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A000225 a(n) = 2^n - 1. (Sometimes called Mersenne numbers, although that name is usually reserved for A001348.)

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0, 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, 511, 1023, 2047, 4095, 8191, 16383, 32767, 65535, 131071, 262143, 524287, 1048575, 2097151, 4194303, 8388607, 16777215, 33554431, 67108863, 134217727, 268435455, 536870911, 1073741823, 2147483647, 4294967295, 8589934591
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This is the Gaussian binomial coefficient [n,1] for q=2.
Number of rank-1 matroids over S_n.
Numbers k such that the k-th central binomial coefficient is odd: A001405(k) mod 2 = 1. - Labos Elemer, Mar 12 2003
This gives the (zero-based) positions of odd terms in the following convolution sequences: A000108, A007460, A007461, A007463, A007464, A061922.
Also solutions (with minimum number of moves) for the problem of Benares Temple, i.e., three diamond needles with n discs ordered by decreasing size on the first needle to place in the same order on the third one, without ever moving more than one disc at a time and without ever placing one disc at the top of a smaller one. - Xavier Acloque, Oct 18 2003
a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1; a(n) = smallest number such that a(n)-a(m) == 0 (mod (n-m+1)), for all m. - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 23 2003
Binomial transform of [1, 1/2, 1/3, ...] = [1/1, 3/2, 7/3, ...]; (2^n - 1)/n, n=1,2,3, ... - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 28 2005
Numbers whose binary representation is 111...1. E.g., the 7th term is (2^7) - 1 = 127 = 1111111 (in base 2). - Alexandre Wajnberg, Jun 08 2005
Number of nonempty subsets of a set with n elements. - Michael Somos, Sep 03 2006
For n >= 2, a(n) is the least Fibonacci n-step number that is not a power of 2. - Rick L. Shepherd, Nov 19 2007
Let P(A) be the power set of an n-element set A. Then a(n+1) = the number of pairs of elements {x,y} of P(A) for which x and y are disjoint and for which either x is a subset of y or y is a subset of x. - Ross La Haye, Jan 10 2008
A simpler way to state this is that it is the number of pairs (x,y) where at least one of x and y is the empty set. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Oct 28 2011
2^n-1 is the sum of the elements in a Pascal triangle of depth n. - Brian Lewis (bsl04(AT)uark.edu), Feb 26 2008
Sequence generalized: a(n) = (A^n -1)/(A-1), n >= 1, A integer >= 2. This sequence has A=2; A003462 has A=3; A002450 has A=4; A003463 has A=5; A003464 has A=6; A023000 has A=7; A023001 has A=8; A002452 has A=9; A002275 has A=10; A016123 has A=11; A016125 has A=12; A091030 has A=13; A135519 has A=14; A135518 has A=15; A131865 has A=16; A091045 has A=17; A064108 has A=20. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Mar 03 2008
a(n) is also a Mersenne prime A000668 when n is a prime number in A000043. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 31 2008
a(n) is also a Mersenne number A001348 when n is prime. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 05 2008
With offset 1, = row sums of triangle A144081; and INVERT transform of A009545 starting with offset 1; where A009545 = expansion of sin(x)*exp(x). - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 10 2008
Numbers n such that A000120(n)/A070939(n) = 1. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Oct 15 2008
For n > 0, sequence is equal to partial sums of A000079; a(n) = A000203(A000079(n-1)). - Lekraj Beedassy, May 02 2009
Starting with offset 1 = the Jacobsthal sequence, A001045, (1, 1, 3, 5, 11, 21, ...) convolved with (1, 2, 2, 2, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 23 2009
Numbers n such that n=2*phi(n+1)-1. - Farideh Firoozbakht, Jul 23 2009
a(n) = (a(n-1)+1)-th odd numbers = A005408(a(n-1)) for n >= 1. - Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 11 2009
Partial sums of a(n) for n >= 0 are A000295(n+1). Partial sums of a(n) for n >= 1 are A000295(n+1) and A130103(n+1). a(n) = A006127(n) - (n+1). - Jaroslav Krizek, Oct 16 2009
If n is even a(n) mod 3 = 0. This follows from the congruences 2^(2k) - 1 ~ 2*2*...*2 - 1 ~ 4*4*...*4 - 1 ~ 1*1*...*1 - 1 ~ 0 (mod 3). (Note that 2*2*...*2 has an even number of terms.) - Washington Bomfim, Oct 31 2009
Let A be the Hessenberg matrix of order n, defined by: A[1,j]=1, A[i,i]:=2,(i>1), A[i,i-1]=-1, and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n)=det(A). - Milan Janjic, Jan 26 2010
This is the sequence A(0,1;1,2;2) = A(0,1;3,-2;0) of the family of sequences [a,b:c,d:k] considered by G. Detlefs, and treated as A(a,b;c,d;k) in the W. Lang link given below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 18 2010
a(n) = S(n+1,2), a Stirling number of the second kind. See the example below. - Dennis P. Walsh, Mar 29 2011
Entries of row a(n) in Pascal's triangle are all odd, while entries of row a(n)-1 have alternating parities of the form odd, even, odd, even, ..., odd.
Define the bar operation as an operation on signed permutations that flips the sign of each entry. Then a(n+1) is the number of signed permutations of length 2n that are equal to the bar of their reverse-complements and avoid the set of patterns {(-2,-1), (-1,+2), (+2,+1)}. (See the Hardt and Troyka reference.) - Justin M. Troyka, Aug 13 2011
A159780(a(n)) = n and A159780(m) < n for m < a(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 21 2011
This sequence is also the number of proper subsets of a set with n elements. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Oct 27 2011
a(n) is the number k such that the number of iterations of the map k -> (3k +1)/2 == 1 (mod 2) until reaching (3k +1)/2 == 0 (mod 2) equals n. (see the Collatz problem). - Michel Lagneau, Jan 18 2012
For integers a, b, denote by a<+>b the least c >= a such that Hd(a,c) = b (note that, generally speaking, a<+>b differs from b<+>a). Then a(n+1)=a(n)<+>1. Thus this sequence is the Hamming analog of nonnegative integers. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 13 2012
Pisano period lengths: 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 10, 2, 12, 3, 4, 1, 8, 6, 18, 4, ... apparently A007733. - R. J. Mathar, Aug 10 2012
Start with n. Each n generates a sublist {n-1,n-2,...,1}. Each element of each sublist also generates a sublist. Take the sum of all. E.g., 3->{2,1} and 2->{1}, so a(3)=3+2+1+1=7. - Jon Perry, Sep 02 2012
This is the Lucas U(P=3,Q=2) sequence. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 24 2012
The Mersenne numbers >= 7 are all Brazilian numbers, as repunits in base two. See Proposition 1 & 5.2 in Links: "Les nombres brésiliens". - Bernard Schott, Dec 26 2012
Number of line segments after n-th stage in the H tree. - Omar E. Pol, Feb 16 2013
Row sums of triangle in A162741. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 16 2013
a(n) is the highest power of 2 such that 2^a(n) divides (2^n)!. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 17 2013
In computer programming, these are the only unsigned numbers such that k&(k+1)=0, where & is the bitwise AND operator and numbers are expressed in binary. - Stanislav Sykora, Nov 29 2013
Minimal number of moves needed to interchange n frogs in the frogs problem (see for example the NRICH 1246 link or the Britton link below). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 04 2014
a(n) !== 4 (mod 5); a(n) !== 10 (mod 11); a(n) !== 2, 4, 5, 6 (mod 7). - Carmine Suriano, Apr 06 2014
After 0, antidiagonal sums of the array formed by partial sums of integers (1, 2, 3, 4, ...). - Luciano Ancora, Apr 24 2015
a(n+1) equals the number of ternary words of length n avoiding 01,02. - Milan Janjic, Dec 16 2015
With offset 0 and another initial 0, the n-th term of 0, 0, 1, 3, 7, 15, ... is the number of commas required in the fully-expanded von Neumann definition of the ordinal number n. For example, 4 := {0, 1, 2, 3} := {{}, {{}}, {{}, {{}}}, {{}, {{}}, {{}, {{}}}}}, which uses seven commas. Also, for n>0, a(n) is the total number of symbols required in the fully-expanded von Neumann definition of ordinal n - 1, where a single symbol (as usual) is always used to represent the empty set and spaces are ignored. E.g., a(5) = 31, the total such symbols for the ordinal 4. - Rick L. Shepherd, May 07 2016
With the quantum integers defined by [n+1]A001045%20are%20given%20by%20q%20=%20i%20*%20sqrt(2)%20for%20i%5E2%20=%20-1.%20Cf.%20A239473.%20-%20_Tom%20Copeland">q = (q^(n+1) - q^(-n-1)) / (q - q^(-1)), the Mersenne numbers are a(n+1) = q^n [n+1]_q with q = sqrt(2), whereas the signed Jacobsthal numbers A001045 are given by q = i * sqrt(2) for i^2 = -1. Cf. A239473. - _Tom Copeland, Sep 05 2016
For n>1: numbers n such that n - 1 divides sigma(n + 1). - Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Oct 08 2016
This is also the second column of the Stirling2 triangle A008277 (see also A048993). - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 21 2017
Except for the initial terms, the decimal representation of the x-axis of the n-th stage of growth of the two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 659", "Rule 721" and "Rule 734", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood initialized with a single on cell. - Robert Price, Mar 14 2017
a(n), n > 1, is the number of maximal subsemigroups of the monoid of order-preserving partial injective mappings on a set with n elements. - James Mitchell and Wilf A. Wilson, Jul 21 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the complete bipartite graph K_{n-1,n-1}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017
Sum_{k=0..n} p^k is the determinant of n X n matrix M_(i, j) = binomial(i + j - 1, j)*p + binomial(i+j-1, i), in this case p=2 (empirical observation). - Tony Foster III, May 11 2019
The rational numbers r(n) = a(n+1)/2^(n+1) = a(n+1)/A000079(n+1) appear also as root of the n-th iteration f^{[n]}(c; x) = 2^(n+1)*x - a(n+1)*c of f(c; x) = f^{[0]}(c; x) = 2*x - c as r(n)*c. This entry is motivated by a riddle of Johann Peter Hebel (1760 - 1826): Erstes Rechnungsexempel(Ein merkwürdiges Rechnungs-Exempel) from 1803, with c = 24 and n = 2, leading to the root r(2)*24 = 21 as solution. See the link and reference. For the second problem, also involving the present sequence, see a comment in A130330. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 28 2019
a(n) is the sum of the smallest elements of all subsets of {1,2,..,n} that contain n. For example, a(3)=7; the subsets of {1,2,3} that contain 3 are {3}, {1,3}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}, and the sum of smallest elements is 7. - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 21 2020
a(n-1) is the number of nonempty subsets of {1,2,..,n} which don't have an element that is the size of the set. For example, for n = 4, a(3) = 7 and the subsets are {2}, {3}, {4}, {1,3}, {1,4}, {3,4}, {1,2,4}. - Enrique Navarrete, Nov 21 2020
From Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 04 2021: (Start)
Also the number of dominating sets in the complete graph K_n.
Also the number of minimum dominating sets in the n-helm graph for n >= 3. (End)
Conjecture: except for a(2)=3, numbers m such that 2^(m+1) - 2^j - 2^k - 1 is composite for all 0 <= j < k <= m. - Chai Wah Wu, Sep 08 2021
a(n) is the number of three-in-a-rows passing through a corner cell in n-dimensional tic-tac-toe. - Ben Orlin, Mar 15 2022
From Vladimir Pletser, Jan 27 2023: (Start)
a(n) == 1 (mod 30) for n == 1 (mod 4);
a(n) == 7 (mod 120) for n == 3 (mod 4);
(a(n) - 1)/30 = (a(n+2) - 7)/120 for n odd;
(a(n) - 1)/30 = (a(n+2) - 7)/120 = A131865(m) for n == 1 (mod 4) and m >= 0 with A131865(0) = 0. (End)
a(n) is the number of n-digit numbers whose smallest decimal digit is 8. - Stefano Spezia, Nov 15 2023
Also, number of nodes in a perfect binary tree of height n-1, or: number of squares (or triangles) after the n-th step of the construction of a Pythagorean tree: Start with a segment. At each step, construct squares having the most recent segment(s) as base, and isosceles right triangles having the opposite side of the squares as hypotenuse ("on top" of each square). The legs of these triangles will serve as the segments which are the bases of the squares in the next step. - M. F. Hasler, Mar 11 2024
a(n) is the length of the longest path in the n-dimensional hypercube. - Christian Barrientos, Apr 13 2024
a(n) is the diameter of the n-Hanoi graph. Equivalently, a(n) is the largest minimum number of moves between any two states of the Towers of Hanoi problem (aka problem of Benares Temple described above). - Allan Bickle, Aug 09 2024

