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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

Number of ways n competitors can rank in a competition, allowing for the possibility of ties.

Also number of asymmetric generalized weak orders on n points.

Also called the ordered Bell numbers.

A weak order is a relation that is transitive and complete.

Called Fubini numbers by Comtet: counts formulas in Fubini theorem when switching the order of summation in multiple sums. - Olivier Gérard, Sep 30 2002 [Named after the Italian mathematician Guido Fubini (1879-1943). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 17 2021]

If the points are unlabeled then the answer is a(0) = 1, a(n) = 2^(n-1) (cf. A011782).

For n>0, a(n) is the number of elements in the Coxeter complex of type A_{n-1}. The corresponding sequence for type B is A080253 and there one can find a worked example as well as a geometric interpretation. - Tim Honeywill and Paul Boddington, Feb 10 2003

Also number of labeled (1+2)-free posets. - Detlef Pauly, May 25 2003

Also the number of chains of subsets starting with the empty set and ending with a set of n distinct objects. - Andrew Niedermaier, Feb 20 2004

From Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004: (Start)

Stirling transform of A007680(n) = [3,10,42,216,...] gives [3,13,75,541,...].

Stirling transform of a(n) = [1,3,13,75,...] is A083355(n) = [1,4,23,175,...].

Stirling transform of A000142(n) = [1,2,6,24,120,...] is a(n) = [1,3,13,75,...].

Stirling transform of A005359(n-1) = [1,0,2,0,24,0,...] is a(n-1) = [1,1,3,13,75,...].

Stirling transform of A005212(n-1) = [0,1,0,6,0,120,0,...] is a(n-1) = [0,1,3,13,75,...].

(End)

Unreduced denominators in convergent to log(2) = lim_{n->infinity} n*a(n-1)/a(n).

a(n) is congruent to a(n+(p-1)p^(h-1)) (mod p^h) for n >= h (see Barsky).

Stirling-Bernoulli transform of 1/(1-x^2). - Paul Barry, Apr 20 2005

This is the sequence of moments of the probability distribution of the number of tails before the first head in a sequence of fair coin tosses. The sequence of cumulants of the same probability distribution is A000629. That sequence is twice the result of deletion of the first term of this sequence. - Michael Hardy (hardy(AT)math.umn.edu), May 01 2005

With p(n) = the number of integer partitions of n, p(i) = the number of parts of the i-th partition of n, d(i) = the number of different 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, one has: a(n) = Sum_{i=1..p(n)} (n!/(Product_{j=1..p(i)} p(i,j)!)) * (p(i)!/(Product_{j=1..d(i)} m(i,j)!)). - Thomas Wieder, May 18 2005

The number of chains among subsets of [n]. The summed term in the new formula is the number of such chains of length k. - Micha Hofri (hofri(AT)wpi.edu), Jul 01 2006

Occurs also as first column of a matrix-inversion occurring in a sum-of-like-powers problem. Consider the problem for any fixed natural number m>2 of finding solutions to the equation Sum_{k=1..n} k^m = (k+1)^m. Erdős conjectured that there are no solutions for n, m > 2. Let D be the matrix of differences of D[m,n] := Sum_{k=1..n} k^m - (k+1)^m. Then the generating functions for the rows of this matrix D constitute a set of polynomials in n (for varying n along columns) and the m-th polynomial defining the m-th row. Let GF_D be the matrix of the coefficients of this set of polynomials. Then the present sequence is the (unsigned) first column of GF_D^-1. - Gottfried Helms, Apr 01 2007

Assuming A = log(2), D is d/dx and f(x) = x/(exp(x)-1), we have a(n) = (n!/2*A^(n+1)) Sum_{k=0..n} (A^k/k!) D^n f(-A) which gives Wilf's asymptotic value when n tends to infinity. Equivalently, D^n f(-a) = 2*( A*a(n) - 2*a(n-1) ). - Martin Kochanski (mjk(AT)cardbox.com), May 10 2007

List partition transform (see A133314) of (1,-1,-1,-1,...). - Tom Copeland, Oct 24 2007

First column of A154921. - Mats Granvik, Jan 17 2009

A slightly more transparent interpretation of a(n) is as the number of 'factor sequences' of N for the case in which N is a product of n distinct primes. A factor sequence of N of length k is of the form 1 = x(1), x(2), ..., x(k) = N, where {x(i)} is an increasing sequence such that x(i) divides x(i+1), i=1,2,...,k-1. For example, N=70 has the 13 factor sequences {1,70}, {1,2,70}, {1,5,70}, {1,7,70}, {1,10,70}, {1,14,70}, {1,35,70}, {1,2,10,70}, {1,2,14,70}, {1,5,10,70}, {1,5,35,70}, {1,7,14,70}, {1,7,35,70}. - Martin Griffiths, Mar 25 2009

