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A000522 Total number of ordered k-tuples (k=0..n) of distinct elements from an n-element set: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} n!/k!.

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1, 2, 5, 16, 65, 326, 1957, 13700, 109601, 986410, 9864101, 108505112, 1302061345, 16926797486, 236975164805, 3554627472076, 56874039553217, 966858672404690, 17403456103284421, 330665665962404000, 6613313319248080001, 138879579704209680022, 3055350753492612960485, 70273067330330098091156
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Total number of permutations of all subsets of an n-set.
Also the number of one-to-one sequences that can be formed from n distinct objects.
Old name "Total number of permutations of a set with n elements", or the same with the word "arrangements", both sound too much like A000142.
Related to number of operations of addition and multiplication to evaluate a determinant of order n by cofactor expansion - see A026243.
a(n) is also the number of paths (without loops) in the complete graph on n+2 vertices starting at one vertex v1 and ending at another v2. Example: when n=2 there are 5 paths in the complete graph with 4 vertices starting at the vertex 1 and ending at the vertex 2: (12),(132),(142),(1342),(1432) so a(2) = 5. - Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 23 2001; comment corrected by Jonathan Coxhead, Mar 21 2003
Also row sums of Table A008279, which can be generated by taking the derivatives of x^k. For example, for y = 1*x^3, y' = 3x^2, y" = 6x, y'''= 6 so a(4) = 1 + 3 + 6 + 6 = 16. - Alford Arnold, Dec 15 1999
a(n) is the permanent of the n X n matrix with 2s on the diagonal and 1s elsewhere. - Yuval Dekel, Nov 01 2003
(A000166 + this_sequence)/2 = A009179, (A000166 - this_sequence)/2 = A009628.
Stirling transform of A006252(n-1) = [1,1,1,2,4,14,38,...] is a(n-1) = [1,2,5,16,65,...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004
Number of {12,12*,21*}- and {12,12*,2*1}-avoiding signed permutations in the hyperoctahedral group.
a(n) = b such that Integral_{x=0..1} x^n*exp(-x) dx = a-b*exp(-1). - Sébastien Dumortier, Mar 05 2005
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] whose left-to-right record lows all occur at the start. Example: a(2) counts all permutations on [3] except 231 (the last entry is a record low but its predecessor is not). - David Callan, Jul 20 2005
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] that avoid the (scattered) pattern 1-2-3|. The vertical bar means the "3" must occur at the end of the permutation. For example, 21354 is not counted by a(4): 234 is an offending subpermutation. - David Callan, Nov 02 2005
Number of deco polyominoes of height n+1 having no reentrant corners along the lower contour (i.e., no vertical step that is followed by a horizontal step). In other words, a(n)=A121579(n+1,0). A deco polyomino is a directed column-convex polyomino in which the height, measured along the diagonal, is attained only in the last column. Example: a(1)=2 because the only deco polyominoes of height 2 are the vertical and horizontal dominoes, having no reentrant corners along their lower contours. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 16 2006
Unreduced numerators of partial sums of the Taylor series for e. - Jonathan Sondow, Aug 18 2006
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] (written in one-line notation) for which the subsequence beginning at 1 is increasing. Example: a(2)=5 counts 123, 213, 231, 312, 321. - David Callan, Oct 06 2006
a(n) is the number of permutations (written in one-line notation) on the set [n + k], k >= 1, for which the subsequence beginning at 1,2,...,k is increasing. Example: n = 2, k = 2. a(2) = 5 counts 1234, 3124, 3412, 4123, 4312. - Peter Bala, Jul 29 2014
a(n) and (1,-2,3,-4,5,-6,7,...) form a reciprocal pair under the list partition transform and associated operations described in A133314. - Tom Copeland, Nov 01 2007
Consider the subsets of the set {1,2,3,...,n} formed by the first n integers. E.g., for n = 3 we have {}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, {1,3}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}. Let the variable sbst denote a subset. For each subset sbst we determine its number of parts, that is nprts(sbst). The sum over all possible subsets is written as Sum_{sbst=subsets}. Then a(n) = Sum_{sbst=subsets} nprts(sbst)!. E.g., for n = 3 we have 1!+1!+1!+1!+2!+2!+2!+3!=16. - Thomas Wieder, Jun 17 2006
Equals row sums of triangle A158359(unsigned). - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 17 2009
Equals eigensequence of triangle A158821. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 30 2009
For positive n, equals 1/BarnesG(n+1) times the determinant of the n X n matrix whose (i,j)-coefficient is the (i+j)th Bell number. - John M. Campbell, Oct 03 2011
a(n) is the number of n X n binary matrices with i) at most one 1 in each row and column and ii) the subset of rows that contain a 1 must also be the columns that contain a 1. Cf. A002720 where restriction ii is removed. - Geoffrey Critzer, Dec 20 2011
Number of restricted growth strings (RGS) [d(1),d(2),...,d(n)] such that d(k) <= k and d(k) <= 1 + (number of nonzero digits in prefix). The positions of nonzero digits determine the subset, and their values (decreased by 1) are the (left) inversion table (a rising factorial number) for the permutation, see example. - Joerg Arndt, Dec 09 2012
Number of a restricted growth strings (RGS) [d(0), d(1), d(2), ..., d(n)] where d(k) >= 0 and d(k) <= 1 + chg([d(0), d(1), d(2), ..., d(k-1)]) and chg(.) gives the number of changes of its argument. Replacing the function chg(.) by a function asc(.) that counts the ascents in the prefix gives A022493 (ascent sequences). - Joerg Arndt, May 10 2013
The sequence t(n) = number of i <= n such that floor(e*i!) is a square is mentioned in the abstract of Luca & Shparlinski. The values are t(n) = 0 for 0 <= n <= 2 and t(n) = 1 for at least 3 <= n <= 300. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 16 2014
a(n) = p(n,1) = q(n,1), where p and q are polynomials defined at A248664 and A248669. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 11 2014
a(n) is the number of ways at most n people can queue up at a (slow) ticket counter when one or more of the people may choose not to queue up. Note that there are C(n,k) sets of k people who quene up and k! ways to queue up. Since k can run from 0 to n, a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} n!/(n-k)! = Sum_{k=0..n} n!/k!. For example, if n=3 and the people are A(dam), B(eth), and C(arl), a(3)=16 since there are 16 possible lineups: ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, CBA, AB, BA, AC, CA, BC, CB, A, B, C, and empty queue. - Dennis P. Walsh, Oct 02 2015
As the row sums of A008279, Motzkin uses the abbreviated notation $n_<^\Sigma$ for a(n).
The piecewise polynomial function f defined by f(x) = a(n)*x^n/n! on each interval [ 1-1/a(n), 1-1/a(n+1) ) is continuous on [0,1) and lim_{x->1} f(x) = e. - Luc Rousseau, Oct 15 2019
a(n) is composite for 3 <= n <= 2015, but a(2016) is prime (or at least a strong pseudoprime): see Johansson link. - Robert Israel, Jul 27 2020 [a(2016) is prime, ECPP certificate generated with CM 0.4.3 and checked by factordb. - Jason H Parker, Jun 15 2025]
In general, sequences of the form a(0)=a, a(n) = n*a(n-1) + k, n>0, will have a closed form of n!*a + floor(n!*(e-1))*k. - Gary Detlefs, Oct 26 2020
From Peter Bala, Apr 03 2022: (Start)
a(2*n) is odd and a(2*n+1) is even. More generally, a(n+k) == a(n) (mod k) for all n and k. It follows that for each positive integer k, the sequence obtained by reducing a(n) modulo k is periodic, with the exact period dividing k. Various divisibility properties of the sequence follow from this; for example, a(5*n+2) == a(5*n+4) == 0 (mod 5), a(25*n+7) == a(25*n+19) == 0 (mod 25) and a(13*n+4) == a(13*n+10)== a(13*n+12) == 0 (mod 13). (End)
Number of possible ranking options on a typical ranked choice voting ballot with n candidates (allowing undervotes). - P. Christopher Staecker, May 05 2024
From Thomas Scheuerle, Dec 28 2024: (Start)
Number of decorated permutations of size n.
Number of Le-diagrams with bounding box semiperimeter n, for n > 0.
By counting over all k = 1..n and n > 0, the number of positroid cells for the totally nonnegative real Grassmannian Gr(k, n), equivalently the number of Grassmann necklaces of type (k, n). (End)

