A098348 Triangular array read by rows: a(n, k) = number of ordered factorizations of a "hook-type" number with n total prime factors and k distinct prime factors. "Hook-type" means that only one prime can have multiplicity > 1.
1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 8, 20, 44, 75, 16, 48, 132, 308, 541, 32, 112, 368, 1076, 2612, 4683, 64, 256, 976, 3408, 10404, 25988, 47293, 128, 576, 2496, 10096, 36848, 116180, 296564, 545835, 256, 1280, 6208, 28480, 120400, 454608, 1469892, 3816548
Offset: 1
Examples
a(4, 2) = 20 because 24=2*2*2*3 has 20 ordered factorizations and so does any other number with the same prime signature.
Formula
a(n, k) = 1 + (Sum_{i=1..k-1} binomial(k-1, i)*a(i, i)) + (Sum_{j=1..k} Sum_{i=j..j+n-k-1} binomial(k-1, j-1)*a(i, j)) + (Sum_{j=1..k-1} binomial(k-1,j-1)*a(j+n-k, j)). - David Wasserman, Feb 21 2008
The following conjectural formula for the triangle entries agrees with the values listed above: T(n,k) = Sum_{j = 0..n-k} 2^(n-k-j)*binomial(n-k,j)*a(k,j), where a(k,j) = 2^j*Sum_{i = j+1..k+1} binomial(i,j+1)*(i-1)!*Stirling2(k+1,i). See A098384 for related conjectures. - Peter Bala, Apr 20 2012
Extensions
Edited and extended by David Wasserman, Feb 21 2008
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