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A000296 Set partitions without singletons: number of partitions of an n-set into blocks of size > 1. Also number of cyclically spaced (or feasible) partitions.

1, 0, 1, 1, 4, 11, 41, 162, 715, 3425, 17722, 98253, 580317, 3633280, 24011157, 166888165, 1216070380, 9264071767, 73600798037, 608476008122, 5224266196935, 46499892038437, 428369924118314, 4078345814329009, 40073660040755337, 405885209254049952, 4232705122975949401

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

a(n+2) = p(n+1) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = A000110(k) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Oct 07 2003
Number of complete rhyming schemes.
Whereas the Bell number B(n) (A000110(n)) is the number of terms in the polynomial that expresses the n-th moment of a probability distribution as a function of the first n cumulants, these numbers give the number of terms in the corresponding expansion of the central moment as a function of the first n cumulants. - Michael Hardy (hardy(AT)math.umn.edu), Jan 26 2005
a(n) is the number of permutations on [n] for which the left-to-right maxima coincide with the descents (entries followed by a smaller number). For example, a(4) counts 2143, 3142, 3241, 4123. - David Callan, Jul 20 2005
From Gus Wiseman, Feb 10 2019: (Start)
Also the number of stable partitions of an n-cycle, where a stable partition of a graph is a set partition of the vertex set such that no edge has both ends in the same block. A bijective proof is given in David Callan's article. For example, the a(5) = 11 stable partitions are:
  {{1},{2},{3},{4},{5}}
  {{1},{2},{3,5},{4}}
  {{1},{2,4},{3},{5}}
  {{1},{2,5},{3},{4}}
  {{1,3},{2},{4},{5}}
  {{1,4},{2},{3},{5}}
  {{1},{2,4},{3,5}}
  {{1,3},{2,4},{5}}
  {{1,3},{2,5},{4}}
  {{1,4},{2},{3,5}}
  {{1,4},{2,5},{3}}
(End)
Also number of partitions of {1, 2, ..., n-1} with singletons. E.g., a(4) = 4: {1|2|3, 12|3, 13|2, 1|23}. Also number of cyclical adjacencies partitions of {1, 2, ..., n-1}. E.g., a(4) = 4: {12|3, 13|2, 1|23, 123}. The two partitions can be mapped by a Kreweras bijection. - Yuchun Ji, Feb 22 2021
Also the k-th central moment of a Poisson random variable with mean 1. a(n) = E[(X-1)^n, X~Poisson(1)]. - Thomas Dybdahl Ahle, Dec 14 2022

			a(4) = card({{{1, 2}, {3, 4}}, {{1, 4}, {2, 3}}, {{1, 3}, {2, 4}}, {{1, 2, 3, 4}}}) = 4.

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N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
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Index entries for related partition-counting sequences

Cf. A000110, A005493, A006505, A057814, A057837.
A diagonal of triangle in A106436.
Row sums of the triangle of associated Stirling numbers of second kind A008299. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 10 2005
Row sums of the triangle of basic multinomial coefficients A178866. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 21 2010
Row sums of A105794. - Peter Bala, Jan 14 2015
Row sums of A261139, main diagonal of A261137.
Column k=0 of A216963.
Column k=0 of A124323.
Cf. A000126, A001610, A066982, A169985, A240936.

[1,0] cat [ n le 1 select 1 else Bell(n)-Self(n-1) : n in [1..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 22 2015

spec := [ B, {B=Set(Set(Z,card>1))}, labeled ]; [seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n), n=0..30)];
with(combinat): A000296 :=n->(-1)^n + add((-1)^(j-1)*bell(n-j),j=1..n): seq(A000295(n),n=0..30); # Emeric Deutsch, Oct 29 2006
f:=exp(exp(x)-1-x): fser:=series(f, x=0, 31): 1, seq(n!*coeff(fser, x^n), n=1..23); # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 22 2006
G:={P=Set(Set(Atom,card>=2))}: combstruct[gfsolve](G,unlabeled,x): seq(combstruct[count]([P,G,labeled], size=i), i=0..23); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 16 2007
# [a(0),a(1),..,a(n)]
A000296_list := proc(n)
local A, R, i, k;
if n = 0 then return 1 fi;
A := array(0..n-1);
A[0] := 1; R := 1;
for i from 0 to n-2 do
   A[i+1] := A[0] - A[i];
   A[i] := A[0];
   for k from i by -1 to 1 do
      A[k-1] := A[k-1] + A[k] od;
   R := R,A[i+1];
od;
R,A[0]-A[i] end:
A000296_list(100);  # Peter Luschny, Apr 09 2011

nn = 25; Range[0, nn]! CoefficientList[Series[Exp[Exp[x] - 1 - x], {x, 0, nn}], x]
(* Second program: *)
a[n_] := a[n] = If[n==0, 1, Sum[Binomial[n-1, i]*a[n-i-1], {i, 1, n-1}]]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 06 2016, after Vladimir Kruchinin *)
spsu[,{}]:={{}};spsu[foo,set:{i_,_}]:= Join@@Function[s,Prepend[#,s]&/@spsu[ Select[foo,Complement[#, Complement[set,s]]=={}&], Complement[set,s]]]/@Cases[foo,{i,_}];
Table[Length[spsu[Select[Subsets[Range[n]],Select[Partition[Range[n],2,1,1], Function[ed,Complement[ed,#]=={}]]=={}&],Range[n]]],{n,8}] (* Gus Wiseman, Feb 10 2019 *)
s = 1; Join[{1}, Table[s = BellB[n] - s, {n, 0, 25}]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 20 2022 *)

a(n):=if n=0 then 1 else sum(binomial(n-1,i)*a(n-i-1),i,1,n-1); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 22 2015 */

a(n) = if(n<2, n==0, subst( polinterpolate( Vec( serlaplace( exp( exp( x+O(x^n)/x )-1 ) ) ) ), x, n) )

from itertools import accumulate, islice
def A000296_gen():
    yield from (1,0)
    blist, a, b = (1,), 0, 1
    while True:
        blist = list(accumulate(blist, initial = (b:=blist[-1])))
        yield (a := b-a)
A000296_list = list(islice(A000296_gen(),20)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jun 22 2022

