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A196842 Table of the elementary symmetric functions a_k(1,2,4,5,...,n+1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 7, 14, 8, 1, 12, 49, 78, 40, 1, 18, 121, 372, 508, 240, 1, 25, 247, 1219, 3112, 3796, 1680, 1, 33, 447, 3195, 12864, 28692, 32048, 13440, 1, 42, 744, 7218, 41619, 144468, 290276, 301872, 120960, 1, 52, 1164, 14658, 113799, 560658, 1734956, 3204632, 3139680, 1209600
Offset: 0

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Author

Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 24 2011

Keywords

Comments

For the symmetric functions a_k and the definition of the triangles S_j(n,k) see a comment in A196841. Here x[1]=1, x[2]=2, and x[j]=j+1 for j=3,...,n. This is the triangle S_3(n,k), n>=0, k=0..n. The first three rows coincide with those of triangle A094638.

Examples

			n\k   0    1    2     3      4      5     6       7  ...
0:    1
1:    1    1
2:    1    3    2
3:    1    7   14     8
4:    1   12   49    78     40
5:    1   18  121   372    508    240
6:    1   25  247  1219   3112   3796   1680
7:    1   33  447  3195  12864  28692  32048  13440
...
a(1,0) = a_0(1):= 1, a(1,1) = a_1(1)= 1.
a(3,2) = a_2(1,2,4) = 1*2 + 1*4 + 2*4 = 14.
a(3,2) = 1*|s(5,3)| - 3*|s(5,4)| + 9*|s(5,5)| = 1*35-3*10+9*1 = 14.
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A094638, A145324,|A123319|, A196841, A055998 (column k=1), A002301 (diagonal), A277132 (subdiagonal).

Programs

  • Maple
    A196842 := proc(n,k)
        if n = 1 and k =1 then
            1 ;
        else
            add( abs( combinat[stirling1](n+2,n+2-k+m))*(-3)^m,m=0..k) ;
        end if;
    end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Oct 01 2016
  • Mathematica
    a[n_, k_] := If[n == 1 && k == 1, 1, Sum[(-3)^m Abs[StirlingS1[n + 2, n + 2 - k + m]], {m, 0, k}]];
    Table[a[n, k], {n, 0, 9}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 16 2023, after R. J. Mathar *)

Formula

a(n,k) = a_k(1,2,..,n) if 0<=n<3, and a_k(1,2,4,5,...,n+1) if n>=3, with the elementary symmetric functions a_k defined in a comment to A196841.
a(n,k) = 0 if n=3, with the Stirling numbers of the first kind s(n,m)=A048994(n,m).