Examples

			For n=3, a(3)=S(4,2)=7, a Stirling number of the second kind, since there are 7 ways to partition {a,b,c,d} into 2 nonempty subsets, namely,
  {a}U{b,c,d}, {b}U{a,c,d}, {c}U{a,b,d}, {d}U{a,b,c}, {a,b}U{c,d}, {a,c}U{b,d}, and {a,d}U{b,c}. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Mar 29 2011
From _Justin M. Troyka_, Aug 13 2011: (Start)
Since a(3) = 7, there are 7 signed permutations of 4 that are equal to the bar of their reverse-complements and avoid {(-2,-1), (-1,+2), (+2,+1)}. These are:
  (+1,+2,-3,-4),
  (+1,+3,-2,-4),
  (+1,-3,+2,-4),
  (+2,+4,-1,-3),
  (+3,+4,-1,-2),
  (-3,+1,-4,+2),
  (-3,-4,+1,+2). (End)
G.f. = x + 3*x^2 + 7*x^3 + 15*x^4 + 31*x^5 + 63*x^6 + 127*x^7 + ...
For the Towers of Hanoi problem with 2 disks, the moves are as follows, so a(2) = 3.
12|_|_ -> 2|1|_ -> _|1|2 -> _|_|12  - _Allan Bickle_, Aug 07 2024
		

References

  • P. Bachmann, Niedere Zahlentheorie (1902, 1910), reprinted Chelsea, NY, 1968, vol. 2, p. 75.
  • Ralph P. Grimaldi, Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004, p. 134.
  • Jan Gullberg, Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers, W. W. Norton & Co., NY & London, 1997, §3.2 Prime Numbers, p. 79.
  • Johann Peter Hebel, Gesammelte Werke in sechs Bänden, Herausgeber: Jan Knopf, Franz Littmann und Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann unter Mitarbeit von Ester Stern, Wallstein Verlag, 2019. Band 3, S. 20-21, Loesung, S. 36-37. See also the link below.
  • Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Bigger Primes, Springer-Verlag NY 2004. See pp. 46, 60, 75-83.
  • 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).
  • James J. Tattersall, Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters, Cambridge University Press, 1999, page 141.
  • D. Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers, "Tower of Hanoi", Penguin Books, 1987, pp. 112-113.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000043 (Mersenne exponents).
Cf. A000668 (Mersenne primes).
Cf. A001348 (Mersenne numbers with n prime).
Cf. a(n)=A112492(n, 2). Rightmost column of A008969.
a(n) = A118654(n, 1) = A118654(n-1, 3), for n > 0.
Subsequence of A132781.
Smallest number whose base b sum of digits is n: this sequence (b=2), A062318 (b=3), A180516 (b=4), A181287 (b=5), A181288 (b=6), A181303 (b=7), A165804 (b=8), A140576 (b=9), A051885 (b=10).
Cf. A008277, A048993 (columns k=2), A000918, A130330.
Cf. A000225, A029858, A058809, A375256 (Hanoi graphs).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000225 = (subtract 1) . (2 ^)
    a000225_list = iterate ((+ 1) . (* 2)) 0
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 20 2012
    