Examples

			G.f. = 1 + 2*x + 5*x^2 + 16*x^3 + 65*x^4 + 326*x^5 + 1957*x^6 + 13700*x^7 + ...
With two objects we can form 5 sequences: (), (a), (b), (a,b), (b,a), so a(2) = 5.
From _Joerg Arndt_, Dec 09 2012: (Start)
The 16 arrangements of the 3-set and their RGS (dots denote zeros) are
  [ #]       RGS        perm. of subset
  [ 1]    [ . . . ]      [  ]
  [ 2]    [ . . 1 ]      [ 3 ]
  [ 3]    [ . 1 . ]      [ 2 ]
  [ 4]    [ . 1 1 ]      [ 2 3 ]
  [ 5]    [ . 1 2 ]      [ 3 2 ]
  [ 6]    [ 1 . . ]      [ 1 ]
  [ 7]    [ 1 . 1 ]      [ 1 3 ]
  [ 8]    [ 1 . 2 ]      [ 3 1 ]
  [ 9]    [ 1 1 . ]      [ 1 2 ]
  [10]    [ 1 1 1 ]      [ 1 2 3 ]
  [11]    [ 1 1 2 ]      [ 1 3 2 ]
  [12]    [ 1 1 3 ]      [ 2 3 1 ]
  [13]    [ 1 2 . ]      [ 2 1 ]
  [14]    [ 1 2 1 ]      [ 2 1 3 ]
  [15]    [ 1 2 2 ]      [ 3 1 2 ]
  [16]    [ 1 2 3 ]      [ 3 2 1 ]
(End)
		

References

  • L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 75, Problem 9.
  • J.-M. De Koninck, Ces nombres qui nous fascinent, Entry 65, p. 23, Ellipses, Paris 2008.
  • J. M. Gandhi, On logarithmic numbers, Math. Student, 31 (1963), 73-83.
  • R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Springer, 1st edition, 1981. See section E11.
  • J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 16.
  • D. Singh, The numbers L(m,n) and their relations with prepared Bernoulli and Eulerian numbers, Math. Student, 20 (1952), 66-70.
  • 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).

Crossrefs

Average of n-th row of triangle in A068424 [Corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 29 2024].
Row sums of A008279 and A094816.
First differences give A001339. Second differences give A001340.
Partial sums are in A001338, A002104.
A row of the array in A144502.
See also A370973, Nearest integer to e*n!.

Programs

  • Haskell
    import Data.List (subsequences, permutations)
    a000522 = length . choices . enumFromTo 1 where
    choices = concat . map permutations . subsequences
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 21 2012, Oct 25 2010
    
  • Magma
    [1] cat [n eq 1 select (n+1) else n*Self(n-1)+1: n in [1..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 15 2015
    
  • Maple
    a(n):= exp(1)*int(x^n*exp(-x)*Heaviside(x-1), x=0..infinity); # Karol A. Penson, Oct 01 2001
    A000522 := n->add(n!/k!,k=0..n);
    G(x):=exp(x)/(1-x): f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 26 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1],x) od: x:=0: seq(f[n],n=0..20);
    # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 03 2009
    G:=exp(z)/(1-z): Gser:=series(G,z=0,21):
    for n from 0 to 20 do a(n):=n!*coeff(Gser,z,n): end do
    # Paul Weisenhorn, May 30 2010
    k := 1; series(hypergeom([1,k],[],x/(1-x))/(1-x), x=0, 20); # Mark van Hoeij, Nov 07 2011
    # one more Maple program:
    a:= proc(n) option remember;
          `if`(n<0, 0, 1+n*a(n-1))
        end:
    seq(a(n), n=0..23);  # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 13 2019
    seq(simplify(KummerU(-n, -n, 1)), n = 0..23); # Peter Luschny, May 10 2022
  • Mathematica
    Table[FunctionExpand[Gamma[n + 1, 1]*E], {n, 0, 24}]
    nn = 20; Accumulate[Table[1/k!, {k, 0, nn}]] Range[0, nn]! (* Jan Mangaldan, Apr 21 2013 *)
    FoldList[#1*#2 + #2 &, 0, Range@ 23] + 1 (* or *)
    f[n_] := Floor[E*n!]; f[0] = 1; Array[f, 20, 0] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 13 2015 *)
    RecurrenceTable[{a[n + 1] == (n + 1) a[n] + 1, a[0] == 1}, a, {n, 0, 12}] (* Emanuele Munarini, Apr 27 2017 *)
    nxt[{n_,a_}]:={n+1,a(n+1)+1}; NestList[nxt,{0,1},30][[All,2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 29 2023 *)
  • Maxima
    a(n) := if n=0 then 1 else n*a(n-1)+1; makelist(a(n),n,0,12); /* Emanuele Munarini, Apr 27 2017 */
  • PARI
    {a(n) = local(A); if( n<0, 0, A = vector(n+1); A[1]=1; for(k=1, n, A[k+1] = k*A[k] + 1); A[n+1])}; /* Michael Somos, Jul 01 2004 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( x +x * O(x^n)) / (1 - x), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 06 2004 */
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=local(A=1+x+x*O(x^n)); for(i=1, n, A=1/(1-x)^2+x^2*deriv(A)/(1-x)); polcoeff(A, n) \\ Paul D. Hanna, Sep 03 2008
    
  • PARI
    {a(n)=local(X=x+x*O(x^n));polcoeff(sum(m=0,n,(m+2)^m*x^m/(1+(m+1)*X)^(m+1)),n)} /* Paul D. Hanna */
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=sum(k=0,n,binomial(n,k)*k!); \\ Joerg Arndt, Dec 14 2014
    
  • Sage
    # program adapted from Alois P. Heinz's Maple code in A022493
    @CachedFunction
    def b(n, i, t):
        if n <= 1:
            return 1
        return sum(b(n - 1, j, t + (j == i)) for j in range(t + 2))
    def a(n):
        return b(n, 0, 0)
    v000522 = [a(n) for n in range(33)]
    print(v000522)
    # Joerg Arndt, May 11 2013
    

