A248727 A046802(x,y) --> A046802(x,y+1), transform of e.g.f. for the graded number of positroids of the totally nonnegative Grassmannians G+(k,n); enumerates faces of the stellahedra.

1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 1, 16, 24, 10, 1, 65, 130, 84, 19, 1, 326, 815, 720, 265, 36, 1, 1957, 5871, 6605, 3425, 803, 69, 1, 13700, 47950, 65646, 44240, 15106, 2394, 134, 1, 109601, 438404, 707840, 589106, 267134, 63896, 7094, 263, 1

Offset: 0

Author

Tom Copeland, Oct 12 2014

Keywords

• easy
• nonn
• tabl

Comments

This is a transform of A046802 treating it as an array of h-vectors, so y is replaced by (y+1) in the e.g.f. for A046802.

An e.g.f. for the reversed row polynomials with signs is given by exp(a.(0;t)x) = [e^{(1+t)x} [1+t(1-e^(-x))]]^(-1) = 1 - (1+2t)x + (1+5t+5t^2)x^2/2! + ... . The reciprocal is an e.g.f. for the reversed face polynomials of the simplices A074909, i.e., exp(b.(0;t)x) = e^{(1+t)x} [1+t(1-e^(-x))] = 1 + (1+2t)x +(1+3t+3t^2) x^2/2! + ... , so the relations of A133314 apply between the two sets of polynomials. In particular, umbrally [a.(0;t)+b.(0;t)]^n vanishes except for n=0 for which it's unity, implying the two sets of Appell polynomials formed from the two bases, a_n(z;t) = (a.(0;t)+z)^n and b_n(z;t) = (b.(0;t) + z)^n, are an umbral compositional inverse pair, i.e., b_n(a.(x;t);t)= x^n = a_n(b.(x;t);t). Raising operators for these Appell polynomials are related to the polynomials of A028246, whose reverse polynomials are given by A123125 * A007318. Compare: A248727 = A007318 * A123125 * A007318 and A046802 = A007318 * A123125. See A074909 for definitions and related links. - Tom Copeland, Jan 21 2015

The o.g.f. for the umbral inverses is Og(x) = x / (1 - x b.(0;t)) = x / [(1-tx)(1-(1+t)x)] = x + (1+2t) x^2 + (1+3t+3t^2) x^3 + ... . Its compositional inverse is an o.g.f for signed A033282, the reverse f-polynomials for the simplicial duals of the Stasheff polytopes, or associahedra of type A, Oginv(x) =[1+(1+2t)x-sqrt[1+2(1+2t)x+x^2]] / (2t(1+t)x) = x - (1+2t) x^2 + (1+5t+5t^2) x^3 + ... . Contrast this with the o.g.f.s related to the corresponding h-polynomials in A046802. - Tom Copeland, Jan 24 2015

Face vectors, or coefficients of the face polynomials, of the stellahedra, or stellohedra. See p. 59 of Buchstaber and Panov. - Tom Copeland, Nov 08 2016

See A008279 for a relation between the e.g.f.s enumerating the faces of permutahedra and stellahedra. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016

Examples

			The triangle T(n, k) starts:
n\k    0     1     2     3     4    5   6  7 ...
1:     1
2:     2     1
3:     5     5     1
4:    16    24    10     1
5:    65   130    84    19     1
6:   326   815   720   265    36    1
7:  1957  5871  6605  3425   803   69   1
8: 13700 47950 65646 44240 15106 2394 134  1
... reformatted, _Wolfdieter Lang_, Mar 27 2015
		

Links

• P. Barry, Three Études on a sequence transformation pipeline, arXiv:1803.06408 [math.CO], 2018.
• L. Berry, S. Forcey, M. Ronco, and P. Showers, Polytopes and Hopf algebras of painted trees: Fan graphs and Stellohedra, arXiv:1608.08546 [math.CO], 2018.
• L. Berry, S. Forcey, M. Ronco, and P. Showers, Species substitution, graph suspension, and graded Hopf algebras of painted tree polytopes, arXiv:1608.08546 [math.CO], 2019.
• V. Buchstaber and T. Panov, Toric Topology, arXiv:1210.2368v3 [math.AT], 2014.
• R. Da Rosa, D. Jensen, and D. Ranganathan, Toric graph associahedra and compactifications of M_(0,n), arXiv:1411.0537 [math.AG], 2015.
• S. Forcey, M. Ronco, and P. Showers, Polytopes and algebras of grafted trees: Stellohedra, arXiv:1608.08546v2 [math.CO], 2016.
• Stefan Forcey, The Hedra Zoo
• I. Limonchenko, Moment-angle manifolds, 2-truncated cubes and Massey operations, arXiv:1510.07778 [math.AT], 2017.
• M. Lin, Graph Cohomology, 2016, (Fig. 2.5 is a stellahedron).
• T. Manneville and V. Pilaud, Compatibility fans for graphical nested complexes, arXiv:1501.07152v3 [math.CO], 2015-2016.
• MathOverflow, Analogue of conic sections for the permutohedra, associahedra, and noncrossing partitions, an MO question posed by T. Copeland, 2017. (See Buchstaber references therein.)
• V. Pilaud, The Associahedron and its Friends, presentation for Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire, April 4-6, 2016. [From _Tom Copeland_, Jun 26 2018]

Crossrefs

Cf. A046802, A007047, A122045, A000522, A036918, A001339, A052944.

