A028421 -id:A028421 - cp's OEIS frontend

A163937 Triangle related to the o.g.f.s. of the right-hand columns of A028421 (E(x,m=2,n)).

1, 1, 2, 2, 10, 3, 6, 52, 43, 4, 24, 308, 472, 136, 5, 120, 2088, 4980, 2832, 369, 6, 720, 16056, 53988, 49808, 13638, 918, 7, 5040, 138528, 616212, 826160, 381370, 57540, 2167, 8, 40320, 1327392, 7472952, 13570336, 9351260, 2469300, 222908, 4948, 9

Offset: 1

Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 13 2009

The asymptotic expansions of the higher-order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n) lead to triangle A028421, see A163931 for information on E(x,m,n). The o.g.f.s. of the right-hand columns of triangle A028421 have a nice structure: gf(p) = W2(z,p)/(1-z)^(2*p) with p = 1 for the first right-hand column, p = 2 for the second right-hand column, etc. The coefficients of the W2(z,p) polynomials lead to the triangle given above, n >= 1 and 1 <= m <= n. The row sums of this triangle lead to A001147 (minus a(0)), see A163936 for more information.

			The first few W2(z,p) polynomials are
W2(z,p=1) = 1/(1-z)^2;
W2(z,p=2) = (1 +  2*z)/(1-z)^4;
W2(z,p=3) = (2 + 10*z +  3*z^2)/(1-z)^6;
W2(z,p=4) = (6 + 52*z + 43*z^2 + 4*z^3)/(1-z)^8.

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for the first 50 rows, flattened

Row sums equal A001147 (n>=1).
A000142, 2*A001705, are the first two left hand columns.
A000027 is the first right hand column.
Cf. A163931 (E(x,m,n)) and A028421.
Cf. A163936 (E(x,m=1,n)), A163938 (E(x,m=3,n)) and A163939 (E(x,m=4,n)).

with(combinat): a := proc(n, m): add((-1)^(n+k+1)*((m-k)/1!)*binomial(2*n, k)*stirling1(m+n-k-1, m-k), k=0..m-1) end: seq(seq(a(n, m), m=1..n), n=1..9);  # Johannes W. Meijer, revised Nov 27 2012

Table[Sum[(-1)^(n + k + 1)*((m - k)/1!)*Binomial[2*n, k]*StirlingS1[m + n - k - 1, m - k], {k, 0, m - 1}], {n, 1, 10}, {m, 1, n}] // Flatten (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2017 *)

for(n=1,10, for(m=1,n, print1(sum(k=0,m-1, (-1)^(n+k+1)*((m-k)/1!)*binomial(2*n,k) *stirling1(m+n-k-1,m-k)), ", "))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 13 2017

a(n,m) = Sum_{k=0..(m-1)} (-1)^(n+k+1)*((m-k)/1!)*binomial(2*n,k)*Stirling1(m+n-k-1,m-k), 1 <= m <= n.

A136426 Triangle T(n,0)=0 and T(n,k) = -A028421(n-1,k-1), 0

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 0, -1, 0, -1, -2, 0, -2, -6, -3, 0, -6, -22, -18, -4, 0, -24, -100, -105, -40, -5, 0, -120, -548, -675, -340, -75, -6, 0, -720, -3528, -4872, -2940, -875, -126, -7, 0, -5040, -26136, -39396, -27076, -9800, -1932, -196, -8, 0, -40320, -219168, -354372, -269136, -112245, -27216, -3822, -288, -9, 0, -362880

Offset: 1

Roger L. Bagula, Apr 13 2008

Row sums are -A000254(n).

			0;
0, -1;
0, -1, -2;
0, -2, -6, -3;
0, -6, -22, -18, -4;
0, -24, -100, -105, -40, -5;
0, -120, -548, -675, -340, -75, -6;
0, -720, -3528, -4872, -2940, -875, -126, -7;
0, -5040, -26136, -39396, -27076, -9800, -1932, -196, -8;
0, -40320, -219168, -354372, -269136, -112245, -27216, -3822, -288, -9;
0, -362880, -2053152, -3518100, -2894720, -1346625, -379638, -66150, -6960,-405, -10;

J. Sondow, Eric W. Weisstein, Harmonic Number, MathWorld

Clear[p, g] p[t_] = x*Log[1 - t]/(1 - t)^x; g = Table[ ExpandAll[n!SeriesCoefficient[ Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n]], {n, 0, 10}]; a = Table[n!* CoefficientList[Simplify[SeriesCoefficient[ Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n]], x], {n, 0, 10}]; Flatten[a]

A000254 Unsigned Stirling numbers of first kind, s(n+1,2): a(n+1) = (n+1)*a(n) + n!.

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 3, 11, 50, 274, 1764, 13068, 109584, 1026576, 10628640, 120543840, 1486442880, 19802759040, 283465647360, 4339163001600, 70734282393600, 1223405590579200, 22376988058521600, 431565146817638400, 8752948036761600000, 186244810780170240000

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Number of permutations of n+1 elements with exactly two cycles.
Number of cycles in all permutations of [n]. Example: a(3) = 11 because the permutations (1)(2)(3), (1)(23), (12)(3), (13)(2), (132), (123) have 11 cycles altogether. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 12 2004
Row sums of A094310: In the symmetric group S_n, each permutation factors into k independent cycles; a(n) = sum k over S_n. - Harley Flanders (harley(AT)umich.edu), Jun 28 2004
The sum of the top levels of the last column over all deco polyominoes of height n. 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(2)=3 because the deco polyominoes of height 2 are the vertical and horizontal dominoes, the levels of their last columns being 2 and 1, respectively. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 12 2006
a(n) is divisible by n for all composite n >= 6. a(2*n) is divisible by 2*n + 1. - Leroy Quet, May 20 2007
For n >= 2 the determinant of the n-1 X n-1 matrix M(i,j) = i + 2 for i = j and 1 otherwise (i,j = 1..n-1). E.g., for n = 3 the determinant of [(3, 1), (1, 4)]. See 53rd Putnam Examination, 1992, Problem B5. - Franz Vrabec, Jan 13 2008, Mar 26 2008
The numerator of the fraction when we sum (without simplification) the terms in the harmonic sequence. (1 + 1/2 = 2/2 + 1/2 = 3/2; 3/2 + 1/3 = 9/6 + 2/6 = 11/6; 11/6 + 1/4 = 44/24 + 6/24 = 50/24;...). The denominator of this fraction is n!*A000142. - Eric Desbiaux, Jan 07 2009
The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=1) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 3/x + 11/x^2 - 50/x^3 + 274/x^4 - 1764/x^5 + 13068/x^6 - ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009
a(n) is the number of permutations of [n+1] containing exactly 2 cycles. Example: a(2) = 3 because the permutations (1)(23), (12)(3), (13)(2) are the only permutations of [3] with exactly 2 cycles. - Tom Woodward (twoodward(AT)macalester.edu), Nov 12 2009
It appears that, with the exception of n= 4, a(n) mod n = 0 if n is composite and = n-1 if n is prime. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 11 2010
a(n) is a multiple of A025527(n). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Oct 16 2012
Numerator of harmonic number H(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} 1/i when not reduced. See A001008 (Wolstenholme numbers) for the reduced numerators. - Rahul Jha, Feb 18 2015
The Stirling transform of this sequence is A222058(n) (Harmonic-geometric numbers). - Anton Zakharov, Aug 07 2016
a(n) is the (n-1)-st elementary symmetric function of the first n numbers. - Anton Zakharov, Nov 02 2016
The n-th iterated integral of log(x) is x^n * (n! * log(x) - a(n))/(n!)^2 + a polynomial of degree n-1 with arbitrary coefficients. This can be proven using the recurrence relation a(n) = (n-1)! + n*a(n-1). - Mohsen Maesumi, Oct 31 2018
Primes p such that p^3 | a(p-1) are the Wolstenholme primes A088164. - Amiram Eldar and Thomas Ordowski, Aug 08 2019
Total number of left-to-right maxima (or minima) in all permutations of [n]. a(3) = 11 = 3+2+2+2+1+1: (1)(2)(3), (1)(3)2, (2)1(3), (2)(3)1, (3)12, (3)21. - Alois P. Heinz, Aug 01 2020

			(1-x)^-1 * (-log(1-x)) = x + 3/2*x^2 + 11/6*x^3 + 25/12*x^4 + ...
G.f. = x + x^2 + 5*x^3 + 14*x^4 + 94*x^5 + 444*x^6 + 3828*x^7 + 25584*x^8 + ...