Starting (1, 3, 13, 75, ...) = row sums of triangle A163204. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 23 2009

Equals double inverse binomial transform of A007047: (1, 3, 11, 51, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 04 2009

If f(x) = Sum_{n>=0} c(n)*x^n converges for every x, then Sum_{n>=0} f(n*x)/2^(n+1) = Sum_{n>=0} c(n)*a(n)*x^n. Example: Sum_{n>=0} exp(n*x)/2^(n+1) = Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*x^n/n! = 1/(2-exp(x)) = e.g.f. - Miklos Kristof, Nov 02 2009

Hankel transform is A091804. - Paul Barry, Mar 30 2010

It appears that the prime numbers greater than 3 in this sequence (13, 541, 47293, ...) are of the form 4n+1. - Paul Muljadi, Jan 28 2011

The Fi1 and Fi2 triangle sums of A028246 are given by the terms of this sequence. For the definitions of these triangle sums, see A180662. - Johannes W. Meijer, Apr 20 2011

The modified generating function A(x) = 1/(2-exp(x))-1 = x + 3*x^2/2! + 13*x^3/3! + ... satisfies the autonomous differential equation A' = 1 + 3*A + 2*A^2 with initial condition A(0) = 0. Applying [Bergeron et al., Theorem 1] leads to two combinatorial interpretations for this sequence: (A) a(n) gives the number of plane-increasing 0-1-2 trees on n vertices, where vertices of outdegree 1 come in 3 colors and vertices of outdegree 2 come in 2 colors. (B) a(n) gives the number of non-plane-increasing 0-1-2 trees on n vertices, where vertices of outdegree 1 come in 3 colors and vertices of outdegree 2 come in 4 colors. Examples are given below. - Peter Bala, Aug 31 2011

Starting with offset 1 = the eigensequence of A074909 (the beheaded Pascal's triangle), and row sums of triangle A208744. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 05 2012

a(n) = number of words of length n on the alphabet of positive integers for which the letters appearing in the word form an initial segment of the positive integers. Example: a(2) = 3 counts 11, 12, 21. The map "record position of block containing i, 1<=i<=n" is a bijection from lists of sets on [n] to these words. (The lists of sets on [2] are 12, 1/2, 2/1.) - David Callan, Jun 24 2013

This sequence was the subject of one of the earliest uses of the database. Don Knuth, who had a computer printout of the database prior to the publication of the 1973 Handbook, wrote to N. J. A. Sloane on May 18, 1970, saying: "I have just had my first real 'success' using your index of sequences, finding a sequence treated by Cayley that turns out to be identical to another (a priori quite different) sequence that came up in connection with computer sorting." A000670 is discussed in Exercise 3 of Section 5.3.1 of The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 3, 1973. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 21 2014

Ramanujan gives a method of finding a continued fraction of the solution x of an equation 1 = x + a2*x^2 + ... and uses log(2) as the solution of 1 = x + x^2/2 + x^3/6 + ... as an example giving the sequence of simplified convergents as 0/1, 1/1, 2/3, 9/13, 52/75, 375/541, ... of which the sequence of denominators is this sequence, while A052882 is the numerators. - Michael Somos, Jun 19 2015

For n>=1, a(n) is the number of Dyck paths (A000108) with (i) n+1 peaks (UD's), (ii) no UUDD's, and (iii) at least one valley vertex at every nonnegative height less than the height of the path. For example, a(2)=3 counts UDUDUD (of height 1 with 2 valley vertices at height 0), UDUUDUDD, UUDUDDUD. These paths correspond, under the "glove" or "accordion" bijection, to the ordered trees counted by Cayley in the 1859 reference, after a harmless pruning of the "long branches to a leaf" in Cayley's trees. (Cayley left the reader to infer the trees he was talking about from examples for small n and perhaps from his proof.) - David Callan, Jun 23 2015

From David L. Harden, Apr 09 2017: (Start)

Fix a set X and define two distance functions d,D on X to be metrically equivalent when d(x_1,y_1) <= d(x_2,y_2) iff D(x_1,y_1) <= D(x_2,y_2) for all x_1, y_1, x_2, y_2 in X.

Now suppose that we fix a function f from unordered pairs of distinct elements of X to {1,...,n}. Then choose positive real numbers d_1 <= ... <= d_n such that d(x,y) = d_{f(x,y)}; the set of all possible choices of the d_i's makes this an n-parameter family of distance functions on X. (The simplest example of such a family occurs when n is a triangular number: When that happens, write n = (k 2). Then the set of all distance functions on X, when |X| = k, is such a family.) The number of such distance functions, up to metric equivalence, is a(n).