  • Maple
    A000225 := n->2^n-1; [ seq(2^n-1,n=0..50) ];
    A000225:=1/(2*z-1)/(z-1); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, sequence starting at a(1)
  • Mathematica
    a[n_] := 2^n - 1; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* Stefan Steinerberger, Mar 30 2006 *)
    Array[2^# - 1 &, 50, 0] (* Joseph Biberstine (jrbibers(AT)indiana.edu), Dec 26 2006 *)
    NestList[2 # + 1 &, 0, 32] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 28 2011 *)
    2^Range[0, 20] - 1 (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 17 2017 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{3, -2}, {1, 3}, 20] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[1/(1 - 3 x + 2 x^2), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 21 2017 *)
  • PARI
    A000225(n) = 2^n-1  \\ Michael B. Porter, Oct 27 2009
    
  • PARI
    concat(0, Vec(x/((1-2*x)*(1-x)) + O(x^100))) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 28 2015
    
  • Python
    def A000225(n): return (1<Chai Wah Wu, Jul 06 2022
  • SageMath
    def isMersenne(n): return n == sum([(1 - b) << s for (s, b) in enumerate((n+1).bits())]) # Peter Luschny, Sep 01 2019
    

Formula

G.f.: x/((1-2*x)*(1-x)).
E.g.f.: exp(2*x) - exp(x).
E.g.f. if offset 1: ((exp(x)-1)^2)/2.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} 2^k. - Paul Barry, May 26 2003
a(n) = a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) + 2, a(0)=0, a(1)=1. - Paul Barry, Jun 06 2003
Let b(n) = (-1)^(n-1)*a(n). Then b(n) = Sum_{i=1..n} i!*i*Stirling2(n,i)*(-1)^(i-1). E.g.f. of b(n): (exp(x)-1)/exp(2x). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Dec 19 2003
a(n+1) = 2*a(n) + 1, a(0) = 0.
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n, k).
a(n) = n + Sum_{i=0..n-1} a(i); a(0) = 0. - Rick L. Shepherd, Aug 04 2004
a(n+1) = (n+1)*Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)/(k+1). - Paul Barry, Aug 06 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+1, k+1). - Paul Barry, Aug 23 2004
Inverse binomial transform of A001047. Also U sequence of Lucas sequence L(3, 2). - Ross La Haye, Feb 07 2005
a(n) = A099393(n-1) - A020522(n-1) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 07 2006
a(n) = A119258(n,n-1) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 11 2006
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2); a(0)=0, a(1)=1. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 07 2006
Sum_{n>0} 1/a(n) = 1.606695152... = A065442, see A038631. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 27 2006
Stirling_2(n-k,2) starting from n=k+1. - Artur Jasinski, Nov 18 2006
a(n) = A125118(n,1) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 21 2006
a(n) = StirlingS2(n+1,2). - Ross La Haye, Jan 10 2008
a(n) = A024036(n)/A000051(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 14 2009
a(n) = A024088(n)/A001576(n). -Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 15 2009
a(2*n) = a(n)*A000051(n); a(n) = A173787(n,0). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2010
For n > 0: A179857(a(n)) = A024036(n) and A179857(m) < A024036(n) for m < a(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 31 2010
From Enrique Pérez Herrero, Aug 21 2010: (Start)
a(n) = J_n(2), where J_n is the n-th Jordan Totient function: (A007434, is J_2).
a(n) = Sum_{d|2} d^n*mu(2/d). (End)
A036987(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 06 2012
a(n+1) = A044432(n) + A182028(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 07 2012
a(n) = A007283(n)/3 - 1. - Martin Ettl, Nov 11 2012
a(n+1) = A001317(n) + A219843(n); A219843(a(n)) = 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 30 2012
a(n) = det(|s(i+2,j+1)|, 1 <= i,j <= n-1), where s(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the first kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 1/(4^k - 2*x*16^k/(2*x*4^k - 1/(1 - 1/(2*4^k - 8*x*16^k/(4*x*4^k - 1/Q(k+1)))))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 22 2013
E.g.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 1/(2^k - 2*x*4^k/(2*x*2^k - (k+1)/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction).
G.f.: Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - 1/(2^k - 2*x*4^k/(2*x*2^k - 1/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 23 2013
a(n) = A000203(2^(n-1)), n >= 1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 17 2013
a(n) = Sum_{t_1+2*t_2+...+n*t_n=n} n*multinomial(t_1+t_2 +...+t_n,t_1,t_2,...,t_n)/(t_1+t_2 +...+t_n). - Mircea Merca, Dec 06 2013
a(0) = 0; a(n) = a(n-1) + 2^(n-1) for n >= 1. - Fred Daniel Kline, Feb 09 2014
a(n) = A125128(n) - A000325(n) + 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 07 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 07 2016: (Start)
Binomial transform of A057427.
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/n! = A090142. (End)
a(n) = A000918(n) + 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 09 2016
a(n+1) = (A095151(n+1) - A125128(n))/2. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 12 2016
a(n) = (A079583(n) - A000325(n+1))/2. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 15 2016
Convolution of binomial coefficient C(n,a(k)) with itself is C(n,a(k+1)) for all k >= 3. - Anton Zakharov, Sep 05 2016
a(n) = (A083706(n-1) + A000325(n))/2. - Miquel Cerda, Sep 30 2016
a(n) = A005803(n) + A005408(n-1). - Miquel Cerda, Nov 25 2016
a(n) = A279396(n+2,2). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 10 2017
a(n) = n + Sum_{j=1..n-1} (n-j)*2^(j-1). See a Jun 14 2017 formula for A000918(n+1) with an interpretation. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 14 2017
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} Sum_{i=0..n-1} C(k,i). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Sep 21 2017
a(n+m) = a(n)*a(m) + a(n) + a(m). - Yuchun Ji, Jul 27 2018
a(n+m) = a(n+1)*a(m) - 2*a(n)*a(m-1). - Taras Goy, Dec 23 2018
a(n+1) is the determinant of n X n matrix M_(i, j) = binomial(i + j - 1, j)*2 + binomial(i+j-1, i) (empirical observation). - Tony Foster III, May 11 2019
From Peter Bala, Jun 27 2025: (Start)
For n >= 1, a(3*n)/a(n) = A001576(n), a(4*n)/a(n) = A034496(n), a(5*n)/a(n) = A020514(n) a(6*n)/a(n) = A034665(n), a(7*n)/a(n) = A020516(n) and a(8*n)/a(n) = A034674(n).
exp( Sum_{n >= 1} a(2*n)/a(n)*x^n/n ) = Sum_{n >= 0} a(n+1)*x^n.
Modulo differences in offsets, exp( Sum_{n >= 1} a(k*n)/a(n)*x^n/n ) is the o.g.f. of A006095 (k = 3), A006096 (k = 4), A006097 (k = 5), A006110 (k = 6), A022189 (k = 7), A022190 (k = 8), A022191 (k = 9) and A022192 (k = 10).
The following are all examples of telescoping series:
Sum_{n >= 1} 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = 1; Sum_{n >= 1} 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*a(n+2)) = 1/9.
In general, for k >= 1, Sum_{n >= 1} 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+1)*...*a(n+k)) = 1/(a(1)*a(2)*...*a(k)*a(k)).
Sum_{n >= 1} 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = 4/9, since 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = b(n) - b(n+1), where b(n) = (2/3)*(3*2^(n-1) - 1)/((2^(n+1) - 1)*(2^n - 1)).
Sum_{n >= 1} (-2)^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = -2/9, since (-2)^n/(a(n)*a(n+2)) = c(n) - c(n+1), where c(n) = (1/3)*(-2)^n/((2^(n+1) - 1)*(2^n - 1)).
Sum_{n >= 1} 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = 18/175, since 2^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = d(n) - d(n+1), where d(n) = (120*8^n - 140*4^n + 45*2^n - 4)/(15*(2^n - 1)*(2^(n+1) - 1)*(2^(n+2) - 1)*(2^(n+3) - 1)).
Sum_{n >= 1} (-2)^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = -26/525, since (-2)^n/(a(n)*a(n+4)) = e(n) - e(n+1), where e(n) = (-1)^n*(40*8^n - 24*4^n + 5*2^n)/(15*(2^n - 1)*(2^(n+1) - 1)*(2^(n+2) - 1)*(2^(n+3) - 1)). (End)