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N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
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Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..449 (terms 0..100 from T. D. Noe)
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Cf. A000399, A000454, A000482, A001233, A001234, A243569, A243570.
Cf. A000774, A004041, A024167, A046674, A049034, A008275.
Cf. A021009, A081358, A092691, A094587, A151881, A121633.
With signs: A081048.
Column 1 in triangle A008969.
Row sums of A136662.

a:=[]; for n in [1..22] do a:=a cat [Abs(StirlingFirst(n,2))]; end for; a; // Marius A. Burtea, Jan 01 2020

A000254 := proc(n) option remember; if n<=1 then n else n*A000254(n-1)+(n-1)!; fi; end: seq(A000254(n),n=0..21);
a := n -> add(n!/k, k=1..n): seq(a(n), n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 22 2008

Table[ (PolyGamma[ m ]+EulerGamma) (m-1)!, {m, 1, 24} ] (* Wouter Meeussen *)
Table[ n!*HarmonicNumber[n], {n, 0, 19}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, May 21 2005 *)
Table[Sum[1/i,{i,1,n}]/Product[1/i,{i,1,n}],{n,1,30}] (* Alexander Adamchuk, Jul 11 2006 *)
Abs[StirlingS1[Range[20],2]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 16 2011 *)
Table[Gamma'[n + 1] /. EulerGamma -> 0, {n, 0, 30}] (* Li Han, Feb 14 2024*)

a(n):=(-1)^(n+1)/2*(n+1)*sum(k*bern(k-1)*stirling1(n,k),k,1,n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Nov 20 2016 */

A000254 := proc(n) begin n*A000254(n-1)+fact(n-1) end_proc: A000254(1) := 1:

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (n+1)! / 2 * sum( k=1, n, 1 / k / (n+1-k)))} /* Michael Somos, Feb 05 2004 */

[stirling_number1(i, 2) for i in range(1, 22)]  # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 27 2008

Let P(n,X) = (X+1)*(X+2)*(X+3)*...*(X+n); then a(n) is the coefficient of X; or a(n) = P'(n,0). - Benoit Cloitre, May 09 2002
Sum_{k > 0} a(k) * x^k/ k!^2 = exp(x) *(Sum_{k>0} (-1)^(k+1) * x^k / (k * k!)). - Michael Somos, Mar 24 2004; corrected by Warren D. Smith, Feb 12 2006
a(n) is the coefficient of x^(n+2) in (-log(1-x))^2, multiplied by (n+2)!/2.
a(n) = n! * Sum_{i=1..n} 1/i = n! * H(n), where H(n) = A001008(n)/A002805(n) is the n-th harmonic number.
a(n) ~ 2^(1/2)*Pi^(1/2)*log(n)*n^(1/2)*e^-n*n^n. - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Jun 06 2002
E.g.f.: log(1 - x) / (x-1). (= (log(1 - x))^2 / 2 if offset 1). - Michael Somos, Feb 05 2004
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = a(n-1) * (2*n - 1) - a(n-2) * (n - 1)^2, if n > 1. - Michael Somos, Mar 24 2004
a(n) = A081358(n)+A092691(n). - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 12 2004
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*binomial(n, k)/k. - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 29 2005
p^2 divides a(p-1) for prime p > 3. a(n) = (Sum_{i=1..n} 1/i) / Product_{i=1..n} 1/i. - Alexander Adamchuk, Jul 11 2006
a(n) = 3* A001710(n) + 2* A001711(n-3) for n > 2; e.g., 11 = 3*3 + 2*1, 50 = 3*12 + 2*7, 274 = 3*60 + 2*47, ... - Gary Detlefs, May 24 2010
a(n) = A138772(n+1) - A159324(n). - Gary Detlefs, Jul 05 2010
a(n) = A121633(n) + A002672(n). - Gary Detlefs, Jul 18 2010
a(n+1) = Sum_{i=1..floor((n-1)/2)} n!/((n-i)*i) + Sum_{i=ceiling(n/2)..floor(n/2)} n!/(2*(n-i)*i). - Shanzhen Gao, Sep 14 2010
From Gary Detlefs, Sep 11 2010: (Start)
a(n) = (a(n-1)*(n^2 - 2*n + 1) + (n + 1)!)/(n - 1) for n > 2.
It appears that, with the exception of n = 2, (a(n+1)^2 - a(n)^2) mod n^2 = 0 if n is composite and 4*n if n is prime.
It appears that, with the exception of n = 2, (a(n+1)^3 - a(n)^2) mod n = 0 if n is composite and n - 2 if n is prime.
It appears that, with the exception of n = 2, (a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2) mod n = 0 if n is composite and = 2 if n is prime. (End)
a(n) = Integral_{x=0..oo} (x^n - n!)*log(x)*exp(-x) dx. - Groux Roland, Mar 28 2011
a(n) = 3*n!/2 + 2*(n-2)!*Sum_{k=0..n-3} binomial(k+2,2)/(n-2-k) for n >= 2. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 02 2011
a(n)/(n-1)! = ml(n) = n*ml(n-1)/(n-1) + 1 for n > 1, where ml(n) is the average number of random draws from an n-set with replacement until the total set has been observed. G.f. of ml: x*(1 - log(1 - x))/(1 - x)^2. - Paul Weisenhorn, Nov 18 2011
a(n) = det(|S(i+2, j+1)|, 1 <= i,j <= n-2), where S(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the second kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
E.g.f.: x/(1 - x)*E(0)/2, where E(k) = 2 + E(k+1)*x*(k + 1)/(k + 2). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 01 2013 [Edited by Michael Somos, Nov 28 2013]
0 = a(n) * (a(n+4) - 6*a(n+3) + 7*a(n+2) - a(n+1)) - a(n+1) * (4*a(n+3) - 6*a(n+2) + a(n+1)) + 3*a(n+2)^2 unless n=0. - Michael Somos, Nov 28 2013
For a simple way to calculate the sequence, multiply n! by the integral from 0 to 1 of (1 - x^n)/(1 - x) dx. - Rahul Jha, Feb 18 2015
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 07 2016: (Start)
Inverse binomial transform of A073596.
a(n) ~ sqrt(2*Pi*n) * n^n * (log(n) + gamma)/exp(n), where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant A001620. (End)
a(n) = ((-1)^(n+1)/2*(n+1))*Sum_{k=1..n} k*Bernoulli(k-1)*Stirling1(n,k). - Vladimir Kruchinin, Nov 20 2016
a(n) = (n)! * (digamma(n+1) + gamma), where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant A001620. - Pedro Caceres, Mar 10 2018
From Andy Nicol, Oct 21 2021: (Start)
Gamma'(x) = a(x-1) - (x-1)!*gamma, where Gamma'(x) is the derivative of the gamma function at positive integers and gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. E.g.:
Gamma'(1) = -gamma, Gamma'(2) = 1-gamma, Gamma'(3) = 3-2*gamma,
Gamma'(22) = 186244810780170240000 - 51090942171709440000*gamma. (End)
From Peter Bala, Feb 03 2022: (Start)
The following are all conjectural:
E.g.f.: for nonzero m, (1/m)*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)*(1/n)*binomial(m*n,n)* x^n/(1 - x)^(m*n+1) = x + 3*x^2/2! + 11*x^3/3! + 50*x^4/4! + ....
For nonzero m, a(n) = (1/m)*n!*Sum_{k = 1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*(1/k)*binomial(m*k,k)* binomial(n+(m-1)*k,n-k).
a(n)^2 = (1/2)*n!^2*Sum_{k = 1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*(1/k^2)*binomial(n,k)* binomial(n+k,k). (End)
From Mélika Tebni, Jun 20 2022: (Start)
a(n) = -Sum_{k=0..n} k!*A021009(n, k+1).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k!*A094587(n, k+1). (End)
a(n) = n! * 1/(1 - 1^2/(3 - 2^2/(5 - 3^2/(7 - ... - (n - 1)^2/((2*n - 1)))))). - Peter Bala, Mar 16 2024