E.g.f.: exp(exp(x) - 1 - x).
B(n) = a(n) + a(n+1), where B = A000110 = Bell numbers [Becker].
Inverse binomial transform of Bell numbers (A000110).
a(n)= Sum_{k>=-1} (k^n/(k+1)!)/exp(1). - Vladeta Jovovic and Karol A. Penson, Feb 02 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} ((-1)^(n-k))*binomial(n, k)*Bell(k) = (-1)^n + Bell(n) - A087650(n), with Bell(n) = A000110(n). - Wolfdieter Lang, Dec 01 2003
O.g.f.: A(x) = 1/(1-0*x-1*x^2/(1-1*x-2*x^2/(1-2*x-3*x^2/(1-... -(n-1)*x-n*x^2/(1- ...))))) (continued fraction). - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 17 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} {(-1)^(n-k) * Sum_{j = 0..k}((-1)^j * binomial(k,j) * (1-j)^n)/ k!} = sum over row n of A105794. - Tom Copeland, Jun 05 2006
a(n) = (-1)^n + Sum_{j=1..n} (-1)^(j-1)*B(n-j), where B(q) are the Bell numbers (A000110). - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 29 2006
Let A be the upper Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i, i-1] = -1, A[i,j] = binomial(j-1, i-1), (i <= j), and A[i, j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 2, a(n) = (-1)^(n)charpoly(A,1). - Milan Janjic, Jul 08 2010
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 20 2012, Oct 11 2012, Dec 19 2012, Jan 15 2013, May 13 2013, Jul 20 2013, Oct 19 2013, Jan 25 2014: (Start)
Continued fractions:
G.f.: (2/E(0) - 1)/x where E(k) = 1 + 1/(1 + 2*x/(1 - 2*(k+1)*x/E(k+1))).
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x*k - x^2*(k+1)/U(k+1).
G.f.: G(0)/(1+2*x) where G(k) = 1 - 2*x*(k+1)/((2*k+1)*(2*x*k-x-1) - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+3)*(2*x*k-x-1)/(x*(2*k+3) - 2*(k+1)*(2*x*k-1)/G(k+1))).
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - 1/(1+x-k*x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1))).
G.f.: 1 + x^2/(1+x)/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1-x-x/(1-x*(2*k+1)/(1-x-x/(1-x*(2*k+2)/Q(k+1)))).
G.f.: 1/(x*Q(0)) where Q(k) = 1 + 1/(x + x^2/(1 - x - (k+1)/Q(k+1))).
G.f.: -(1+(2*x+1)/G(0))/x where G(k) = x*k - x - 1 - (k+1)*x^2/G(k+1).
G.f.: T(0) where T(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)/( x^2*(k+1) - (1-x*k)*(1-x-x*k)/T(k+1)).
G.f.: (1 + x * Sum_{k>=0} (x^k / Product_{p=0..k}(1 - p*x))) / (1 + x). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..n-1} binomial(n-1,i)*a(n-i-1), a(0)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 22 2015
G.f. A(x) satisfies: A(x) = (1/(1 + x)) * (1 + x * A(x/(1 - x)) / (1 - x)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, May 21 2021
a(n) ~ exp(n/LambertW(n) - n - 1) * n^(n-1) / (sqrt(1 + LambertW(n)) * LambertW(n)^(n-1)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 28 2022

More terms, new description from Christian G. Bower, Nov 15 1999

a(23) corrected by Sean A. Irvine, Jun 22 2015

A005493 2-Bell numbers: a(n) = number of partitions of [n+1] with a distinguished block.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 10, 37, 151, 674, 3263, 17007, 94828, 562595, 3535027, 23430840, 163254885, 1192059223, 9097183602, 72384727657, 599211936355, 5150665398898, 45891416030315, 423145657921379, 4031845922290572, 39645290116637023, 401806863439720943, 4192631462935194064

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Simon Plouffe

Number of Boolean sublattices of the Boolean lattice of subsets of {1..n}.
a(n) = p(n+1) where p(x) is the unique degree n polynomial such that p(k) = A000110(k+1) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Oct 07 2003
With offset 1, number of permutations beginning with 12 and avoiding 21-3.
Rows sums of Bell's triangle (A011971). - Jorge Coveiro, Dec 26 2004
Number of blocks in all set partitions of an (n+1)-set. Example: a(2)=10 because the set partitions of {1,2,3} are 1|2|3, 1|23, 12|3, 13|2 and 123, with a total of 10 blocks. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 13 2006
Number of partitions of n+3 with at least one singleton and with the smallest element in a singleton equal to 2. - Olivier Gérard, Oct 29 2007
See page 29, Theorem 5.6 of my paper on the arXiv: These numbers are the dimensions of the homogeneous components of the operad called ComTrip associated with commutative triplicial algebras. (Triplicial algebras are related to even trees and also to L-algebras, see A006013.) - Philippe Leroux, Nov 17 2007
Number of set partitions of (n+2) elements where two specific elements are clustered separately. Example: a(1)=3 because 1/2/3, 1/23, 13/2 are the 3 set partitions with 1, 2 clustered separately. - Andrey Goder (andy.goder(AT)gmail.com), Dec 17 2007
Equals A008277 * [1,2,3,...], i.e., the product of the Stirling number of the second kind triangle and the natural number vector. a(n+1) = row sums of triangle A137650. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 31 2008
Prefaced with a "1" = row sums of triangle A152433. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 04 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A159573. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 16 2009
Number of embedded coalitions in an (n+1)-person game. - David Yeung (wkyeung(AT)hkbu.edu.hk), May 08 2008
If prefixed with 0, gives first differences of Bell numbers A000110 (cf. A106436). - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 29 2013
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/n! = e^(e+1) = 41.19355567... (see A235214). Contrast with e^(e-1) = Sum_{n>=0} A000110(n)/n!. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 05 2014

			For example, a(1) counts (12), (1)-2, 1-(2) where dashes separate blocks and the distinguished block is parenthesized.