It is easy to see that an equivalence class of distance functions gives rise to a well-defined weak order on {d_1, ..., d_n}. To see that any weak order is realizable, choose distances from the set of integers {n-1, ..., 2n-2} so that the triangle inequality is automatically satisfied. (End)

a(n) is the number of rooted labeled forests on n nodes that avoid the patterns 213, 312, and 321. - Kassie Archer, Aug 30 2018

From A.H.M. Smeets, Nov 17 2018: (Start)

Also the number of semantic different assignments to n variables (x_1, ..., x_n) including simultaneous assignments. From the example given by Joerg Arndt (Mar 18 2014), this is easily seen by replacing

"{i}" by "x_i := expression_i(x_1, ..., x_n)",

"{i, j}" by "x_i, x_j := expression_i(x_1, .., x_n), expression_j(x_1, ..., x_n)", i.e., simultaneous assignment to two different variables (i <> j),

similar for simultaneous assignments to more variables, and

"<" by ";", i.e., the sequential constructor. These examples are directly related to "Number of ways n competitors can rank in a competition, allowing for the possibility of ties." in the first comment.

From this also the number of different mean definitions as obtained by iteration of n different mean functions on n initial values. Examples:

the AGM(x1,x2) = AGM(x2,x1) is represented by {arithmetic mean, geometric mean}, i.e., simultaneous assignment in any iteration step;

Archimedes's scheme (for Pi) is represented by {geometric mean} < {harmonic mean}, i.e., sequential assignment in any iteration step;

the geometric mean of two values can also be observed by {arithmetic mean, harmonic mean};

the AGHM (as defined in A319215) is represented by {arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean}, i.e., simultaneous assignment, but there are 12 other semantic different ways to assign the values in an AGHM scheme.

By applying power means (also called Holder means) this can be extended to any value of n. (End)

Total number of faces of all dimensions in the permutohedron of order n. For example, the permutohedron of order 3 (a hexagon) has 6 vertices + 6 edges + 1 2-face = 13 faces, and the permutohedron of order 4 (a truncated octahedron) has 24 vertices + 36 edges + 14 2-faces + 1 3-face = 75 faces. A001003 is the analogous sequence for the associahedron. - Noam Zeilberger, Dec 08 2019

Number of odd multinomial coefficients N!/(a_1!*a_2!*...*a_k!). Here each a_i is positive, and Sum_{i} a_i = N (so 2^{N-1} multinomial coefficients in all), where N is any positive integer whose binary expansion has n 1's. - Richard Stanley, Apr 05 2022 (edited Oct 19 2022)

From Peter Bala, Jul 08 2022: (Start)

Conjecture: Let k be a positive integer. The sequence obtained by reducing a(n) modulo k is eventually periodic with the period dividing phi(k) = A000010(k). For example, modulo 16 we obtain the sequence [1, 1, 3, 13, 11, 13, 11, 13, 11, 13, ...], with an apparent period of 2 beginning at a(4). Cf. A354242.

More generally, we conjecture that the same property holds for integer sequences having an e.g.f. of the form G(exp(x) - 1), where G(x) is an integral power series. (End)

a(n) is the number of ways to form a permutation of [n] and then choose a subset of its descent set. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 29 2023

This is the Akiyama-Tanigawa transform of A000079, the powers of two. - Shel Kaphan, May 02 2024

The indexing used here follows that given in the classic books by Riordan and Comtet. For two other versions see A173018 and A123125. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 21 2010

Coefficients of Eulerian polynomials. Number of permutations of n objects with k-1 rises. Number of increasing rooted trees with n+1 nodes and k leaves.

T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] with k runs. T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] requiring k readings (see the Knuth reference). T(n,k) = number of permutations of [n] having k distinct entries in its inversion table. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 09 2004

T(n,k) = number of ways to write the Coxeter element s_{e1}s_{e1-e2}s_{e2-e3}s_{e3-e4}...s_{e_{n-1}-e_n} of the reflection group of type B_n, using s_{e_k} and as few reflections of the form s_{e_i+e_j}, where i = 1, 2, ..., n and j is not equal to i, as possible. - Pramook Khungurn (pramook(AT)mit.edu), Jul 07 2004

Subtriangle for k>=1 and n>=1 of triangle A123125. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 22 2006

T(n,k)/n! also represents the n-dimensional volume of the portion of the n-dimensional hypercube cut by the (n-1)-dimensional hyperplanes x_1 + x_2 + ... x_n = k, x_1 + x_2 + ... x_n = k-1; or, equivalently, it represents the probability that the sum of n independent random variables with uniform distribution between 0 and 1 is between k-1 and k. - Stefano Zunino, Oct 25 2006

[E(.,t)/(1-t)]^n = n!*Lag[n,-P(.,t)/(1-t)] and [-P(.,t)/(1-t)]^n = n!*Lag[n, E(.,t)/(1-t)] umbrally comprise a combinatorial Laguerre transform pair, where E(n,t) are the Eulerian polynomials and P(n,t) are the polynomials in A131758. - Tom Copeland, Sep 30 2007

From Tom Copeland, Oct 07 2008: (Start)

G(x,t) = 1/(1 + (1-exp(x*t))/t) = 1 + 1*x + (2+t)*x^2/2! + (6+6*t+t^2)*x^3/3! + ... gives row polynomials for A090582, the reverse f-polynomials for the permutohedra (see A019538).