Cf. A074909, A028246, A133314, A007318, A123125, A033282.

Cf. A008279, A008292, A090582, A097808, A130850.

Cf. A019538, A119879.

Programs

Mathematica

(* t = A046802 *) t[, 1] = 1; t[n, n_] = 1; t[n_, 2] = 2^(n - 1) - 1; t[n_, k_] = Sum[((i - k + 1)^i*(k - i)^(n - i - 1) - (i - k + 2)^i*(k - i - 1)^(n - i - 1))*Binomial[n - 1, i], {i, 0, k - 1}]; T[n_, j_] := Sum[Binomial[k, j]*t[n + 1, k + 1], {k, j, n}]; Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 23 2015, after Tom Copeland *)

Formula

Let M(n,k)= sum{i=0,..,k-1, C(n,i)[(i-k)^i*(k-i+1)^(n-i)- (i-k+1)^i*(k-i)^(n-i)]} with M(n,0)=1. Then M(n,k)= A046802(n,k), and T(n,j)= sum(k=j,..,n, C(k,j)*M(n,k)) for j>0 with T(n,0)= 1 + sum(k=1,..,n, M(n,k)) for n>0 and T(0,0)=1.

E.g.f: y * exp[x*(y+1)]/[y+1-exp(x*y)].

Row sums are A007047. Row polynomials evaluated at -1 are unity. Row polynomials evaluated at -2 are A122045.

First column is A000522. Second column appears to be A036918/2 = (A001339-1)/2 = n*A000522(n)/2.

Second diagonal is A052944. (Changed from conjecture to fact on Nov 08 2016.)

The raising operator for the reverse row polynomials with row signs is R = x - (1+t) - t e^(-D) / [1 + t(1-e^(-D))] evaluated at x = 0, with D = d/dx. Also R = x - d/dD log[exp(a.(0;t)D], or R = - d/dz log[e^(-xz) exp(a.(0;t)z)] = - d/dz log[exp(a.(-x;t)z)] with the e.g.f. defined in the comments and z replaced by D. Note that t e ^(-D) / [1+t(1-e^(-D))] = t - (t+t^2) D + (t+3t^2+2t^3) D^2/2! - ... is an e.g.f. for the signed reverse row polynomials of A028246. - Tom Copeland, Jan 23 2015

Equals A007318*(padded A090582)*A007318*A097808 = A007318*(padded (A008292*A007318))*A007318*A097808 = A007318*A130850 = A007318*(mirror of A028246). Padded means in the same way that A097805 is padded A007318. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016

Umbrally, the row polynomials are p_n(x) = (1 + q.(x))^n, where (q.(x))^k = q_k(x) are the row polynomials of A130850. - Tom Copeland, Nov 16 2016

From the previous umbral statement, OP(x,d/dy) y^n = (y + q.(x))^n, where OP(x,y) = exp[y * q.(x)] = x/((1+x)*exp(-x*y) - 1), the e.g.f. of A130850, so OP(x,d/dy) y^n evaluated at y = 1 is p_n(x), the n-th row polynomial of this entry, with offset 0. - Tom Copeland, Jun 25 2018

Consolidating some formulas in this entry and A046082, in umbral notation for concision, with all offsets 0: Let A_n(x;y) = (y + E.(x))^n, an Appell sequence in y where E.(x)^k = E_k(x) are the Eulerian polynomials of A123125. Then the row polynomials of A046802 (the h-polynomials of the stellahedra) are given by h_n(x) = A_n(x;1); the row polynomials of this entry (A248727, the face polynomials of the stellahedra), by f_n(x) = A_n(1 + x;1); the Swiss-knife polynomials of A119879, by Sw_n(x) = A_n(-1;1 + x); and the row polynomials of the Worpitsky triangle (A130850), by w_n(x) = A(1 + x;0). Other specializations of A_n(x;y) give A090582 (the f-polynomials of the permutohedra, cf. also A019538) and A028246 (another version of the Worpitsky triangle). - Tom Copeland, Jan 24 2020

Extensions

Title expanded by Tom Copeland, Nov 08 2016