Olivier Gérard and Karol A. Penson, A budget of set partition statistics, in preparation. Unpublished as of 2017.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Chai Wah Wu, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..574 (first 101 terms from T. D. Noe)
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Martin Cohn, Shimon Even, Karl Menger, Jr., and Philip K. Hooper, On the Number of Partitionings of a Set of n Distinct Objects, Amer. Math. Monthly 69 (1962), no. 8, 782--785. MR1531841. [Annotated scanned copy]
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Cf. A000110, A005494, A008277, A011971, A011968, A049020, A106436, A124323, A137650, A152433, A159573.
A row or column of the array A108087.
Row sums of triangle A143494. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 29 2011. And also of triangle A362924. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 10 2023

with(combinat): seq(bell(n+2)-bell(n+1),n=0..22); # Emeric Deutsch, Nov 13 2006
seq(add(binomial(n, k)*(bell(n-k)), k=1..n), n=1..23); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 01 2006
A005493  := proc(n) local a,b,i;
a := [seq(3,i=1..n)]; b := [seq(2,i=1..n)];
2^n*exp(-x)*hypergeom(a,b,x); round(evalf(subs(x=1,%),66)) end:
seq(A005493(n),n=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Mar 30 2011
BT := proc(n,k) option remember; if n = 0 and k = 0 then 1
elif k = n then BT(n-1,0) else BT(n,k+1)+BT(n-1,k) fi end:
A005493 := n -> add(BT(n,k),k=0..n):
seq(A005493(i),i=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Aug 04 2011
# For Maple code for r-Bell numbers, etc., see A232472. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2013

a=Exp[x]-1; Rest[CoefficientList[Series[a Exp[a],{x,0,20}],x] * Table[n!,{n,0,20}]]
a[ n_] := If[ n<0, 0, With[ {m = n+1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ # Exp@# &[ Exp@x - 1], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 16 2011 *)
Differences[BellB[Range[30]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 16 2014 *)

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( exp( x + x * O(x^n)) + 2*x - 1), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 09 2002 */

{a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n+=2; subst( polinterpolate( Vec( serlaplace( exp( exp( x + O(x^n)) - 1) - 1))), x, n))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 07 2003 */

# requires python 3.2 or higher. Otherwise use def'n of accumulate in python docs.
from itertools import accumulate
A005493_list, blist, b = [], [1], 1
for _ in range(1001):
    blist = list(accumulate([b]+blist))
    b = blist[-1]
    A005493_list.append(blist[-2])
# Chai Wah Wu, Sep 02 2014, updated Chai Wah Wu, Sep 20 2014

a(n-1) = Sum_{k=1..n} k*Stirling2(n, k) for n>=1.
E.g.f.: exp(exp(x) + 2*x - 1). First differences of Bell numbers (if offset 1). - Michael Somos, Oct 09 2002
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} (x^k/Product_{l=1..k} (1-(l+1)x)). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 18 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} 2^(n-i)*B(i)*binomial(n,i) where B(n) = Bell numbers A000110(n). - Fred Lunnon, Aug 04 2007 [Written umbrally, a(n) = (B+2)^n. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2009]
Representation as an infinite series: a(n-1) = Sum_{k>=2} (k^n*(k-1)/k!)/exp(1), n=1, 2, ... This is a Dobinski-type summation formula. - Karol A. Penson, Mar 14 2002
Row sums of A011971 (Aitken's array, also called Bell triangle). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 15 2003
a(n) = exp(-1)*Sum_{k>=0} ((k+2)^n)/k!. - Gerald McGarvey, Jun 03 2004
Recurrence: a(n+1) = 1 + Sum_{j=1..n} (1+binomial(n, j))*a(j). - Jon Perry, Apr 25 2005
a(n) = A000296(n+3) - A000296(n+1). - Philippe Deléham, Jul 31 2005
a(n) = B(n+2) - B(n+1), where B(n) are Bell numbers (A000110). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 13 2006
a(n) = A123158(n,2). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 06 2006
Binomial transform of Bell numbers 1, 2, 5, 15, 52, 203, 877, 4140, ... (see A000110).
Define f_1(x), f_2(x), ... such that f_1(x)=x*e^x, f_{n+1}(x) = (d/dx)(x*f_n(x)), for n=2,3,.... Then a(n-1) = e^(-1)*f_n(1). - Milan Janjic, May 30 2008
Representation of numbers a(n), n=0,1..., as special values of hypergeometric function of type (n)F(n), in Maple notation: a(n)=exp(-1)*2^n*hypergeom([3,3...3],[2.2...2],1), n=0,1..., i.e., having n parameters all equal to 3 in the numerator, having n parameters all equal to 2 in the denominator and the value of the argument equal to 1. Examples: a(0)= 2^0*evalf(hypergeom([],[],1)/exp(1))=1 a(1)= 2^1*evalf(hypergeom([3],[2],1)/exp(1))=3 a(2)= 2^2*evalf(hypergeom([3,3],[2,2],1)/exp(1))=10 a(3)= 2^3*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3],[2,2,2],1)/exp(1))=37 a(4)= 2^4*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3,3],[2,2,2,2],1)/exp(1))=151 a(5)= 2^5*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3,3,3],[2,2,2,2,2],1)/exp(1)) = 674. - Karol A. Penson, Sep 28 2007
Let A be the upper Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,i-1]=-1, A[i,j]=binomial(j-1,i-1), (i <= j), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = (-1)^(n)charpoly(A,-2). - Milan Janjic, Jul 08 2010
a(n) = D^(n+1)(x*exp(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1+x)*d/dx. Cf. A003128, A052852 and A009737. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 11 2012 to Jan 26 2014: (Start)
Continued fractions:
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x*(k+3) - x^2*(k+1)/U(k+1).
G.f.: 1/(U(0)-x) where U(k) = 1 - x - x*(k+1)/(1 - x/U(k+1)).
G.f.: G(0)/(1-x) where G(k) = 1 - 2*x*(k+1)/((2*k+1)*(2*x*k+2*x-1) - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+3)*(2*x*k+2*x-1)/(x*(2*k+3) - 2*(k+1)*(2*x*k+3*x-1)/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - 1/(1-2*x-k*x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: -G(0)/x where G(k) = 1 - 1/(1-k*x-x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: 1 - 2/x + (1/x-1)*S where S = sum(k>=0, ( 1 + (1-x)/(1-x-x*k) )*(x/(1-x))^k / prod(i=0..k-1, (1-x-x*i)/(1-x) ) ).
G.f.: (1-x)/x/(G(0)-x) - 1/x where G(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)/(1 - x/G(k+1) ).
G.f.: (1/G(0) - 1)/x^3 where G(k) = 1 - x/(x - 1/(1 + 1/(x*k-1)/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k)= 1 - 2*x - x/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: G(0)/(1-3*x), where G(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)/( x^2*(k+1) - (1 - x*(k+3))*(1 - x*(k+4))/G(k+1) ). (End)
a(n) ~ exp(n/LambertW(n) + 3*LambertW(n)/2 - n - 1) * n^(n + 1/2) / LambertW(n)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 09 2020
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 2 * a(n-1) + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k) * a(k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 02 2020
a(n) ~ n^2 * Bell(n) / LambertW(n)^2 * (1 - LambertW(n)/n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 28 2021
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 3^k*A124323(n, k). - Mélika Tebni, Jun 02 2022