G(x,t-1) = 1 + 1*x + (1+t)*x^2/2! + (1+4*t+t^2)*x^3/3! + ... gives row polynomials for A008292, the h-polynomials for permutohedra (Postnikov et al.).

G((t+1)*x, -1/(t+1)) = 1 + (1+t)*x + (1+3*t+2*t^2)*x^2/2! + ... gives row polynomials for A028246.

(End)

A subexceedant function f on [n] is a map f:[n] -> [n] such that 1 <= f(i) <= i for all i, 1 <= i <= n. T(n,k) equals the number of subexceedant functions f of [n] such that the image of f has cardinality k [Mantaci & Rakotondrajao]. Example T(3,2) = 4: if we identify a subexceedant function f with the word f(1)f(2)...f(n) then the subexceedant functions on [3] are 111, 112, 113, 121, 122 and 123 and four of these functions have an image set of cardinality 2. - Peter Bala, Oct 21 2008

Further to the comments of Tom Copeland above, the n-th row of this triangle is the h-vector of the simplicial complex dual to a permutohedron of type A_(n-1). The corresponding f-vectors are the rows of A019538. For example, 1 + 4*x + x^2 = y^2 + 6*y + 6 and 1 + 11*x + 11*x^2 + x^3 = y^3 + 14*y^2 + 36*y + 24, where x = y + 1, give [1,6,6] and [1,14,36,24] as the third and fourth rows of A019538. The Hilbert transform of this triangle (see A145905 for the definition) is A047969. See A060187 for the triangle of Eulerian numbers of type B (the h-vectors of the simplicial complexes dual to permutohedra of type B). See A066094 for the array of h-vectors of type D. For tables of restricted Eulerian numbers see A144696 - A144699. - Peter Bala, Oct 26 2008

For a natural refinement of A008292 with connections to compositional inversion and iterated derivatives, see A145271. - Tom Copeland, Nov 06 2008

The polynomials E(z,n) = numerator(Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(n+1)*k^n*z^(k-1)) for n >=1 lead directly to the triangle of Eulerian numbers. - Johannes W. Meijer, May 24 2009

From Walther Janous (walther.janous(AT)tirol.com), Nov 01 2009: (Start)

The (Eulerian) polynomials e(n,x) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} T(n,k+1)*x^k turn out to be also the numerators of the closed-form expressions of the infinite sums:

S(p,x) = Sum_{j>=0} (j+1)^p*x^j, that is

S(p,x) = e(p,x)/(1-x)^(p+1), whenever |x| < 1 and p is a positive integer.

(Note the inconsistent use of T(n,k) in the section listing the formula section. I adhere tacitly to the first one.) (End)

If n is an odd prime, then all numbers of the (n-2)-th and (n-1)-th rows are in the progression k*n+1. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 01 2011

The Eulerian triangle is an element of the formula for the r-th successive summation of Sum_{k=1..n} k^j which appears to be Sum_{k=1..n} T(j,k-1) * binomial(j-k+n+r, j+r). - Gary Detlefs, Nov 11 2011

Li and Wong show that T(n,k) counts the combinatorially inequivalent star polygons with n+1 vertices and sum of angles (2*k-n-1)*Pi. An equivalent formulation is: define the total sign change S(p) of a permutation p in the symmetric group S_n to be equal to Sum_{i=1..n} sign(p(i)-p(i+1)), where we take p(n+1) = p(1). T(n,k) gives the number of permutations q in S_(n+1) with q(1) = 1 and S(q) = 2*k-n-1. For example, T(3,2) = 4 since in S_4 the permutations (1243), (1324), (1342) and (1423) have total sign change 0. - Peter Bala, Dec 27 2011

Xiong, Hall and Tsao refer to Riordan and mention that a traditional Eulerian number A(n,k) is the number of permutations of (1,2...n) with k weak exceedances. - Susanne Wienand, Aug 25 2014

Connections to algebraic geometry/topology and characteristic classes are discussed in the Buchstaber and Bunkova, the Copeland, the Hirzebruch, the Lenart and Zainoulline, the Losev and Manin, and the Sheppeard links; to the Grassmannian, in the Copeland, the Farber and Postnikov, the Sheppeard, and the Williams links; and to compositional inversion and differential operators, in the Copeland and the Parker links. - Tom Copeland, Oct 20 2015

The bivariate e.g.f. noted in the formulas is related to multiplying edges in certain graphs discussed in the Aluffi-Marcolli link. See p. 42. - Tom Copeland, Dec 18 2016