A130534 Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows, giving coefficients of the polynomial (x+1)(x+2)...(x+n), expanded in increasing powers of x. T(n,k) is also the unsigned Stirling number |s(n+1, k+1)|, denoting the number of permutations on n+1 elements that contain exactly k+1 cycles.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, 11, 6, 1, 24, 50, 35, 10, 1, 120, 274, 225, 85, 15, 1, 720, 1764, 1624, 735, 175, 21, 1, 5040, 13068, 13132, 6769, 1960, 322, 28, 1, 40320, 109584, 118124, 67284, 22449, 4536, 546, 36, 1, 362880, 1026576, 1172700, 723680, 269325, 63273, 9450, 870, 45, 1

Offset: 0

Philippe Deléham, Aug 09 2007

This triangle is an unsigned version of the triangle of Stirling numbers of the first kind, A008275, which is the main entry for these numbers. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 25 2011
Or, triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows given by [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,...] DELTA [1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938.
Reversal of A094638.
Equals A132393*A007318, as infinite lower triangular matrices. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2007
From Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009: (Start)
The higher order exponential integrals E(x,m,n) are defined in A163931. The asymptotic expansion of the exponential integrals E(x,m=1,n) ~ (exp(-x)/x)*(1 - n/x + n*(n+1)/x^2 - n*(n+1)*(n+2)/x^3 + ...), see Abramowitz and Stegun. This formula follows from the general formula for the asymptotic expansion, see A163932. We rewrite E(x,m=1,n) ~ (exp(-x)/x)*(1 - n/x + (n^2+n)/x^2 - (2*n+3*n^2+n^3)/x^3 + (6*n+11*n^2+6*n^3+n^4)/x^3 - ...) and observe that the T(n,m) are the polynomials coefficients in the denominators. Looking at the a(n,m) formula of A028421, A163932 and A163934, and shifting the offset given above to 1, we can write T(n-1,m-1) = a(n,m) = (-1)^(n+m)*Stirling1(n,m), see the Maple program.
The asymptotic expansion leads for values of n from one to eleven to known sequences, see the cross-references. With these sequences one can form the triangles A008279 (right-hand columns) and A094587 (left-hand columns).
See A163936 for information about the o.g.f.s. of the right-hand columns of this triangle.
(End)
The number of elements greater than i to the left of i in a permutation gives the i-th element of the inversion vector. (Skiena-Pemmaraju 2003, p. 69.) T(n,k) is the number of n-permutations that have exactly k 0's in their inversion vector. See evidence in Mathematica code below. - Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010
T(n,k) counts the rooted trees with k+1 trunks in forests of "naturally grown" rooted trees with n+2 nodes. This corresponds to sums of coefficients of iterated derivatives representing vectors, Lie derivatives, or infinitesimal generators for flow fields and formal group laws. Cf. links in A139605. - Tom Copeland, Mar 23 2014
A refinement is A036039. - Tom Copeland, Mar 30 2014
From Tom Copeland, Apr 05 2014: (Start)
With initial n=1 and row polynomials of T as p(n,x)=x(x+1)...(x+n-1), the powers of x correspond to the number of trunks of the rooted trees of the "naturally-grown" forest referred to above. With each trunk allowed m colors, p(n,m) gives the number of such non-plane colored trees for the forest with each tree having n+1 vertices.
p(2,m) = m + m^2 = A002378(m) = 2*A000217(m) = 2*(first subdiag of |A238363|).
p(3,m) = 2m + 3m^2 + m^3 = A007531(m+2) = 3*A007290(m+2) = 3*(second subdiag A238363).
p(4,m) = 6m + 11m^2 + 6m^3 + m^4 = A052762(m+3) = 4*A033487(m) = 4*(third subdiag).
From the Joni et al. link, p(n,m) also represents the disposition of n distinguishable flags on m distinguishable flagpoles.
The chromatic polynomial for the complete graph K_n is the falling factorial, which encodes the colorings of the n vertices of K_n and gives a shifted version of p(n,m).
E.g.f. for the row polynomials: (1-y)^(-x).
(End)
A relation to derivatives of the determinant |V(n)| of the n X n Vandermonde matrix V(n) in the indeterminates c(1) thru c(n):
  |V(n)| = Product_{1<=jTom Copeland, Apr 10 2014
From Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014: (Start)
Let M denote the lower unit triangular array A094587 and for k = 0,1,2,... define M(k) to be the lower unit triangular block array
  /I_k 0\
  \ 0  M/
having the k X k identity matrix I_k as the upper left block; in particular, M(0) = M. Then the present triangle equals the infinite matrix product M(0)*M(1)*M(2)*... (which is clearly well defined). See the Example section. (End)
For the relation of this rising factorial to the moments of Viennot's Laguerre stories, see the Hetyei link, p. 4. - Tom Copeland, Oct 01 2015
Can also be seen as the Bell transform of n! without column 0 (and shifted enumeration). For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016

			Triangle  T(n,k) begins:
n\k         0        1        2       3       4      5      6     7    8  9 10
n=0:        1
n=1:        1        1
n=2:        2        3        1
n=3:        6       11        6       1
n=4:       24       50       35      10       1
n=5:      120      274      225      85      15      1
n=6:      720     1764     1624     735     175     21      1
n=7:     5040    13068    13132    6769    1960    322     28     1
n=8:    40320   109584   118124   67284   22449   4536    546    36    1
n=9:   362880  1026576  1172700  723680  269325  63273   9450   870   45  1
n=10: 3628800 10628640 12753576 8409500 3416930 902055 157773 18150 1320 55  1
[Reformatted and extended by _Wolfdieter Lang_, Feb 05 2013]
T(3,2) = 6 because there are 6 permutations of {1,2,3,4} that have exactly 2 0's in their inversion vector: {1, 2, 4, 3}, {1, 3, 2, 4}, {1, 3, 4, 2}, {2, 1, 3, 4},{2, 3, 1, 4}, {2, 3, 4, 1}. The respective inversion vectors are {0, 0, 1}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {2, 0, 0}, {3, 0, 0}. - _Geoffrey Critzer_, May 07 2010
T(3,1)=11 since there are exactly 11 permutations of {1,2,3,4} with exactly 2 cycles, namely, (1)(234), (1)(243), (2)(134), (2)(143), (3)(124), (3)(142), (4)(123), (4)(143), (12)(34), (13)(24), and (14)(23). - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Jan 25 2011
From _Peter Bala_, Jul 21 2014: (Start)
With the arrays M(k) as defined in the Comments section, the infinite product M(0*)M(1)*M(2)*... begins
  / 1          \/1        \/1        \      / 1           \
  | 1  1       ||0 1      ||0 1      |      | 1  1        |
  | 2  2  1    ||0 1 1    ||0 0 1    |... = | 2  3  1     |
  | 6  6  3 1  ||0 2 2 1  ||0 0 1 1  |      | 6 11  6  1  |
  |24 24 12 4 1||0 6 6 3 1||0 0 2 2 1|      |24 50 35 10 1|
  |...         ||...      ||...      |      |...          |
(End)

John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 93-94.
Sriram Pemmaraju and Steven Skiena, Computational Discrete Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 69-71. [Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010]

T. D. Noe, Rows n = 0..50 of triangle, flattened
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972, Chapter 5, pp. 227-251. [From _Johannes W. Meijer_, Oct 07 2009]
A. Chervov, Decomplexification of the Capelli identities and holomorphic factorization, arxiv 1203.5759 [math.QA], Mar 2012. [_Tom Copeland_, Apr 10 2014]
FindStat - Combinatorial Statistic Finder, The number of saliances of the permutation, The number of cycles in the cycle decomposition of a permutation.
Martin Griffiths, Generating Functions for Extended Stirling Numbers of the First Kind, Journal of Integer Sequences, 17 (2014), #14.6.4.
G. Hetyei, Meixner polynomials of the second kind and quantum algebras representing su(1,1), arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4352 [math.QA], 2009.
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Lucas Sá and Antonio M. García-García, The Wishart-Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model: Q-Laguerre spectral density and quantum chaos, arXiv:2104.07647 [hep-th], 2021.
Igor Victorovich Statsenko, On the ordinal numbers of triangles of generalized special numbers, Innovation science No 2-2, State Ufa, Aeterna Publishing House, 2024, pp. 15-19. In Russian.
Dennis Walsh, A short note on unsigned Stirling numbers