Definition revised by David Callan, Oct 11 2005

A052841 Expansion of e.g.f.: 1/(exp(x)*(2-exp(x))).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 2, 6, 38, 270, 2342, 23646, 272918, 3543630, 51123782, 811316286, 14045783798, 263429174190, 5320671485222, 115141595488926, 2657827340990678, 65185383514567950, 1692767331628422662, 46400793659664205566, 1338843898122192101558, 40562412499252036940910

Offset: 0

encyclopedia(AT)pommard.inria.fr, Jan 25 2000

From Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004: (Start)
Stirling transform of A005359(n)=[0,2,0,24,0,720,...] is a(n)=[0,2,6,38,270,...].
Stirling transform of -(-1)^n*A052657(n-1)=[0,0,2,-6,48,-240,...] is a(n-1)=[0,0,2,6,38,270,...].
Stirling transform of -(-1)^n*A052558(n-1)=[1,-1,4,-12,72,-360,...] is a(n-1)=[1,0,2,6,38,270,...].
Stirling transform of 2*A052591(n)=[2,4,24,96,...] is a(n+1)=[2,6,38,270,...].
(End)
Also the central moments of a Geometric(1/2) random variable (for example the number of coin tosses until the first head). - Svante Janson, Dec 10 2012
Also the number of ordered set partitions of {1..n} with no cyclical adjacencies (successive elements in the same block, where 1 is a successor of n). - Gus Wiseman, Feb 13 2019
Also the number of ordered set partitions of {1..n} with an even number of blocks. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 04 2020

			From _Gus Wiseman_, Feb 13 2019: (Start)
The a(4) = 38 ordered set partitions with no cyclical adjacencies:
  {{1}{2}{3}{4}}  {{1}{24}{3}}  {{13}{24}}
  {{1}{2}{4}{3}}  {{1}{3}{24}}  {{24}{13}}
  {{1}{3}{2}{4}}  {{13}{2}{4}}
  {{1}{3}{4}{2}}  {{13}{4}{2}}
  {{1}{4}{2}{3}}  {{2}{13}{4}}
  {{1}{4}{3}{2}}  {{2}{4}{13}}
  {{2}{1}{3}{4}}  {{24}{1}{3}}
  {{2}{1}{4}{3}}  {{24}{3}{1}}
  {{2}{3}{1}{4}}  {{3}{1}{24}}
  {{2}{3}{4}{1}}  {{3}{24}{1}}
  {{2}{4}{1}{3}}  {{4}{13}{2}}
  {{2}{4}{3}{1}}  {{4}{2}{13}}
  {{3}{1}{2}{4}}
  {{3}{1}{4}{2}}
  {{3}{2}{1}{4}}
  {{3}{2}{4}{1}}
  {{3}{4}{1}{2}}
  {{3}{4}{2}{1}}
  {{4}{1}{2}{3}}
  {{4}{1}{3}{2}}
  {{4}{2}{1}{3}}
  {{4}{2}{3}{1}}
  {{4}{3}{1}{2}}
  {{4}{3}{2}{1}}
(End)

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
C. G. Bower, Transforms (2)
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 808
Svante Janson, Euler-Frobenius numbers and rounding, preprint arXiv:1305.3512 [math.PR], 2013.
Lukas Spiegelhofer, A lower bound for Cusick's conjecture on the digits of n+t, arXiv:1910.13170 [math.NT], 2019.

Main diagonal of A122101.
Inverse binomial transform of A000670.
Cf. A000126, A000296, A000670, A001610, A005359, A032032, A052558.
Cf. A052591, A052657, A052841, A124323, A156365, A169985, A173018.
Cf. A187784, A324011, A344037, A346208.

R:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), 40);
Coefficients(R!(Laplace( Exp(-x)/(2-Exp(x)) ))); // G. C. Greubel, Jun 11 2024

spec := [S,{B=Prod(C,C),C=Set(Z,1 <= card),S=Sequence(B)},labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec,size=n), n=0..20);
P := proc(n,x) option remember; if n = 0 then 1 else
(n*x+2*(1-x))*P(n-1,x)+x*(1-x)*diff(P(n-1,x),x); expand(%) fi end:
A052841 := n -> subs(x=2, P(n,x)):
seq(A052841(n), n=0..21); # Peter Luschny, Mar 07 2014
h := n -> add(combinat:-eulerian1(n, k)*2^k, k=0..n):
a := n -> (h(n)+(-1)^n)/2: seq(a(n), n=0..21); # Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2015
b := proc(n, m) option remember; if n = 0 then 1 else
     (m - 1)*b(n - 1, m) + (m + 1)*b(n - 1, m + 1) fi end:
a := n -> b(n, 0): seq(a(n), n = 0..21); # Peter Luschny, Jun 23 2023

a[n_] := If[n == 0, 1, (PolyLog[-n, 1/2]/2 + (-1)^n)/2]; (* or *)
a[n_] := HurwitzLerchPhi[1/2, -n, -1]/2; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 21}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 19 2016, after Vladeta Jovovic *)
With[{nn=30},CoefficientList[Series[1/(Exp[x](2-Exp[x])),{x,0,nn}],x] Range[ 0,nn]!] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 08 2019 *)

a(n)=if(n<0,0,n!*polcoeff(subst(1/(1-y^2),y,exp(x+x*O(x^n))-1),n))

{a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0,n,(2*m)!*x^(2*m)/prod(k=1,2*m,1-k*x+x*O(x^n))),n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 20 2011 */

def A052841_list(prec):
    P. = PowerSeriesRing(QQ, prec)
    return P( exp(-x)/(2-exp(x)) ).egf_to_ogf().list()
A052841_list(40) # G. C. Greubel, Jun 11 2024

O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} (2*n)! * x^(2*n) / Product_{k=1..2*n} (1-k*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Jul 20 2011
a(n) = (A000670(n) + (-1)^n)/2 = Sum_{k>=0} (k-1)^n/2^(k+1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Feb 02 2003
Also, a(n) = Sum_{k=0..[n/2]} (2k)!*Stirling2(n, 2k). - Ralf Stephan, May 23 2004
a(n) = D^n*(1/(1-x^2)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1+x)*d/dx. Cf. A000670 and A005649. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
E.g.f.: 1/(2*G(0)), where G(k) = 1 - 2^k/(2 - 4*x/(2*x - 2^k*(k+1)/G(k+1) )); (recursively defined continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 22 2012
a(n) ~ n!/(4*(log(2))^(n+1)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 10 2013
a(n) = (h(n)+(-1)^n)/2 where h(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} E(n,k)*2^k and E(n,k) the Eulerian numbers A173018 (see also A156365). - Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2015
a(n) = (-1)^n + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n,k) * a(k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jun 11 2020

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 06 2013

A056857 Triangle read by rows: T(n,c) = number of successive equalities in set partitions of n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 5, 6, 3, 1, 15, 20, 12, 4, 1, 52, 75, 50, 20, 5, 1, 203, 312, 225, 100, 30, 6, 1, 877, 1421, 1092, 525, 175, 42, 7, 1, 4140, 7016, 5684, 2912, 1050, 280, 56, 8, 1, 21147, 37260, 31572, 17052, 6552, 1890, 420, 72, 9, 1, 115975, 211470, 186300, 105240, 42630, 13104, 3150, 600, 90, 10, 1

Offset: 1

Winston C. Yang (winston(AT)cs.wisc.edu), Aug 31 2000

Number of successive equalities s_i = s_{i+1} in a set partition {s_1, ..., s_n} of {1, ..., n}, where s_i is the subset containing i, s(1) = 1 and s(i) <= 1 + max of previous s(j)'s.
T(n,c) = number of set partitions of the set {1,2,...,n} in which the size of the block containing the element 1 is k+1. Example: T(4,2)=3 because we have 123|4, 124|3 and 134|2. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 10 2006
Let P be the lower-triangular Pascal-matrix (A007318), Then this is exp(P) / exp(1). - Gottfried Helms, Mar 30 2007. [This comment was erroneously attached to A011971, but really belongs here. - N. J. A. Sloane, May 02 2015]
From David Pasino (davepasino(AT)yahoo.com), Apr 15 2009: (Start)
As an infinite lower-triangular matrix (with offset 0 rather than 1, so the entries would be B(n - c)*binomial(n, c), B() a Bell number, rather than B(n - 1 - c)*binomial(n - 1, c) as below), this array is S P S^-1 where P is the Pascal matrix A007318, S is the Stirling2 matrix A048993, and S^-1 is the Stirling1 matrix A048994.
Also, S P S^-1 = (1/e)*exp(P). (End)
Exponential Riordan array [exp(exp(x)-1), x]. Equal to A007318*A124323. - Paul Barry, Apr 23 2009
Equal to A049020*A048994 as infinite lower triangular matrices. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 19 2011
Build a superset Q[n] of set partitions of {1,2,...,n} by distinguishing "some" (possibly none or all) of the singletons. Indexed from n >= 0, 0 <= k <= n, T(n,k) is the number of elements in Q[n] that have exactly k distinguished singletons. A singleton is a subset containing one element. T(3,1) = 6 because we have {{1}'{2,3}}, {{1,2}{3}'}, {{1,3}{2}'}, {{1}'{2}{3}}, {{1}{2}'{3}}, {{1}{2}{3}'}. - Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 10 2012
Let Bell(n,x) denote the n-th Bell polynomial, the n-th row polynomial of A048993. Then this is the triangle of connection constants when expressing the basis polynomials Bell(n,x + 1) in terms of the basis polynomials Bell(n,x). For example, row 3 is (5, 6, 3, 1) and 5 + 6*Bell(1,x) + 3*Bell(2,x) + Bell(3,x) = 5 + 6*x + 3*(x + x^2) + (x + 3*x^2 + x^3) = 5 + 10*x + 6*x^2 + x^3 = (x + 1) + 3*(x + 1)^2 + (x + 1)^3 = Bell(3,x + 1). - Peter Bala, Sep 17 2013