Formula

a(n) = n*a(n-1) + 1, a(0) = 1.
a(n) = A007526(n-1) + 1.
a(n) = A061354(n)*A093101(n).
a(n) = n! * Sum_{k=0..n} 1/k! = n! * (e - Sum_{k>=n+1} 1/k!). - Michael Somos, Mar 26 1999
a(0) = 1; for n > 0, a(n) = floor(e*n!).
E.g.f.: exp(x)/(1-x).
a(n) = 1 + Sum_{n>=k>=j>=0} (k-j+1)*k!/j! = a(n-1) + A001339(n-1) = A007526(n) + 1. Binomial transformation of n!, i.e., A000142. - Henry Bottomley, Jun 04 2001
a(n) = floor(2/(n+1))*A009578(n+1)-1. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 24 2001
Integral representation as n-th moment of a nonnegative function on a positive half-axis: a(n) = e*Integral_{x>=0} x^n*e^(-x)*Heaviside(x-1) dx. - Karol A. Penson, Oct 01 2001
Formula, in Mathematica notation: Special values of Laguerre polynomials, a(n)=(-1)^n*n!*LaguerreL[n, -1-n, 1], n=1, 2, ... . This relation cannot be checked by Maple, as it appears that Maple does not incorporate Laguerre polynomials with second index equal to negative integers. It does check with Mathematica. - Karol A. Penson and Pawel Blasiak ( blasiak(AT)lptl.jussieu.fr), Feb 13 2004
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} k!*x^k/(1-x)^(k+1). a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*binomial(n, k)*k^(n-k)*(k+1)^k. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 18 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A008290(n, k)*2^k. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 12 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A046716(n, k). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 12 2004
a(n) = e*Gamma(n+1,1) where Gamma(z,t) = Integral_{x>=t} e^(-x)*x^(z-1) dx is incomplete gamma function. - Michael Somos, Jul 01 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} P(n, k). - Ross La Haye, Aug 28 2005
Given g.f. A(x), then g.f. A059115 = A(x/(1-x)). - Michael Somos, Aug 03 2006
a(n) = 1 + n + n*(n-1) + n*(n-1)*(n-2) + ... + n!. - Jonathan Sondow, Aug 18 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * k!; interpretation: for all k-subsets (sum), choose a subset (binomial(n,k)), and permutation of subset (k!). - Joerg Arndt, Dec 09 2012
a(n) = Integral_{x>=0} (x+1)^n*e^(-x) dx. - Gerald McGarvey, Oct 19 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A094816(n, k), n>=0 (row sums of Poisson-Charlier coefficient matrix). - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 10 2007
From Tom Copeland, Nov 01 2007, Dec 10 2007: (Start)
Act on 1/(1-x) with 1/(1-xDx) = Sum_{j>=0} (xDx)^j = Sum_{j>=0} x^j*D^j*x^j = Sum_{j>=0} j!*x^j*L(j,-:xD:,0) where Lag(n,x,0) are the Laguerre polynomials of order 0, D the derivative w.r.t. x and (:xD:)^j = x^j*D^j. Truncating the operator series at the j = n term gives an o.g.f. for a(0) through a(n) consistent with Jovovic's.
These results and those of Penson and Blasiak, Arnold, Bottomley and Deleham are related by the operator A094587 (the reverse of A008279), which is the umbral equivalent of n!*Lag[n,(.)!*Lag[.,x,-1],0] = (1-D)^(-1) x^n = (-1)^n * n! Lag(n,x,-1-n) = Sum_{j=0..n} binomial(n,j)*j!*x^(n-j) = Sum_{j=0..n} (n!/j!)*x^j. Umbral substitution of b(.) for x and then letting b(n)=1 for all n connects the results. See A132013 (the inverse of A094587) for a connection between these operations and 1/(1-xDx).
(End)
From Peter Bala, Jul 15 2008: (Start)
a(n) = n!*e - 1/(n + 1/(n+1 + 2/(n+2 + 3/(n+3 + ...)))).
Asymptotic result (Ramanujan): n!*e - a(n) ~ 1/n - 1/n^3 + 1/n^4 + 2/n^5 - 9/n^6 + ..., where the sequence [1,0,-1,1,2,-9,...] = [(-1)^k*A000587(k)], for k>=1.
a(n) is a difference divisibility sequence, that is, the difference a(n) - a(m) is divisible by n - m for all n and m (provided n is not equal to m). For fixed k, define the derived sequence a_k(n) = (a(n+k)-a(k))/n, n = 1,2,3,... . Then a_k(n) is also a difference divisibility sequence.
For example, the derived sequence a_0(n) is just a(n-1). The set of integer sequences satisfying the difference divisibility property forms a ring with term-wise operations of addition and multiplication.
Recurrence relations: a(0) = 1, a(n) = (n-1)*(a(n-1) + a(n-2)) + 2, for n >= 1. a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = (n+1)*a(n-1) - (n-1)*a(n-2) for n >= 2. The sequence b(n) := n! satisfies the latter recurrence with the initial conditions b(0) = 1, b(1) = 1. This leads to the finite continued fraction expansion a(n)/n! = 1/(1-1/(2-1/(3-2/(4-...-(n-1)/(n+1))))), n >= 2.
Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/n! = e = 1/(1-1/(2-1/(3-2/(4-...-n/((n+2)-...))))). This is the particular case m = 0 of the general result m!/e - d_m = (-1)^(m+1) *(1/(m+2 -1/(m+3 -2/(m+4 -3/(m+5 -...))))), where d_m denotes the m-th derangement number A000166(m).
For sequences satisfying the more general recurrence a(n) = (n+1+r)*a(n-1) - (n-1)*a(n-2), which yield series acceleration formulas for e/r! that involve the Poisson-Charlier polynomials c_r(-n;-1), refer to A001339 (r=1), A082030 (r=2), A095000 (r=3) and A095177 (r=4).
For the corresponding results for the constants log(2), zeta(2) and zeta(3) refer to A142992, A108625 and A143007 respectively.
(End)
G.f. satisfies: A(x) = 1/(1-x)^2 + x^2*A'(x)/(1-x). - Paul D. Hanna, Sep 03 2008
From Paul Barry, Nov 27 2009: (Start)
G.f.: 1/(1-2*x-x^2/(1-4*x-4*x^2/(1-6*x-9*x^2/(1-8*x-16*x^2/(1-10*x-25*x^2/(1-... (continued fraction);
G.f.: 1/(1-x-x/(1-x/(1-x-2*x/(1-2*x/(1-x-3*x/(1-3*x/(1-x-4*x/(1-4*x/(1-x-5*x/(1-5*x/(1-... (continued fraction).
(End)
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} (n+2)^n*x^n/(1 + (n+1)*x)^(n+1). - Paul D. Hanna, Sep 19 2011
G.f. hypergeom([1,k],[],x/(1-x))/(1-x), for k=1,2,...,9 is the generating function for A000522, A001339, A082030, A095000, A095177, A096307, A096341, A095722, and A095740. - Mark van Hoeij, Nov 07 2011
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x - x*(k+1)/(1 - x*(k+1)/U(k+1)); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 14 2012
E.g.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x/(1 - 1/(1 + (k+1)/U(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 16 2012
G.f.: 1/(1-x)/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - x/(1-x)*(k+1)/(1 - x/(1-x)*(k+1)/Q(k+1)); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 19 2013
G.f.: 2/(1-x)/G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+3) - 1 + x*(2*k+2)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 31 2013
G.f.: (B(x)+ 1)/(2-2*x) = Q(0)/(2-2*x), where B(x) be g.f. A006183, Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) + (1-x)/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 08 2013
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 2*x*(k+1) - x^2*(k+1)^2/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 30 2013
E.g.f.: e^x/(1-x) = (1 - 12*x/(Q(0) + 6*x - 3*x^2))/(1-x), where Q(k) = 2*(4*k+1)*(32*k^2 + 16*k + x^2 - 6) - x^4*(4*k-1)*(4*k+7)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 18 2013
G.f.: conjecture: T(0)/(1-2*x), where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)^2/(x^2*(k+1)^2 - (1 - 2*x*(k+1))*(1 - 2*x*(k+2))/T(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 18 2013
0 = a(n)*(+a(n+1) - 3*a(n+2) + a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(+a(n+1) - a(n+3)) + a(n+2)*(+a(n+2)) for all n>=0. - Michael Somos, Jul 04 2014
From Peter Bala, Jul 29 2014: (Start)
a(n) = F(n), where the function F(x) := Integral_{0..infinity} e^(-u)*(1 + u)^x du smoothly interpolates this sequence to all real values of x. Note that F(-1) = G and for n = 2,3,... we have F(-n) = (-1)^n/(n-1)! *( A058006(n-2) - G ), where G = 0.5963473623... denotes Gompertz's constant - see A073003.
a(n) = n!*e - e*( Sum_{k >= 0} (-1)^k/((n + k + 1)*k!) ).
(End)
a(n) = hypergeometric_U(1, n+2, 1). - Peter Luschny, Nov 26 2014
a(n) ~ exp(1-n)*n^(n-1/2)*sqrt(2*Pi). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 27 2015
a(n) = A038155(n+2)/A000217(n+1). - Anton Zakharov, Sep 08 2016
a(n) = round(exp(1)*n!), n > 1 - Simon Plouffe, Jul 28 2020
a(n) = KummerU(-n, -n, 1). - Peter Luschny, May 10 2022
a(n) = (e/(2*Pi))*Integral_{x=-oo..oo} (n+1+i*x)!/(1+i*x) dx. - David Ulgenes, Apr 18 2023
Sum_{i=0..n} (-1)^(n-i) * binomial(n, i) * a(i) = n!. - Werner Schulte, Apr 03 2024

