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A143494 Triangle read by rows: 2-Stirling numbers of the second kind.

1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 1, 8, 19, 9, 1, 16, 65, 55, 14, 1, 32, 211, 285, 125, 20, 1, 64, 665, 1351, 910, 245, 27, 1, 128, 2059, 6069, 5901, 2380, 434, 35, 1, 256, 6305, 26335, 35574, 20181, 5418, 714, 44, 1, 512, 19171, 111645, 204205, 156660, 58107, 11130, 1110, 54, 1

Offset: 2

Peter Bala, Aug 20 2008

This is the case r = 2 of the r-Stirling numbers of the second kind. The 2-Stirling numbers of the second kind give the number of ways of partitioning the set {1,2,...,n} into k nonempty disjoint subsets with the restriction that the elements 1 and 2 belong to distinct subsets.
More generally, the r-Stirling numbers of the second kind give the number of ways of partitioning the set {1,2,...,n} into k nonempty disjoint subsets with the restriction that the numbers 1, 2, ..., r belong to distinct subsets. The case r = 1 gives the usual Stirling numbers of the second kind A008277; for other cases see A143495 (r = 3) and A143496 (r = 4).
The lower unitriangular array of r-Stirling numbers of the second kind equals the matrix product P^(r-1) * S (with suitable offsets in the row and column indexing), where P is Pascal's triangle, A007318 and S is the array of Stirling numbers of the second kind, A008277.
For the definition of and entries relating to the corresponding r-Stirling numbers of the first kind see A143491. For entries on r-Lah numbers refer to A143497. The theory of r-Stirling numbers of both kinds is developed in [Broder].
From Peter Bala, Sep 19 2008: (Start)
Let D be the derivative operator d/dx and E the Euler operator x*d/dx. Then x^(-2)*E^n*x^2 = Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n+2,k+2)*x^k*D^k.
The row generating polynomials R_n(x) := Sum_{k= 2..n} T(n,k)*x^k satisfy the recurrence R_(n+1)(x) = x*R_n(x) + x*d/dx(R_n(x)) with R_2(x) = x^2. It follows that the polynomials R_n(x) have only real zeros (apply Corollary 1.2. of [Liu and Wang]).
Relation with the 2-Eulerian numbers E_2(n,j) := A144696(n,j): T(n,k) = 2!/k!*Sum_ {j = n-k..n-2} E_2(n,j)*binomial(j,n-k) for n >= k >= 2. (End)
From Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 29 2011: (Start)
T(n,k) = S(n,k,2), n>=k>=2, in Mikhailov's first paper, eq.(28) or (A3). E.g.f. column no. k from (A20) with k->2, r->k. Therefore, with offset [0,0], this triangle is the Sheffer triangle (exp(2*x),exp(x)-1) with e.g.f. of column no. m>=0: exp(2*x)*((exp(x)-1)^m)/m!. See one of the formulas given below. For Sheffer matrices see the W. Lang link under A006232 with the S. Roman reference, also found in A132393. (End)

			Triangle begins
  n\k|...2....3....4....5....6....7
  =================================
  2..|...1
  3..|...2....1
  4..|...4....5....1
  5..|...8...19....9....1
  6..|..16...65...55...14....1
  7..|..32..211..285..125...20....1
  ...
T(4,3) = 5. The set {1,2,3,4} can be partitioned into three subsets such that 1 and 2 belong to different subsets in 5 ways: {{1}{2}{3,4}}, {{1}{3}{2,4}}, {{1}{4}{2,3}}, {{2}{3}{1,4}} and {{2}{4}{1,3}}; the remaining possibility {{1,2}{3}{4}} is not allowed.
From _Peter Bala_, Feb 23 2025: (Start)
The array factorizes as
/ 1               \       /1             \ /1             \ /1            \
| 2    1           |     | 2   1          ||0  1           ||0  1          |
| 4    5   1       |  =  | 4   3   1      ||0  2   1       ||0  0  1       | ...
| 8   19   9   1   |     | 8   7   4  1   ||0  4   3  1    ||0  0  2  1    |
|16   65  55  14  1|     |16  15  11  6  1||0  8   7  4  1 ||0  0  4  3  1 |
|...               |     |...             ||...            ||...           |
where, in the infinite product on the right-hand side, the first array is the Riordan array (1/(1 - 2*x), x/(1 - x)). See A055248. (End)

Peter Bala, Factorising (r,b)-Stirling arrays
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A001047 (column 3), A005493 (row sums), A008277, A016269 (column 4), A025211 (column 5), A049444 (matrix inverse), A074051 (alt. row sums).