			For example {1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3} is a set partition of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and has 1 successive equality, at i = 4.
Triangle begins:
    1;
    1,   1;
    2,   2,   1;
    5,   6,   3,   1;
   15,  20,  12,   4,   1;
   52,  75,  50,  20,   5,   1;
  203, 312, 225, 100,  30,   6,   1;
  ...
From _Paul Barry_, Apr 23 2009: (Start)
Production matrix is
  1,  1;
  1,  1,  1;
  1,  2,  1,  1;
  1,  3,  3,  1,  1;
  1,  4,  6,  4,  1,  1;
  1,  5, 10, 10,  5,  1,  1;
  1,  6, 15, 20, 15,  6,  1,  1;
  1,  7, 21, 35, 35, 21,  7,  1,  1;
  1,  8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28,  8,  1,  1; ... (End)

W. C. Yang, Conjectures on some sequences involving set partitions and Bell numbers, preprint, 2000. [Apparently unpublished]

Alois P. Heinz, Rows n = 1..141, flattened
H. W. Becker, Rooks and rhymes, Math. Mag., 22 (1948/49), 23-26. See Table III.
H. W. Becker, Rooks and rhymes, Math. Mag., 22 (1948/49), 23-26. [Annotated scanned copy]
Fufa Beyene, Jörgen Backelin, Roberto Mantaci, and Samuel A. Fufa, Set Partitions and Other Bell Number Enumerated Objects, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 26 (2023), Article 23.1.8.
A. Hennessy and Paul Barry, Generalized Stirling Numbers, Exponential Riordan Arrays, and Orthogonal Polynomials, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.8.2, Corollary 17.
G. Hurst and A. Schultz, An elementary (number theory) proof of Touchard's congruence, arXiv:0906.0696v2 [math.CO], 2009.
A. O. Munagi, Set partitions with successions and separations, Intl. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2005 (2005) 451-463.
M. Spivey, A generalized recurrence for Bell numbers, J. Int. Seq., 11 (2008), no. 2, Article 08.2.5
W. Yang, Bell numbers and k-trees, Disc. Math. 156 (1996) 247-252.

Cf. Bell numbers A000110 (column c=0), A052889 (c=1), A105479 (c=2), A105480 (c=3).
Cf. A056858-A056863. Essentially same as A056860, where the rows are read from right to left.
Cf. also A007318, A005493, A270953.
See A259691 for another version.
T(2n+1,n+1) gives A124102.
T(2n,n) gives A297926.

with(combinat): A056857:=(n,c)->binomial(n-1,c)*bell(n-1-c): for n from 1 to 11 do seq(A056857(n,c),c=0..n-1) od; # yields sequence in triangular form; Emeric Deutsch, Nov 10 2006
with(linalg): # Yields sequence in matrix form:
A056857_matrix := n -> subs(exp(1)=1, exponential(exponential(
matrix(n,n,[seq(seq(`if`(j=k+1,j,0),k=0..n-1),j=0..n-1)])))):
A056857_matrix(8); # Peter Luschny, Apr 18 2011

t[n_, k_] := BellB[n-1-k]*Binomial[n-1, k]; Flatten[ Table[t[n, k], {n, 1, 11}, {k, 0, n-1}]](* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 25 2012, after Emeric Deutsch *)

B(n) = sum(k=0, n, stirling(n, k, 2));
tabl(nn)={for(n=1, nn, for(k=0, n - 1, print1(B(n - 1 - k) * binomial(n - 1, k),", ");); print(););};
tabl(12); \\ Indranil Ghosh, Mar 19 2017

from sympy import bell, binomial
for n in range(1,12):
    print([bell(n - 1 - k) * binomial(n - 1, k) for k in range(n)]) # Indranil Ghosh, Mar 19 2017

def a(n): return (-1)^n / factorial(n)
@cached_function
def p(n, m):
    R = PolynomialRing(QQ, "x")
    if n == 0: return R(a(m))
    return R((m + x)*p(n - 1, m) - (m + 1)*p(n - 1, m + 1))
for n in range(11): print(p(n, 0).list())  # Peter Luschny, Jun 18 2023

T(n,c) = B(n-1-c)*binomial(n-1, c), where T(n,c) is the number of set partitions of {1, ..., n} that have c successive equalities and B() is a Bell number.
E.g.f.: exp(exp(x)+x*y-1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Feb 13 2003
G.f.: 1/(1-xy-x-x^2/(1-xy-2x-2x^2/(1-xy-3x-3x^2/(1-xy-4x-4x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Apr 23 2009
Considered as triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n: T(n,k) = A007318(n,k)*A000110(n-k) and Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k = A000296(n), A000110(n), A000110(n+1), A005493(n), A005494(n), A045379(n) for x = -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 13 2009
Let R(n,x) denote the n-th row polynomial of the triangle. Then A000110(n+j) = Bell(n+j,1) = Sum_{k = 1..n} R(j,k)*Stirling2(n,k) (Spivey). - Peter Bala, Sep 17 2013

More terms from David Wasserman, Apr 22 2002

A005494 3-Bell numbers: E.g.f.: exp(3*z + exp(z) - 1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 17, 77, 372, 1915, 10481, 60814, 372939, 2409837, 16360786, 116393205, 865549453, 6713065156, 54190360453, 454442481041, 3952241526188, 35590085232519, 331362825860749, 3185554606447814, 31581598272055879, 322516283206446897, 3389017736055752178

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Simon Plouffe

nonn

For further information, references, programs, etc. for r-Bell numbers see A005493. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2013
From expansion of falling factorials (binomial transform of A005493).
Row sums of Sheffer triangle (exp(3*x), exp(x)-1). - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 29 2011

			G.f. = 1 + 4*x + 17*x^2 + 77*x^3 + 372*x^4 + 1915*x^5 + 10481*x^6 + 60814*x^7 + ...