Extensions

Name partially edited by Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 04 2021

A000918 a(n) = 2^n - 2.

Original entry on oeis.org

-1, 0, 2, 6, 14, 30, 62, 126, 254, 510, 1022, 2046, 4094, 8190, 16382, 32766, 65534, 131070, 262142, 524286, 1048574, 2097150, 4194302, 8388606, 16777214, 33554430, 67108862, 134217726, 268435454, 536870910, 1073741822, 2147483646, 4294967294, 8589934590, 17179869182, 34359738366, 68719476734, 137438953470
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For n > 1, a(n) is the expected number of tosses of a fair coin to get n-1 consecutive heads. - Pratik Poddar, Feb 04 2011
For n > 2, Sum_{k=1..a(n)} (-1)^binomial(n, k) = A064405(a(n)) + 1 = 0. - Benoit Cloitre, Oct 18 2002
For n > 0, the number of nonempty proper subsets of an n-element set. - Ross La Haye, Feb 07 2004
Numbers j such that abs( Sum_{k=0..j} (-1)^binomial(j, k)*binomial(j + k, j - k) ) = 1. - Benoit Cloitre, Jul 03 2004
For n > 2 this formula also counts edge-rooted forests in a cycle of length n. - Woong Kook (andrewk(AT)math.uri.edu), Sep 08 2004
For n >= 1, conjectured to be the number of integers from 0 to (10^n)-1 that lack 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 as a digit. - Alexandre Wajnberg, Apr 25 2005
Beginning with a(2) = 2, these are the partial sums of the subsequence of A000079 = 2^n beginning with A000079(1) = 2. Hence for n >= 2 a(n) is the smallest possible sum of exactly one prime, one semiprime, one triprime, ... and one product of exactly n-1 primes. A060389 (partial sums of the primorials, A002110, beginning with A002110(1)=2) is the analog when all the almost primes must also be squarefree. - Rick L. Shepherd, May 20 2005
From the second term on (n >= 1), the binary representation of these numbers is a 0 preceded by (n - 1) 1's. This pattern (0)111...1110 is the "opposite" of the binary 2^n+1: 1000...0001 (cf. A000051). - Alexandre Wajnberg, May 31 2005
The numbers 2^n - 2 (n >= 2) give the positions of 0's in A110146. Also numbers k such that k^(k + 1) = 0 mod (k + 2). - Zak Seidov, Feb 20 2006
Partial sums of A155559. - Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 03 2007
Number of surjections from an n-element set onto a two-element set, with n >= 2. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Dec 15 2007
It appears that these are the numbers n such that 3*A135013(n) = n*(n + 1), thus answering Problem 2 on the Mathematical Olympiad Foundation of Japan, Final Round Problems, Feb 11 1993 (see link Japanese Mathematical Olympiad).
Let P(A) be the power set of an n-element set A and R be a relation on P(A) such that for all x, y of P(A), xRy if x is a proper subset of y or y is a proper subset of x and x and y are disjoint. Then a(n+1) = |R|. - Ross La Haye, Mar 19 2009
The permutohedron Pi_n has 2^n - 2 facets [Pashkovich]. - Jonathan Vos Post, Dec 17 2009
First differences of A005803. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 12 2011
For n >= 1, a(n + 1) is the smallest even number with bit sum n. Cf. A069532. - Jason Kimberley, Nov 01 2011
a(n) is the number of branches of a complete binary tree of n levels. - Denis Lorrain, Dec 16 2011
For n>=1, a(n) is the number of length-n words on alphabet {1,2,3} such that the gap(w)=1. For a word w the gap g(w) is the number of parts missing between the minimal and maximal elements of w. Generally for words on alphabet {1,2,...,m} with g(w)=g>0 the e.g.f. is Sum_{k=g+2..m} (m - k + 1)*binomial((k - 2),g)*(exp(x) - 1)^(k - g). a(3)=6 because we have: 113, 131, 133, 311, 313, 331. Cf. A240506. See the Heubach/Mansour reference. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 13 2014
For n > 0, a(n) is the minimal number of internal nodes of a red-black tree of height 2*n-2. See the Oct 02 2015 comment under A027383. - Herbert Eberle, Oct 02 2015
Conjecture: For n>0, a(n) is the least m such that A007814(A000108(m)) = n-1. - L. Edson Jeffery, Nov 27 2015
Actually this follows from the procedure for determining the multiplicity of prime p in C(n) given in A000108 by Franklin T. Adams-Watters: For p=2, the multiplicity is the number of 1 digits minus 1 in the binary representation of n+1. Obviously, the smallest k achieving "number of 1 digits" = k is 2^k-1. Therefore C(2^k-2) is divisible by 2^(k-1) for k > 0 and there is no smaller m for which 2^(k-1) divides C(m) proving the conjecture. - Peter Schorn, Feb 16 2020
For n >= 0, a(n) is the largest number you can write in bijective base-2 (a.k.a. the dyadic system, A007931) with n digits. - Harald Korneliussen, May 18 2019
The terms of this sequence are also the sum of the terms in each row of Pascal's triangle other than the ones. - Harvey P. Dale, Apr 19 2020
For n > 1, binomial(a(n),k) is odd if and only if k is even. - Charlie Marion, Dec 22 2020
For n >= 2, a(n+1) is the number of n X n arrays of 0's and 1's with every 2 X 2 square having density exactly 2. - David desJardins, Oct 27 2022
For n >= 1, a(n+1) is the number of roots of unity in the unique degree-n unramified extension of the 2-adic field Q_2. Note that for each p, the unique degree-n unramified extension of Q_p is the splitting field of x^(p^n) - x, hence containing p^n - 1 roots of unity for p > 2 and 2*(2^n - 1) for p = 2. - Jianing Song, Nov 08 2022

Examples

			a(4) = 14 because the 14 = 6 + 4 + 4 rationals (in lowest terms) for n = 3 are (see the Jun 14 2017 formula above): 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3; 1/4, 3/4, 5/4, 7/4; 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jun 14 2017
		

References

  • H. T. Davis, Tables of the Mathematical Functions. Vols. 1 and 2, 2nd ed., 1963, Vol. 3 (with V. J. Fisher), 1962; Principia Press of Trinity Univ., San Antonio, TX, Vol. 2, p. 212.
  • Ralph P. Grimaldi, Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2004, p. 134. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Oct 27 2011
  • S. Heubach and T. Mansour, Combinatorics of Compositions and Words, Chapman and Hall, 2009 page 86, Exercise 3.16.
  • J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 33.
  • 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).
  • A. H. Voigt, Theorie der Zahlenreihen und der Reihengleichungen, Goschen, Leipzig, 1911, p. 31.

