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%I A137375 #40 Feb 16 2025 08:33:07 %S A137375 1,0,0,-1,0,-1,0,-1,3,0,-1,10,0,-1,25,-15,0,-1,56,-105,0,-1,119,-490, %T A137375 105,0,-1,246,-1918,1260,0,-1,501,-6825,9450,-945,0,-1,1012,-22935, %U A137375 56980,-17325,0,-1,2035,-74316,302995,-190575,10395,0,-1,4082,-235092 %N A137375 Triangle read by rows, T(n,k) = (-1)^k*{{n,k}} where {{n,k}} are the second-order Stirling set numbers, n>=0, 0<=k<=n/2. %C A137375 Also called "associated Stirling numbers of the second kind" by Riordan in the signless form with different offset A008299. %C A137375 Old name was: Triangular sequence from coefficients of Mahler polynomials from expansion of: p(x) = exp(x*(1 + t - exp(t))) with weight n!:M(x,n). %C A137375 M(n,x) = sum(k=0..n, (x)^k*sum(j=0..k, binomial(n,k-j)*stirling2(n-k+j,j)*(-1)^j)). - _Vladimir Kruchinin_, Jan 13 2012 %D A137375 J. Riordan, Introduction to Combinatory Analysis, Wiley, New York, 1958. %H A137375 L. Carlitz, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1965-0172814-6">The coefficients in an asymptotic expansion</a>, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 16 (1965) 248-252. %H A137375 A. E. Fekete, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/2974533">Apropos two notes on notation</a>, Amer. Math. Monthly, 101 (1994), 771-778. %H A137375 V. Kruchinin, D. Kruchinin, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0099">Application of a composition of generating functions for obtaining explicit formulas of polynomials</a>, arXiv: 1211.0099 [math.NT], 2012. %H A137375 D. V. Kruchinin and V. V. Kruchinin, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12785/amis/070550">Explicit Formulas for Some Generalized Polynomials</a>, Appl. Math. Inf. Sci. 7, No. 5, 2083-2088 (2013). %H A137375 Andrew Elvey Price, Alan D. Sokal, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01468">Phylogenetic trees, augmented perfect matchings, and a Thron-type continued fraction (T-fraction) for the Ward polynomials</a>, arXiv:2001.01468 [math.CO], 2020. %H A137375 L. M. Smiley, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0006106">Completion of a rational function sequence of Carlitz</a>, arXiv:math/0006106 [math.CO], 2000. %H A137375 E. W. Weisstein, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MahlerPolynomial.html">Mahler Polynomial</a>. %F A137375 T(n,k) = Sum_{j=0..k} C(n,k-j)*stirling2(n-k+j,j)*(-1)^(j). - _Vladimir Kruchinin_, Jan 13 2012 %F A137375 T(n,k) = (-1)^k*Sum_{j=0..n-k} C(j,n-2*k)*E2(n-k,n-k-j-1) for n>0, T(0,0) = 1, where E2(n,k) are the second-order Eulerian numbers A201637. - _Peter Luschny_, Nov 27 2012 %F A137375 Let p(x,t) = exp(x*(1+t-exp(t))) then T(n,k) = [x^k](n!*[t^n] series(p(x,t))) where [s^m] denotes the coefficient of s^m. - _Peter Luschny_, Dec 01 2012 %e A137375 [ 0] 1; %e A137375 [ 1] 0; %e A137375 [ 2] 0, -1; %e A137375 [ 3] 0, -1; %e A137375 [ 4] 0, -1, 3; %e A137375 [ 5] 0, -1, 10; %e A137375 [ 6] 0, -1, 25, -15; %e A137375 [ 7] 0, -1, 56, -105; %e A137375 [ 8] 0, -1, 119, -490, 105; %e A137375 [ 9] 0, -1, 246, -1918, 1260; %e A137375 [10] 0, -1, 501, -6825, 9450, -945; %p A137375 A137375 := proc(n, k) if n = 0 then 1 else %p A137375 add(binomial(j,n-2*k)* combinat[eulerian2](n-k,n-k-j-1), j=(0..n-k-1))*(-1)^k fi end: for n from 0 to 9 do seq(A137375(n, k), k=(0..n/2)) od; # _Peter Luschny_, Dec 01 2012 %t A137375 Clear[p, x, t] p[t_] = Exp[x*(1 + t - Exp[t])]; Table[ ExpandAll[n!* SeriesCoefficient[Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n]], {n, 0, 10}] a = Table[ CoefficientList[n!*SeriesCoefficient[Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n], x], {n, 0, 10}]; Flatten[a]; %t A137375 Table[Sum[Binomial[n, k - j] StirlingS2[n - k + j, j] (-1)^j, {j, 0, k}], {n, 0, 15}, {k, 0, n/2}] // Flatten (* _Eric W. Weisstein_, Nov 13 2018 *) %o A137375 (Maxima) T(n,k):=sum(binomial(n,k-j)*stirling2(n-k+j,j)*(-1)^(j),j,0,k); /* _Vladimir Kruchinin_, Jan 13 2012 */ %o A137375 (Sage) %o A137375 def A137375(n, k): return add(binomial(n,k-j)*(-1)^j*stirling_number2(n-k+j,j) for j in (0..k)) %o A137375 for n in range(11): %o A137375 [A137375(n, k) for k in (0..n//2)] # _Peter Luschny_, Dec 01 2012 %Y A137375 Row sums are: A000587. %K A137375 tabf,sign %O A137375 0,9 %A A137375 _Roger L. Bagula_, Apr 09 2008 %E A137375 Edited and simpler definition by _Peter Luschny_, Nov 27 2012