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Gives the number of L-convex polyominoes with n cells, that is convex polyominoes where any two cells can be connected by a path internal to the polyomino and which has at most 1 change of direction (i.e., one of the four orientation of the L). - Simone Rinaldi (rinaldi(AT)unisi.it), Feb 19 2007

Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org) observes that this sequence (beginning at 2) is "size of raises in pot-limit poker, one blind, maximum raising".

Dimensions of the graded components of the Hopf algebra of noncommutative multi-symmetric functions of level 2. For level r, the sequence would be the INVERT transform of binomial(n+r-1,n). - Jean-Yves Thibon (jyt(AT)univ-mlv.fr), Jun 26 2008

The sum of the numbers in the n-th row of the summatory Pascal triangle (A059576). - Ron R. King, Jan 22 2009

(1 + 2x + 7x^2 + 24x^3 + ...) = 1 / (1 - 2x - 3x^2 - 4x^3 - ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2009

Let M be a triangle with the odd-indexed Fibonacci numbers (1, 2, 5, 13, ...) in every column, with the leftmost column shifted upwards one row. A003480 = lim_{n->oo} M^n, the left-shifted vector considered as a sequence. The analogous operation using the even-indexed Fibonacci numbers generates A001835 starting with offset 1. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2010

a(n) is the number of generalized compositions of n when there are i+1 different types of the part i, (i=1,2,...). - Milan Janjic, Sep 24 2010

Let h(t) = (1-t)^2/(2*(1-t)^2-1) = 1/(1-(2*t + 3*t^2 + 4*t^3 + ...)),

an o.g.f. for A003480, then

A001003(n) = (1/n!)*((h(t)*d/dt)^n) t, evaluated at t=0, with initial n=1. - Tom Copeland, Sep 06 2011

Excluding the initial 1, a(n) is the 2nd subdiagonal of A228405. - Richard R. Forberg, Sep 02 2013

For more detail, including connections to Legendre transformations, rooted trees, A139605, A139002 and A074060, see Mathemagical Forests p. 9.

For connections to the h-polynomials associated to the refined f-polynomials of permutohedra see my comments in A008292 and A049019.

From Tom Copeland, Oct 14 2011: (Start)

Given analytic functions F(x) and FI(x) such that F(FI(x))=FI(F(x))=x about 0, i.e., they are compositional inverses of each other, then, with g(x) = 1/dFI(x)/dx, a flow function W(s,x) can be defined with the following relations:

W(s,x) = exp(s g(x)d/dx)x = F(s+FI(x)) ,

W(s,0) = F(s) ,

W(0,x) = x ,

dW(0,x)/ds = g(x) = F'[FI(x)] , implying

dW(0,F(x))/ds = g(F(x)) = F'(x) , and

W(s,W(r,x)) = F(s+FI(F(r+FI(x)))) = F(s+r+FI(x)) = W(s+r,x) . (See MF link below.) (End)

dW(s,x)/ds - g(x)dW(s,x)/dx = 0, so (1,-g(x)) are the components of a vector orthogonal to the gradient of W and, therefore, tangent to the contour of W, at (s,x) . - Tom Copeland, Oct 26 2011

Though A139605 contains A145271, the op. of A145271 contains that of A139605 in the sense that exp(s g(x)d/dx) w(x) = w(F(s+FI(x))) = exp((exp(s g(x)d/dx)x)d/du)w(u) evaluated at u=0. This is reflected in the fact that the forest of rooted trees assoc. to (g(x)d/dx)^n, FOR_n, can be generated by removing the single trunk of the planted rooted trees of FOR_(n+1). - Tom Copeland, Nov 29 2011

Related to formal group laws for elliptic curves (see Hoffman). - Tom Copeland, Feb 24 2012

The functional equation W(s,x) = F(s+FI(x)), or a restriction of it, is sometimes called the Abel equation or Abel's functional equation (see Houzel and Wikipedia) and is related to Schröder's functional equation and Koenigs functions for compositional iterates (Alexander, Goryainov and Kudryavtseva). - Tom Copeland, Apr 04 2012

g(W(s,x)) = F'(s + FI(x)) = dW(s,x)/ds = g(x) dW(s,x)/dx, connecting the operators here to presentations of the Koenigs / Königs function and Loewner / Löwner evolution equations of the Contreras et al. papers. - Tom Copeland, Jun 03 2018

The autonomous differential equation above also appears with a change in variable of the form x = log(u) in the renormalization group equation, or Beta function. See Wikipedia, Zinn-Justin equations 2.10 and 3.11, and Krajewski and Martinetti equation 21. - Tom Copeland, Jul 23 2020

A variant of these partition polynomials appears on p. 83 of Petreolle et al. with the indeterminates e_n there related to those given in the examples below by e_n = n!*(n'). The coefficients are interpreted as enumerating certain types of trees. See also A190015. - Tom Copeland, Oct 03 2022

T(n+3, k) is also the number of compatible k-sets of cluster variables in Fomin and Zelevinsky's cluster algebra of finite type A_n. Take a row of this triangle regarded as a polynomial in x and rewrite as a polynomial in y := x+1. The coefficients of the polynomial in y give a row of the triangle of Narayana numbers A001263. For example, x^2 + 5*x + 5 = y^2 + 3*y + 1. - Paul Boddington, Mar 07 2003

Number of standard Young tableaux of shape (k+1,k+1,1^(n-k-3)), where 1^(n-k-3) denotes a sequence of n-k-3 1's (see the Stanley reference).