Crossrefs

Row sums of triangle A026998.
Cf. A058809 (3^n-3, n>0).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000918 = (subtract 2) . (2 ^)
    a000918_list = iterate ((subtract 2) . (* 2) . (+ 2)) (- 1)
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 23 2013
    
  • Magma
    [2^n - 2: n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 23 2011
    
  • Maple
    seq(2^n-2,n=0..20) ;
  • Mathematica
    Table[2^n - 2, {n, 0, 29}] (* Alonso del Arte, Dec 01 2012 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=2^n-2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 16 2011
    
  • Python
    def A000918(n): return (1<Chai Wah Wu, Jun 10 2025

Formula

a(n) = 2*A000225(n-1).
G.f.: 1/(1 - 2*x) - 2/(1 - x), e.g.f.: (e^x - 1)^2 - 1. - Dan Fux (dan.fux(AT)OpenGaia.com or danfux(AT)OpenGaia.com), Apr 07 2001
For n >= 1, a(n) = A008970(n + 1, 2). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 21 2004
G.f.: (3*x - 1)/((2*x - 1)*(x - 1)). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation for the sequence without the leading -1
a(n) = 2*a(n - 1) + 2. - Alexandre Wajnberg, Apr 25 2005
a(n) = A000079(n) - 2. - Omar E. Pol, Dec 16 2008
a(n) = A058896(n)/A052548(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 14 2009
a(n) = A164874(n - 1, n - 1) for n > 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 29 2009
a(n) = A173787(n,1); a(n) = A028399(2*n)/A052548(n), n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 28 2010
a(n + 1) = A027383(2*n - 1). - Jason Kimberley, Nov 02 2011
G.f.: U(0) - 1, where U(k) = 1 + x/(2^k + 2^k/(x - 1 - x^2*2^(k + 1)/(x*2^(k + 1) - (k + 1)/U(k + 1) ))); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 4-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 01 2012
a(n+1) is the sum of row n in triangle A051601. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 05 2013
a(n+1) = A127330(n,0). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 16 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n-1} binomial(n, k) for n > 0. - Dan McCandless, Nov 14 2015
From Miquel Cerda, Aug 16 2016: (Start)
a(n) = A000225(n) - 1.
a(n) = A125128(n-1) - A000325(n).
a(n) = A095151(n) - A125128(n) - 1. (End)
a(n+1) = 2*(n + Sum_{j=1..n-1} (n-j)*2^(j-1)), n >= 1. This is the number of the rationals k/2, k = 1..2*n for n >= 1 and (2*k+1)/2^j for j = 2..n, n >= 2, and 2*k+1 < n-(j-1). See the example for n = 3 below. Motivated by the proposal A287012 by Mark Rickert. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 14 2017

Extensions

Maple programs fixed by Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 13 2014

A000325 a(n) = 2^n - n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 5, 12, 27, 58, 121, 248, 503, 1014, 2037, 4084, 8179, 16370, 32753, 65520, 131055, 262126, 524269, 1048556, 2097131, 4194282, 8388585, 16777192, 33554407, 67108838, 134217701, 268435428, 536870883, 1073741794, 2147483617
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Rosario Salamone (Rosario.Salamone(AT)risc.uni-linz.ac.at)

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Number of permutations of degree n with at most one fall; called "Grassmannian permutations" by Lascoux and Schützenberger. - Axel Kohnert (Axel.Kohnert(AT)uni-bayreuth.de)
Number of different permutations of a deck of n cards that can be produced by a single shuffle. [DeSario]
Number of Dyck paths of semilength n having at most one long ascent (i.e., ascent of length at least two). Example: a(4)=12 because among the 14 Dyck paths of semilength 4, the only paths that have more than one long ascent are UUDDUUDD and UUDUUDDD (each with two long ascents). Here U = (1, 1) and D = (1, -1). Also number of ordered trees with n edges having at most one branch node (i.e., vertex of outdegree at least two). - Emeric Deutsch, Feb 22 2004
Number of {12,1*2*,21*}-avoiding signed permutations in the hyperoctahedral group.
Number of 1342-avoiding circular permutations on [n+1].
2^n - n is the number of ways to partition {1, 2, ..., n} into arithmetic progressions, where in each partition all the progressions have the same common difference and have lengths at least 1. - Marty Getz (ffmpg1(AT)uaf.edu) and Dixon Jones (fndjj(AT)uaf.edu), May 21 2005
if b(0) = x and b(n) = b(n-1) + b(n-1)^2*x^(n-2) for n > 0, then b(n) is a polynomial of degree a(n). - Michael Somos, Nov 04 2006
The chromatic invariant of the Mobius ladder graph M_n for n >= 2. - Jonathan Vos Post, Aug 29 2008
Dimension sequence of the dual alternative operad (i.e., associative and satisfying the identity xyz + yxz + zxy + xzy + yzx + zyx = 0) over the field of characteristic 3. - Pasha Zusmanovich, Jun 09 2009
An elephant sequence, see A175654. For the corner squares six A[5] vectors, with decimal values between 26 and 176, lead to this sequence (without the first leading 1). For the central square these vectors lead to the companion sequence A168604. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 15 2010
a(n+1) is also the number of order-preserving and order-decreasing partial isometries (of an n-chain). - Abdullahi Umar, Jan 13 2011
A040001(n) = p(-1) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = a(k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
A130103(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, May 12 2012
The number of labeled graphs with n vertices whose vertex set can be partitioned into a clique and a set of isolated points. - Alex J. Best, Nov 20 2012
For n > 0, a(n) is a B_2 sequence. - Thomas Ordowski, Sep 23 2014
See coefficients of the linear terms of the polynomials of the table on p. 10 of the Getzler link. - Tom Copeland, Mar 24 2016
Consider n points lying on a circle, then for n>=2 a(n-1) is the maximum number of ways to connect two points with non-intersecting chords. - Anton Zakharov, Dec 31 2016
Also the number of cliques in the (n-1)-triangular honeycomb rook graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 14 2017
From Eric M. Schmidt, Jul 17 2017: (Start)
Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that there is no triple i < j < k with e(i) != e(j) < e(k). [Martinez and Savage, 2.7]
Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that there is no triple i < j < k with e(i), e(j), e(k) pairwise distinct. [Martinez and Savage, 2.7]
Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that there is no triple i < j < k with e(j) >= e(k) and e(i) != e(k) pairwise distinct. [Martinez and Savage, 2.7]
(End)
Number of F-equivalence classes of Łukasiewicz paths. Łukasiewicz paths are F-equivalent iff the positions of pattern F are identical in these paths. - Sergey Kirgizov, Apr 08 2018
From Gus Wiseman, Feb 10 2019: (Start)
Also the number of connected partitions of an n-cycle. For example, the a(1) = 1 through a(4) = 12 connected partitions are:
{{1}} {{12}} {{123}} {{1234}}
{{1}{2}} {{1}{23}} {{1}{234}}
{{12}{3}} {{12}{34}}
{{13}{2}} {{123}{4}}
{{1}{2}{3}} {{124}{3}}
{{134}{2}}
{{14}{23}}
{{1}{2}{34}}
{{1}{23}{4}}
{{12}{3}{4}}
{{14}{2}{3}}
{{1}{2}{3}{4}}
(End)
Number of subsets of n-set without the single-element subsets. - Yuchun Ji, Jul 16 2019
For every prime p, there are infinitely many terms of this sequence that are divisible by p (see IMO Compendium link and Doob reference). Corresponding indices n are: for p = 2, even numbers A299174; for p = 3, A047257; for p = 5, A349767. - Bernard Schott, Dec 10 2021
Primes are in A081296 and corresponding indices in A048744. - Bernard Schott, Dec 12 2021

Examples

			G.f. = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 5*x^3 + 12*x^4 + 27*x^5 + 58*x^6 + 121*x^7 + ...
		

