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Number of linear extensions of the "zig-zag" poset. See ch. 3, prob. 23 of Stanley. - Mitch Harris, Dec 27 2005

Number of increasing 0-1-2 trees on n vertices. - David Callan, Dec 22 2006

Also the number of refinements of partitions. - Heinz-Richard Halder (halder.bichl(AT)t-online.de), Mar 07 2008

The ratio a(n)/n! is also the probability that n numbers x1,x2,...,xn randomly chosen uniformly and independently in [0,1] satisfy x1 > x2 < x3 > x4 < ... xn. - Pietro Majer, Jul 13 2009

For n >= 2, a(n-2) = number of permutations w of an ordered n-set {x_1 < ... x_n} with the following properties: w(1) = x_n, w(n) = x_{n-1}, w(2) > w(n-1), and neither any subword of w, nor its reversal, has the first three properties. The count is unchanged if the third condition is replaced with w(2) < w(n-1). - Jeremy L. Martin, Mar 26 2010

A partition of zigzag permutations of order n+1 by the smallest or the largest, whichever is behind. This partition has the same recurrent relation as increasing 1-2 trees of order n, by induction the bijection follows. - Wenjin Woan, May 06 2011

As can be seen from the asymptotics given in the FORMULA section, one has lim_{n->oo} 2*n*a(n-1)/a(n) = Pi; see A132049/A132050 for the simplified fractions. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 03 2013

a(n+1) is the sum of row n in triangle A008280. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 05 2013

M. Josuat-Verges, J.-C. Novelli and J.-Y. Thibon (2011) give a far-reaching generalization of the bijection between Euler numbers and alternating permutations. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 09 2015

Number of treeshelves avoiding pattern T321. Treeshelves are ordered binary (0-1-2) increasing trees where every child is connected to its parent by a left or a right link, see A278678 for more definitions and examples. - Sergey Kirgizov, Dec 24 2016

Number of sequences (e(1), ..., e(n-1)), 0 <= e(i) < i, such that no three terms are equal. [Theorem 7 of Corteel, Martinez, Savage, and Weselcouch] - Eric M. Schmidt, Jul 17 2017

Number of self-dual edge-labeled trees with n vertices under "mind-body" duality. Also number of self-dual rooted edge-labeled trees with n vertices. See my paper linked below. - Nikos Apostolakis, Aug 01 2018

The ratio a(n)/n! is the volume of the convex polyhedron defined as the set of (x_1,...,x_n) in [0,1]^n such that x_i + x_{i+1} <= 1 for every 1 <= i <= n-1; see the solutions by Macdonald and Nelsen to the Amer. Math. Monthly problem referenced below. - Sanjay Ramassamy, Nov 02 2018

Number of total cyclic orders on {0,1,...,n} such that the triple (i-1,i,i+1) is positively oriented for every 1 <= i <= n-1; see my paper on cyclic orders linked below. - Sanjay Ramassamy, Nov 02 2018

The number of binary, rooted, unlabeled histories with n+1 leaves (following the definition of Rosenberg 2006). Also termed Tajima trees, Tajima genealogies, or binary, rooted, unlabeled ranked trees (Palacios et al. 2015). See Disanto & Wiehe (2013) for a proof. - Noah A Rosenberg, Mar 10 2019

From Gus Wiseman, Dec 31 2019: (Start)

Also the number of non-isomorphic balanced reduced multisystems with n + 1 distinct atoms and maximum depth. A balanced reduced multisystem is either a finite multiset, or a multiset partition with at least two parts, not all of which are singletons, of a balanced reduced multisystem. The labeled version is A006472. For example, non-isomorphic representatives of the a(0) = 1 through a(4) = 5 multisystems are (commas elided):