Number of k-dimensional 'faces' of the n-dimensional associahedron (see Simion, p. 168). - Mitch Harris, Jan 16 2007

Mirror image of triangle A126216. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 19 2007

For relation to Lagrange inversion or series reversion and the geometry of associahedra or Stasheff polytopes (and other combinatorial objects) see A133437. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008

Row generating polynomials 1/(n+1)*Jacobi_P(n,1,1,2*x+1). Row n of this triangle is the f-vector of the simplicial complex dual to an associahedron of type A_n [Fomin & Reading, p. 60]. See A001263 for the corresponding array of h-vectors for associahedra of type A_n. See A063007 and A080721 for the f-vectors for associahedra of type B and type D respectively. - Peter Bala, Oct 28 2008

f-vectors of secondary polytopes for Grobner bases for optimization and integer programming (see De Loera et al. and Thomas). - Tom Copeland, Oct 11 2011

From Devadoss and O'Rourke's book: The Fulton-MacPherson compactification of the configuration space of n free particles on a line segment with a fixed particle at each end is the n-Dim Stasheff associahedron whose refined f-vector is given in A133437 which reduces to A033282. - Tom Copeland, Nov 29 2011

Diagonals of A132081 are rows of A033282. - Tom Copeland, May 08 2012

The general results on the convolution of the refined partition polynomials of A133437, with u_1 = 1 and u_n = -t otherwise, can be applied here to obtain results of convolutions of these polynomials. - Tom Copeland, Sep 20 2016

The signed triangle t(n, k) =(-1)^k* T(n+2, k-1), n >= 1, k = 1..n, seems to be obtainable from the partition array A111785 (in Abramowitz-Stegun order) by adding the entries corresponding to the partitions of n with the number of parts k. E.g., triangle t, row n=4: -1, (6+3) = 9, -21, 14. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 17 2017

The preceding conjecture by Lang is true. It is implicit in Copeland's 2011 comments in A086810 on the relations among a gf and its compositional inverse for that entry and inversion through A133437 (a differently normalized version of A111785), whose integer partitions are the same as those for A134685. (An inversion pair in Copeland's 2008 formulas below can also be used to prove the conjecture.) In addition, it follows from the relation between the inversion formula of A111785/A133437 and the enumeration of distinct faces of associahedra. See the MathOverflow link concernimg Loday and the Aguiar and Ardila reference in A133437 for proofs of the relations between the partition polynomials for inversion and enumeration of the distinct faces of the A_n associahedra, or Stasheff polytopes. - Tom Copeland, Dec 21 2017

The rows seem to give (up to sign) the coefficients in the expansion of the integer-valued polynomial (x+1)*(x+2)^2*(x+3)^2*...*(x+n)^2*(x+n+1)/(n!*(n+1)!) in the basis made of the binomial(x+i,i). - F. Chapoton, Oct 07 2022

Chapoton's observation above is correct: the precise expansion is (x+1)*(x+2)^2*(x+3)^2*...*(x+n)^2*(x+n+1)/ (n!*(n+1)!) = Sum_{k = 0..n-1} (-1)^k*T(n+2,n-k-1)*binomial(x+2*n-k,2*n-k), as can be verified using the WZ algorithm. For example, n = 4 gives (x+1)*(x+2)^2*(x+3)^2*(x+4)^2*(x+5)/(4!*5!) = 14*binomial(x+8,8) - 21*binomial(x+7,7) + 9*binomial(x+6,6) - binomial(x+5,5). - Peter Bala, Jun 24 2023

Mirror image of triangle A133336. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 10 2008

From Tom Copeland, Oct 09 2011: (Start)

With polynomials

P(0,t) = 0

P(1,t) = 1

P(2,t) = t

P(3,t) = t + 2 t^2

P(4,t) = t + 5 t^2 + 5 t^3

P(5,t) = t + 9 t^2 + 21 t^3 + 14 t^4

The o.g.f. A(x,t) = {1+x-sqrt[(1-x)^2-4xt]}/[2(1+t)] (see Drake et al.).

B(x,t)= x-t x^2/(1-x)= x-t(x^2+x^3+x^4+...) is the comp. inverse in x.