References

  • Michael Doob, The Canadian Mathematical Olympiad & L'Olympiade Mathématique du Canada 1969-1993, Canadian Mathematical Society & Société Mathématique du Canada, Problem 4, 1983, page 158, 1993.

Crossrefs

Column 1 of triangle A008518.
Row sum of triangles A184049 and A184050.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a000325 n = 2 ^ n - n
    a000325_list = zipWith (-) a000079_list [0..]
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 17 2012
    
  • Magma
    [2^n - n: n in [0..35]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 13 2011
    
  • Maple
    A000325 := proc(n) option remember; if n <=1 then n+1 else 2*A000325(n-1)+n-1; fi; end;
    g:=1/(1-2*z): gser:=series(g, z=0, 43): seq(coeff(gser, z, n)-n, n=0..31); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jan 09 2009
  • Mathematica
    Table[2^n - n, {n, 0, 39}] (* Alonso del Arte, Sep 15 2014 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{4, -5, 2}, {1, 2, 5}, {0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Jul 14 2017 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = 2^n - n}; /* Michael Somos, Nov 04 2006 */
    
  • Python
    def A000325(n): return (1<Chai Wah Wu, Jan 11 2023

Formula

a(n+1) = 2*a(n) + n - 1, a(0) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 12 2003
Binomial transform of 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, .... The sequence starting 1, 2, 5, ... has a(n) = 1 + n + 2*Sum_{k=2..n} binomial(n, k) = 2^(n+1) - n - 1. This is the binomial transform of 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, .... a(n) = 1 + Sum_{k=2..n} C(n, k). - Paul Barry, Jun 06 2003
G.f.: (1-3x+3x^2)/((1-2x)*(1-x)^2). - Emeric Deutsch, Feb 22 2004
A107907(a(n+2)) = A000051(n+2) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 28 2005
a(n+1) = sum of n-th row of the triangle in A109128. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 20 2005
Row sums of triangle A133116. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 14 2007
G.f.: 1 / (1 - x / (1 - x / ( 1 - x / (1 + x / (1 - 2*x))))). - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
First difference is A000225. PSUM transform is A084634. - Michael Somos, May 12 2012
a(n) = [x^n](B(x)^n-B(x)^(n-1)), n>0, a(0)=1, where B(x) = (1+2*x+sqrt(1+4*x^2))/2. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Mar 07 2014
E.g.f.: (exp(x) - x)*exp(x). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 07 2016
a(n) = A125128(n) - A000225(n) + 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 12 2016
a(n) = 2*A125128(n) - A095151(n) + 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 12 2016
a(n) = A079583(n-1) - A000225(n-1). - Miquel Cerda, Aug 15 2016
a(n)^2 - 4*a(n-1)^2 = (n-2)*(a(n)+2*a(n-1)). - Yuchun Ji, Jul 13 2018
a(n) = 2^(-n) * A186947(n) = 2^n * A002064(-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jul 18 2018
a(2^n) = (2^a(n) - 1)*2^n. - Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra, Feb 01 2022

A125128 a(n) = 2^(n+1) - n - 2, or partial sums of main diagonal of array A125127 of k-step Lucas numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 11, 26, 57, 120, 247, 502, 1013, 2036, 4083, 8178, 16369, 32752, 65519, 131054, 262125, 524268, 1048555, 2097130, 4194281, 8388584, 16777191, 33554406, 67108837, 134217700, 268435427, 536870882, 1073741793, 2147483616, 4294967263, 8589934558
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Jonathan Vos Post, Nov 22 2006

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Essentially a duplicate of A000295: a(n) = A000295(n+1).
Partial sums of main diagonal of array A125127 = L(k,n): k-step Lucas numbers, read by antidiagonals.
Equals row sums of triangle A130128. - Gary W. Adamson, May 11 2007
Row sums of triangle A130330 which is composed of (1,3,7,15,...) in every column, thus: row sums of (1; 3,1; 7,3,1; ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 24 2007
Row sums of triangle A131768. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 13 2007
Convolution A130321 * (1, 2, 3, ...). Binomial transform of (1, 3, 4, 4, 4, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2007
Row sums of triangle A131816. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 30 2007
A000975 convolved with [1, 2, 2, 2, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 02 2009
The eigensequence of a triangle with the triangular series as the left border and the rest 1's. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 24 2010

Examples

			a(1) = 1 because "1-step Lucas number"(1) = 1.
a(2) = 4 = a(1) + [2-step] Lucas number(2) = 1 + 3.
a(3) = 11 = a(2) + 3-step Lucas number(3) = 1 + 3 + 7.
a(4) = 26 = a(3) + 4-step Lucas number(4) = 1 + 3 + 7 + 15.
a(5) = 57 = a(4) + 5-step Lucas number(5) = 1 + 3 + 7 + 15 + 31.
a(6) = 120 = a(5) + 6-step Lucas number(6) = 1 + 3 + 7 + 15 + 31 + 63.
G.f. = x + 4*x^2 + 11*x^3 + 26*x^4 + 57*x^5 + 120*x^6 + 247*x^7 + 502*x^8 + ...
		

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Programs

  • GAP
    List([1..40], n-> 2^(n+1) -n-2); # G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
  • Magma
    I:=[1, 4, 11]; [n le 3 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-5*Self(n-2)+2*Self(n-3): n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 28 2012
    
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[1/((1-x)^2*(1-2*x)),{x,0,40}],x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 28 2012 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{4,-5,2},{1,4,11},40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 16 2014 *)
    a[ n_] := With[{m = n + 1}, If[ m < 0, 0, 2^m - (1 + m)]]; (* Michael Somos, Aug 17 2015 *)
  • PARI
    A125128(n)=2<M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = n++; if( n<0, 0, 2^n - (1+n))}; /* Michael Somos, Aug 17 2015 */
    
  • Sage
    [2^(n+1) -n-2 for n in (1..40)] # G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
    

Formula

a(n) = A000295(n+1) = 2^(n+1) - n - 2 = Sum_{i=1..n} A125127(i,i) = Sum_{i=1..n} ((2^i)-1). [Edited by M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015]
From Colin Barker, Jun 17 2012: (Start)
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 5*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3).
G.f.: x/((1-x)^2*(1-2*x)). (End)
a(n) = A000225(n) + A000325(n) - 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 07 2016
a(n) = A095151(n) - A000225(n). - Miquel Cerda, Aug 12 2016
E.g.f.: 2*exp(2*x) - (2+x)*exp(x). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019

Extensions

Edited by M. F. Hasler, Jul 30 2015

A213568 Rectangular array: (row n) = b**c, where b(h) = 2^(h-1), c(h) = n-1+h, n>=1, h>=1, and ** = convolution.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 2, 11, 7, 3, 26, 18, 10, 4, 57, 41, 25, 13, 5, 120, 88, 56, 32, 16, 6, 247, 183, 119, 71, 39, 19, 7, 502, 374, 246, 150, 86, 46, 22, 8, 1013, 757, 501, 309, 181, 101, 53, 25, 9, 2036, 1524, 1012, 628, 372, 212, 116, 60, 28, 10, 4083, 3059, 2035, 1267
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Author

Clark Kimberling, Jun 18 2012

Keywords

Comments

Principal diagonal: A213569
Antidiagonal sums: A047520
Row 1, (1,3,6,...)**(1,4,9,...): A125128
Row 2, (1,3,6,...)**(4,9,16,...): A095151
Row 3, (1,3,6,...)**(9,16,25,...): A000247
Row 4, (1,3,6,...)**(16,25,36...): A208638 (?)
For a guide to related arrays, see A213500.