Distribution of left children in treeshelves is given by a shift of the Eulerian numbers. Treeshelves are ordered binary (0-1-2) increasing trees where every child is connected to its parent by a left or a right link. See A278677, A278678 or A278679 for more definitions and examples. - Sergey Kirgizov, Dec 24 2016

The row polynomial P(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} T(n, k)*x^k appears in the numerator of the o.g.f. G(n, x) = Sum_{m>=0} S(n, m)*x^m with S(n, m) = Sum_{j=0..m} j^n for n >= 1 as G(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} P(n, x)/(1 - x)^(n+2) for n >= 0 (with 0^0=1). See also triangle A131689 with a Mar 31 2017 comment for a rewritten form. For the e.g.f see A028246 with a Mar 13 2017 comment. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 31 2017

For relations to Ehrhart polynomials, volumes of polytopes, polylogarithms, the Todd operator, and other special functions, polynomials, and sequences, see A131758 and the references therein. - Tom Copeland, Jun 20 2017

For relations to values of the Riemann zeta function at integral arguments, see A131758 and the Dupont reference. - Tom Copeland, Mar 19 2018

Normalized volumes of the hypersimplices, attributed to Laplace. (Cf. the De Loera et al. reference, p. 327.) - Tom Copeland, Jun 25 2018

Row products of A138243. - Mats Granvik, Mar 08 2008

From Gary W. Adamson, Aug 09 2008: (Start)

Equals row products of triangle A143343 and for a(n) > 1, row products of triangle A080092.

Julius Worpitzky's 1883 algorithm for generating Bernoulli numbers is described in A028246. (End)

The sequence of denominators of B_n is defined here by convention, not by necessity. The convention amounts to mapping 0 to the rational number 0/1. It might be more appropriate to regard numerators and denominators of the Bernoulli numbers as independent sequences N_n and D_n which combine to B_n = N_n / D_n. This is suggested by the theorem of Clausen which describes the denominators as the sequence D_n = 1, 2, 6, 2, 30, 2, 42, ... which combines with N_n = 1, -1, 1, 0, -1, 0, ... to the sequence of Bernoulli numbers. (Cf. A141056 and A027760.) - Peter Luschny, Apr 29 2009

Number of ways n labeled objects can be distributed into k nonempty parcels. Also number of special terms in n variables with maximal degree k.

In older terminology these are called differences of 0. - Michael Somos, Oct 08 2003

Number of surjections (onto functions) from an n-element set to a k-element set.

Also coefficients (in ascending order) of so-called ordered Bell polynomials.

(k-1)!*Stirling2(n,k-1) is the number of chain topologies on an n-set having k open sets [Stephen].

Number of set compositions (ordered set partitions) of n items into k parts. Number of k dimensional 'faces' of the n dimensional permutohedron (see Simion, p. 162). - Mitch Harris, Jan 16 2007

Correction of comment before: Number of (n-k)-dimensional 'faces' of the permutohedron of order n (an (n-1)-dimensional polytope). - Tilman Piesk, Oct 29 2014

This array is related to the reciprocal of an e.g.f. as sketched in A133314. For example, the coefficient of the fourth-order term in the Taylor series expansion of 1/(a(0) + a(1) x + a(2) x^2/2! + a(3) x^3/3! + ...) is a(0)^(-5) * {24 a(1)^4 - 36 a(1)^2 a(2) a(0) + [8 a(1) a(3) + 6 a(2)^2] a(0)^2 - a(4) a(0)^3}. The unsigned coefficients characterize the P3 permutohedron depicted on page 10 in the Loday link with 24 vertices (0-D faces), 36 edges (1-D faces), 6 squares (2-D faces), 8 hexagons (2-D faces) and 1 3-D permutohedron. Summing coefficients over like dimensions gives A019538 and A090582. Compare to A133437 for the associahedron. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008, Oct 07 2008

Further to the comments of Tom Copeland above, the permutohedron of type A_3 can be taken as the truncated octahedron. Its dual is the tetrakis hexahedron, a simplicial polyhedron, with f-vector (1,14,36,24) giving the fourth row of this triangle. See the Wikipedia entry and [Fomin and Reading p. 21]. The corresponding h-vectors of permutohedra of type A give the rows of the triangle of Eulerian numbers A008292. See A145901 and A145902 for the array of f-vectors for type B and type D permutohedra respectively. - Peter Bala, Oct 26 2008

Subtriangle of triangle in A131689. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 03 2008

Since T(n,k) counts surjective functions and surjective functions are "consistent", T(n,k) satisfies a binomial identity, namely, T(n,x+y) = Sum_{j=0..n} C(n,j)*T(j,x)*T(n-j,y). For definition of consistent functions and a generalized binomial identity, see "Toy stories and combinatorial identities" in the link section below. - Dennis P. Walsh, Feb 24 2012