Cf. A055248, A143491, A143495, A143496, A143497.

with combinat: T := (n, k) -> (1/(k-2)!)*add ((-1)^(k-i)*binomial(k-2,i)*(i+2)^(n-2),i = 0..k-2): for n from 2 to 11 do seq(T(n, k), k = 2..n) end do;

t[n_, k_] := StirlingS2[n, k] - StirlingS2[n-1, k]; Flatten[ Table[ t[n, k], {n, 2, 11}, {k, 2, n}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 02 2011 *)

@CachedFunction
def stirling2r(n, k, r) :
    if n < r: return 0
    if n == r: return 1 if k == r else 0
    return stirling2r(n-1,k-1,r) + k*stirling2r(n-1,k,r)
A143494 = lambda n,k: stirling2r(n, k, 2)
for n in (2..6):
    [A143494(n, k) for k in (2..n)] # Peter Luschny, Nov 19 2012

T(n+2,k+2) = (1/k!)*Sum_{i = 0..k} (-1)^(k-i)*C(k,i)*(i+2)^n, n,k >= 0.
T(n,k) = Stirling2(n,k) - Stirling2(n-1,k) for n, k >= 2.
Recurrence relation: T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) + k*T(n-1,k) for n > 2, with boundary conditions T(n,1) = T(1,n) = 0 for all n, T(2,2) = 1 and T(2,k) = 0 for k > 2. Special cases: T(n,2) = 2^(n-2); T(n,3) = 3^(n-2) - 2^(n-2).
As a sum of monomial functions of degree m: T(n+m,n) = Sum_{2 <= i_1 <= ... <= i_m <= n} (i_1*i_2*...*i_m). For example, T(6,4) = Sum_{2 <= i <= j <= 4} (i*j) = 2*2 + 2*3 + 2*4 + 3*3 + 3*4 + 4*4 = 55.
E.g.f. column k+2 (with offset 2): 1/k!*exp(2*x)*(exp(x) - 1)^k.
O.g.f. k-th column: Sum_{n >= k} T(n,k)*x^n = x^k/((1-2*x)*(1-3*x)*...*(1-k*x)).
E.g.f.: exp(2*t + x*(exp(t) - 1)) = Sum_{n >= 0} Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n+2,k+2) *x^k*t^n/n! = Sum_{n >= 0} B_n(2;x)*t^n/n! = 1 + (2 + x)*t/1! + (4 + 5*x + x^2)*t^2/2! + ..., where the row polynomial B_n(2;x) := Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n+2,k+2)*x^k denotes the 2-Bell polynomial.
Dobinski-type identities: Row polynomial B_n(2;x) = exp(-x)*Sum_{i >= 0} (i + 2)^n*x^i/i!. Sum_{k = 0..n} k!*T(n+2,k+2)*x^k = Sum_{i >= 0} (i + 2)^n*x^i/(1 + x)^(i+1).
The T(n,k) are the connection coefficients between falling factorials and the shifted monomials (x + 2)^(n-2). For example, from row 4 we have 4 + 5*x + x*(x - 1) = (x + 2)^2, while from row 5 we have 8 + 19*x + 9*x*(x - 1) + x*(x - 1)*(x - 2) = (x + 2)^3.
The row sums of the array are the 2-Bell numbers, B_n(2;1), equal to A005493(n-2). The alternating row sums are the complementary 2-Bell numbers, B_n(2;-1), equal to (-1)^n*A074051(n-2).
This array is the matrix product P * S, where P denotes the Pascal triangle, A007318 and S denotes the lower triangular array of Stirling numbers of the second kind, A008277 (apply Theorem 10 of [Neuwirth]).
Also, this array equals the transpose of the upper triangular array A126351. The inverse array is A049444, the signed 2-Stirling numbers of the first kind. See A143491 for the unsigned version of the inverse.
Let f(x) = exp(exp(x)). Then for n >= 1, the row polynomials R(n,x) are given by R(n+2,exp(x)) = 1/f(x)*(d/dx)^n(exp(2*x)*f(x)). Similar formulas hold for A008277, A039755, A105794, A111577 and A154537. - Peter Bala, Mar 01 2012