{1} {12} {{1}{23}} {{{1}}{{2}{34}}} {{{{1}}}{{{2}}{{3}{45}}}}

{{{12}}{{3}{4}}} {{{{1}}}{{{23}}{{4}{5}}}}

{{{{1}{2}}}{{{3}}{{45}}}}

{{{{1}{23}}}{{{4}}{{5}}}}

{{{{12}}}{{{3}}{{4}{5}}}}

Also the number of balanced reduced multisystems with n + 1 equal atoms and maximum depth. This is possibly the meaning of Heinz-Richard Halder's comment (see also A002846, A213427, A265947). The non-maximum-depth version is A318813. For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(4) = 5 multisystems are (commas elided):

{1} {11} {{1}{11}} {{{1}}{{1}{11}}} {{{{1}}}{{{1}}{{1}{11}}}}

{{{11}}{{1}{1}}} {{{{1}}}{{{11}}{{1}{1}}}}

{{{{1}{1}}}{{{1}}{{11}}}}

{{{{1}{11}}}{{{1}}{{1}}}}

{{{{11}}}{{{1}}{{1}{1}}}}

(End)

With s_n denoting the sum of n independent uniformly random numbers chosen from [-1/2,1/2], the probability that the closest integer to s_n is even is exactly 1/2 + a(n)/(2*n!). (See Hambardzumyan et al. 2023, Appendix B.) - Suhail Sherif, Mar 31 2024

The number of permutations of size n+1 that require exactly n passes through a stack (i.e. have reverse-tier n-1) with an algorithm that prioritizes outputting the maximum possible prefix of the identity in a given pass and reverses the remainder of the permutation for prior to the next pass. - Rebecca Smith, Jun 05 2024

For partitions into blocks of even size see A156289.

Essentially the unsigned matrix inverse of triangle A121408.

From Peter Bala, Jul 28 2014: (Start)

Define a polynomial sequence x_(n) by setting x_(0) = 1 and for n = 1,2,... setting x_(n) = x*(x + n - 2)*(x + n - 4)*...*(x + n - 2*(n - 1)). Then this table is the triangle of connection constants for expressing the monomial polynomials x^n in terms of the basis x_(k), that is, x^n = sum {k = 0..n} T(n,k)*x_(k) for n = 0,1,2,.... An example is given below.

Let M denote the lower unit triangular array A119467 and for k = 0,1,2,... define M(k) to be the lower unit triangular block array

/I_k 0\

\ 0 M/ having the k x k identity matrix I_k as the upper left block; in particular, M(0) = M. Then the present triangle, omitting the first row and column, equals the infinite matrix product M(0)*M(1)*M(2)*.... (End)

Also the Bell transform of A000035(n+1). For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016

Conjecture: taking the sequence modulo an integer k gives an eventually periodic sequence. For example, the sequence taken modulo 10 is [1, 1, 2, 7, 2, 1, 2, 7, 2, 1, 2, 7, 2, ...], with an apparent period [1, 2, 7, 2] beginning at a(1), of length 4. Cf. A000670. - Peter Bala, Apr 12 2023

Comment from Peter Bala (Dec 06 2011): "Let P denote Pascal's triangle A070318 and put M = 1/2*(P-P^-1). M is A162590 (see also A131047). Then the first column of (I-t*M)^-1 (apart from the initial 1) lists the row polynomials for" A196776(n,k), which gives the number of ordered partitions of an n set into k odd-sized blocks. - Peter Luschny, Dec 06 2011

The n-th row of the triangle is formed by multiplying by 2^(n-1) the elements of the first row of the limit as k approaches infinity of the stochastic matrix P^(2k-1) where P is the stochastic matrix associated with the Ehrenfest model with n balls. The elements of a stochastic matrix P give the probability of arriving in a state j given the previous state i. In particular the sum of every row of the matrix must be 1, and so the sum of the terms in the n-th row of this triangle is 2^(n-1). Furthermore, by the properties of Markov chains, we can interpret P^(2k) as the (2k)-step transition matrix of the Ehrenfest model and its limit exists and it is again a stochastic matrix. The rows of the triangle divided by 2^(n-1) are the even rows (second, fourth, ...) and the odd rows (first, third, ...) of the limit matrix P^(2k). - Luca Onnis, Oct 29 2023

See A196776 for a row reversed form of this triangle. - Peter Bala, Oct 06 2011