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A177248 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) is the number of permutations of [n] having k adjacent transpositions (0 <= k <= floor(n/2)). An adjacent transposition is a cycle of the form (i, i+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 19, 4, 1, 99, 18, 3, 611, 99, 9, 1, 4376, 612, 48, 4, 35621, 4376, 306, 16, 1, 324965, 35620, 2190, 100, 5, 3285269, 324965, 17810, 730, 25, 1, 36462924, 3285270, 162480, 5940, 180, 6, 440840359, 36462924, 1642635, 54160, 1485, 36, 1
Offset: 0

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Author

Emeric Deutsch, May 07 2010

Keywords

Comments

Row n contains 1 + floor(n/2) entries.
Sum of entries in row n = n! (A000142).

Examples

			T(5,2)=3 because we have (12)(34)(5), (12)(3)(45), and (1)(23)(45).
Triangle starts:
    1;
    1;
    1,  1;
    4,  2;
   19,  4,  1;
   99, 18,  3;
  611, 99,  9,  1;
		

Crossrefs

Columns k=0..3 give A177249, A370524, A370426, A370529.
Cf. A000142 (row sums).

Programs

  • Magma
    F:=Factorial;
    A177248:= func< n,k | (&+[(-1)^j*F(n-k-j)/(F(k)*F(j)): j in [0..Floor((n-2*k)/2)]]) >;
    [A177248(n,k): k in [0..Floor(n/2)], n in [0..16]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 28 2024
    
  • Maple
    T := proc (n, k) options operator, arrow: sum((-1)^(k+j)*binomial(j, k)*factorial(n-j)/factorial(j), j = 0 .. floor((1/2)*n)) end proc: for n from 0 to 12 do seq(T(n, k), k = 0 .. floor((1/2)*n)) end do; # yields sequence in triangular form
  • Mathematica
    T[n_, k_] := Sum[(-1)^(k + j)*Binomial[j, k]*(n - j)!/j!, {j, 0, n/2}];
    Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 12}, {k, 0, n/2}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 20 2017 *)
  • PARI
    T(n, k) = sum(j=0, n\2, (-1)^(k+j)*binomial(j,k)*(n-j)!/j!);
    tabf(nn) = for (n=0, nn, for (k=0, n\2, print1(T(n,k), ", ")); print); \\ Michel Marcus, Nov 21 2017
    
  • SageMath
    f=factorial;
    def A177248(n,k): return sum((-1)^j*f(n-k-j)/(f(k)*f(j)) for j in range(1+(n-2*k)//2))
    flatten([[A177248(n,k) for k in range(1+n//2)] for n in range(17)]) # G. C. Greubel, Apr 28 2024

Formula

T(n, k) = Sum_{j=0..floor(n/2)} (-1)^(k+j)*binomial(j,k)*(n-j)!/j!.
T(n, 0) = A177249(n).
Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} k*T(n,k) = (n-1)! (n >= 2).
G.f. of column k: (1/k!) * Sum_{j>=k} j! * x^(j+k) / (1+x^2)^(j+1). - Seiichi Manyama, Feb 24 2024