See A008275, which is the main entry for these numbers; A094638 (reversed rows).
Diagonals: A000012 A000217 A000914 A001303 A000915 A053567 A112002 A191685. Columns A000142 A000254 A000399 A000454 A000482 A001233 A001234.
From Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009: (Start)
Row sums equal A000142.
The asymptotic expansions lead to A000142 (n=1), A000142(n=2; minus a(0)), A001710 (n=3), A001715 (n=4), A001720 (n=5), A001725 (n=6), A001730 (n=7), A049388 (n=8), A049389 (n=9), A049398 (n=10), A051431 (n=11), A008279 and A094587.
Cf. A163931 (E(x,m,n)), A028421 (m=2), A163932 (m=3), A163934 (m=4), A163936.
(End)
Cf. A136662.

a130534 n k = a130534_tabl !! n !! k
a130534_row n = a130534_tabl !! n
a130534_tabl = map (map abs) a008275_tabl
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2013

with(combinat): A130534 := proc(n,m): (-1)^(n+m)*stirling1(n+1,m+1) end proc: seq(seq(A130534(n,m), m=0..n), n=0..10); # Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009, revised Sep 11 2012
# The function BellMatrix is defined in A264428.
# Adds (1,0,0,0, ..) as column 0 (and shifts the enumeration).
BellMatrix(n -> n!, 9); # Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016

Table[Table[ Length[Select[Map[ToInversionVector, Permutations[m]], Count[ #, 0] == n &]], {n, 0, m - 1}], {m, 0, 8}] // Grid (* Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010 *)
rows = 10;
t = Range[0, rows]!;
T[n_, k_] := BellY[n, k, t];
Table[T[n, k], {n, 1, rows}, {k, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 22 2018, after Peter Luschny *)

T(0,0) = 1, T(n,k) = 0 if k > n or if n < 0, T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) + n*T(n-1,k). T(n,0) = n! = A000142(n). T(2*n,n) = A129505(n+1). Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k) = (n+1)! = A000142(n+1). Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)^2 = A047796(n+1). T(n,k) = |Stirling1(n+1,k+1)|, see A008275. (x+1)(x+2)...(x+n) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k. [Corrected by Arie Bos, Jul 11 2008]
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k = A000007(n), A000142(n), A000142(n+1), A001710(n+2), A001715(n+3), A001720(n+4), A001725(n+5), A001730(n+6), A049388(n), A049389(n), A049398(n), A051431(n) for x = -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2007
For k=1..n, let A={a_1,a_2,...,a_k} denote a size-k subset of {1,2,...,n}. Then T(n,n-k) = Sum(Product_{i=1..k} a_i) where the sum is over all subsets A. For example, T(4,1)=50 since 1*2*3 + 1*2*4 + 1*3*4 + 2*3*4 = 50. - Dennis P. Walsh, Jan 25 2011
The preceding formula means T(n,k) = sigma_{n-k}(1,2,3,..,n) with the (n-k)-th elementary symmetric function sigma with the indeterminates chosen as 1,2,...,n. See the Oct 24 2011 comment in A094638 with sigma called there a. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 06 2013
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 08 2011: (Start)
n-th row of the triangle = top row of M^n, where M is the production matrix:
  1, 1;
  1, 2, 1;
  1, 3, 3, 1;
  1, 4, 6, 4, 1;
  ... (End)
Exponential Riordan array [1/(1 - x), log(1/(1 - x))]. Recurrence: T(n+1,k+1) = Sum_{i=0..n-k} (n + 1)!/(n + 1 - i)!*T(n-i,k). - Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014

A001705 Generalized Stirling numbers: a(n) = n! * Sum_{k=0..n-1} (k+1)/(n-k).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 5, 26, 154, 1044, 8028, 69264, 663696, 6999840, 80627040, 1007441280, 13575738240, 196287356160, 3031488633600, 49811492505600, 867718162483200, 15974614352793600, 309920046408806400, 6320046028584960000, 135153868608460800000, 3024476051557847040000

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

a(n) is also the sum of the positions of the right-to-left minima in all permutations of [n]. Example: a(3)=26 because the positions of the right-to-left minima in the permutations 123,132,213,231,312 and 321 are 123, 13, 23, 3, 23 and 3, respectively and 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 26. - Emeric Deutsch, Sep 22 2008
The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=2) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 5/x + 26/x^2 - 154/x^3 + 1044/x^4 - 8028/x^5 + 69264/x^6 - ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009
a(n) is the total number of cycles (excluding fixed points) in all permutations of [n+1]. - Olivier Gérard, Oct 23 2012; Dec 31 2012
A length n sequence is formed by randomly selecting (one-by-one) n real numbers in (0,1).  a(n)/(n+1)! is the expected value of the sum of the new maximums in such a sequence.  For example for n=3: If we select (in this order): 0.591996, 0.646474, 0.163659  we would add 0.591996 + 0.646474 which would be a bit above the average of a(3)/4! = 26/24. - Geoffrey Critzer, Oct 17 2013

			(1-x)^-2 * (-log(1-x)) = x + 5/2*x^2 + 13/3*x^3 + 77/12*x^4 + ...
Examples: a(6) = 6!*(1/6 + 2/5 + 3/4 + 4/3 + 5/2 + 6/1) = 8028; a(20) = 20!*(1/20 + 2/19 + 3/18 + 4/17 + 5/16 + ... + 16/5 + 17/4 + 18/3 + 19/2 + 20/1) = 135153868608460800000. - _Alexander Adamchuk_, Oct 09 2004
From _Olivier Gérard_, Dec 31 2012: (Start)
The cycle decomposition of all permutations of 4 elements gives the following list: {{{1},{2},{3},{4}}, {{1},{2},{3,4}}, {{1},{2,3},{4}}, {{1},{2,4,3}}, {{1},{2,3,4}}, {{1},{2,4},{3}}, {{1,2},{3},{4}}, {{1,2},{3,4}}, {{1,3,2},{4}},{{1,4,3,2}}, {{1,3,4,2}}, {{1,4,2},{3}}, {{1,2,3},{4}}, {{1,2,4,3}},{{1,3},{2},{4}}, {{1,4,3},{2}}, {{1,3},{2,4}}, {{1,4,2,3}}, {{1,2,3,4}}, {{1,2,4},{3}}, {{1,3,4},{2}}, {{1,4},{2},{3}}, {{1,3,2,4}}, {{1,4},{2,3}}}.
Deleting the fixed points gives the following 26 items: {{3,4}, {2,3}, {2,4,3}, {2,3,4}, {2,4}, {1,2}, {1,2}, {3,4}, {1,3,2}, {1,4,3,2}, {1,3,4,2}, {1,4,2}, {1,2,3}, {1,2,4,3}, {1,3}, {1,4,3}, {1,3}, {2,4}, {1,4,2,3}, {1,2,3,4}, {1,2,4}, {1,3,4}, {1,4}, {1,3,2,4}, {1,4}, {2,3}}. (End)

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).

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..445 (terms 0 through 100 were provided by T. D. Noe)
J.-L. Baril and S. Kirgizov, The pure descent statistic on permutations, preprint, 2016.
J.-L. Baril and S. Kirgizov, The pure descent statistic on permutations, Discrete Mathematics, 340(10) (2017), 2550-2558.
Jean-Luc Baril and Sergey Kirgizov, Transformation à la Foata for special kinds of descents and excedances, arXiv:2101.01928 [math.CO], 2021.
Gang Chen, Henrik Johansson, Fei Teng, and Tianheng Wang, Next-to-MHV Yang-Mills kinematic algebra, arXiv:2104.12726 [hep-th], 2021. See p. 46.
Loïc Foissy, Cointeraction on noncrossing partitions and related polynomial invariants, arXiv:2501.18212 [math.CO], 2025. See p. 24.
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 406.
D. S. Mitrinovic and M. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz. No. 77 (1962), 1-77.
Robert E. Moritz, On the sum of products of n consecutive integers, Univ. Washington Publications in Math., 1 (No. 3, 1926), 44-49. [Annotated scanned copy]
Motohico Mulase, In Search of a Hidden Curve, arXiv:2501.00716 [math.QA], 2025. See p. 27.
J. Riordan, Letter of 04/11/74.
J. Riordan, Letter, Jul 06 1978.

