A134685 Irregular triangle read by rows: coefficients C(j,k) of a partition transform for direct Lagrange inversion.
1, -1, 3, -1, -15, 10, -1, 105, -105, 10, 15, -1, -945, 1260, -280, -210, 35, 21, -1, 10395, -17325, 6300, 3150, -280, -1260, -378, 35, 56, 28, -1, -135135, 270270, -138600, -51975, 15400, 34650, 6930, -2100, -1575, -2520, -630, 126, 84, 36, -1
Offset: 1
Examples
Examples and checks: 1) Let u_1 = -1 and u_n = 1 for n>1, then f(t) = exp(u.*t) - u(0) = exp(t)-2t-1 and g(t) = [e.g.f. of signed A000311]; therefore, the row sums of unsigned [C(j,k)] are A000311 = (0,1,1,4,26,236,2752,...) = (0,-P(1,1),2!*P(2,1),-3!*P(3,1),4!*P(4,1),...). 2) Let u_1 = -1 and u_n = (n-1)! for n>1, then f(t) = -log(1-t)-2t and g(t) = [e.g.f. of signed (0,A032188)] with (0,A032188) = (0,1,1,5,41,469,6889,...) = (0,-P(1,1),2!*P(2,1),-3!P(3,1),...). 3) Let u_1 = -1 and u_n = (-1)^n (n-2)! for n>1, then f(t) = (1+t) log(1+t) - 2t and g(t) = [e.g.f. of signed (0,A074059)] with (0,A074059) = (0,1,1,2,7,34,213,...) = (0,-P(1,1),2!*P(2,1),-3!*P(3,1),...). 4) Let u_1 = 1, u_2 = -1 and u_n = 0 for n>2, then f(t) = t(1-t/2) and g(t) = [e.g.f. of (0,A001147)] = 1 - (1-2t)^(1/2) with (0,A001147) = (0,1,1,3,15,105,945...) =(0,P(1,1),2!*P(2,1),3!*P(3,1),...). 5) Let u_1 = 1, u_2 = -2 and u_n = 0 for n>2, then f(t)= t(1-t) and g(t) = t * [o.g.f. of A000108] = [1 - (1-4t)^(1/2)] / 2 with (0,A000108) = (0,1,1,2,5,14,42,...) = (0,P(1,1),P(2,1),P(3,1),...). . From _Peter Luschny_, Feb 19 2021: (Start) Triangle starts: [1] 1; [2] -1; [3] 3, -1; [4] -15, 10, -1; [5] 105, -105, [10, 15], -1; [6] -945, 1260, [-280, -210], [35, 21], -1; [7] 10395, -17325, [6300, 3150], [-280, -1260, -378], [35, 56, 28], -1; [8] -135135, 270270, [-138600, -51975], [15400, 34650, 6930], [-2100, -1575, -2520, -630], [126, 84, 36], -1 The coefficients can be seen as a refinement of the Ward numbers: Let R(n, k) = Sum T(n, k), where the sum collects adjacent terms with equal sign, as indicated by the square brackets in the table, then R(n+1, k+1) = (-1)^(n-k)*W(n, k), where W(n, k) are the Ward numbers A181996, for n >= 0 and 0 <= k <= n-1. (End)
References
- M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972, p. 831.
- D. S. Alexander, A History of Complex Dynamics: From Schröder to Fatou to Julia, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1994, p. 10.
- J. Riordan, Combinatorial Identities, Robert E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1979, (unsigned partition polynomials in Table 5.2 on p. 181, but may have errors).
Links
- M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].
- O. Arnaldsson, Élie Cartan’s Theory of Moving Frames, slide presentation, 2014.
- Tom Copeland, Generators, Inversion, and Matrix, Binomial, and Integral Transforms, 2015.
- Tom Copeland, Important formulas in combinatorics, MathOverflow answer, 2015.
- Tom Copeland, Compositional inversion and generating functions in algebraic geometry, MathOverflow question, 2014.
- Tom Copeland, Compositional inverse pairs, the inviscid Burgers-Hopf equation, and the Stasheff associahedra, 2014.
- Tom Copeland, Lagrange a la Lah, 2011.
- Tom Copeland, Short Note on Lagrange Inversion, 2008.
- Tom Copeland, Formal group laws and binomial Sheffer sequences, 2018.
- Bishal Deb and Alan D. Sokal, Higher-order Stirling cycle and subset triangles: Total positivity, continued fractions and real-rootedness, arXiv:2507.18959 [math.CO], 2025. See p. 32.
- Hector Figueroa and Jose M. Gracia-Bondia, Combinatorial Hopf algebras in quantum field theory I, arXiv:0408145 [hep-th], 2005, (p. 38).
- Ezra Getzler, The semi-classical approximation for modular operads, arXiv:alg-geom/9612005, 1996 (see p. 2).
- Peter J. Olver, The canonical contact form.
- Peter J. Olver, Moving Frames, slide presentation, 2009.
- Andrew Elvey Price and Alan D. Sokal, Phylogenetic trees, augmented perfect matchings, and a Thron-type continued fraction (T-fraction) for the Ward polynomials, arXiv:2001.01468 [math.CO], 2020.
- Jair Patrick Taylor, Formal group laws and hypergraph colorings, doctoral thesis, Univ. of Wash., 2016, p. 95.
