A134955 Number of "hyperforests" on n unlabeled nodes, i.e., hypergraphs that have no cycles, assuming that each edge contains at least two vertices.

1, 1, 2, 4, 9, 20, 50, 128, 351, 1009, 3035, 9464, 30479, 100712, 340072, 1169296, 4082243, 14438577, 51643698, 186530851, 679530937, 2494433346, 9219028889, 34280914106, 128179985474, 481694091291, 1818516190252, 6894350122452

Offset: 0

Author

Don Knuth, Jan 26 2008

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

A hyperforest is an antichain of finite nonempty sets (edges) whose connected components are hypertrees. It is spanning if all vertices are covered by some edge. However, it is common to represent uncovered vertices as singleton edges. For example, {{1,2},{1,4}} and {{3},{1,2},{1,4}} may represent the same hyperforest, the former being free of singletons (see example 2) and the latter being spanning (see example 1). This is different from a hyperforest with singleton edges allowed, which is one whose non-singleton edges only are required to form an antichain. For example, {{1},{2},{1,3},{2,3}} is a hyperforest with singleton edges allowed. - Gus Wiseman, May 22 2018

Equivalently, number of block graphs on n nodes, that is, graphs where every block is a complete graph. These graphs can be characterized as induced-diamond-free chordal graphs. - Falk Hüffner, Jul 25 2019

Examples

			From _Gus Wiseman_, May 20 2018: (Start)
Non-isomorphic representatives of the a(4) = 9 spanning hyperforests are the following:
  {{1,2,3,4}}
  {{1},{2,3,4}}
  {{1,2},{3,4}}
  {{1,4},{2,3,4}}
  {{1},{2},{3,4}}
  {{1},{2,4},{3,4}}
  {{1,3},{2,4},{3,4}}
  {{1,4},{2,4},{3,4}}
  {{1},{2},{3},{4}}
Non-isomorphic representatives of the a(4) = 9 hyperforests spanning up to 4 vertices without singleton edges are the following:
  {}
  {{1,2}}
  {{1,2,3}}
  {{1,2,3,4}}
  {{1,2},{3,4}}
  {{1,3},{2,3}}
  {{1,4},{2,3,4}}
  {{1,3},{2,4},{3,4}}
  {{1,4},{2,4},{3,4}}
(End)
		

References

• D. E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Generating All Combinations and Partitions Fascicle 3, Section 7.2.1.4. Generating all partitions. Page 38, Algorithm H. - Washington Bomfim, Sep 25 2008

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000 (first 201 terms from T. D. Noe)
• N. J. A. Sloane, Transforms
• Wikipedia, Block graph

Crossrefs

Cf. A030019, A035053 (hypertrees), A048143, A054921, A134954 (labeled case), A134955, A134957, A144959, A245566, A304716, A304717, A304867, A304911.

Programs

Maple

with(numtheory): etr:= proc(p) local b; b:=proc(n) option remember; `if`(n=0,1, add(add(d*p(d), d=divisors(j)) *b(n-j), j=1..n)/n) end end: b:= etr(B): c:= etr(b): B:= n-> if n=0 then 0 else c(n-1) fi: C:= etr(B): aa:= proc(n) option remember; B(n)+C(n) -add(B(k)*C(n-k), k=0..n) end: a:= etr(aa): seq(a(n), n=0..27); # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 09 2008

Mathematica

etr[p_] := Module[{b}, b[n_] := b[n] = If[n == 0, 1, Sum[Sum[d*p[d], {d, Divisors[ j]}]*b[n-j], {j, 1, n}]/n]; b]; b = etr[B]; c = etr[b]; B[n_] := If[n == 0, 0, c[n-1]]; CC = etr[B]; aa[n_] := aa[n] = B[n]+CC[n]-Sum[B[k]*CC[n-k], {k, 0, n}]; a = etr[aa]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 27}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 13 2015, after Alois P. Heinz*)

PARI

\\ here b is A007563 as vector
EulerT(v)={Vec(exp(x*Ser(dirmul(v,vector(#v,n,1/n))))-1, -#v)}
b(n)={my(v=[1]);for(i=2, n, v=concat([1], EulerT(EulerT(v)))); v}
seq(n)={my(u=b(n)); concat([1], EulerT(Vec(x*Ser(EulerT(u))*(1-x*Ser(u)))))} \\ Andrew Howroyd, May 22 2018

Formula

Euler transform of A035053. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 30 2008

a(n) = Sum of prod_{k=1}^n\,{A035053(k) + c_k -1 /choose c_k} over all the partitions of n, c_1 + 2c_2 + ... + nc_n; c_1, c_2, ..., c_n >= 0. - Washington Bomfim, Sep 25 2008

a(n) ~ c * d^n / n^(5/2), where d = 4.189610958393826965527036454524... (see A245566), c = 0.36483930544... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 26 2014