Extensions

Additional comments from Michael Somos

A000255 a(n) = n*a(n-1) + (n-1)*a(n-2), a(0) = 1, a(1) = 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 11, 53, 309, 2119, 16687, 148329, 1468457, 16019531, 190899411, 2467007773, 34361893981, 513137616783, 8178130767479, 138547156531409, 2486151753313617, 47106033220679059, 939765362752547227, 19690321886243846661, 432292066866171724421
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a(n) counts permutations of [1,...,n+1] having no substring [k,k+1]. - Len Smiley, Oct 13 2001
Also, for n > 0, determinant of the tridiagonal n X n matrix M such that M(i,i)=i and for i=1..n-1, M(i,i+1)=-1, M(i+1,i)=i. - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Feb 04 2003
Also, for n > 0, maximal permanent of a nonsingular n X n (0,1)-matrix, which is achieved by the matrix with just n-1 0's, all on main diagonal. [For proof, see next entry.] - W. Edwin Clark, Oct 28 2003
Proof from Richard Brualdi and W. Edwin Clark, Nov 15 2003: Let n >= 4. Take an n X n (0,1)-matrix A which is nonsingular. It has t >= n-1, 0's, otherwise there will be two rows of all 1's. Let B be the matrix obtained from A by replacing t-(n-1) of A's 0's with 1's. Let D be the matrix with all 1's except for 0's in the first n-1 positions on the diagonal. This matrix is easily seen to be non-singular. Now we have per(A) < = per(B) < = per (D), where the first inequality follows since replacing 0's by 1's cannot decrease the permanent and the second from Corollary 4.4 in the Brualdi et al. reference, which shows that per(D) is the maximum permanent of ANY n X n matrix with n -1 0's. Corollary 4.4 requires n >= 4. a(n) for n < 4 can be computed directly.
With offset 1, permanent of (0,1)-matrix of size n X (n+d) with d=1 and n zeros not on a line. This is a special case of Theorem 2.3 of Seok-Zun Song et al., Extremes of permanents of (0,1)-matrices, pp. 201-202. - Jaap Spies, Dec 12 2003
Number of fixed-point-free permutations of n+2 that begin with a 2; e.g., for 1234, we have 2143, 2341, 2413, so a(2)=3. Also number of permutations of 2..n+2 that have no agreements with 1..n+1. E.g., for 123 against permutations of 234, we have 234, 342 and 432. Compare A047920. - Jon Perry, Jan 23 2004. [This can be proved by the standard argument establishing that d(n+2) = (n+1)(d(n+1)+d(n)) for derangements A000166 (n+1 choices of where 1 goes, then either 1 is in a transposition, or in a cycle of length at least 3, etc.). - D. G. Rogers, Aug 28 2006]
Stirling transform of A006252(n+1)=[1,1,2,4,14,38,...] is a(n)=[1,3,11,53,309,...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004
a(n+1) is the sequence of numerators of the self-convergents to 1/(e-2); see A096654. - Clark Kimberling, Jul 01 2004
Euler's interpretation was "fixedpoint-free permutations beginning with 2" and he listed the terms up to 148329 (although he was blind at the time). - Don Knuth, Jan 25 2007
Equals lim_{k->infinity} A153869^k. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 03 2009
Hankel transform is A059332. - Paul Barry, Apr 22 2009
This sequence appears in the analysis of Euler's divergent series 1 - 1! + 2! - 3! + 4! ... by Lacroix, see Hardy. For information about this and related divergent series see A163940. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009
a(n), n >= 1, enumerates also the ways to distribute n beads, labeled differently from 1 to n, over a set of (unordered) necklaces, excluding necklaces with exactly one bead, and one open cord allowed to have any number of beads. Each beadless necklace as well as the beadless cord contributes a factor 1 in the counting, e.g., a(0):=1*1=1. There are k! possibilities for the cord with k>=0 beads, which means that the two ends of the cord should be considered as fixed, in short: a fixed cord. This produces for a(n) the exponential (aka binomial) convolution of the sequences {n!=A000142(n)} and the subfactorials {A000166(n)}.
See the formula below. Alternatively, the e.g.f. for this problem is seen to be (exp(-x)/(1-x))*(1/(1-x)), namely the product of the e.g.f.s for the subfactorials (from the unordered necklace problem, without necklaces with exactly one bead) and the factorials (from the fixed cord problem). Therefore the recurrence with inputs holds also. a(0):=1. This comment derives from a family of recurrences found by Malin Sjodahl for a combinatorial problem for certain quark and gluon diagrams (Feb 27 2010). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 02 2010
a(n) = (n-1)a(n-1) + (n-2)a(n-2) gives the same sequence offset by a 1. - Jon Perry, Sep 20 2012
Also, number of reduced 2 X (n+2) Latin rectangles. - A.H.M. Smeets, Nov 03 2013
Second column of Euler's difference table (second diagonal in example of A068106). - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 13 2016
If we partition the permutations of [n+2] in A000166 according to their starting digit, we will get (n+1) equinumerous classes each of size a(n) (the class starting with the digit 1 is empty since no derangement starts with 1). Hence, A000166(n+2)=(n+1)*a(n), so a(n) is the size of each nonempty class of permutations of [n+2] in A000166. For example, for n=3 we have 44=4*11 (see link). - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 11 2017
For n >= 1, the number of circular permutations (in cycle notation) on [n+2] that avoid substrings (j,j+2), 1 <= j <= n. For example, for n=2, the 3 circular permutations in S4 that avoid substrings {13,24} are (1234),(1423),(1432). Note that each of these circular permutations represent 4 permutations in one-line notation (see link 2017). - Enrique Navarrete, Feb 15 2017
The sequence a(n) taken modulo a positive integer k is periodic with exact period dividing k when k is even and dividing 2*k when k is odd. This follows from the congruence a(n+k) = (-1)^k*a(n) (mod k) holding for all n and k, which in turn is easily proved by induction making use of the given recurrences. - Peter Bala, Nov 21 2017
Number of permutations of [n] where the k-th fixed points are k-colored and all other points are unicolored. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 28 2025

Examples

			a(3)=11: 1 3 2 4; 1 4 3 2; 2 1 4 3; 2 4 1 3; 3 2 1 4; 3 2 4 1; 4 1 3 2; 4 2 1 3; 4 3 2 1; 2 4 3 1; 3 1 4 2. The last two correspond to (n-1)*a(n-2) since they contain a [j,n+1,j+1].
Cord-necklaces problem. For n=4 one considers the following weak two part compositions of 4: (4,0), (2,2), (1,3), and (0,4), where (3,1) does not appear because there are no necklaces with 1 bead. These compositions contribute respectively 4!*1, (binomial(4,2)*2)*sf(2), (binomial(4,1)*1)*sf(3), and 1*sf(4) with the subfactorials sf(n):=A000166(n) (see the necklace comment there). This adds up as 24 + 6*2 + 4*2 + 9 = 53 = a(4). - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jun 02 2010
G.f. = 1 + x + 3*x^2 + 11*x^3 + 53*x^4 + 309*x^5 + 2119*x^6 + 16687*x^7 + ...
		

References

  • Richard A. Brualdi and Herbert J. Ryser, Combinatorial Matrix Theory, Camb. Univ. Press, 1991, Section 7.2, p. 202.
  • Charalambos A. Charalambides, Enumerative Combinatorics, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, Florida, 2002, p. 179, Table 5.4 and p. 177 (5.1).
  • CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 1996, p. 104.
  • F. N. David, M. G. Kendall and D. E. Barton, Symmetric Function and Allied Tables, Cambridge, 1966, pp. 263-264. See Table 7.5.1, row 0; also Table 7.6.1, row 0.
  • John Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 188.
  • 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).
  • N. Ya. Vilenkin, Combinatorics, pp. 54 - 56, Academic Press, 1971. Caravan in the Desert, E_n = a(n-1), n >= 1.

Crossrefs

Row sums of triangle in A046740. A diagonal of triangle in A068106.
A052655 gives occurrence count for non-singular (0, 1)-matrices with maximal permanent, A089475 number of different values of permanent, A089480 occurrence counts for permanents all non-singular (0, 1)-matrices, A087982, A087983.
A diagonal in triangle A010027.
a(n) = A086764(n+1,1).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000255 n = a000255_list !! n
    a000255_list = 1 : 1 : zipWith (+) zs (tail zs) where
       zs = zipWith (*) [1..] a000255_list
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 05 2011
    
  • Magma
    I:=[1, 3]; [1] cat  [n le 2 select I[n] else n*Self(n-1)+(n-1)*Self(n-2): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 09 2018
  • Maple
    a := n -> hypergeom([2,-n], [], 1)*(-1)^n:
    seq(simplify(a(n)), n=0..19); # Peter Luschny, Sep 20 2014
    seq(simplify(KummerU(-n, -n-1, -1)), n=0..21); # Peter Luschny, May 10 2022
  • Mathematica
    c = CoefficientList[Series[Exp[ -z]/(1 - z)^2, {z, 0, 30}], z]; For[n = 0, n < 31, n++; Print[c[[n]]*(n - 1)! ]]
    Table[Subfactorial[n] + Subfactorial[n + 1], {n, 0, 20}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 09 2009 *)
    RecurrenceTable[{a[n]==n a[n-1]+(n-1)a[n-2],a[0]==1,a[1]==1},a[n], {n,20}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 10 2011 *)
    a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, Round[ n! (n + 2) / E]] (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
    a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, n! SeriesCoefficient[ Exp[ -x] / (1 - x)^2, {x, 0, n}]] (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
    a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, (-1)^n HypergeometricPFQ[ {- n, 2}, {}, 1]] (* Michael Somos, Jun 01 2013 *)
    sa[k_Integer]/;k>=2 := SparseArray[{{i_, i_} -> i, Band[{2, 1}] -> -1, {i_, j_} /; (i == j - 1) :> i}, {k, k}]; {1, 1}~Join~Array[Det[sa[#]] &, 20, 2] (* Shenghui Yang, Oct 15 2024 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, contfracpnqn( matrix( 2, n, i, j, j - (i==1)))[1, 1])};
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( -x + x * O(x^n)) / (1 - x)^2, n))};
    