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
rows[n_] := {{1}}~Join~Module[{h = 1/(1 + Sum[u[k] y^k/k!, {k, n-1}] + O[y]^n), g = y, r}, r = Reap[Do[g = h D[g, y]; Sow[Expand[Normal@g /. {y -> 0}]], {k, n}]][[2, 1, ;;]]; Table[Coefficient[r[[k]], Product[u[t], {t, p}]], {k, 2, n}, {p, Reverse@Sort[Sort /@ IntegerPartitions[k-1]]}]]; rows[8] // Flatten (* Andrei Zabolotskii, Feb 19 2024 *)
Formula
The bracketed partitions of P(n,t) are of the form (u_1)^e(1) (u_2)^e(2) ... (u_n)^e(n) with coefficients given by (-1)^(n-1+e(1)) * [2*(n-1)-e(1)]! / [2!^e(2)*e(2)!*3!^e(3)*e(3)! ... n!^e(n)*e(n)! ].
From Tom Copeland, Sep 05 2011: (Start)
Let h(t) = 1/(df(t)/dt)
= 1/Ev[u.*exp(u.*t)]
= 1/(u_1+(u_2)*t+(u_3)*t^2/2!+(u_4)*t^3/3!+...),
an e.g.f. for the partition polynomials of A133314
(signed A049019) with an index shift.
Then for the partition polynomials of A134685,
n!*P(n,t) = ((t*h(y)*d/dy)^n) y evaluated at y=0,
and the compositional inverse of f(t) is
g(t) = exp(t*h(y)*d/dy) y evaluated at y=0.
From Tom Copeland, Oct 30 2011: (Start)
With exp[x* PS(.,t)] = exp[t*g(x)]=exp[x*h(y)d/dy] exp(t*y) eval. at y=0, the raising/creation and lowering/annihilation operators
defined by R PS(n,t)=PS(n+1,t) and L PS(n,t)= n*PS(n-1,t) are
R = t*h(d/dt) = t * 1/[u_1+(u_2)*d/dt+(u_3)*(d/dt)^2/2!+...], and
L = f(d/dt)=(u_1)*d/dt+(u_2)*(d/dt)^2/2!+(u_3)*(d/dt)^3/3!+....
Then P(n,t) = (t^n/n!) dPS(n,z)/dz eval. at z=0. (Cf. A139605, A145271, and link therein to Mathemagical Forests for relation to planted trees on p. 13.) (End)
The bracketed partition polynomials of P(n,t) are also given by (d/dx)^(n-1) 1/[u_1 + u_2 * x/2! + u_3 * x^2/3! + ... + u_n * x^(n-1)/n!]^n evaluated at x=0. - Tom Copeland, Jul 07 2015
Equivalent matrix computation: Multiply the m-th diagonal (with m=1 the index of the main diagonal) of the lower triangular Pascal matrix by u_m = (d/dx)^m f(x) evaluated at x=0 to obtain the matrix UP with UP(n,k) = binomial(n,k) u_{n+1-k}. Then P(n,t) = (1, 0, 0, 0, ...) [UP^(-1) * S]^(n-1) FC * t^n/n!, where S is the shift matrix A129185, representing differentiation in the basis x^n//n!, and FC is the first column of UP^(-1), the inverse matrix of UP. These results follow from A145271 and A133314. - Tom Copeland, Jul 15 2016
Also, P(n,t) = (1, 0, 0, 0, ...) [UP^(-1) * S]^n (0, 1, 0, ..)^T * t^n/n! in agreement with A139605. - Tom Copeland, Aug 27 2016
From Tom Copeland, Sep 20 2016: (Start)
Let PS(n,u1,u2,...,un) = P(n,t) / (t^n/n!), i.e., the square-bracketed part of the partition polynomials in the expansion for the inverse in the comment section, with u_k = uk.
Also let PS(n,u1=1,u2,...,un) = PB(n,b1,b2,...,bK,...) where each bK represents the partitions of PS, with u1 = 1, that have K components or blocks, e.g., PS(5,1,u2,...,u5) = PB(5,b1,b2,b3,b4) = b1 + b2 + b3 + b4 with b1 = -u5, b2 = 15 u2 u4 + 10 u3^2, b3 = -105 u2^2 u3, and b4 = 105 u2^4.
The relation between solutions of the inviscid Burgers' equation and compositional inverse pairs (cf. link and A086810) implies, for n > 2, PB(n, 0 * b1, 1 * b2,..., (K-1) * bK, ...) = (1/2) * Sum_{k = 2..n-1} binomial(n+1,k) * PS(n-k+1,u_1=1,u_2,...,u_(n-k+1)) * PS(k,u_1=1,u_2,...,u_k).
For example, PB(5,0 * b1, 1 * b2, 2 * b3, 3 * b4) = 3 * 105 u2^4 - 2 * 105 u2^2 u3 + 1 * 15 u2 u4 + 1 * 10 u3^2 - 0 * u5 = 315 u2^4 - 210 u2^2 u3 + 15 u2 u4 + 10 u3^2 = (1/2) [2 * 6!/(4!*2!) * PS(2,1,u2) * PS(4,1,u2,...,u4) + 6!/(3!*3!) * PS(3,1,u2,u3)^2] = (1/2) * [ 2 * 6!/(4!*2!) * (-u2) (-15 u2^3 + 10 u2 u3 - u4) + 6!/(3!*3!) * (3 u2^2 - u3)^2].
Also, PB(n,0*b1,1*b2,...,(K-1)*bK,...) = d/dt t^(n-2)*PS(n,u1=1/t,u2,...,un)|{t=1} = d/dt (1/t)*PS(n,u1=1,t*u2,...,t*un)|{t=1}.
(End)
A recursion relation for computing each partition polynomial of this entry from the lower order polynomials and the coefficients of the Bell polynomials of A036040 is presented in the blog entry "Formal group laws and binomial Sheffer sequences." - Tom Copeland, Feb 06 2018
Extensions
P(7,t) and P(8,t) data added by Tom Copeland, Jan 14 2016
Terms in rows 5-8 reordered by Andrei Zabolotskii, Feb 19 2024
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