A100620 Numerator of Cotesian number C(n,0).

0, 1, 1, 1, 7, 19, 41, 751, 989, 2857, 16067, 434293, 1364651, 8181904909, 90241897, 5044289, 15043611773, 5026792806787, 203732352169, 69028763155644023, 1145302367137, 1022779523247467, 396760150748100749, 750218743980105669781, 35200969735190093

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 04 2004

Keywords

• nonn
• frac

Examples

			0, 1/2, 1/6, 1/8, 7/90, 19/288, 41/840, 751/17280, 989/28350, 2857/89600, 16067/598752, 434293/17418240, 1364651/63063000, 8181904909/402361344000, ... = A100620/A100621 = A002177/A002176 (the latter is not in lowest terms)
		

References

• Charles Jordan, Calculus of Finite Differences, Chelsea 1965, p. 513.

Crossrefs

See A002176 for further references. A diagonal of A100640/A100641.

Programs

Maple

(This defines the Cotesian numbers C(n,i)) with(combinat); C:=proc(n,i) if i=0 or i=n then RETURN( (1/n!)*add(n^a*stirling1(n,a)/(a+1),a=1..n+1) ); fi; (1/n!)*binomial(n,i)* add( add( n^(a+b)*stirling1(i,a)*stirling1(n-i,b)/((b+1)*binomial(a+b+1,b+1)), b=1..n-i+1), a=1..i+1); end;

Mathematica

cn[n_, 0] := Sum[n^j*StirlingS1[n, j]/(j + 1), {j, 1, n + 1}]/n!; cn[n_, n_] := cn[n, 0]; cn[n_, k_] := 1/n!*Binomial[n, k]*Sum[n^(j + m)*StirlingS1[k, j]*StirlingS1[n - k, m]/((m + 1)*Binomial[j + m + 1, m + 1]), {m, 1, n}, {j, 1, k + 1}]; Table[cn[n, 0] // Numerator, {n, 0, 24}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 16 2013 *)