Cf. A000254 (total number of cycles in permutations, including fixed points).
Cf. A002104 (number of different cycles in permutations, without fixed points).
Cf. A006231 (number of different cycles in permutations, including fixed points).
Cf. A001008, A002805, A006675, A066667, A132159, A143947.
Related to n!*the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers:
  (k=0) A000254, (k=1) A001705, (k=2) A001711, (k=3) A001716,
  (k=4) A001721, (k=5) A051524, (k=6) A051545, (k=7) A051560,
  (k=8) A051562, (k=9) A051564.

a := n-> add((n+1)!/k, k=2..n+1): seq(a(n), n=0..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 22 2008; edited Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 28 2012
a := n -> ((n+1)!*(h(n+1)-1)): h := n-> harmonic(n): seq(a(n), n=0..21); # Gary Detlefs, Dec 18 2009; corrected by Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 28 2012

Table[n!*Sum[Sum[1/k,{k,1,m}], {m,1,n}], {n,0,20}] (* Alexander Adamchuk, Apr 14 2006 *)
a[n_] := (n + 1)! (EulerGamma - 1 + PolyGamma[n + 2]);
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 21}] (* Peter Luschny, Feb 19 2022 *)

a(n):=n!*sum(((-1)^(k+1)*binomial(n+1,k+1))/k,k,1,n); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 10 2016 */

for(n=0,25, print1(n!*sum(k=0,n-1,(k+1)/(n-k)), ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jan 20 2017

from math import factorial
def A001705(n):
    f = factorial(n)
    return sum(f*(k+1)//(n-k) for k in range(n)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jun 23 2022

Partial sum of first n harmonic numbers multiplied by n!.
a(n) = n!*Sum_{m=1..n} Sum_{k=1..m} 1/k = n!*Sum_{m=1..n} H(m), where H(m) = Sum_{k=1..m} 1/k = A001008(m)/A002805(m) is m-th Harmonic number.
E.g.f.: - log (1 - x) / (1 - x)^2.
a(n) = (n+1)! * H(n) - n*n!, H(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (1/k).
a(n) = A112486(n, 1).
a(n) = a(n-1)*(n+1) + n! = A000254(n+1) - A000142(n+1) = A067176(n+1, 1). - Henry Bottomley, Jan 09 2002
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} ((-1)^(n-1+k) * (k+1) * 2^k * Stirling1(n, k+1)). - Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004
With alternating signs: Ramanujan polynomials psi_2(n, x) evaluated at 0. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 16 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (k*StirlingCycle(n+1,k+1)). - David Callan, Sep 25 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=n..n*(n+1)/2} k*A143947(n,k). - Emeric Deutsch, Sep 22 2008
For n >= 1, a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n-1} ((-1)^(n-j-1) * 2^j * (j+1) * Stirling1(n,j+1)). - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008
a(n) = (2*n+1)*a(n-1) - n^2*a(n-2). - Gary Detlefs, Nov 27 2009
a(n) = (n+1)!*(H(n+1) - 1) where H(n) is the n-th harmonic number. - Gary Detlefs, Dec 18 2009
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*binomial(n+1,k+1)/k. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Oct 10 2016
a(n) = (n+1)!*Sum_{k = 1..n} (-1)^(k+1)*binomial(n+1,k+1)*k/(k+1). - Peter Bala, Feb 15 2022
a(n) = Gamma(n + 2) * (Digamma(n + 2) + EulerGamma - 1). - Peter Luschny, Feb 19 2022
From Mélika Tebni, Jun 22 2022: (Start)
a(n) = -Sum_{k=0..n} k!*A066667(n, k+1).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} k!*A132159(n, k+1). (End)
a(n) = n*(n + 1)!*hypergeom([1, 1, 1 - n], [2, 3], 1)/2. - Peter Luschny, Jun 22 2022

More terms from Sascha Kurz, Mar 22 2002

A001498 Triangle a(n,k) (n >= 0, 0 <= k <= n) of coefficients of Bessel polynomials y_n(x) (exponents in increasing order).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 6, 15, 15, 1, 10, 45, 105, 105, 1, 15, 105, 420, 945, 945, 1, 21, 210, 1260, 4725, 10395, 10395, 1, 28, 378, 3150, 17325, 62370, 135135, 135135, 1, 36, 630, 6930, 51975, 270270, 945945, 2027025, 2027025, 1, 45, 990, 13860, 135135, 945945, 4729725, 16216200, 34459425, 34459425

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

The row polynomials with exponents in increasing order (e.g., third row: 1+3x+3x^2) are Grosswald's y_{n}(x) polynomials, p. 18, Eq. (7).
Also called Bessel numbers of first kind.
The triangle a(n,k) has factorization [C(n,k)][C(k,n-k)]Diag((2n-1)!!) The triangle a(n-k,k) is A100861, which gives coefficients of scaled Hermite polynomials. - Paul Barry, May 21 2005
Related to k-matchings of the complete graph K_n by a(n,k)=A100861(n+k,k). Related to the Morgan-Voyce polynomials by a(n,k)=(2k-1)!!*A085478(n,k). - Paul Barry, Aug 17 2005
Related to Hermite polynomials by a(n,k)=(-1)^k*A060821(n+k, n-k)/2^n. - Paul Barry, Aug 28 2005
The row polynomials, the Bessel polynomials y(n,x):=Sum_{m=0..n} (a(n,m)*x^m) (called y_{n}(x) in the Grosswald reference) satisfy (x^2)*(d^2/dx^2)y(n,x) + 2*(x+1)*(d/dx)y(n,x) - n*(n+1)*y(n,x) = 0.
a(n-1, m-1), n >= m >= 1, enumerates unordered n-vertex forests composed of m plane (aka ordered) increasing (rooted) trees. Proof from the e.g.f. of the first column Y(z):=1-sqrt(1-2*z) (offset 1) and the Bergeron et al. eq. (8) Y'(z)= phi(Y(z)), Y(0)=0, with out-degree o.g.f. phi(w)=1/(1-w). See their remark on p. 28 on plane recursive trees. For m=1 see the D. Callan comment on A001147 from Oct 26 2006. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 14 2007
The asymptotic expansions of the higher order exponential integrals E(x,m,n), see A163931 for information, lead to the Bessel numbers of the first kind in an intriguing way. For the first four values of m these asymptotic expansions lead to the triangles A130534 (m=1), A028421 (m=2), A163932 (m=3) and A163934 (m=4). The o.g.f.s. of the right hand columns of these triangles in their turn lead to the triangles A163936 (m=1), A163937 (m=2), A163938 (m=3) and A163939 (m=4). The row sums of these four triangles lead to A001147, A001147 (minus a(0)), A001879 and A000457 which are the first four right hand columns of A001498. We checked this phenomenon for a few more values of m and found that this pattern persists: m = 5 leads to A001880, m=6 to A001881, m=7 to A038121 and m=8 to A130563 which are the next four right hand columns of A001498. So one by one all columns of the triangle of coefficients of Bessel polynomials appear. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009
a(n,k) also appear as coefficients of (n+1)st degree of the differential operator D:=1/t d/dt, namely D^{n+1}= Sum_{k=0..n} a(n,k) (-1)^{n-k} t^{1-(n+k)} (d^{n+1-k}/dt^{n+1-k}. - Leonid Bedratyuk, Aug 06 2010
a(n-1,k) are the coefficients when expanding (xI)^n in terms of powers of I. Let I(f)(x) := Integral_{a..x} f(t) dt, and (xI)^n := x Integral_{a..x} [ x_{n-1} Integral_{a..x_{n-1}} [ x_{n-2} Integral_{a..x_{n-2}} ... [ x_1 Integral_{a..x_1} f(t) dt ] dx_1 ] .. dx_{n-2} ] dx_{n-1}. Then: (xI)^n = Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k * a(n-1,k) * x^(n-k) * I^(n+k)(f)(x) where I^(n) denotes iterated integration. - Abdelhay Benmoussa, Apr 11 2025