T(n,k) is the number of labeled forests on n+k vertices satisfying the following two conditions: (i) each forest consists of exactly k rooted trees with roots labeled 1, 2, ..., k; (ii) every root has at least one child vertex. - Dennis P. Walsh, Feb 24 2012

The triangle is the inverse binomial transform of triangle A028246, deleting the left column and shifting up one row. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 05 2012

See A074909 for associations among this array and the Bernoulli polynomials and their umbral compositional inverses. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2014

E.g.f. for the shifted signed polynomials is G(x,t) = (e^t-1)/[1+(1+x)(e^t-1)] = 1-(1+x)(e^t-1) + (1+x)^2(e^t-1)^2 - ... (see also A008292 and A074909), which has the infinitesimal generator g(x,u)d/du = [(1-x*u)(1-(1+x)u)]d/du, i.e., exp[t*g(x,u)d/du]u eval. at u=0 gives G(x,t), and dG(x,t)/dt = g(x,G(x,t)). The compositional inverse is log((1-xt)/(1-(1+x)t)). G(x,t) is a generating series associated to the generalized Hirzebruch genera. See the G. Rzadowski link for the relation of the derivatives of g(x,u) to solutions of the Riccatt differential equation, soliton solns. to the KdV equation, and the Eulerian and Bernoulli numbers. In addition A145271 connects products of derivatives of g(x,u) and the refined Eulerian numbers to the inverse of G(x,t), which gives the normalized, reverse face polynomials of the simplices (A135278, divided by n+1). See A028246 for the generator g(x,u)d/dx. - Tom Copeland, Nov 21 2014

For connections to toric varieties and Eulerian polynomials, see the Dolgachev and Lunts and the Stembridge links. - Tom Copeland, Dec 31 2015

See A008279 for a relation between the e.g.f.s enumerating the faces of permutahedra (this entry) and stellahedra. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016

T(n, k) appears in a Worpitzky identity relating monomials to binomials: x^n = Sum_{k=1..n} T(n, k)*binomial(x,k), n >= 1. See eq. (11.) of the Worpitzky link on p. 209. The relation to the Eulerian numbers is given there in eqs. (14.) and (15.). See the formula below relating to A008292. See also Graham et al. eq. (6.10) (relating monomials to falling factorials) on p. 248 (2nd ed. p. 262). The Worpitzky identity given in the Graham et al. reference as eq. (6.37) (2nd ed. p. 269) is eq. (5.), p. 207, of Worpitzky. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 10 2017

T(n, m) is also the number of minimum clique coverings and minimum matchings in the complete bipartite graph K_{m,n}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 26 2017

From the Hasan and Franco and Hasan papers: The m-permutohedra for m=1,2,3,4 are the line segment, hexagon, truncated octahedron and omnitruncated 5-cell. The first three are well-known from the study of elliptic models, brane tilings and brane brick models. The m+1 torus can be tiled by a single (m+2)-permutohedron. Relations to toric Calabi-Yau Kahler manifolds are also discussed. - Tom Copeland, May 14 2020

From Manfred Boergens, Jul 25 2021: (Start)

Number of n X k binary matrices with row sums = 1 and no zero columns. These matrices are a subset of the matrices defining A183109.

The distribution into parcels in the leading comment can be regarded as a covering of [n] by tuples (A_1,...,A_k) in P([n])^k with nonempty and disjoint A_j, with P(.) denoting the power set (corrected for clarity by Manfred Boergens, May 26 2024). For the non-disjoint case see A183109 and A218695.

For tuples with "nonempty" dropped see A089072. For tuples with "nonempty and disjoint" dropped see A092477 and A329943 (amendment by Manfred Boergens, Jun 24 2024). (End)

Also the number of logically distinct strings of first order quantifiers in which n variables occur (C. S. Peirce, c. 1903). - Stephen Pollard (spollard(AT)truman.edu), Jun 07 2002

Stirling transform of A052849(n) = [2, 4, 12, 48, 240, ...] is a(n) = [2, 6, 26, 150, 1082, ...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004

Stirling transform of A000142(n-1) = [1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ...] is a(n-1) = [1, 2, 6, 26, ...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004

Stirling transform of (-1)^n * A024167(n-1) = [0, 1, -1, 5, -14, 94, ...] is a(n-2) = [0, 1, 2, 6, 26, ...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004

The asymptotic expansion of 2*log(n) - (2^1*log(1) + 2^2*log(2) + ... + 2^n*log(n))/2^n is (a(1)/1)/n + (a(2)/2)/n^2 + (a(3)/3)/n^3 + ... - Michael Somos, Aug 22 2004

This is the sequence of cumulants of the probability distribution of the number of tails before the first head in a sequence of fair coin tosses. - Michael Hardy (hardy(AT)math.umn.edu), May 01 2005

Appears to be row sums of A154921. - Mats Granvik, Jan 18 2009

This is the number of cyclically ordered partitions of n+1 labeled points. The ordered version is A000670. - Michael Somos, Jan 08 2011