Examples

			Northwest corner (the array is read by falling antidiagonals):
  1...4....11...26....57....120
  2...7....18...41....88....183
  3...10...25...56....119...246
  4...13...32...71....150...309
  5...16...39...86....181...372
  6...19...46...101...212...435
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A213500.

Programs

  • GAP
    Flat(List([1..12], n-> List([1..n], k-> 2^(n-k+1)*(k+1) -(n+2) ))); # G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
  • Magma
    [2^(n-k+1)*(k+1) -(n+2): k in [1..n], n in [1..12]]; // G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
    
  • Mathematica
    (* First program *)
    b[n_]:= 2^(n-1); c[n_]:= n;
    t[n_, k_]:= Sum[b[k-i] c[n+i], {i, 0, k-1}]
    TableForm[Table[t[n, k], {n, 1, 10}, {k, 1, 10}]]
    Flatten[Table[t[n-k+1, k], {n, 12}, {k, n, 1, -1}]]
    r[n_]:= Table[t[n, k], {k, 1, 60}]  (* A213568 *)
    d = Table[t[n, n], {n, 1, 40}] (* A213569 *)
    s[n_]:= Sum[t[i, n+1-i], {i, 1, n}]
    s1 = Table[s[n], {n, 1, 50}] (* A047520 *)
    (* Second program *)
    Table[2^(n-k+1)*(k+1) -(n+2), {n, 12}, {k, n}]//Flatten (* G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019 *)
  • PARI
    for(n=1,12, for(k=1,n, print1(2^(n-k+1)*(k+1) -(n+2), ", "))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
    
  • Sage
    [[2^(n-k+1)*(k+1) -(n+2) for k in (1..n)] for n in (1..12)] # G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019
    

Formula

T(n,k) = 4*T(n,k-1) - 5*T(n,k-2) + 2*T(n,k-3). - corrected by Clark Kimberling, Sep 03 2023
G.f. for row n: f(x)/g(x), where f(x) = n - (n - 1)*x and g(x) = (1 - 2*x)*(1 - x)^2.
T(n,k) = 2^k*(n + 1) - (n + k + 1). - G. C. Greubel, Jul 26 2019

A077802 Sum of products of parts increased by 1 in hook partitions of n, where hook partitions are of the form h*1^(n-h).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 7, 18, 41, 88, 183, 374, 757, 1524, 3059, 6130, 12273, 24560, 49135, 98286, 196589, 393196, 786411, 1572842, 3145705, 6291432, 12582887, 25165798, 50331621, 100663268, 201326563, 402653154, 805306337, 1610612704
Offset: 0

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Author

Alford Arnold, Dec 02 2002

Keywords

Comments

It is not clear whether a(0) should be 1 or 0; this depends on whether the empty partition is a hook partition. By strict interpretation of the definition above, it is not; and except for n=0, there are exactly n hook partitions for each n. On the other hand, if defined as "a partition in whose Ferrers diagram every point is on the first row or column", the empty partition is a hook partition. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 11 2009

Examples

			The hook partitions of 4 are 4, 3+1, 2+1+1, 1+1+1+1; the corresponding products when parts are increased by 1 are 5, 8, 12, 16; and their sum is a(4) = 41.
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A074141, A055010 (first differences), A042950 (second differences).
Cf. A132048.
Same as A095151 except for a(0). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 11 2009

Programs

Formula

From Vladeta Jovovic, Dec 05 2002: (Start)
a(n) = 3*2^n - n - 3, n > 0.
G.f.: x*(2-x)/(1-2*x)/(1-x)^2.
Recurrence: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 5*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3). (End)
Row sums of triangle A132048. Equals binomial transform of [1, 1, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 08 2007
a(n) = A125128(n) + A000225(n), n >= 1. - Miquel Cerda, Aug 07 2016

Extensions

More terms from John W. Layman, Dec 05 2002

A094002 a(n+3) = 3*a(n+2) - 2*a(n+1) + 1 with a(0)=1, a(1)=5.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 5, 14, 33, 72, 151, 310, 629, 1268, 2547, 5106, 10225, 20464, 40943, 81902, 163821, 327660, 655339, 1310698, 2621417, 5242856, 10485735, 20971494, 41943013, 83886052, 167772131, 335544290, 671088609, 1342177248, 2684354527
Offset: 0

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Author

Gary W. Adamson, May 30 2004

Keywords

Comments

A sequence generated from the Bell difference row triangle (as a matrix).
Companion sequence A095151 has the same recursion rule but is generated from the multiplier [1 0 0] instead of [1 1 1].
a(n) is the sum of the terms in row n of a triangle with first column T(n,0) = (n+1)*(n+2)/2 and diagonal T(n,n) = n+1; T(i,j) = T(i-1,j-1) + T(i-1,j). - J. M. Bergot, Jun 26 2018

Examples

			a(9) = 2547 = 3*a(8) - 2*a(7) + 1 = 3*1268 - 2*629 + 1 = 3804 - 1258 + 1.
		

Crossrefs

Programs

  • Magma
    [5*2^n -(n+4): n in [0..35]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 27 2021
    
  • Mathematica
    a[n_]:= (MatrixPower[{{1,0,0}, {1,1,0}, {2,1,2}}, n].{{1}, {1}, {1}})[[3, 1]]; Table[a[n], {n, 35}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 01 2004 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{4,-5,2},{1,5,14},40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 20 2021 *)
  • PARI
    vector(35, n, 5*2^(n-1) -(n+3)) \\ Harry J. Smith, Jun 16 2009; edited Dec 27 2021
    
  • Sage
    [5*2^n -(n+4) for n in (0..35)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 27 2021

Formula

Let M = a 3 X 3 matrix formed from A095149 rows (fill in with zeros): {1, 0, 0 ; 1, 1, 0 ; 2, 1, 2}. Then M^n * {1, 1, 1} = {1, n+1, a(n)}.
a(n) = 5*2^n - n - 4 = 2*a(n-1) + n + 2 = A000247(n) + A000079(n). - Henry Bottomley, Oct 25 2004
From Colin Barker, Apr 23 2012: (Start)
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 5*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3).
G.f.: (1+x-x^2)/((1-x)^2*(1-2*x)). (End)

Extensions

More terms from Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 01 2004

A168641 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = [x^k] p(x,n), where p(x,n) = 3*(x + 1)^n - 2*(x^n + 1) - n*(x + x^(n - 1)) for n >= 2, p(x,0) = 1, and p(x,1) = x + 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 6, 6, 1, 1, 8, 18, 8, 1, 1, 10, 30, 30, 10, 1, 1, 12, 45, 60, 45, 12, 1, 1, 14, 63, 105, 105, 63, 14, 1, 1, 16, 84, 168, 210, 168, 84, 16, 1, 1, 18, 108, 252, 378, 378, 252, 108, 18, 1, 1, 20, 135, 360, 630, 756, 630, 360, 135, 20, 1
Offset: 0

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Author

Roger L. Bagula and Gary W. Adamson, Dec 01 2009

Keywords

Examples

			Triangle begins:
  1;
  1,  1;
  1,  2,   1;
  1,  6,   6,   1;
  1,  8,  18,   8,   1;
  1, 10,  30,  30,  10,   1;
  1, 12,  45,  60,  45,  12,   1;
  1, 14,  63, 105, 105,  63,  14,   1;
  1, 16,  84, 168, 210, 168,  84,  16,  1;
  1, 18, 108, 252, 378, 378, 252, 108,  18,  1;
  1, 20, 135, 360, 630, 756, 630, 360, 135, 20, 1;
  ...
		

