A077229 Number of compositions of n where the largest part is less than or equal to the number of parts.
1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 11, 23, 48, 98, 204, 421, 863, 1766, 3606, 7341, 14913, 30233, 61175, 123589, 249344, 502443, 1011366, 2033894, 4086975, 8206833, 16469875, 33035611, 66234372, 132745859, 265961487, 532717894, 1066778687, 2135822457, 4275459730, 8557335141, 17125445575, 34268965676, 68568213419, 137187103849, 274458924246
Offset: 0
Keywords
Examples
a(5)=11 since 5 can be written as 1+1+1+1+1, 1+1+1+2, 1+1+2+1, 1+1+3, 1+2+1+1, 1+2+2, 1+3+1, 2+1+1+1, 2+1+2, 2+2+1, or 3+1+1; but not as 2+3 since then the largest part (3) would be greater than the number of parts (2).
Programs
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Mathematica
Table[SeriesCoefficient[1 + Sum[x^k*((1-x^k)/(1-x))^k,{k,1,n}],{x,0,n}], {n,0,20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, May 01 2014 *)
Formula
G.f.: 1 + Sum_{k>=0} ((x^(k+1)-x)/(x-1))^k. - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 24 2004
G.f.: 1 + Sum_{n>=1} q^n * ( (1-q^n)/(1-q) )^n, the g.f. above, slightly rewritten. [Joerg Arndt, Mar 30 2014]
a(n) ~ 2^(n-1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 01 2014
Extensions
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 24 2004
Prepended a(0) = 1, Joerg Arndt, Mar 30 2014