A000670(n+1) = p(n+1) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = a(k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Apr 27 2012

Row sums of A154921 as conjectured above by Granvik. a(n) gives the number of outcomes of a race between n horses H1,...,Hn, where if a horse falls it is not ranked. For example, when n = 2 the 6 outcomes are a dead heat, H1 wins H2 second, H2 wins H1 second, H1 wins H2 falls, H2 wins H1 falls or both fall. - Peter Bala, May 15 2012

Also the number of disjoint areas of a Venn diagram for n multisets. - Aurelian Radoaca, Jun 27 2016

Also the number of ways of ordering n nonnegative integers, allowing for the possibility of ties, and also comparing the smallest integers with 0. Each comparison with 0 gives two possibilities, x > 0 or x=0. As such, without comparison with 0, we get A000670, the number of ways of ordering n nonnegative integers, allowing for the possibility of ties, or the number of ways n competitors can rank in a competition, allowing for the possibility of ties. For instance, for 2 nonnegative integers x,y, there are the following 6 ways of ordering them: x = y = 0, x = y > 0, x > y = 0, x > y > 0, y > x = 0, y > x > 0. - Aurelian Radoaca, Jul 09 2016

Also the number of ordered set partitions of subsets of {1,...,n}. Also the number of chains of distinct nonempty subsets of {1,...,n}. - Gus Wiseman, Feb 01 2019

Number of combinations of a Simplex lock having n buttons.

Row sums of the unsigned cumulant expansion polynomials A127671 and logarithmic polynomials A263634. - Tom Copeland, Jun 04 2021

Also the number of vertices in the axis-aligned polytope consisting of all vectors x in R^n where, for all k in {1,...,n}, the k-th smallest coordinate of x lies in the interval [0, k]. - Adam P. Goucher, Jan 18 2023

Number of idempotent Boolean relation matrices whose complement is also idempotent. See Rosenblatt link. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 26 2023

From the von Staudt-Clausen theorem, denominator(B_2n) = product of primes p such that (p-1)|2n.

Row products of A138239. - Mats Granvik, Mar 08 2008

Equals row products of even rows in triangle A143343. In triangle A080092, row products = denominators of B1, B2, B4, B6, ... . - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 09 2008

Julius Worpitzky's 1883 algorithm for generating Bernoulli numbers is shown in A028246. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 09 2008

There is a relation between the Euler numbers E_n and the Bernoulli numbers B_{2*n}, for n>0, namely, B_{2*n} = A000367(n)/a(n) = ((-1)^n/(2*(1-2^{2*n}))) * Sum_{k = 0..n-1} (-1)^k*2^{2*k}*C(2*n,2*k)*A000364(n-k)*A000367(k)/a(k). (See Bucur, et al.) - L. Edson Jeffery, Sep 17 2012

a(n) is the product of all primes of the form (k + n)/(k - n). - Thomas Ordowski, Jul 24 2025

The beginning of this sequence does not quite agree with the usual version, which is A173018. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 21 2010

Each row of A123125 is the reverse of the corresponding row in A173018. - Michael Somos, Mar 17 2011

A008292 (subtriangle for k>=1 and n>=1) is the main entry for these numbers.

Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows given by [0,1,0,2,0,3,0,4,0,5,0,...] DELTA [1,0,2,0,3,0,4,0,5,0,6,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938.

Row sums are the factorials. - Roger L. Bagula and Gary W. Adamson, Aug 14 2008

If the initial zero column is deleted, the result is A008292. - Roger L. Bagula and Gary W. Adamson, Aug 14 2008

This result gives an alternative method of calculating the Eulerian numbers by an Umbral Calculus expansion from Comtet. - Roger L. Bagula, Nov 21 2009

This function seems to be equivalent to the PolyLog expansion. - Roger L. Bagula, Nov 21 2009

A raising operator formed from the e.g.f. of this entry is the generator of a sequence of polynomials p(n,x;t) defined in A046802 that specialize to those for A119879 as p(n,x;-1), A007318 as p(n,x;0), A073107 as p(n,x;1), and A046802 as p(n,0;t). See Copeland link for more associations. - Tom Copeland, Oct 20 2015

The Eulerian numbers in this setup count the permutation trees of power n and width k (see the Luschny link). For the associated combinatorial statistic over permutations see the Sage program below and the example section. - Peter Luschny, Dec 09 2015 [See Elder et al. link. Peter Luschny, Jul 13 2022]

From Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 03 2017: (Start)

The row polynomials R(n, x) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n, k)*x^k are the numerator polynomials of the o.g.f. G(n, x) of n-powers {m^n}_{m>=0} (with 0^0 = 1): G(n, x) = R(n, x)/(1-x)^(n+1). See the Aug 14 2008 formula, where f(x,n) = R(n, x). The e.g.f. of R(n, t) is given in Copeland's Oct 14 2015 formula below.