  • Sage
    from sage.combinat.sloane_functions import ExtremesOfPermanentsSequence2
    e = ExtremesOfPermanentsSequence2()
    it = e.gen(1,1,1)
    [next(it) for i in range(20)]
    # Zerinvary Lajos, May 15 2009
    

Formula

E.g.f.: exp(-x)/(1-x)^2.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k * (n-k+1) * n!/k!. - Len Smiley
Inverse binomial transform of (n+1)!. - Robert A. Stump (bee_ess107(AT)yahoo.com), Dec 09 2001
a(n-2) = !n/(n - 1) where !n is the subfactorial of n, A000166(n). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 18 2002
a(n) = floor((1/e)*n!*(n+2)+1/2). - Benoit Cloitre, Jan 15 2004
Apparently lim_{n->infinity} log(n) - log(a(n))/n = 1. - Gerald McGarvey, Jun 12 2004
a(n) = (n*(n+2)*a(n-1) + (-1)^n)/(n+1) for n >= 1, a(0)=1. See the Charalambides reference.
a(n) = GAMMA(n+3,-1)*exp(-1)/(n+1) (incomplete Gamma function). - Mark van Hoeij, Nov 11 2009
a(n) = A000166(n) + A000166(n+1).
A002469(n) = (n-2)*a(n-1) + A000166(n). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 17 2009
If we take b(n) = (-1)^(n+1)*a(n) for n > 0, then for n > 1 the arithmetic mean of the first n terms is -b(n-1). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, May 20 2010
a(n) = hypergeometric([2,-n],[],1)*(-1)^n = KummerU(2,3+n,-1)*(-1)^n. See the Abramowitz-Stegun handbook (for the reference see e.g. A103921) p. 504, 13.1.10, and for the recurrence p. 507, 13.4.16. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 20 2010
a(n) = n!*(1 + Sum_{k=0..n-2} sf(n-k)/(n-k)!) with the subfactorials sf(n):= A000166(n) (this follows from the exponential convolution). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 02 2010
a(n) = 1/(n+1)*floor(((n+1)!+1)/e). - Gary Detlefs, Jul 11 2010
a(n) = (Subfactorial(n+2))/(n+1). - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Jan 26 2011
G.f.: 1/(1-x-2x^2/(1-3x-6x^2/(1-5x-12x^2/(1-7x-20x^2/(1-.../(1-(2n+1)x-(n+1)(n+2)x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Apr 11 2011
G.f.: hypergeom([1,2],[],x/(x+1))/(x+1). - Mark van Hoeij, Nov 07 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 24 2012 - Feb 05 2014: (Start)
Continued fractions:
E.g.f. 1/E(0) where E(k) = 1 - 2*x/(1 + x/(2 - x - 2/(1 + x*(k+1)/E(k+1)))).
G.f.: S(x)/x - 1/x = Q(0)/x - 1/x where S(x) = Sum_{k>=0} k!*(x/(1+x))^k, Q(k) = 1 + (2*k + 1)*x/(1 + x - 2*x*(1+x)*(k+1)/(2*x*(k+1) + (1+x)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x - x*(k+2)/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: 1/x/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1/x - (2*k+1) - (k+2)*(k+1)/Q(k+1).
G.f.: (1+x)/(x*Q(0)) - 1/x where Q(k) = 1 - 2*k*x - x^2*(k + 1)^2/Q(k+1).
G.f.: 2/x/G(0) - 1/x where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+1) - 1 + x*(2*k+2)/ G(k+1))).
G.f.: ((Sum_{k>=0} k!*(x/(1+x))^k) - 1)/x = Q(0)/(2*x) - 1/x where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) + (1+x)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: W(0) where W(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) - 1/(1 - x*(k+2)/(x*(k+1) - 1/W(k+1)))).
G.f.: G(0)/(1-x) where G(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)*(k+2)/(x^2*(k+1)*(k+2) - (1-x*(1+2*k))*(1-x*(3+2*k))/G(k+1)). (End)
From Peter Bala, Sep 20 2013: (Start)
The sequence b(n) := n!*(n + 2) satisfies the defining recurrence for a(n) but with the starting values b(0) = 2 and b(1) = 3. This leads to the finite continued fraction expansion a(n) = n!*(n+2)*( 1/(2 + 1/(1 + 1/(2 + 2/(3 + ... + (n-1)/n)))) ), valid for n >= 2.
Also a(n) = n!*(n+2)*( Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^k/(k+2)! ). Letting n -> infinity gives the infinite continued fraction expansion 1/e = 1/(2 + 1/(1 + 1/(2 + 2/(3 + ... + (n-1)/(n + ...)))) ) due to Euler. (End)
0 = a(n)*(+a(n+1) + 2*a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+1)*(+2*a(n+2) - a(n+3)) + a(n+2)*(+a(n+2)) if n >= 0. - Michael Somos, May 06 2014
a(n-3) = (n-2)*A000757(n-2) + (2*n-5)*A000757(n-3) + (n-3)*A000757(n-4), n >= 3. - Luis Manuel Rivera Martínez, Mar 14 2015
a(n) = A000240(n) + A000240(n+1), n >= 1. Let D(n) = A000240(n) be the permutations of [n] having no substring in {12,23,...,(n-1)n,n1}. Let d(n) = a(n-1) be the permutations of [n] having no substring in {12,23,...,(n-1)n}. Let d_n1 = A000240(n-1) be the permutations of [n] that have the substring n1 but no substring in {12,23,...,(n-1)n}. Then the link "Forbidden Patterns" shows the bijection d_n1 ~ D(n-1) and since dn = d_n1 U D(n), we get dn = D(n-1) U D(n). Taking cardinalities we get the result for n-1, i.e., a(n-1) = A000240(n-1) + A000240(n). For example, for n=4 in this last equation, we get a(4) = 11 = 3+8. - Enrique Navarrete, Jan 16 2017
a(n) = (n+1)!*hypergeom([-n], [-n-1], -1). - Peter Luschny, Nov 02 2018
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n*n!/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = e - 2 (Herzig, 1998). - Amiram Eldar, Mar 07 2022
a(n) = KummerU(-n, -n - 1, -1). - Peter Luschny, May 10 2022

A007840 Number of factorizations of permutations of n letters into ordered cycles.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 14, 88, 694, 6578, 72792, 920904, 13109088, 207360912, 3608233056, 68495486640, 1408631978064, 31197601660080, 740303842925184, 18738231641600256, 503937595069600896, 14349899305396086912, 431322634732516137216, 13646841876634025159424
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a(n) is the number of ways to seat n people at an unspecified number of circular tables and then linearly order the nonempty tables. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009
The terms of this sequence for n >= 1 are the row sums of A008275^2, the unsigned version of A039814. - Peter Bala, Jul 22 2014
Signed sequence is the base for an Appell sequence of polynomials with the e.g.f. e^(x*t)/[log(1+t) + 1] = exp(P(.,x),t) that is the umbral compositional inverse for A238385, reverse of A111492, i.e., umbrally evaluated UP(n,P(.,t))= x^n = P(n,UP(.,t)) where UP(n,t) are the polynomials of A238385. Umbrally evaluated means letting (A(.,t))^n = A(n,t) after substituting A for the independent variable of the polynomial. - Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2014
a(n) is the number of unimodal rooted forests on n labeled nodes (i.e., those forests that avoid the patterns 213 and 312). - Kassie Archer, Aug 30 2018
Number of permutations of [n] where fixed points at index j are j-colored and all other points are unicolored. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 24 2020

Crossrefs

Cf. A052860. Row sums of unsigned version of A039814.