Let h(x,t) = 1/(dB/dx) = (1-x)^2/(1+(1+t)*x*(x-2)) = 1/(1-t(2x+3x^2+4x^3+...)), an o.g.f. in x for row polynomials in t of A181289. Then P(n,t) is given by (1/n!)(h(x,t)*d/dx)^n x, evaluated at x=0, A = exp(x*h(y,t)*d/dy) y, eval. at y=0, and dA/dx = h(A(x,t),t). These results are a special case of A133437 with u(x,t) = B(x,t), i.e., u_1=1 and (u_n)=-t for n > 1. See A001003 for t = 1. (End)

Let U(x,t) = [A(x,t)-x]/t, then U(x,0) = -dB(x,t)/dt and U satisfies dU/dt = UdU/dx, the inviscid Burgers' equation (Wikipedia), also called the Hopf equation (see Buchstaber et al.). Also U(x,t) = U(A(x,t),0) = U(x+tU,0) since U(x,0) = [x-B(x,t)]/t. - Tom Copeland, Mar 12 2012

Diagonals of A132081 are essentially rows of this sequence. - Tom Copeland, May 08 2012

T(r, s) is the number of [0,r]-covering hierarchies with s segments (see Kreweras). - Michel Marcus, Nov 22 2014

From Yu Hin Au, Dec 07 2019: (Start)

T(n,k) is the number of small Schröder n-paths (lattice paths from (0,0) to (2n,0) using steps U=(1,1), F=(2,0), D=(1,-1) with no F step on the x-axis) that has exactly k U steps.

T(n,k) is the number of Schröder trees (plane rooted tree where each internal node has at least two children) with exactly n+1 leaves and k internal nodes. (End)

Let f(t) = u(t) - u(0) = Sum_{n>=1} u_n * t^n.

If u_1 is not equal to 0, then the compositional inverse for f(t) is given by g(t) = Sum_{j>=1} P(n,t) where, with u_n denoted by (n'),

P(1,t) = (1')^(-1) * [ 1 ] * t

P(2,t) = (1')^(-3) * [ -2 (2') ] * t^2 / 2!

P(3,t) = (1')^(-5) * [ 12 (2')^2 - 6 (1')(3') ] * t^3 / 3!

P(4,t) = (1')^(-7) * [ -120 (2')^3 + 120 (1')(2')(3') - 24 (1')^2 (4') ] * t^4 / 4!

P(5,t) = (1')^(-9) * [ 1680 (2')^4 - 2520 (1') (2')^2 (3') + 360 (1')^2 (3')^2 + 720 (1')^2 (2') (4') - 120 (1')^3 (5') ] * t^5 / 5!

P(6,t) = (1')^(-11) * [ -30240 (2')^5 + 60480 (1') (2')^3 (3') - 20160 (1')^2 (2') (3')^2 - 20160 (1')^2 (2')^2 (4') + 5040 (1')^3 (3')(4') + 5040 (1')^3 (2')(5') - 720 (1')^4 (6') ] * t^6 / 6!

P(7,t) = (1')^(-13) * [ 665280 (2')^6 - 1663200 (1')(2')^4(3') + (1')^2 [907200 (2')^2(3')^2 + 604800 (2')^3(4')] - (1')^3 [60480 (3')^3 + 362880 (2')(3')(4') + 181440 (2')^2(5')] + (1')^4 [20160 (4')^2 + 40320 (3')(5') + 40320 (2')(6')] - 5040 (1')^5(7')] * t^7 / 7!

P(8,t) = (1')^(-15) * [ -17297280 (2')^7 + 51891840 (1')(2')^5(3') - (1')^2 [39916800 (2')^3(3')^2 + 19958400 (2')^4(4')] + (1')^3 [6652800 (2')(3')^3 + 19958400 (2')^2(3')(4') + 6652800 (2')^3(5')] - (1')^4 [1814400 (3')^2(4') + 1814400 (2')(4')^2 + 3628800 (2')(3')(5') + 1814400 (2')^2(6')] + (1')^5 [362880 (4')(5') + 362880 (3')(6') + 362880 (2')(7')] - 40320 (1')^6(8')] * t^8 / 8!

...

See A134685 for more information.

A111785 is obtained from A133437 by dividing through the bracketed terms of the P(n,t) by n! and unsigned A111785 is a refinement of A033282 and A126216. - Tom Copeland, Sep 28 2008

For relation to the geometry of associahedra or Stasheff polytopes (and other combinatorial objects) see the Loday and McCammond links. E.g., P(5,t) = (1')^(-9) * [ 14 (2')^4 - 21 (1') (2')^2 (3') + 6 (1')^2 (2') (4')+ 3 (1')^2 (3')^2 - 1 (1')^3 (5') ] * t^5 is related to the 3-D associahedron with 14 vertices (0-D faces), 21 edges (1-D faces), 6 pentagons (2-D faces), 3 rectangles (2-D faces), 1 3-D polytope (3-D faces). Summing over faces of the same dimension gives A033282 or A126216. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008

A relation between this Lagrange inversion for an o.g.f. and partition polynomials formed from the "refined Lah numbers" A130561 is presented in the link "Lagrange a la Lah" along with umbral binary tree representations.