A054654 Triangle of Stirling numbers of 1st kind, S(n, n-k), n >= 0, 0 <= k <= n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -3, 2, 0, 1, -6, 11, -6, 0, 1, -10, 35, -50, 24, 0, 1, -15, 85, -225, 274, -120, 0, 1, -21, 175, -735, 1624, -1764, 720, 0, 1, -28, 322, -1960, 6769, -13132, 13068, -5040, 0

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 18 2000

Triangle is the matrix product of the binomial coefficients with the Stirling numbers of the first kind.
Triangle T(n,k) giving coefficients in expansion of n!*C(x,n) in powers of x. E.g., 3!*C(x,3) = x^3-3*x^2+2*x.
The matrix product of binomial coefficients with the Stirling numbers of the first kind results in the Stirling numbers of the first kind again, but the triangle is shifted by (1,1).
Essentially [1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,...] DELTA [0,-1,-1,-2,-2,-3,-3,-4,-4,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; mirror image of the Stirling-1 triangle A048994. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 30 2006
From Doudou Kisabaka, Dec 18 2009: (Start)
The sum of the entries on each row of the triangle, starting on the 3rd row, equals 0. E.g., 1+(-3)+2+0 = 0.
The entries on the triangle can be computed as follows. T(n,r) = T(n-1,r) - (n-1)*T(n-1,r-1). T(n,r) = 0 when r equals 0 or r > n. T(n,r) = 1 if n==1. (End)

			Matrix begins:
  1, 0,  0,  0,  0,   0,    0,     0,      0, ...
  0, 1, -1,  2, -6,  24, -120,   720,  -5040, ...
  0, 0,  1, -3, 11, -50,  274, -1764,  13068, ...
  0, 0,  0,  1, -6,  35, -225,  1624, -13132, ...
  0, 0,  0,  0,  1, -10,   85,  -735,   6769, ...
  0, 0,  0,  0,  0,   1,  -15,   175,  -1960, ...
  0, 0,  0,  0,  0,   0,    1,   -21,    322, ...
  0, 0,  0,  0,  0,   0,    0,     1,    -28, ...
  0, 0,  0,  0,  0,   0,    0,     0,      1, ...
  ...
Triangle begins:
  1;
  1,   0;
  1,  -1,   0;
  1,  -3,   2,    0;
  1,  -6,  11,   -6,    0;
  1, -10,  35,  -50,   24,     0;
  1, -15,  85, -225,  274,  -120,   0;
  1, -21, 175, -735, 1624, -1764, 720, 0;
  ...

Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 18, table 18:6:1 at page 152.

Reinhard Zumkeller, Rows n = 0..125 of triangle, flattened
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pochhammer Symbol.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Rising Factorial.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, FallingFactorial.

Essentially Stirling numbers of first kind, multiplied by factorials - see A008276.
The Stirling2 counterpart is A106800.
Cf. A054655, A039810, A039814, A126350, A126351, A126353, A340556.

a054654 n k = a054654_tabl !! n !! k
a054654_row n = a054654_tabl !! n
a054654_tabl = map reverse a048994_tabl
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2014

a054654_row := proc(n) local k; seq(coeff(expand((-1)^n*pochhammer (-x,n)),x,n-k),k=0..n) end: # Peter Luschny, Nov 28 2010
seq(seq(Stirling1(n, n-k), k=0..n), n=0..8); # Peter Luschny, Feb 21 2021

row[n_] := Reverse[ CoefficientList[ (-1)^n*Pochhammer[-x, n], x] ]; Flatten[ Table[ row[n], {n, 0, 8}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 16 2012, after Maple *)
Table[StirlingS1[n,n-k],{n,0,10},{k,0,n}]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, Jun 17 2023 *)