Programs

  • Maple
    a:= proc(n) a(n):= n!*`if`(n=0, 1, add(a(k)/(k!*(n-k)), k=0..n-1)) end:
    seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 06 2012
  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[Abs[StirlingS1[n, k]] k!, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 20}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=n!*polcoeff(1/(1+log(1-x +x*O(x^n))),n) /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n)=local(CF=1+x*O(x)); for(k=0, n-1, CF=1/((n-k)-((n-k+1)\2)^2*x*CF)); n!*polcoeff(1/(1-x*CF), n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006 */
    
  • Sage
    def A007840_list(len):
        f, R, C = 1, [1], [1]+[0]*len
        for n in (1..len):
            f *= n
            for k in range(n, 0, -1):
                C[k] = -C[k-1]*((k-1)/k if k>1 else 1)
            C[0] = sum((-1)^k*C[k] for k in (1..n))
            R.append(C[0]*f)
        return R
    print(A007840_list(20)) # Peter Luschny, Feb 21 2016

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} k! * s(n, k), s(n, k) = unsigned Stirling number of first kind; E.g.f. 1/(1+log(1-z)).
For n>0, a(n) is the permanent of the n X n matrix with entries a(i, i) = i and a(i, j) = 1 elsewhere. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 09 2003
a(n) = A052860(n)/n for n >= 1.
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k)/k!/(n-k) for n >= 1 with a(0)=1. - Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006
E.g.f.: B(A(x)) where B(x) = 1/(1-x) and A(x) = log(1/(1-x)). - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009
a(n) = D^n(1/(1-x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator exp(x)*d/dx. Cf. A006252. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
E.g.f.: 1/(1+log(1-x)) = 1/(1 - x/(1 - x/(2 - x/(3 - 4*x/(4 - 4*x/(5 - 9*x/(6 - 9*x/(7 - 16*x/(8 - 16*x/(9 - ...)))))))))), a continued fraction. - Paul D. Hanna, Dec 31 2011
a(n) ~ n! * exp(n)/(exp(1)-1)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 21 2013

Extensions

Extended June 1995

A007526 a(n) = n*(a(n-1) + 1), a(0) = 0.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 4, 15, 64, 325, 1956, 13699, 109600, 986409, 9864100, 108505111, 1302061344, 16926797485, 236975164804, 3554627472075, 56874039553216, 966858672404689, 17403456103284420, 330665665962403999, 6613313319248080000, 138879579704209680021, 3055350753492612960484
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Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century combinatorialists call this the number of (nonnull) "variations" of n distinct objects, namely the number of permutations of nonempty subsets of {1,...,n}. Some early references to this sequence are Izquierdo (1659), Caramuel de Lobkowitz (1670), Prestet (1675) and Bernoulli (1713). - Don Knuth, Oct 16 2001, Aug 16 2004
Stirling transform of A006252(n-1) = [0,1,1,2,4,14,38,...] is a(n-1) = [0,1,4,15,64,...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004
In particular, for n >= 1 a(n) is the number of nonempty sequences with n or fewer terms, each a distinct element of {1,...,n}. - Rick L. Shepherd, Jun 08 2005
a(n) = VarScheme(1,n). See A128195 for the definition of VarScheme(k,n). - Peter Luschny, Feb 26 2007
if s(n) is a sequence of the form s(0)=x, s(n)= n(s(n-1)+k), then s(n)= n!*x + a(n)*k. - Gary Detlefs, Jun 06 2010
Exponential convolution of factorials (A000142) and nonnegative integers (A001477). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 07 2016
For n > 0, a(n) is the number of maps f: {1,...,n} -> {1,...,n} satisfying equal(x,y) <= equal(f(x),f(y)) for all x,y, where equal(x,y) is n if x and y are equal and min(x,y) if not. Here equal(x,y) is the equality predicate in the n-valued Gödel logic, see e. g. the Wikipedia chapter on many-valued logics. - Mamuka Jibladze, Mar 12 2025

Examples

			G.f. = x + 4*x^2 + 15*x^3 + 64*x^4 + 325*x^5 + 1956*x^6 + 13699*x^7 + ...
Consider the nonempty subsets of the set {1,2,3,...,n} formed by the first n integers. E.g., for n = 3 we have {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, {1,3}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}. For each subset S we determine its number of parts, that is nprts(S). The sum over all subsets is written as sum_{S=subsets}. Then we have A007526 = Sum_{S=subsets} nprts(S)!. E.g., for n = 3 we have 1!+1!+1!+2!+2!+2!+3! = 15. - _Thomas Wieder_, Jun 17 2006
a(3)=15: Let the objects be a, b, and c. The fifteen nonempty ordered subsets are {a}, {b}, {c}, {ab}, {ba}, {ac}, {ca}, {bc}, {cb}, {abc}, {acb}, {bac}, {bca}, {cab} and {cba}.
		

References

  • Jacob Bernoulli, Ars Conjectandi (1713), page 127.
  • Johannes Caramuel de Lobkowitz, Mathesis Biceps Vetus et Nova (Campania: 1670), volume 2, 942-943.
  • J. K. Horn, personal communication to Robert G. Wilson v.
  • Sebastian Izquierdo, Pharus Scientiarum (Lyon: 1659), 327-328.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

Row sums of A068424.
Partial sums of A001339.
Column k=1 of A326659.

Programs

  • GAP
    a:=[0];; for n in [2..25] do a[n]:=(n-1)*(a[n-1]+1); od; a; # Muniru A Asiru, Aug 07 2018
  • Haskell
    a007526 n = a007526_list !! n
    a007526_list = 0 : zipWith (*) [1..] (map (+ 1) a007526_list)
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2013
    
  • Maple
    A007526 := n -> add(n!/k!,k=0..n) - 1;
    a := n -> n*hypergeom([1,1-n],[],-1):
    seq(simplify(a(n)), n=0..22); # Peter Luschny, May 09 2017
    # third Maple program:
    a:= proc(n) option remember;
          `if`(n<0, 0, n*(1+a(n-1)))
        end:
    seq(a(n), n=0..23);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jan 06 2020
  • Mathematica
    Table[ Sum[n!/(n - r)!, {r, 1, n}], {n, 0, 20}] (* or *) Table[n!*Sum[1/k!, {k, 0, n - 1}], {n, 0, 20}]
    a=1;Table[a=(a-1)*(n-1);Abs[a],{n,0,40}] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Nov 20 2009 *)
    FoldList[#1*#2 + #2 &, 0, Range[19]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jul 07 2012 *)
    f[n_] := Floor[E*n! - 1]; f[0] = 0; Array[f, 20, 0] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 06 2015 *)
    a[n_] := n (a[n - 1] +1); a[0] = 0; Array[a, 20, 0] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 06 2015 *)
    Round@Table[E n Gamma[n, 1], {n, 0, 20}] (* Round is equivalent to FullSimplify here, but is much faster - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 07 2016 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<1, 0, n * (a(n-1) + 1))}; /* Michael Somos, Apr 06 2003 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff(x * exp(x + x * O(x^n)) / (1 - x), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004 */
    
  • PARI
    a(n)= sum(k=1,n, prod(j=0,k-1,n-j))
    

Formula

a(n) = A000522(n) - 1.
a(n) = floor(e*n! - 1). - Joseph K. Horn
a(n) = Sum_{r=1..n} A008279(n, r)= n!*(Sum_{k=0..n-1} 1/k!).
a(n) = n*(a(n-1) + 1).
E.g.f.: x*exp(x)/(1-x). - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 25 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} k!*C(n, k). - Benoit Cloitre, Dec 06 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} (n! / k!). - Ross La Haye, Sep 22 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (Product_{j=0..k-1} (n-j)). - Joerg Arndt, Apr 24 2011
Binomial transform of n! - !n. - Paul Barry, May 12 2004
Inverse binomial transform of A066534. - Ross La Haye, Sep 16 2004
For n > 0, a(n) = exp(1) * Integral_{x>=0} exp(-exp(x/n)+x) dx. - Gerald McGarvey, Oct 19 2006
a(n) = Integral_{x>=0} (((1+x)^n-1)*exp(-x)). - Paul Barry, Feb 06 2008
a(n) = GAMMA(n+2)*(1+(-GAMMA(n+1)+exp(1)*GAMMA(n+1, 1))/GAMMA(n+1)). - Thomas Wieder, May 02 2009
E.g.f.: -1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - 1/(x - x^3/(x^2+(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 10 2012
Conjecture : a(n) = (n+2)*a(n-1) - (2*n-1)*a(n-2) + (n-2)*a(n-3). - R. J. Mathar, Dec 04 2012 [Conjecture verified by Robert FERREOL, Aug 04 2018]
G.f.: (Q(0) - 1)/(1-x), where Q(k)= 1 + (2*k + 1)*x/( 1 - x - 2*x*(1-x)*(k+1)/(2*x*(k+1) + (1-x)/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 09 2013
G.f.: 2/((1-x)*G(0)) - 1/(1-x), where G(k)= 1 + 1/(1 - x*(2*k+2)/(x*(2*k+3) - 1 + x*(2*k+2)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 31 2013
a(n) = (...((((((0)+1)*1+1)*2+1)*3+1)*4+1)...*n). - Bob Selcoe, Jul 04 2013
G.f.: Q(0)/(2-2*x) - 1/(1-x), where Q(k)= 1 + 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/(x*(k+1) + (1-x)/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 09 2013
G.f.: (W(0) - 1)/(1-x), where W(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)/( x*(k+2) - 1/(1 - x*(k+1)/( x*(k+1) - 1/W(k+1) ))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 25 2013
For n > 0: a(n) = n*A000522(n-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 27 2013
a(n) = (...(((((0)*1+1)*2+2)*3+3)*4+4)...*n+n). - Bob Selcoe, Apr 30 2014
0 = 1 + a(n)*(+1 + a(n+1) - a(n+2)) + a(n+1)*(+2 +a(n+1)) - a(n+2) for all n >= 0. - Michael Somos, Aug 30 2016
a(n) = n*hypergeom([1, 1-n], [], -1). - Peter Luschny, May 09 2017
Product_{n>=1} (a(n)+1)/a(n) = e, coming from Product_{n=1..N}(a(n)+1)/a(n) = Sum_{n=0..N} 1/n!. - Robert FERREOL, Jul 12 2018
O.g.f.: Sum_{k>=1} k^k*x^k/(1 + (k - 1)*x)^(k+1). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Oct 09 2018