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
Eldar Fischer, Johann A. Makowsky, and Vsevolod Rakita, MC-finiteness of restricted set partition functions, arXiv:2302.08265 [math.CO], 2023.
R. Jakimczuk, Successive Derivatives and Integer Sequences, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.7.3.
J. W. Layman, The Hankel Transform and Some of its Properties, J. Integer Sequences, 4 (2001), #01.1.5.
Toufik Mansour and Mark Shattuck, A recurrence related to the Bell numbers, INTEGERS 11 (2011), #A67.
I. Mezo, The r-Bell numbers, J. Int. Seq. 14 (2011) # 11.1.1.
J. Riordan, Letter, Oct 31 1977
N. J. A. Sloane, Transforms
Earl Glen Whitehead Jr., Stirling number identities from chromatic polynomials, J. Combin. Theory, A 24 (1978), 314-317.

Cf. A000110, A005493, A045379, A108087, A124323, A196834.

A row or column of the array A108087.

A005494:= func< n | (&+[Binomial(n,j)*3^(n-j)*Bell(j): j in [0..n]]) >;
[A005494(n): n in [0..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 01 2022

seq(add(3^(n-i)*combinat:-bell(i)*binomial(n,i),i=0..n), n=0..50); # Robert Israel, Dec 16 2014
# second Maple program:
b:= proc(n, m) option remember; `if`(n=0,
      m^2, m*b(n-1, m)+b(n-1, m+1))
    end:
a:= n-> b(n+1, 0)-b(n, 0):
seq(a(n), n=0..23);  # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 03 2025

Range[0, 40]! CoefficientList[Series[Exp[3 x + Exp[x] - 1], {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Mar 04 2014 *)

def A005494(n): return sum( 3^(n-j)*bell_number(j)*binomial(n,j) for j in range(n+1))
[A005494(n) for n in range(31)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 01 2022

a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} 3^(n-i)*B(i)*binomial(n,i) where B(n) = Bell numbers A000110(n). - Fred Lunnon, Aug 04 2007
a(n) = exp(-1)*Sum_{k>=0} ((k+3)^n)/k!. - Gerald McGarvey, Jun 03 2004. May be rewritten as a(n) = Sum_{k>=3} (k^n*(k-1)*(k-2)/k!)/exp(1), which is a Dobinski-type relation for this sequence. - Karol A. Penson, Aug 18 2006
Define f_1(x), f_2(x), ... such that f_1(x) = x^2*e^x, f_{n+1}(x) = (d/dx)(x*f_n(x)), for n=2,3,.... Then a(n-1) = e^(-1)*f_n(1). - Milan Janjic, May 30 2008
Let A be the upper Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,i-1]=-1, A[i,j]=binomial(j-1,i-1), (i <= j), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = (-1)^(n)charpoly(A,-3). - Milan Janjic, Jul 08 2010
a(n) = Sum_{k=3..n+3} A143495(n+3,k), n >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 29 2011
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k)= 1 - x*(k+4) - x^2*(k+1)/U(k+1); (continued fraction, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 11 2012
G.f.: Sum_{k>0} x^(k-1) / ((1 - 3*x) * (1 - 4*x) * ... * (1 - (k+2)*x)). - Michael Somos, Feb 26 2014
G.f.: Sum_{k>0} k * x^(k-1) / ((1 - 2*x) * (1 - 3*x) * ... * (1 - (k+1)*x)). - Michael Somos, Feb 26 2014
a(n) ~ exp(n/LambertW(n) - n - 1) * n^(n + 3) / LambertW(n)^(n + 7/2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 10 2020
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 3 * a(n-1) + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k) * a(k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 02 2020
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 4^k*A124323(n, k). - Mélika Tebni, Jun 10 2022

A080107 Number of fixed points of permutation of SetPartitions under {1,2,...,n}->{n,n-1,...,1}. Number of symmetric arrangements of non-attacking rooks on upper half of n X n chessboard.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 31, 59, 164, 339, 999, 2210, 6841, 16033, 51790, 127643, 428131, 1103372, 3827967, 10269643, 36738144, 102225363, 376118747, 1082190554, 4086419601, 12126858113, 46910207114, 143268057587, 566845074703, 1778283994284, 7186474088735

Offset: 0

Wouter Meeussen, Mar 15 2003

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Even-numbered terms a(2k) are A002872: 2,7,31,164,999 ("Sorting numbers"); odd-numbered terms are its binomial transform, A080337. The symmetrical set partitions of {-n,...,-1,0,1,...,n} can be classified by the partition containing 0. Thus we get the sum over k of {n choose k} times the number of symmetrical set partitions of 2n-2k elements. - Don Knuth, Nov 23 2003
Number of partitions of n numbers that are symmetrical and cannot be nested (i.e., include a pattern of the form abab). - Douglas Boffey, May 21 2015
Number of achiral color patterns in a row or loop of length n. Two color patterns are equivalent if the colors are permuted. - Robert A. Russell, Apr 23 2018
Also the number of self-complementary set partitions of {1, ..., n}. The complement of a set partition pi of {1, ..., n} is defined as n + 1 - pi (elementwise) on page 3 of Callan. For example, the complement of {{1,5},{2},{3,6},{4}} is {{1,4},{2,6},{3},{5}}. - Gus Wiseman, Feb 13 2019