PARI
```
T(n,k)=polcoeff(n!*binomial(x,n), n-k)
```

n!*binomial(x, n) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n, k)*x^(n-k).
(In Maple notation:) Matrix product A*B of matrix A[i,j]:=binomial(j-1,i-1) with i = 1 to p+1, j = 1 to p+1, p=8 and of matrix B[i,j]:=stirling1(j,i) with i from 1 to d, j from 1 to d, d=9.
T(n, k) = (-1)^k*Sum_{j=0..k} E2(k, j)*binomial(n+j-1, 2*k), where E2(k, j) are the second-order Eulerian numbers A340556. - Peter Luschny, Feb 21 2021

Additional comments from Thomas Wieder, Dec 29 2006

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane at the suggestion of Eric W. Weisstein, Jan 20 2008

A126350 Triangle read by rows: matrix product of the binomial coefficients with the Stirling numbers of the second kind.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 1, 9, 22, 15, 1, 14, 61, 99, 52, 1, 20, 135, 385, 471, 203, 1, 27, 260, 1140, 2416, 2386, 877, 1, 35, 455, 2835, 9156, 15470, 12867, 4140, 1, 44, 742, 6230, 28441, 72590, 102215, 73681, 21147

Offset: 1

Thomas Wieder, Dec 29 2006

Many well-known integer sequences arise from such a matrix product of combinatorial coefficients. In the present case we have as the first row (not surprisingly) A000110 = Bell or exponential numbers: ways of placing n labeled balls into n indistinguishable boxes . As second row we have A033452 = "STIRLING" transform of squares A000290. As the column sums we have 1, 3, 11, 47, 227, 1215, 7107, 44959, 305091 which is A035009 = STIRLING transform of [1,1,2,4,8,16,32, ...].

			Matrix begins:
1 2 5 15 52 203  877  4140  21147
0 1 5 22 99 471 2386 12867  73681
0 0 1  9 61 385 2416 15470 102215
0 0 0  1 14 135 1140  9156  72590
0 0 0  0 1   20  260  2835  28441
0 0 0  0 0    1   27   455   6230
0 0 0  0 0    0    1    35    742
0 0 0  0 0    0    0     1     44
0 0 0  0 0    0    0     0      1

Cf. A039810, A039814, A126351, A054654, A126353.

Cf. A137597.

T:= (n, k)-> add(Stirling2(n, j)*binomial(j-1, n-k), j=n-k+1..n):
seq(seq(T(n, k), k=1..n), n=1..10);  # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 03 2019

T[dim_] := T[dim] = Module[{M}, M[n_, n_] = 1; M[, ] = 0; Do[M[n, k] = M[n-1, k-1] + (k+2) M[n-1, k] + (k+1) M[n-1, k+1], {n, 0, dim-1}, {k, 0, n-1}]; Array[M, {dim, dim}, {0, 0}]];
dim = 9;
Table[T[dim][[n]][[1 ;; n]] // Reverse, {n, 1, dim}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 27 2019, from Sage *)

def A126350_triangle(dim): # rows in reversed order
    M = matrix(ZZ,dim,dim)
    for n in (0..dim-1): M[n,n] = 1
    for n in (1..dim-1):
        for k in (0..n-1):
            M[n,k] = M[n-1,k-1]+(k+2)*M[n-1,k]+(k+1)*M[n-1,k+1]
    return M
A126350_triangle(9) # Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2012

(In Maple notation:) Matrix product A.B of matrix A[i,j]:=binomial(j-1,i-1) with i = 1 to p+1, j = 1 to p+1, p=8 and of matrix B[i,j]:=stirling2(j,i) with i from 1 to d, j from 1 to d, d=9.

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