A000389 Binomial coefficients C(n,5).
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 6, 21, 56, 126, 252, 462, 792, 1287, 2002, 3003, 4368, 6188, 8568, 11628, 15504, 20349, 26334, 33649, 42504, 53130, 65780, 80730, 98280, 118755, 142506, 169911, 201376, 237336, 278256, 324632, 376992, 435897, 501942, 575757, 658008, 749398
Offset: 0
Examples
G.f. = x^5 + 6*x^6 + 21*x^7 + 56*x^8 + 126*x^9 + 252*x^10 + 462*x^11 + ... For A={1,2,3,4}, the only subset with 4 elements is {1,2,3,4}; sum of 2 minimum elements of this subset: a(4) = 1+2 = 3 = 3*C(4+1,5). For A={1,2,3,4,5}, the subsets with 4 elements are {1,2,3,4}, {1,2,3,5}, {1,2,4,5}, {1,3,4,5}, {2,3,4,5}; sum of 2 smallest elements of each subset: a(5) = (1+2)+(1+2)+(1+2)+(1+3)+(2+3) = 18 = 3*C(5+1,5). - _Serhat Bulut_, Mar 11 2015 a(6) = 6 from the six independent components of an antisymmetric tensor A of rank 5 and dimension 6: A(1,2,3,4,5), A(1,2,3,4,6), A(1,2,3,5,6), A(1,2,4,5,6), A(1,3,4,5,6), A(2,3,4,5,6). See the Dec 10 2015 comment. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Dec 10 2015
References
- M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 828.
- A. H. Beiler, Recreations in the Theory of Numbers, Dover, NY, 1964, p. 196.
- L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923, see vol. 2, p. 7.
- Gupta, Hansraj; Partitions of j-partite numbers into twelve or a smaller number of parts. Collection of articles dedicated to Professor P. L. Bhatnagar on his sixtieth birthday. Math. Student 40 (1972), 401-441 (1974).
- J. C. P. Miller, editor, Table of Binomial Coefficients. Royal Society Mathematical Tables, Vol. 3, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1954.
- 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).
Links
- T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
- Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions
- M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
- Serhat Bulut, Subset Sum Problem, 2015.
- P. J. Cameron, Sequences realized by oligomorphic permutation groups, J. Integ. Seqs. Vol. 3 (2000), #00.1.5.
- C. E. Frasser and G. N. Vostrov, Geodetic Graphs Homeomorphic to a Given Geodetic Graph, arXiv:1611.01873 [cs.DM], 2016. [p. 27]
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- INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 255
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- Iva Kodrnja and Helena Koncul, Polynomials vanishing on a basis of S_m(Gamma_0(N)), Glasnik Matematički (2024) Vol. 59, No. 79, 313-325. See p. 324.
- Feihu Liu, Guoce Xin, and Chen Zhang, Ehrhart Polynomials of Order Polytopes: Interpreting Combinatorial Sequences on the OEIS, arXiv:2412.18744 [math.CO], 2024. See pp. 13, 15.
- P. A. MacMahon, Memoir on the Theory of the Compositions of Numbers, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London A, 184 (1893), 835-901. - _Juergen Will_, Jan 02 2016
- Ângela Mestre and José Agapito, Square Matrices Generated by Sequences of Riordan Arrays, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 22 (2019), Article 19.8.4.
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- Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
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- Index to sequences related to pyramidal numbers
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (6,-15,20,-15,6,-1).
Crossrefs
Programs
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Haskell
a000389 n = a000389_list !! n a000389_list = 0 : 0 : f [] a000217_list where f xs (t:ts) = (sum $ zipWith (*) xs a000217_list) : f (t:xs) ts -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 03 2015, Apr 13 2012
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Magma
[Binomial(n, 5): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 12 2015
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Maple
f:=n->(1/120)*(n^5-10*n^4+35*n^3-50*n^2+24*n): seq(f(n), n=0..60); ZL := [S, {S=Prod(B,B,B,B,B,B), B=Set(Z, 1 <= card)}, unlabeled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n+1), n=0..42); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 13 2007 A000389:=1/(z-1)**6; # Simon Plouffe, 1992 dissertation
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Mathematica
Table[Binomial[n, 5], {n, 5, 50}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Apr 02 2006 *) CoefficientList[Series[x^5 / (1 - x)^6, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 12 2015 *) LinearRecurrence[{6,-15,20,-15,6,-1},{0,0,0,0,0,1},50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 17 2016 *)
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PARI
(conv(u,v)=local(w); w=vector(length(u),i,sum(j=1,i,u[j]*v[i+1-j])); w); (t(n)=n*(n+1)/2); u=vector(10,i,t(i)); conv(u,u)
Formula
G.f.: x^5/(1-x)^6.
a(n) = n*(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)*(n-4)/120.
a(n) = (n^5-10*n^4+35*n^3-50*n^2+24*n)/120. (Replace all x_i's in the cycle index with n.)
a(n+2) = Sum_{i+j+k=n} i*j*k. - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 01 2002
Convolution of triangular numbers (A000217) with themselves.
Partial sums of A000332. - Alexander Adamchuk, Dec 19 2004
a(n) = -A110555(n+1,5). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 27 2005
a(n+3) = (1/2!)*(d^2/dx^2)S(n,x)|A049310.%20-%20_Wolfdieter%20Lang">{x=2}, n>=2, one half of second derivative of Chebyshev S-polynomials evaluated at x=2. See A049310. - _Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 04 2007
a(n) = A052787(n+5)/120. - Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 26 2007
Sum_{n>=5} 1/a(n) = 5/4. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 27 2009
For n>4, a(n) = 1/(Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} 10*(sin(x))^(2*n-9)*(cos(x))^9). - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
Sum_{n>=5} (-1)^(n + 1)/a(n) = 80*log(2) - 655/12 = 0.8684411114... - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 11 2014
a(n) = -a(4-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Oct 07 2014
0 = a(n)*(+a(n+1) + 4*a(n+2)) + a(n+1)*(-6*a(n+1) + a(n+2)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Oct 07 2014
a(n) = 3*C(n+1, 5) = 3*A000389(n+1). - Serhat Bulut, Mar 11 2015
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 23 2016: (Start)
E.g.f.: x^5*exp(x)/120.
Inverse binomial transform of A054849. (End)
From Robert A. Russell, Dec 24 2020: (Start)
a(n+4) = 1*C(n,1) + 4*C(n,2) + 6*C(n,3) + 4*C(n,4) + 1*C(n,5), where the coefficient of C(n,k) is the number of unoriented pentachoron colorings using exactly k colors. (End)
Extensions
Corrected formulas that had been based on other offsets. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 16 2009
I changed the offset to 0. This will require some further adjustments to the formulas. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 01 2010
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