A129263 Skylar (age 7) counts change by stacking all coins of the same type then arranging the stacks in a row. a(n) is the number of distinct Skylar stackings of n cents using any combination of pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 10, 15, 15, 15, 15, 19, 25, 25, 25, 25, 31, 41, 41, 41, 41, 49, 63, 63, 63, 63, 74, 95, 95, 95, 95, 111, 147, 147, 147, 147, 166, 209, 209, 209, 209, 234, 293, 293, 293, 293, 322, 391, 391, 391, 391, 427, 515, 515, 515, 515

Offset: 0

Author

Andrew V. Sutherland, Aug 20 2007

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Sequence definition and Scratch program to compute the 100 terms due to Skylar Sutherland. Generating function contributed by Andrew V. Sutherland. Related to A001299, but distinguishes permutations of coin types.

Examples

			a(16) = 15 = 1+2*4+6*1 since the distinct Skylar stackings of 16 cents are:
16p, 11p1n, 1n11p, 6p2n, 2n6p, 1p3n, 3n1p, 1p1d, 1d1p, 1p1n1d, 1p1d1n, 1n1p1d, 1n1d1p, 1d1p1n, 1d1n1p
		

References

• Skylar Sutherland, student presentation at "The Undiscovered Country", a course for young mathematicians. Part of MIT's Educational Studies Program.

Crossrefs

Cf. A001299.

Formula

Let A_v(x,y) = 1-y+y/(1-x)^v and A(x,y) = A_1(x,y)A_5(x,y)A_10(x,y)A_25(x,y). Let A^(k)(x,y) denote the k-th partial derivative of A(x,y) w.r.t. y. The generating function of a(n) is A(x) = Sum A^(k)(x,0) for k from 0 to 4.