With f(x,t) = x + t*Sum_{n>=2} u_n*x^n, the compositional inverse in x is related to the velocity profile of particles governed by the inviscid Burgers's, or Hopf, eqn. See A001764 and A086810. - Tom Copeland, Feb 15 2014

Newton was aware of this power series expansion for series reversion. See the Ferraro reference p. 75 eqn. 52. - Tom Copeland, Jan 22 2017

The coefficients of the partition polynomials divided by the associated factorial enumerate the faces of the convex, bounded polytopes called the associahedra, and the absolute value of the sum of the renormalized coefficients gives the Euler characteristic of unity for each polytope; i.e., the absolute value of the sum of each row of the array is either n! (unnormalized) or unity (normalized). In addition, the signs of the faces alternate with dimension, and the coefficients of faces with the same dimension for each polytope have the same sign. - Tom Copeland, Nov 13 2019

With u_1 = 1 and the other u_n replaced by suitably signed partition polynomials of A263633, the partition polynomials enumerating the refined noncrossing partitions of A134264 with a shift in indices are obtained (cf. In the Realm of Shadows). - Tom Copeland, Nov 16 2019

Relations between associahedra and oriented n-simplices are presented by Halvorson and by Street. - Tom Copeland, Dec 08 2019

Let f(x;t,n) = x - t * x^(n+1), giving u_1 = (1') = 1 and u_(n+1) = (n+1) = -t. Then inverting in x with t a parameter gives finv(x;t,n) = Sum_{j>=0} {binomial((n+1)*j,j) / (n*j + 1)} * t^j * x^(n*j + 1), which gives the Catalan numbers for n=1, and the Fuss-Catalan sequences for n>1 (see A001764, n=2). Comparing this with the same result in A134264 gives relations between the faces of associahedra and noncrossing partitions (and other combinatorial constructs related to these inversion formulas and those listed in A145271). - Tom Copeland, Jan 27 2020

From Tom Copeland, Mar 24 2020: (Start)

There is a mapping between the faces of K_n, the associahedron of dimension (n-1), and polygon dissections. The dissecting noncrossing diagonals (i.e., nonintersecting in the interior) form subpolygons. Assign the indeterminate x_k to a subpolygon where k = (number of vertices of the subpolygon) - 1. Multiply the x_k together to form the monomials for the inversion formula.

For the 3-dimensional associahedron K_4, the fundamental polygon is the hexagon, which can be dissected into pentagons, associated to x_4; tetragons, to x_3; and triangles, to x_2; for example, there are six distinguished partitions of the hexagon into one triangle and one pentagon, sharing two vertices, associated to the monomial 6 * x_2 * x_4 since the unshared vertex of the triangle can be moved consecutively from one vertex of the hexagon to the next. This term corresponds to 720 (1')^2 (2') (4') / 5! in P(5,t) above, denumerating the six pentagonal facets of K_4. (End)

A Schroeder path of semilength n is a lattice path in the first quadrant, from the origin to the point (2n,0) and consisting of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H=(2,0).

Also number of Schroeder paths of semilength n containing exactly k doublerises but no (2,0) steps at level 0 (n >= 1; 0 <= k <= n-1). Also number of doublerise-bicolored Dyck paths (doublerises come in two colors; also called marked Dyck paths) of semilength n and having k doublerises of a given color (n >= 1; 0 <= k <= n-1). Also number of 12312- and 121323-avoiding matchings on [2n] with exactly k crossings.

Essentially the triangle given by [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,...] DELTA [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2007

Mirror image of triangle A033282. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2007

For relation to Lagrange inversion, or series reversion and the geometry of associahedra, or Stasheff polytopes (and other combinatorial objects), see A133437. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008

First column (k=0) gives the Catalan numbers (A000108). - Alexander Karpov, Jun 10 2018

T(n,k) is the multiplicity of the k-hook representation of the symmetric group in the (n-1)st parking space representation (see Pak and Postnikov, 1995). - Joshua Mundinger, Jul 18 2025

A k-composition of n is a rectangular array of nonnegative integers with k rows, at least one nonzero entry in each column, and having the sum of all entries equal to n.

A k-composition of n is a rectangular array of nonnegative integers with k rows, at least one nonzero entry in each column, and having the sum of all entries equal to n.

Former name: From generalized Catalan numbers. - G. C. Greubel, Sep 03 2025