			The triangle a(n, k), n >= 0, k = 0..n, begins:
  1
  1  1
  1  3   3
  1  6  15    15
  1 10  45   105    105
  1 15 105   420    945    945
  1 21 210  1260   4725  10395   10395
  1 28 378  3150  17325  62370  135135   135135
  1 36 630  6930  51975 270270  945945  2027025  2027025
  1 45 990 13860 135135 945945 4729725 16216200 34459425 34459425
  ...
And the first few Bessel polynomials are:
  y_0(x) = 1,
  y_1(x) = x + 1,
  y_2(x) = 3*x^2 + 3*x + 1,
  y_3(x) = 15*x^3 + 15*x^2 + 6*x + 1,
  y_4(x) = 105*x^4 + 105*x^3 + 45*x^2 + 10*x + 1,
  y_5(x) = 945*x^5 + 945*x^4 + 420*x^3 + 105*x^2 + 15*x + 1,
  ...
Tree counting: a(2,1)=3 for the unordered forest of m=2 plane increasing trees with n=3 vertices, namely one tree with one vertex (root) and another tree with two vertices (a root and a leaf), labeled increasingly as (1, 23), (2,13) and (3,12). - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Sep 14 2007

J. Riordan, Combinatorial Identities, Wiley, 1968, p. 77.

T. D. Noe, Rows n=0..50 of triangle, flattened
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Index entries for sequences related to Bessel functions or polynomials

Cf. A001497 (same triangle but rows read in reverse order). Other versions of this same triangle are given in A144331, A144299, A111924 and A100861.
Columns from left edge include A000217, A050534.
Columns 1-6 from right edge are A001147, A001879, A000457, A001880, A001881, A038121.
Bessel polynomials evaluated at certain x are A001515 (x=1, row sums), A000806 (x=-1), A001517 (x=2), A002119 (x=-2), A001518 (x=3), A065923 (x=-3), A065919 (x=4). Cf. A043301, A003215.
Cf. A245066 (central terms). A113025 (y_n(2*x)).

a001498 n k = a001498_tabl !! n !! k
a001498_row n = a001498_tabl !! n
a001498_tabl = map reverse a001497_tabl
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 11 2014

/* As triangle: */ [[Factorial(n+k)/(2^k*Factorial(n-k)*Factorial(k)): k in [0..n]]: n in [0.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 15 2016

Bessel := proc(n,x) add(binomial(n+k,2*k)*(2*k)!*x^k/(k!*2^k),k=0..n); end; # explicit Bessel polynomials
Bessel := proc(n) option remember; if n <=1 then (1+x)^n else (2*n-1)*x*Bessel(n-1)+Bessel(n-2); fi; end; # recurrence for Bessel polynomials
bessel := proc(n,x) add(binomial(n+k,2*k)*(2*k)!*x^k/(k!*2^k),k=0..n); end;
f := proc(n) option remember; if n <=1 then (1+x)^n else (2*n-1)*x*f(n-1)+f(n-2); fi; end;
# Alternative:
T := (n,k) -> pochhammer(n+1,k)*binomial(n,k)/2^k:
for n from 0 to 9 do seq(T(n,k), k=0..n) od; # Peter Luschny, May 11 2018
T := proc(n, k) option remember; if k = 0 then 1 else if k = n then T(n, k-1)
else (n - k + 1)* T(n, k - 1) + T(n - 1, k) fi fi end:
for n from 0 to 9 do seq(T(n, k), k = 0..n) od;  # Peter Luschny, Oct 02 2023

max=50; Flatten[Table[(n+k)!/(2^k*(n-k)!*k!), {n, 0, Sqrt[2 max]//Ceiling}, {k, 0, n}]][[1 ;; max]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 20 2011 *)

{T(n,k)=if(k<0||k>n, 0, binomial(n, k)*(n+k)!/2^k/n!)} /* Michael Somos, Oct 03 2006 */

A001497_ser(N,t='t) = {
  my(x='x+O('x^(N+2)));
  serlaplace(deriv(exp((1-sqrt(1-2*t*x))/t),'x));
};
concat(apply(Vecrev, Vec(A001497_ser(9)))) \\ Gheorghe Coserea, Dec 27 2017

a(n, k) = (n+k)!/(2^k*(n-k)!*k!) (see Grosswald and Riordan). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 20 2004
a(n, 0)=1; a(0, k)=0, k > 0; a(n, k) = a(n-1, k) + (n-k+1) * a(n, k-1) = a(n-1, k) + (n+k-1) * a(n-1, k-1). - Len Smiley
a(n, m) = A001497(n, n-m) = A001147(m)*binomial(n+m, 2*m) for n >= m >= 0, otherwise 0.
G.f. for m-th column: (A001147(m)*x^m)/(1-x)^(2*m+1), m >= 0, where A001147(m) = double factorials (from explicit a(n, m) form).
Row polynomials y_n(x) are given by D^(n+1)(exp(t)) evaluated at t = 0, where D is the operator 1/(1-t*x)*d/dt. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
G.f.: conjecture: T(0)/(1-x), where T(k) = 1 - x*y*(k+1)/(x*y*(k+1) - (1-x)^2/T(k+1)); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 13 2013
Recurrence from Grosswald, p. 18, eq. (5), for the row polynomials: y_n(x) = (2*n-1)*x*y_{n-1} + y_{n-2}(x), y_{-1}(x) = 1 = y_{0} = 1, n >= 1. This becomes, for n >= 0, k = 0..n: a(n, k) = 0 for n < k (zeros not shown in the triangle), a(n, -1) = 0, a(0, 0) = 1 = a(1, 0) and otherwise a(n, k) = (2*n-1)*a(n-1, k-1) + a(n-2, k). Compare with the above given recurrences. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 11 2018
T(n, k) = Pochhammer(n+1,k)*binomial(n,k)/2^k = A113025(n,k)/2^k. - Peter Luschny, May 11 2018
a(n, k) = Sum_{i=0..min(n-1, k)} (n-i)(k-i) * a(n-1, i) where x(n) = x*(x-1)*...*(x-n+1) is the falling factorial, this equality follows directly from the operational formula we wrote in Apr 11 2025.- Abdelhay Benmoussa, May 18 2025

A001711 Generalized Stirling numbers.

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1, 7, 47, 342, 2754, 24552, 241128, 2592720, 30334320, 383970240, 5231113920, 76349105280, 1188825724800, 19675048780800, 344937224217600, 6386713749964800, 124548748102195200, 2551797512248320000, 54804198761303040000, 1231237843834521600000

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

nonn

The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=3) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 7/x + 47/x^2 - 342/x^3 + 2754/x^4 - 24552/x^5 + 241128/x^6 - ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009
For n > 4, a(n) mod n = 0 for n composite, = n-3 for n prime. - Gary Detlefs, Jul 18 2011
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 11 2020: (Start)
For nonnegative integers n, m and complex numbers a, b (with b <> 0), the numbers R_n^m(a,b) were introduced by Mitrinovic (1961) using slightly different notation. They were further examined by Mitrinovic and Mitrinovic (1962).
These numbers are defined via the g.f. Product_{r=0..n-1} (x - (a + b*r)) = Sum_{m=0..n} R_n^m(a,b)*x^m for n >= 0.
As a result, R_n^m(a,b) = R_{n-1}^{m-1}(a,b) - (a + b*(n-1))*R_{n-1}^m(a,b) for n >= m >= 1 with R_1^0(a,b) = a, R_1^1(a,b) = 1, and R_n^m(a,b) = 0 for n < m. (Because an empty product is by definition 1, we may let R_0^0(a,b) = 1.)
With a = 0 and b = 1, we get the Stirling numbers of the first kind S1(n,m) = R_n^m(a=0, b=1) = A048994(n,m). (Array A008275 is the same as array A048994 but with no zero row and no zero column.)
We have R_n^m(a,b) = Sum_{k=0}^{n-m} (-1)^k * a^k * b^(n-m-k) * binomial(m+k, k) * S1(n, m+k) for n >= m >= 0.
For the current sequence, a(n) = R_{n+1}^1(a=-3, b=-1) for n >= 0. (End)

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).