A052849 a(0) = 0; a(n) = 2*n! (n >= 1).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 2, 4, 12, 48, 240, 1440, 10080, 80640, 725760, 7257600, 79833600, 958003200, 12454041600, 174356582400, 2615348736000, 41845579776000, 711374856192000, 12804747411456000, 243290200817664000, 4865804016353280000, 102181884343418880000, 2248001455555215360000
Offset: 0

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Author

encyclopedia(AT)pommard.inria.fr, Jan 25 2000

Keywords

Comments

For n >= 1 a(n) is the size of the centralizer of a transposition in the symmetric group S_(n+1). - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), May 12 2001
For n > 0, a(n) = n! - A062119(n-1) = number of permutations of length n that have two specified elements adjacent. For example, a(4) = 12 as of the 24 permutations, 12 have say 1 and 2 adjacent: 1234, 2134, 1243, 2143, 3124, 3214, 4123, 4213, 3412, 3421, 4312, 4321. - Jon Perry, Jun 08 2003
With different offset, denominators of certain sums computed by Ramanujan.
From Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004: (Start)
Stirling transform of a(n) = [2, 4, 12, 48, 240, ...] is A000629(n) = [2, 6, 26, 150, 1082, ...].
Stirling transform of a(n-1) = [1, 2, 4, 12, 48, ...] is A007047(n-1) = [1, 3, 11, 51, 299, ...].
Stirling transform of a(n) = [1, 4, 12, 48, 240, ...] is A002050(n) = [1, 5, 25, 149, 1081, ...].
Stirling transform of 2*A006252(n) = [2, 2, 4, 8, 28, ...] is a(n) = [2, 4, 12, 48, 240, ...].
Stirling transform of a(n+1) = [4, 12, 48, 240, ...] is 2*A005649(n) = [4, 16, 88, 616, ...].
Stirling transform of a(n+1) = [4, 12, 48, 240, ...] is 4*A083410(n) = [4, 16, 88, 616, ...]. (End)
Number of {12, 12*, 21, 21*}-avoiding signed permutations in the hyperoctahedral group.
Permanent of the (0, 1)-matrices with (i, j)-th entry equal to 0 if and only if it is in the border but not the corners. The border of a matrix is defined the be the first and the last row, together with the first and the last column. The corners of a matrix are the entries (i = 1, j = 1), (i = 1, j = n), (i = n, j = 1) and (i = n, j = n). - Simone Severini, Oct 17 2004

References

  • B. C. Berndt, Ramanujan's Notebooks Part V, Springer-Verlag, see p. 520.

Crossrefs

Essentially the same sequence as A098558.
Row 3 of A276955 (from term a(2)=4 onward).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a052849 n = if n == 0 then 0 else 2 * a000142 n
    a052849_list = 0 : fs where fs = 2 : zipWith (*) [2..] fs
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 31 2014
    
  • Magma
    [0] cat [2*Factorial(n-1): n in [2..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 03 2014
  • Maple
    spec := [S,{B=Cycle(Z),C=Cycle(Z),S=Union(B,C)},labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec,size=n), n=0..20);
  • Mathematica
    Join[{0}, 2Range[20]!] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 13 2013 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n<1,0,n!*2)
    

Formula

a(n) = T(n, 2) for n>1, where T is defined as in A080046.
D-finite with recurrence: {a(0) = 0, a(1) = 2, (-1 - n)*a(n+1) + a(n+2)=0}.
E.g.f.: 2*x/(1-x).
a(n) = A090802(n, n - 1) for n > 0. - Ross La Haye, Sep 26 2005
For n >= 1, a(n) = (n+3)!*Sum_{k=0..n+2} (-1)^k*binomial(2, k)/(n + 3 - k). - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008
G.f.: 2/Q(0) - 2, where Q(k) = 1 - x*(k + 1)/(1 - x*(k + 1)/Q(k+1) ); (continued fraction ). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 01 2013
G.f.: -2 + 2/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + k*x - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 01 2013
G.f.: W(0) - 2 , where W(k) = 1 + 1/( 1 - x*(k+1)/( x*(k+1) + 1/W(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 21 2013
a(n) = A245334(n, n-1), n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 31 2014
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 15 2023: (Start)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = (e-1)/2.
Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = (e-1)/(2*e). (End)

Extensions

More terms from Ross La Haye, Sep 26 2005

A048594 Triangle T(n,k) = k! * Stirling1(n,k), 1<=k<=n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, -1, 2, 2, -6, 6, -6, 22, -36, 24, 24, -100, 210, -240, 120, -120, 548, -1350, 2040, -1800, 720, 720, -3528, 9744, -17640, 21000, -15120, 5040, -5040, 26136, -78792, 162456, -235200, 231840, -141120, 40320, 40320, -219168, 708744, -1614816, 2693880, -3265920, 2751840, -1451520, 362880
Offset: 1

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Author

Oleg Marichev (oleg(AT)wolfram.com)

Keywords

Comments

Row sums (unsigned) give A007840(n), n>=1; (signed): A006252(n), n>=1.
Apart from signs, coefficients in expansion of n-th derivative of 1/log(x).

Examples

			Triangle begins
   1;
  -1,    2;
   2,   -6,   6;
  -6,   22, -36,   24;
  24, -100, 210, -240, 120; ...
The 2nd derivative of 1/log(x) is -2/x^3*log(x)^2 - 6/x^3*log(x)^3 - 6/x^3*log(x)^4.
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A133942 (left edge), A000142 (right edge), A006252 (row sums), A238685 (central terms).
Row sums: A007840 (unsigned), A006252 (signed).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a048594 n k = a048594_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
    a048594_row n = a048594_tabl !! (n-1)
    a048594_tabl = map snd $ iterate f (1, [1]) where
       f (i, xs) = (i + 1, zipWith (-) (zipWith (*) [1..] ([0] ++ xs))
                                       (map (* i) (xs ++ [0])))
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 02 2014
    
  • Magma
    /* As triangle: */ [[Factorial(k)*StirlingFirst(n,k): k in [1..n]]: n in [1.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Dec 15 2015
    
  • Maple
    with(combinat): A048594 := (n,k)->k!*stirling1(n,k);
  • Mathematica
    Flatten[Table[k!*StirlingS1[n,k], {n,10}, {k,n}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 28 2011 *)
    Join @@ CoefficientRules[ -Table[ D[ 1/Log[z], {z, n}], {n, 9}] /. Log[z] -> -Log[z], {1/z, 1/Log[z]}, "NegativeLexicographic"][[All, All, 2]] (* Oleg Marichev (oleg(AT)wolfram.com) and Maxim Rytin (m.r(AT)inbox.ru); submitted by Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 29 2011 *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k)= if(k<1 || k>n, 0, stirling(n, k)* k!)} /* Michael Somos Apr 11 2007 */
    
  • SageMath
    def A048594(n,k): return (-1)^(n-k)*factorial(k)*stirling_number1(n,k)
    flatten([[A048594(n,k) for k in range(1,n+1)] for n in range(1,13)]) # G. C. Greubel, Oct 24 2023

Formula

T(n, k) = k*T(n-1, k-1) - (n-1)*T(n-1, k) if n>=k>=1, T(n, 0) = 0 and T(1, 1)=1, else 0.
E.g.f. k-th column: log(1+x)^k, k>=1.
From Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011: (Start):
E.g.f.: 1/(1-t*log(1+x)) = 1 + t*x + (-t+2*t^2)*x^2/2! + ....
The row polynomials are given by D^n(1/(1-x*t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator exp(-x)*d/dx.
(End)

A225479 Triangle read by rows, the ordered Stirling cycle numbers, T(n, k) = k!* s(n, k); n >= 0 k >= 0.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 6, 6, 0, 6, 22, 36, 24, 0, 24, 100, 210, 240, 120, 0, 120, 548, 1350, 2040, 1800, 720, 0, 720, 3528, 9744, 17640, 21000, 15120, 5040, 0, 5040, 26136, 78792, 162456, 235200, 231840, 141120, 40320, 0, 40320, 219168, 708744, 1614816
Offset: 0

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Author

Peter Luschny, May 20 2013

Keywords

Comments

The Digital Library of Mathematical Functions defines the Stirling cycle numbers as (-1)^(n-k) times the Stirling numbers of the first kind.

