then the Lah polynomials, Lah(n,t)= n!*Sum{k=1..n} binomial(n-1,k-1)(-t)^k/k! (extra sign factor on odd rows), give the transform Lah(n,-f(.,x))= r(n,x), and Lah(n,r(.,x))= (-1)^n * f(n,x). - Tom Copeland, Oct 04 2014
|T(n,k)| = Sum_{j=0..2*(n-k)} A254881(n-k,j)*k^j/(n-k)!. Note that A254883 is constructed analogously from A254882. - Peter Luschny, Feb 10 2015
The T(n,k) are the inverse Bell transform of [1!,2!,3!,...] and |T(n,k)| are the Bell transform of [1!,2!,3!,...]. See A264428 for the definition of the Bell transform and A264429 for the definition of the inverse Bell transform. - Peter Luschny, Dec 20 2015
Dividing each n-th diagonal by n!, where the main diagonal is n=1, generates a shifted, signed Narayana matrix A001263. - Tom Copeland, Sep 23 2020

New name using a comment from Wolfdieter Lang by Peter Luschny, May 10 2021

A156992 Triangle T(n,k) = n!*binomial(n-1, k-1) for 1 <= k <= n, read by rows.

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1, 2, 2, 6, 12, 6, 24, 72, 72, 24, 120, 480, 720, 480, 120, 720, 3600, 7200, 7200, 3600, 720, 5040, 30240, 75600, 100800, 75600, 30240, 5040, 40320, 282240, 846720, 1411200, 1411200, 846720, 282240, 40320, 362880, 2903040, 10160640, 20321280, 25401600, 20321280, 10160640, 2903040, 362880

Offset: 1

Roger L. Bagula, Feb 20 2009

Partition {1,2,...,n} into m subsets, arrange (linearly order) the elements within each subset, then arrange the subsets. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010
From Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 26 2011: (Start)
Number of ways to arrange n different books in a k-shelf bookcase leaving no shelf empty.
There are n! ways to arrange the books in one long line. With ni denoting the number of books for shelf i, we have n = n1 + n2 + ... + nk. Since the number of compositions of n with k summands is binomial(n-1,k-1), we obtain T(n,k) = n!*binomial(n-1,k-1) for the number of ways to arrange the n books on the k shelves.
Equivalently, T(n,k) is the number of ways to stack n different alphabet blocks into k labeled stacks.
Also, T(n,k) is the number of injective functions f:[n]->[n+k] such that (i) the pre-image of (n+j) exists for j=1..k and (ii) f has no fixed points, that is, for all x, f(x) does not equal x.
T(n,k) is the number of labeled, rooted forests that have (i) exactly k roots, (ii) each root labeled larger than any nonroot, (iii) each root with exactly one child node, (iv) n non-root nodes, and (v) at most one child node for each node in the forest.
(End)
Essentially, the triangle given by (2,1,3,2,4,3,5,4,6,5,7,6,8,7,9,8,...) DELTA (2,1,3,2,4,3,5,4,6,5,7,6,8,7,9,8,...) where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 29 2011
T(n,j+k) = Sum_{i=j..n-k} binomial(n,i)*T(i,j)*T(n-i,k). - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 29 2011

			The triangle starts:
      1;
      2,      2;
      6,     12,      6;
     24,     72,     72,      24;
    120,    480,    720,     480,     120;
    720,   3600,   7200,    7200,    3600,    720;
   5040,  30240,  75600,  100800,   75600,  30240,   5040;
  40320, 282240, 846720, 1411200, 1411200, 846720, 282240, 40320;
From _Dennis P. Walsh_, Nov 26 2011: (Start)
T(3,2) = 12 since there are 12 ways to arrange books b1, b2, and b3 on shelves <shelf1><shelf2>:
   <b1><b2,b3>, <b1><b3,b2>, <b2><b1,b3>, <b2><b3,b1>,
   <b3><b1,b2>, <b3><b2,b1>, <b2,b3><b1>, <b3,b2><b1>,
   <b1,b3><b2>, <b3,b1><b2>, <b1,b2><b3>, <b2,b1><b3>.
(End)

J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 98

G. C. Greubel, Rows n = 1..50 of the triangle, flattened
T. S. Motzkin, Sorting numbers for cylinders and other classification numbers, in Combinatorics, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 19, AMS, 1971, pp. 167-176. [Annotated, scanned copy]
OEIS Wiki, Sorting numbers

Cf. A002866 (row sums).
Column 1 = A000142. Column 2 = A001286 * 2! = A062119. Column 3 = A001754 * 3!. Column 4 = A001755 * 4!. Column 5 = A001777 * 5!. Column 6 = A001778 * 6!. Column 7 = A111597 * 7!. Column 8 = A111598 * 8!. Cf. A105278. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010
T(2n,n) gives A123072.

[Factorial(n)*Binomial(n-1,k-1): k in [1..n], n in [1..10]]; // G. C. Greubel, May 10 2021

seq(seq(n!*binomial(n-1,k-1),k=1..n),n=1..10); # Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 26 2011
with(PolynomialTools): p := (n,x) -> (n+1)!*hypergeom([-n],[],-x);
seq(CoefficientList(simplify(p(n,x)),x),n=0..5); # Peter Luschny, Apr 08 2015

Table[n!*Binomial[n-1, k-1], {n,10}, {k,n}]//Flatten

flatten([[factorial(n)*binomial(n-1,k-1) for k in (1..n)] for n in (1..10)]) # G. C. Greubel, May 10 2021

E.g.f. for column k is (x/(1-x))^k. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010
T(n,k) = A000142(n)*A007318(n-1,k-1). - Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 26 2011
Coefficient triangle of the polynomials p(n,x) = (n+1)!*hypergeom([-n],[],-x). - Peter Luschny, Apr 08 2015

A111597 Lah numbers: a(n) = n!*binomial(n-1,6)/7!.

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1, 56, 2016, 60480, 1663200, 43908480, 1141620480, 29682132480, 779155977600, 20777492736000, 565147802419200, 15721384321843200, 448059453172531200, 13097122477350912000, 392913674320527360000, 12101741169072242688000

Offset: 7

Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 23 2005

Louis Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 156.
John Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 44.

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 7..440

Column 7 of A008297 and unsigned A111596.
Column 6 of A001778.
Cf. A001113, A001620, A091725, A099285.

[Factorial(n-7)*Binomial(n, 7)*Binomial(n-1, 6): n in [7..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, May 10 2021

k = 7; a[n_] := n!*Binomial[n-1, k-1]/k!; Table[a[n], {n, k, 22}]  (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 09 2013 *)

[factorial(n-7)*binomial(n, 7)*binomial(n-1, 6) for n in (7..30)] # G. C. Greubel, May 10 2021

E.g.f.: ((x/(1-x))^7)/7!.
a(n) = (n!/7!)*binomial(n-1, 7-1).
If we define f(n,i,x) = Sum_{k=i..n} (Sum_{j=i..k} (binomial(k,j)*Stirling1(n,k)* Stirling2(j,i)*x^(k-j) ) ) then a(n+1) = (-1)^n*f(n,6,-8), (n>=6). - Milan Janjic, Mar 01 2009
From Amiram Eldar, May 02 2022: (Start)
Sum_{n>=7} 1/a(n) = 6342*(Ei(1) - gamma) - 8988*e + 80374/5, where Ei(1) = A091725, gamma = A001620, and e = A001113.
Sum_{n>=7} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 170142*(gamma - Ei(-1)) - 101640/e - 490714/5, where Ei(-1) = -A099285. (End)

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A008297 Triangle of Lah numbers.

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