Crossrefs

Columns (essentially): A005843 (k=1), A045943 (k=2), A027480 (k=3), A050534 (k=4), A253942 (k=5), A253943 (k=6), A253944 (k=7).

Programs

  • Magma
    function f(n,k)
       if n le 2 then return 1;
       elif k eq 0 or k eq n then return 1;
       elif k eq 1 or k eq n-1 then return 2;
       else return 3;
       end if;
    end function;
    A168641:= func< n,k | Binomial(n,k)*f(n,k) >;
    [A168641(n,k): k in [0..n], n in [0..12]]; // G. C. Greubel, Mar 24 2025
    
  • Mathematica
    p[x_, n_]:= If[n==0, 1, If[n==1, 1+x, 3*(1+x)^n -(1+x^n) -(1+n*x +n*x^(n-1) + x^n)]];
    Flatten[Table[CoefficientList[p[x, n], x], {n, 0, 10}]]
    (* Second program *)
    f[n_, k_]:= With[{b=Boole}, If[k<=n/2, b[k==0] +2*b[k==1] +3*b[2<=k<=n/2], f[n, n-k]]];
    A168641[n_, k_]:= Binomial[n,k]*If[n<3,1,f[n,k]];
    Table[A168641[n,k], {n,0,12}, {k,0,n}]//Flatten (* G. C. Greubel, Mar 24 2025 *)
  • Maxima
    T(n,k) := ratcoef(if n <= 2 then (1 + x)^n else 3*(x + 1)^n - (x^n + 1) - (x^n + n*x^(n - 1) + n*x + 1), x, k);
    create_list(T(n, k), n, 0, 12, k, 0, n); /* Franck Maminirina Ramaharo, Jan 02 2019 */
    
  • SageMath
    def f(n,k):
        if (k<=n/2): return int(k==0) + 2*int(k==1) + 3*int(1A168641(n,k):
        if (n<3): return binomial(n,k)
        else: return binomial(n,k)*f(n,k)
    print(flatten([[A168641(n,k) for k in range(n+1)] for n in range(13)])) # G. C. Greubel, Mar 24 2025

Formula

From G. C. Greubel, Mar 24 2025: (Start)
T(n, k) = 3*binomial(n, k), for n >= 4 and 2 <= k <= n-2, otherwise T(n, 0) = T(n, n) = 1, T(n, 1) = T(n, n-1) = 2*A065475(n-1).
T(n, n-k) = T(n, k).
T(n, 1) = A005843(n) - [n=1] - 2*[n=2].
Columns: T(n, k) = 3*binomial(n,k) - 2*[n=k] - (k+1)*[n=k+1], k >= 2.
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n, k) = 2*A095151(n-1) - 2*[n=0] - 2*[n=1].
Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*T(n, k) = (1+(-1)^n)*(n-2) + 5*[n=0]. (End)

Extensions

Edited by Franck Maminirina Ramaharo, Jan 02 2019

A078341 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = n*T(n-1,k-1) + k*T(n-1,k) starting with T(0,0)=1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 7, 6, 0, 1, 18, 46, 24, 0, 1, 41, 228, 326, 120, 0, 1, 88, 930, 2672, 2556, 720, 0, 1, 183, 3406, 17198, 31484, 22212, 5040, 0, 1, 374, 11682, 96040, 295004, 385144, 212976, 40320, 0, 1, 757, 38412, 489298, 2339380, 4965900
Offset: 1

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Author

F. Chapoton, Nov 22 2002

Keywords

Comments

Triangle of coefficients of polynomials P[n]. Let F(t) satisfy dF/dt = exp(x*(exp(F)-1)) and F(0)=0. Then F(t) = Sum_{n>=0} P[n]/n! t^n, where P[n] is a polynomial in x of degree n-1. The constant term of the polynomial is zero for n >= 2. The coefficient of x is 1 for n >= 2. The coefficient of x^n in P[n+1] is n!. The value at 1 is given by sequence A007549.

Examples

			P[1]=1, P[2]=x, P[3]=x+2*x^2, P[4]=x+7*x^2+6*x^3, P[5]=x+18*x^2+46*x^3+24*x^4, P[6]=x+41*x^2+228*x^3+326*x^4+120*x^5.
Rows start 1; 0,1; 0,1,2; 0,1,7,6; 0,1,18,46,24; 0,1,41,228,326,120; ...
		

Crossrefs

Columns include A000007, A057427, A095151, A103768. Diagonals include A000142, A067318. Row sums are A007549.

Programs

  • Maple
    P[1] := 1; for n from 1 to 10 do P[n+1] := expand(x*diff(P[n],x)+x*n*P[n]) od;
  • Mathematica
    p[1][x_] = 1; p[n_][x_] := x*p[n-1]'[x] + x*(n-1)*p[n-1][x]; Table[ CoefficientList[ p[n][x], x], {n, 1, 10}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 29 2013 *)

Formula

P[1]=1; P[n+1] = x*(d/dx)P[n] + x*n*P[n].

Extensions

Additional comments from Henry Bottomley, Feb 15 2005

A193911 Sums of the diagonals of the matrix formed by listing the h-Stohr sequences in increasing order.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 7, 14, 25, 43, 69, 110, 167, 255, 375, 558, 805, 1179, 1681, 2438, 3451, 4975, 7011, 10070, 14153, 20283, 28461, 40734, 57103, 81663, 114415, 163550, 229069, 327355, 458409, 654998, 917123, 1310319, 1834587, 2620998, 3669553, 5242395, 7339525, 10485230
Offset: 1

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Author

Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Aug 08 2011

Keywords

Examples

			Portion of the first three rows:
A033627, 2-Stohr  1  2  4  7
A026474, 3-Stohr  1  2  4  8
A051039, 4-Stohr  1  2  4  8
Thus a(1)=1, a(2)=2+1=3, and a(3)=4+2+1=7.
		

Programs

Formula

All h-Stohr sequences have formula: h terms 1,2,..,2^(n-1),..,2^(h-1) and then continue (2^h-1)(n-h)+1. - Henry Bottomley, Feb 04 2000
So we get the sums from the piecewise function:
for odd n>=1, a(n)=2^((n+1)/2)-n+((n+1)/2)-2+Sum_{i=0..((n+1)/2)-1}(2*i+1)*(2^(((n+1)/2)-i) -1);
for even n>=2, a(n)=2^((n/2)+2)-n-4+Sum_{i=0..(n/2)-1}(2*i+1)*(2^((n/2)-i) -1). - Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Aug 09 2011
Let odd m>=3, then a(n)=a(m)-A000295(((m+1)/2)+1), where n>=2 is even. - Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Aug 09 2011
Let even m>=2, then a(n)=a(m)-A077802(m/2)=a(m)-A095151(m/2), where n>=1 is odd. - Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Aug 09 2011
From Alexander R. Povolotsky, Aug 09 2011: (Start)
G.f.: x*(1 + x - x^2)/((-1 + x)^3*(-1 - x + 2*x^2 + 2*x^3)).
a(n+4) = -2*a(n)+3*a(n+2)+n+5.
a(n) = 1/8*(2^(n/2+2)*((10-7*sqrt(2))*(-1)^n+10+7*sqrt(2))-(-1)^n-2*n*(n+12)-79). (End)
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