The first nine column sequences are A000007, A000012, A000295, A000460, A000498, A000505, A000514, A001243, A001244. (End)

With all offsets 0, let A_n(x;y) = (y + E.(x))^n, an Appell sequence in y where E.(x)^k = E_k(x) are the Eulerian polynomials of this entry, A123125. Then the row polynomials of A046802 (the h-polynomials of the stellahedra) are given by h_n(x) = A_n(x;1); the row polynomials of A248727 (the face polynomials of the stellahedra), by f_n(x) = A_n(1 + x;1); the Swiss-knife polynomials of A119879, by Sw_n(x) = A_n(-1;1 + x); and the row polynomials of the Worpitsky triangle (A130850), by w_n(x) = A(1 + x;0). Other specializations of A_n(x;y) give A090582 (the f-polynomials of the permutohedra, cf. also A019538) and A028246 (another version of the Worpitsky triangle). - Tom Copeland, Jan 24 2020

Let b(n) = (1/(n+1))*Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^(n-k+1)*T(n, k+1) / binomial(n, k+1). Then b(n) = Bernoulli(n, 1) = -n*Zeta(1 - n) = Integral_{x=0..1} F_n(x) for n >= 1. Here F_n(x) are the signed Fubini polynomials (A278075). (See also Rzadkowski and Urlinska, example 1.) - Peter Luschny, Feb 15 2021

Patrick J. Burchell (see link) describes the following method: To get the k-th row of the triangle write the nonnegative integers with a fixed exponent k as a sequence, 0^k, 1^k, 2^k, ..., and then apply the first differences to them k + 1 times. - Peter Luschny, Apr 02 2023

Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows given by [0,1,0,2,0,3,0,4,0,5,0,6,0,7,0,...] DELTA [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; another version of A019538.

See also A019538: version with n > 0 and k > 0. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 03 2008

From Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014: (Start)

T(n,k) gives the number of (k-1)-dimensional faces in the interior of the first barycentric subdivision of the standard (n-1)-dimensional simplex. For example, the barycentric subdivision of the 1-simplex is o--o--o, with 1 interior vertex and 2 interior edges, giving T(2,1) = 1 and T(2,2) = 2.

This triangle is used when calculating the face vectors of the barycentric subdivision of a simplicial complex. Let S be an n-dimensional simplicial complex and write f_k for the number of k-dimensional faces of S, with the usual convention that f_(-1) = 1, so that F := (f_(-1), f_0, f_1,...,f_n) is the f-vector of S. If M(n) denotes the square matrix formed from the first n+1 rows and n+1 columns of the present triangle, then the vector F*M(n) is the f-vector of the first barycentric subdivision of the simplicial complex S (Brenti and Welker, Lemma 2.1). For example, the rows of Pascal's triangle A007318 (but with row and column indexing starting at -1) are the f-vectors for the standard n-simplexes. It follows that A007318*A131689, which equals A028246, is the array of f-vectors of the first barycentric subdivision of standard n-simplexes. (End)

This triangle T(n, k) appears in the o.g.f. G(n, x) = Sum_{m>=0} S(n, m)*x^m with S(n, m) = Sum_{j=0..m} j^n for n >= 1 as G(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} (x^k/(1 - x)^(k+2))*T(n, k). See also the Eulerian triangle A008292 with a Mar 31 2017 comment for a rewritten form. For the e.g.f. see A028246 with a Mar 13 2017 comment. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 31 2017

T(n,k) = the number of alignments of length k of n strings each of length 1. See Slowinski. An example is given below. Cf. A122193 (alignments of strings of length 2) and A299041 (alignments of strings of length 3). - Peter Bala, Feb 04 2018

The row polynomials R(n,x) are the Fubini polynomials. - Emanuele Munarini, Dec 05 2020

From Gus Wiseman, Feb 18 2022: (Start)

Also the number of patterns of length n with k distinct parts (or with maximum part k), where we define a pattern to be a finite sequence covering an initial interval of positive integers. For example, row n = 3 counts the following patterns:

(1,1,1) (1,2,2) (1,2,3)

(2,1,2) (1,3,2)

(2,2,1) (2,1,3)

(1,1,2) (2,3,1)

(1,2,1) (3,1,2)

(2,1,1) (3,2,1)

(End)

Regard A048994 as a lower-triangular matrix and divide each term A048994(n,k) by n!, then this is the matrix inverse. Because Sum_{k=0..n} (A048994(n,k) * x^n / n!) = A007318(x,n), Sum_{k=0..n} (A131689(n,k) * A007318(x,k)) = x^n. - Natalia L. Skirrow, Mar 23 2023

T(n,k) is the number of ordered partitions of [n] into k blocks. - Alois P. Heinz, Feb 21 2025