			Of the set partitions of 4, the following 7 are invariant under 1->4, 2->3, 3->2, 4->1: {{1,2,3,4}}, {{1,2},{3,4}}, {{1,4},{2,3}}, {{1,3},{2,4}}, {{1},{2,3},{4}}, {{1,4},{2},{3}}, {{1},{2},{3},{4}}, so a(4)=7.
For a(4)=7, the row patterns are AAAA, AABB, ABAB, ABBA, ABBC, ABCA, and ABCD (same as previous example).  The loop patterns are AAAA, AAAB, AABB, AABC, ABAB, ABAC, and ABCD. - _Robert A. Russell_, Apr 23 2018
From _Gus Wiseman_, Feb 13 2019: (Start)
The a(1) = 1 through a(5) = 12 self-complementary set partitions:
  {{1}}  {{12}}    {{123}}      {{1234}}        {{12345}}
         {{1}{2}}  {{13}{2}}    {{12}{34}}      {{1245}{3}}
                   {{1}{2}{3}}  {{13}{24}}      {{135}{24}}
                                {{14}{23}}      {{15}{234}}
                                {{1}{23}{4}}    {{1}{234}{5}}
                                {{14}{2}{3}}    {{12}{3}{45}}
                                {{1}{2}{3}{4}}  {{135}{2}{4}}
                                                {{14}{25}{3}}
                                                {{15}{24}{3}}
                                                {{1}{24}{3}{5}}
                                                {{15}{2}{3}{4}}
                                                {{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}}
(End)

D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, vol. 4A, Combinatorial Algorithms, Section 7.2.1.5 (p. 765).

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
Zhanar Berikkyzy, Pamela E. Harris, Anna Pun, Catherine Yan, and Chenchen Zhao, Combinatorial Identities for Vacillating Tableaux, arXiv:2308.14183 [math.CO], 2023. See p. 18.
David Callan, On conjugates for set partitions and integer compositions, arXiv:math/0508052 [math.CO], 2005.
Juan B. Gil and Luiz E. Lopez, Enumeration of symmetric arc diagrams, arXiv:2203.10589 [math.CO], 2022.
S. V. Pemmaraju and S. S. Skiena, The New Combinatorica, 2001.
Frank Ruskey, Set Partitions

Cf. A002872, A080337.
Cf. A125810. - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 19 2009
Cf. A000126, A000296, A124323, A169985, A324012, A324013, A324014.

< Range[n, 1, -1]]; t= 1 + RankSetPartition /@ t; t= ToCycles[t]; t= Cases[t, {_Integer}]; Length[t], {n, 7}]
(* second program: *)
QB[n_, q_] := QB[n, q] = Sum[QB[j, q] QBinomial[n-1, j, q], {j, 0, n-1}] // FunctionExpand // Simplify; QB[0, q_]=1; QB[1, q_]=1; Table[cc = CoefficientList[QB[n, q], q]; cc.Table[(-1)^(k+1), {k, 1, Length[cc]}], {n, 0, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 29 2016, after Paul D. Hanna *)
(* Ach[n, k] is the number of achiral color patterns for a row or loop of n
  colors containing exactly k different colors *)
Ach[n_, k_] := Ach[n, k] = If[n<2, Boole[n==k && n>=0],
  k Ach[n-2, k] + Ach[n-2, k-1] + Ach[n-2, k-2]]
Table[Sum[Ach[n, k], {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 30}] (* Robert A. Russell, Apr 23 2018 *)
x[n_] := x[n] = If[n < 2, n+1, 2x[n-1] + (n-1)x[n-2]]; (* A005425 *)
Table[Sum[StirlingS2[Ceiling[n/2], k] x[k-Mod[n, 2]], {k, 0, Ceiling[n/2]}],
  {n, 0, 30}] (* Robert A. Russell, Apr 27 2018, after Knuth reference *)

Knuth gives recurrences and generating functions.
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..t(n)} (-1)^k*A125810(n,k) where A125810 is a triangle of coefficients for a q-analog of the Bell numbers and t(n)=A125811(n)-1. - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 19 2009
From Robert A. Russell, Apr 23 2018: (Start)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Ach(n,k) where
  Ach(n,k) = [n>1]*(k*Ach(n-2,k)+Ach(n-2,k-1)+Ach(n-2,k-2)) + [n<2]*[n==k]*[n>=0].
a(n) = 2*A103293(n+1) - A000110(n). (End)
a(n) = [n==0 mod 2]*Sum_{k=0..n/2} Stirling2(n/2, k)*A005425(k) + [n==1 mod 2] * Sum_{k=1..(n+1)/2} Stirling2((n+1)/2, k) * A005425(k-1). (from Knuth reference)
a(n) = 2*A084708(n) - A084423(n). - Robert A. Russell, Apr 27 2018

Offset set to 0 by Alois P. Heinz, May 23 2015

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A250105 Column 1 of triangle in A250104 (or A124323).

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A250107 Column 3 of triangle in A250104 (or A124323).

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A211350 Refined triangle A124323: T(n,k) is the number of partitions of an n-set that are of type k (k-th integer partition, defined by A194602).

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A250106 Column 2 of triangle in A250104 (or A124323).

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A000296 Set partitions without singletons: number of partitions of an n-set into blocks of size > 1. Also number of cyclically spaced (or feasible) partitions.

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A005493 2-Bell numbers: a(n) = number of partitions of [n+1] with a distinguished block.

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A052841 Expansion of e.g.f.: 1/(exp(x)*(2-exp(x))).

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