Examples

			[n\k][0,   1,   2,    3,    4,    5,   6]
[0]   1,
[1]   0,   1,
[2]   0,   1,   2,
[3]   0,   2,   6,    6,
[4]   0,   6,  22,   36,   24,
[5]   0,  24, 100,  210,  240,  120,
[6]   0, 120, 548, 1350, 2040, 1800, 720.
...
T(4,2) = 22: The table below shows the compositions of 4 into two parts.
n = 4    Composition       Weight     4!*Weight
            3 + 1            1/3         8
            1 + 3            1/3         8
            2 + 2          1/2*1/2       6
                                        = =
                                  total 22
		

References

  • R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990, table 245.

Crossrefs

Cf. A048594 (signed version without the first column), A132393.

Programs

  • Maple
    A225479 := proc(n, k) option remember;
    if k > n or  k < 0 then return(0) fi;
    if n = 0 and k = 0 then return(1) fi;
    k*A225479(n-1, k-1) + (n-1)*A225479(n-1, k) end;
    for n from 0 to 9 do seq(A225479(n, k), k = 0..n) od;
  • Mathematica
    t[n_, k_] := k!*StirlingS1[n, k] // Abs; Table[t[n, k], {n, 0, 9}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 02 2013 *)
  • PARI
    T(n,k)={k!*abs(stirling(n,k,1))} \\ Andrew Howroyd, Jul 27 2020
  • Sage
    def A225479(n, k): return factorial(k)*stirling_number1(n, k)
    for n in (0..6): [A225479(n,k) for k in (0..n)]
    

Formula

For a recursion see the Maple program.
T(n, 0) = A000007; T(n, 1) = A000142; T(n, 2) = A052517.
T(n, 3) = A052748; T(n, n) = A000142; T(n, n-1) = A001286.
row sums = A007840; alternating row sums = A006252.
From Peter Bala, Sep 20 2013: (Start)
E.g.f.: 1/(1 + x*log(1 - t)) = 1 + x*t + (x + 2*x^2)*t^2/2! + (2*x + 6*x^2 + 6*x^3)*t^3/3! + ....
T(n,k) = n!*( the sum of the total weight of the compositions of n into k parts where each part i has weight 1/i ) (see Eger, Theorem 1). An example is given below. (End)
T(n,k) = A132393(n,k) * A000142(k). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 24 2015

A382792 a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (Stirling1(n,k) * k!)^2.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 5, 76, 2392, 126676, 10057204, 1114096320, 163918005696, 30894047577216, 7254176241285504, 2075722128162164736, 710883208780304954112, 287061726161439955116288, 134961239570613490548986112, 73079781978184515947237031936, 45150931601954398539342470578176
Offset: 0

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Author

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Apr 05 2025

Keywords

Comments

In general, for m>=1, Sum_{k=0..n} (abs(Stirling1(n,k)) * k!)^m ~ sqrt(2*Pi/m) * n^(m*n + 1/2) / (exp(1) - 1)^(m*n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 05 2025

Crossrefs

Main diagonal of A379821.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[(StirlingS1[n, k] k!)^2, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 16}]
    Table[(n!)^2 SeriesCoefficient[1/(1 - Log[1 + x] Log[1 + y]), {x, 0, n}, {y, 0, n}], {n, 0, 16}]
  • PARI
    a(n) = sum(k=0, n, (k!*stirling(n, k, 1))^2); \\ Seiichi Manyama, Apr 05 2025

Formula

a(n) = (n!)^2 * [(x*y)^n] 1 / (1 - log(1 + x) * log(1 + y)).
a(n) = (n!)^2 * [(x*y)^n] 1 / (1 - log(1 - x) * log(1 - y)).
a(n) ~ sqrt(Pi) * n^(2*n + 1/2) / (exp(1) - 1)^(2*n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 05 2025

A052811 A simple grammar: sequences of pairs of cycles.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 2, 6, 46, 340, 3308, 36288, 460752, 6551424, 103685232, 1803956880, 34247483664, 704301934752, 15598712592864, 370149922235520, 9369093828260736, 251968378971718656, 7174943434198029312
Offset: 0

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Author

encyclopedia(AT)pommard.inria.fr, Jan 25 2000

Keywords

Comments

Stirling transform of (-1)^n*a(n)=[0,2,-6,46,-340,...] is A005359(n)=[0,2,0,24,0,...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004

Crossrefs

Cf. A346921.

Programs

  • Maple
    spec := [S,{B=Cycle(Z),C=Prod(B,B),S=Sequence(C)},labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec,size=n), n=0..20);
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[1/(1-Log[1-x]^2), {x, 0, 20}], x]* Range[0, 20]! (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 30 2013 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist((-1)^n*sum(stirling1(n, 2*k)*(2*k)!,k,0,floor(n/2)), n, 0, 18); /* Bruno Berselli, May 25 2011 */
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n<0,0,n!*polcoeff(1/(1-log(1-x)^2),n))
    
  • PARI
    a_vector(n) = my(v=vector(n+1)); v[1]=1; for(i=1, n, v[i+1]=2*sum(j=1, i, binomial(i, j)*abs(stirling(j, 2, 1))*v[i-j+1])); v; \\ Seiichi Manyama, May 06 2022
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = sum(k=0, n\2, (2*k)!*abs(stirling(n, 2*k, 1))); \\ Seiichi Manyama, May 06 2022
    

Formula

a(n) = (-1)^n*Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} Stirling1(n, 2*k)*(2*k)!. - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 22 2003
E.g.f.: 1/(1-log(1-x)^2).
a(n) = D^n(1/(1-x^2)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator exp(x)*d/dx. Cf. A006252. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
a(n) ~ n!/2 * exp(n)/(exp(1)-1)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 30 2013
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 2 * Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n,k) * |Stirling1(k,2)| * a(n-k). - Seiichi Manyama, May 06 2022

A320080 Square array A(n,k), n >= 0, k >= 0, read by antidiagonals, where column k is the expansion of e.g.f. 1/(1 - k*log(1 + x)).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 3, 6, 2, 0, 1, 4, 15, 28, 4, 0, 1, 5, 28, 114, 172, 14, 0, 1, 6, 45, 296, 1152, 1328, 38, 0, 1, 7, 66, 610, 4168, 14562, 12272, 216, 0, 1, 8, 91, 1092, 11020, 73376, 220842, 132480, 600, 0, 1, 9, 120, 1778, 24084, 248870, 1550048, 3907656, 1633344, 6240, 0
Offset: 0

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Author

Ilya Gutkovskiy, Oct 05 2018

Keywords

Examples

			E.g.f. of column k: A_k(x) = 1 + k*x/1! + k*(2*k - 1)*x^2/2! + 2*k*(3*k^2 - 3*k + 1)*x^3/3! + 2*k*(12*k^3 - 18*k^2 + 11*k - 3)*x^4/4! + ...
Square array begins:
  1,   1,     1,      1,      1,       1,  ...
  0,   1,     2,      3,      4,       5,  ...
  0,   1,     6,     15,     28,      45,  ...
  0,   2,    28,    114,    296,     610,  ...
  0,   4,   172,   1152,   4168,   11020,  ...
  0,  14,  1328,  14562,  73376,  248870,  ...
		

Crossrefs

Columns k=0..5 give A000007, A006252, A088501, A335531, A354147, A365604.
Main diagonal gives A317172.

Programs

  • Mathematica
    Table[Function[k, n! SeriesCoefficient[1/(1 - k Log[1 + x]), {x, 0, n}]][j - n], {j, 0, 10}, {n, 0, j}] // Flatten

Formula

E.g.f. of column k: 1/(1 - k*log(1 + x)).
A(n,k) = Sum_{j=0..n} Stirling1(n,j)*j!*k^j.
A(0,k) = 1; A(n,k) = k * Sum_{j=1..n} (-1)^(j-1) * (j-1)! * binomial(n,j) * A(n-j,k). - Seiichi Manyama, May 22 2022
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