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..440[Terms 0 to 100 computed by T. D. Noe; terms 101 to 440 computed by G. C. Greubel, Jan 15 2017]
D. S. Mitrinovic, Sur une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, t. 252 (1961), 2354-2356. [The numbers R_n^m(a,b) are introduced.]
D. S. Mitrinovic and M. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz. No. 77 (1962), 1-77.
D. S. Mitrinovic and R. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz., No. 77 (1962), 1-77 [jstor stable version].
Robert E. Moritz, On the sum of products of n consecutive integers, Univ. Washington Publications in Math., 1 (No. 3, 1926), 44-49. [Annotated scanned copy]
J. Riordan, Letter of 04/11/74.

Related to n!*the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers: k=0..A000254, k=1..A001705, k=2..A001711, k=3..A001716, k=4..A001721, k=5..A051524, k=6..A051545, k=7..A051560, k=8..A051562, k=9..A051564.

a := n-> add(1/2*((n+3)!/(k+3)), k=0..n): seq(a(n), n=0..19); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 22 2008
a := n -> (n+1)!*hs2(n+1): hs2 := n-> add(hs(k), k=0..n): hs := n-> add(h(k), k=0..n): h := n-> add(1/k, k=1..n): seq(a(n), n=0..19); # Gary Detlefs, Jan 01 2011

f[k_] := k + 2; t[n_] := Table[f[k], {k, 1, n}]; a[n_] := SymmetricPolynomial[n - 1, t[n]]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 16}]; (* Clark Kimberling, Dec 29 2011 *)
Table[(n + 3)!*Sum[1/(2*k + 4), {k, 1, n + 1}], {n,0,100}] (* G. C. Greubel, Jan 15 2017 *)

for(n=0, 19, print1((n+1)! * sum(k=0, n, binomial(k + 2, 2) / (n + 1 - k)),", ")) \\ Indranil Ghosh, Mar 13 2017

R(n,m,a,b) =  sum(k=0, n-m, (-1)^k*a^k*b^(n-m-k)*binomial(m+k,k)*stirling(n, m+k,1));
aa(n) = R(n+1,1,-3,-1);
for(n=0, 19, print1(aa(n), ",")) \\ Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 11 2020

E.g.f.: -log(1 - x)/(1 - x)^3 if offset 1. With offset 0: (d/dx)(-log(1 - x)/(1 - x)^3) = (1 - 3*log(1 - x))/(1 - x)^4.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} ((-1)^(n+k)*(k+1)*3^k*Stirling1(n+1, k+1)). - Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} ((-1)^k*binomial(-3,k)/(n-k)). - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008
a(n) = ( A000254(n+3) - 3*A001710(n+3) )/2. - Gary Detlefs, May 24 2010
a(n) = ((n+3)!/4) * (2*h(n+3) - 3), where h(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (1/k) is the n-th harmonic number. - Gary Detlefs, Aug 15 2010
a(n) = n!*[2]h(n), where [k]h(n) denotes the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers from 0 to n. With offset 1. - Gary Detlefs, Jan 04 2011
a(n) = (n+3)! * Sum_{k=1..n+1} (1/(2*k+4)). - Gary Detlefs, Sep 14 2011
a(n) = (n+1)! * Sum_{k=0..n} (binomial(k+2,2)/(n+1-k)). - Gary Detlefs, Dec 01 2011
a(n) = A001705(n+2) - A182541(n+4). - Anton Zakharov, Jul 02 2016
a(n) ~ n^(n+7/2) * exp(-n) * sqrt(Pi/2) * log(n) * (1 + (gamma - 3/2)/log(n)), where gamma is the Euler-Mascheroni constant A001620. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 12 2016
Conjectural D-finite with recurrence: a(n) + (-2*n-5)*a(n-1) + (n+2)^2*a(n-2)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 16 2020
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 11 2020: (Start)
Since a(n) = R_{n+1}^1(a=-3, b=-1), it follows from Mitrinovic (1961) and Mitrinovic and Mitrinovic (1962) that:
a(n) = [x] Product_{r=0}^n (x + 3 + r) = (Product_{r=0}^n (3 + r)) * Sum_{s=0}^n 1/(3 + s).
a(n) = (n + 2)!/2 + (n + 3)*a(n-1) for n >= 1. [This can be used to prove R. J. Mathar's recurrence above.] (End)

More terms from Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004

Maple programs corrected and edited by Johannes W. Meijer, Nov 28 2012

A163932 Triangle related to the asymptotic expansion of E(x,m=3,n).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 3, 11, 18, 6, 50, 105, 60, 10, 274, 675, 510, 150, 15, 1764, 4872, 4410, 1750, 315, 21, 13068, 39396, 40614, 19600, 4830, 588, 28, 109584, 354372, 403704, 224490, 68040, 11466, 1008, 36, 1026576, 3518100, 4342080, 2693250, 949095, 198450

Offset: 1

Johannes W. Meijer & Nico Baken (n.h.g.baken(AT)tudelft.nl), Aug 13 2009, Oct 22 2009

The higher order exponential integrals E(x,m,n) are defined in A163931. The general formula for the asymptotic expansion E(x,m,n) ~ E(x,m-1,n+1)/x - n*E(x,m-1,n+2)/x^2 + n*(n+1) * E(x,m-1,n+3)/x^3 - n*(n+1)*(n+2)*E(x,m-1,n+4)/x^4 + ...., m >= 1 and n >= 1.
We used this formula and the asymptotic expansion of E(x,m=2,n), see A028421, to determine that E (x,m=3,n) ~ (exp(-x)/x^3)*(1 - (3+3*n)/x + (11+18*n+6*n^2)/x^2 - (50+105*n+ 60*n^2+ 10*n^3)/x^3 + .. ). This formula leads to the triangle coefficients given above.
The asymptotic expansion leads for the values of n from one to ten to known sequences, see the cross-references.
The numerators of the o.g.f.s. of the right hand columns of this triangle lead for z=1 to A001879, see A163938 for more information.
The first Maple program generates the sequence given above and the second program generates the asymptotic expansion of E(x,m=3,n).

			The first few rows of the triangle are:
[1]
[3, 3]
[11, 18, 6]
[50, 105, 60, 10]

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for the first 50 rows, flattened

Cf. A163931 (E(x,m,n)) and A163938.
Cf. A048994 (Stirling1), A000399 (row sums).
A000254, 3*A000399, 6*A000454, 10*A000482, 15*A001233, 21*A001234 equal the first six left hand columns.
A000217, A006011 and A163933 equal the first three right hand columns.
The asymptotic expansion leads to A000399 (n=1), A001706 (n=2), A001712 (n=3), A001717 (n=4), A001722 (n=5), A051525 (n=6), A051546 (n=7), A051561 (n=8), A051563 (n=9) and A051565 (n=10).
Cf. A130534 (m=1), A028421 (m=2) and A163934 (m=4).

nmax:=8; with(combinat): for n1 from 1 to nmax do for m from 1 to n1 do a(n1, m) := (-1)^(n1+m)*binomial(m+1, 2)*stirling1(n1+1, m+1) od: od: seq(seq(a(n1,m), m=1..n1), n1=1..nmax);
# End program 1
with(combinat): imax:=6; EA:=proc(x, m, n) local E, i; E := 0: for i from m-1 to imax+1 do E := E + sum((-1)^(m+k1+1)*binomial(k1, m-1)*n^(k1-m+1)* stirling1(i, k1), k1=m-1..i)/x^(i-m+1) od: E := exp(-x)/x^(m)*E: return(E); end: EA(x, 3, n);
# End program 2

a[n_, m_] /; n >= 1 && 1 <= m <= n = (-1)^(n+m)*Binomial[m+1, 2] * StirlingS1[n+1, m+1]; Flatten[Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 9}, {m, 1, n}]][[1 ;; 42]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 01 2011, after formula *)

for(n=1,10, for(m=1,n, print1((-1)^(n+m)*binomial(m+1,2) *stirling(n+1,m+1,1), ", "))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Aug 08 2017

a(n,m) = (-1)^(n+m)*binomial(m+1,2)*stirling1(n+1,m+1) for n >= 1 and 1 <= m <= n.

Edited by Johannes W. Meijer, Sep 22 2012

A001716 Generalized Stirling numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 9, 74, 638, 5944, 60216, 662640, 7893840, 101378880, 1397759040, 20606463360, 323626665600, 5395972377600, 95218662067200, 1773217155225600, 34758188233574400, 715437948072960000, 15429680577561600000, 347968129734973440000, 8190600438533990400000

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

nonn

The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=4) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 9/x + 74/x^2 - 638/x^3 + 5944/x^4 - 60216/x^5 + 662640/x^6 - ...) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 23 2020: (Start)
For nonnegative integers n, m and complex numbers a, b (with b <> 0), the numbers R_n^m(a,b) were introduced by Mitrinovic (1961) and Mitrinovic and Mitrinovic (1962) using slightly different notation.
These numbers are defined via the g.f. Product_{r=0..n-1} (x - (a + b*r)) = Sum_{m=0..n} R_n^m(a,b)*x^m for n >= 0.
As a result, R_n^m(a,b) = R_{n-1}^{m-1}(a,b) - (a + b*(n-1))*R_{n-1}^m(a,b) for n >= m >= 1 with R_0^0(a,b) = 1, R_1^0(a,b) = a, R_1^1(a,b) = 1, and R_n^m(a,b) = 0 for n < m.
With a = 0 and b = 1, we get the Stirling numbers of the first kind S1(n,m) = R_n^m(a=0, b=1) = A048994(n,m) for n, m >= 0.
We have R_n^m(a,b) = Sum_{k=0}^{n-m} (-1)^k * a^k * b^(n-m-k) * binomial(m+k, k) * S1(n, m+k) for n >= m >= 0.
For the current sequence, a(n) = R_{n+1}^1(a=-4, b=-1) for n >= 0. (End)

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100
D. S. Mitrinovic, Sur une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences de Paris, t. 252 (1961), 2354-2356. [The numbers R_n^m(a,b) are introduced.]
D. S. Mitrinovic and R. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz., No. 77 (1962), 1-77 [jstor stable version].
D. S. Mitrinovic and M. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz. No. 77 (1962), 1-77.
J. Riordan, Letter of 04/11/74.

Related to n!*the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers: k=0..A000254, k=1..A001705, k= 2..A001711, k=3..A001716, k=4..A001721, k=5..A051524, k=6..A051545, k=7..A051560, k=8..A051562, k=9..A051564.

f[k_] := k + 3; t[n_] := Table[f[k], {k, 1, n}]; a[n_] := SymmetricPolynomial[n - 1, t[n]]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 16}] (* Clark Kimberling, Dec 29 2011 *)
Rest[CoefficientList[Series[(1-x)^(-4)*Log[1/(1-x)],{x,0,20}],x]*Range[0,20]!] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 19 2014 *)

R(n, m, a, b) =  sum(k=0, n-m, (-1)^k*a^k*b^(n-m-k)*binomial(m+k, k)*stirling(n, m+k, 1));
aa(n) = R(n+1, 1, -4, -1);
for(n=0, 19, print1(aa(n), ", ")) \\ Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 23 2020

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n+k) * (k+1) * 4^k * stirling1(n+1, k+1). - Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004
a(n-1) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k*binomial(-4,k)/(n-k) for n >= 1. [Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008] [Edited by Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 23 2020]
a(n)= n! * [3]h(n), where [k]h(n) denotes the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers from 0 to n (with offset 1). [Gary Detlefs, Jan 04 2011]
a(n) = (n+1)! * Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(-4,k)/(n+1-k). [Gary Detlefs, Jul 16 2011]
a(n) = (n+4)! * Sum_{k=1..n+1} 1/(k+3)/6. [Gary Detlefs, Sep 14 2011]
E.g.f. (for offset 1): 1/(1-x)^4 * log(1/(1-x)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 19 2014
E.g.f.: (1 + 4*log(1/(1 - x)))/(1 - x)^5. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 23 2017
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 23 2020: (Start)
a(n) = [x] Product_{r=0..n} (x + 4 + r) = (Product_{r=0..n} (4 + r)) * Sum_{i=0..n} 1/(4 + i).
Since a(n) = R_{n+1}^1(a=-4, b=-1) and R_n^m(a,b) = R_{n-1}^{m-1}(a,b) - (a + b*(n-1))*R_{n-1}^m(a,b), we conclude that:
(i) a(n) = (n+3)!/6 + (n+4)*a(n-1) for n >= 1;
(ii) a(n) = (2*n+7)*a(n-1) - (n+3)^2*a(n-2) for n >= 2. (End)

More terms from Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004

A052517 Number of ordered pairs of cycles over all n-permutations having two cycles.

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0, 0, 2, 6, 22, 100, 548, 3528, 26136, 219168, 2053152, 21257280, 241087680, 2972885760, 39605518080, 566931294720, 8678326003200, 141468564787200, 2446811181158400, 44753976117043200, 863130293635276800

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

a(n) is a function of the harmonic numbers. If we discard the first term and set a(0)=0, a(1)=2..then a(n) = 2n!*h(n) where h(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} 1/k. - Gary Detlefs, Aug 04 2010
a(n+1) is twice the sum over all permutations of the number of its cycles (fixed points included). - Olivier Gérard, Oct 23 2012
In a game where n differently numbered cards are drawn in a random sequence, and a point is earned every time the newest card is either the highest or the lowest yet drawn (the first card gets two points as it is both the highest and the lowest), the expected number of points earned is a(n+1)/n!, for instance if n=3, there are two ways of getting 3 points and four ways of getting 4 points, giving an average of 22/6 = 3 2/3. - Elliott Line, Mar 19 2020

			a(3)=6 because we have the ordered pairs of cycles: ((1)(23)), ((23)(1)), ((2)(13)), ((13)(2)), ((3)(12)), ((12)(3)). - _Geoffrey Critzer_, Jun 13 2013
G.f. = 2*x^2 + 6*x^3 + 22*x^4 + 100*x^5 + 548*x^6 + 3528*x^7 + ...

G. Boole, A Treatise On The Calculus of Finite Differences, Dover, 1960, p. 30.

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 83

Equals 2 * A000254(n+1), n>0.
Equals, for n=>2, the second right hand column of A028421.
Cf. A302827, A304589.

m:=25; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), m); b:=Coefficients(R!( Log(1-x)^2 )); [0,0] cat [Factorial(n+1)*b[n]: n in [1..m-2]]; // G. C. Greubel, May 13 2019

pairsspec := [S,{S=Prod(B,B),B=Cycle(Z)},labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](pairsspec,size=n), n=0..20); # Typos fixed by Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009

Flatten[{0,Table[(n+1)!*Sum[1/(k*(n+1-k)),{k,1,n}],{n,0,20}]}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 08 2012 *)
With[{m = 25}, CoefficientList[Series[Log[1-x]^2, {x,0,m}], x]*Range[0, m]!] (* G. C. Greubel, May 13 2019 *)

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * sum(k=1, n-1, 1 / (k * (n - k))))};

m = 25; T = taylor(log(1-x)^2, x, 0, m); [factorial(n)*T.coefficient(x, n) for n in (0..m)] # G. C. Greubel, May 13 2019

E.g.f.: (log(1 - x))^2. - Michael Somos, Feb 05 2004
a(n) ~ 2*(n-1)!*log(n)*(1+gamma/log(n)), where gamma is Euler-Mascheroni constant (A001620). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 08 2012
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n-1} 2*k*|S1(n-1,k)| = 2*|S1(n,2)|. - Olivier Gérard, Oct 23 2012
0 = a(n) * n^2 - a(n+1) * (2*n+1) + a(n+2) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Apr 23 2014
0 = a(n)*(a(n+1) - 7*a(n+2) + 6*a(n+3) - a(n+4)) + a(n+1)*(a(n+1) - 6*a(n+2) + 4*a(n+3)) + a(n+2)*(-3*a(n+2)) if n>0. - Michael Somos, Apr 23 2014
For n>=2, a(n) = (n-2)! * Sum_{i=1..n-1} Sum_{j=1..n-1} (i+j)/(i*j). - Pedro Caceres, Feb 14 2021

Name improved by Geoffrey Critzer, Jun 13 2013

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