A286718 Triangle read by rows: T(n, k) is the Sheffer triangle ((1 - 3*x)^(-1/3), (-1/3)*log(1 - 3*x)). A generalized Stirling1 triangle.

1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 28, 39, 12, 1, 280, 418, 159, 22, 1, 3640, 5714, 2485, 445, 35, 1, 58240, 95064, 45474, 9605, 1005, 51, 1, 1106560, 1864456, 959070, 227969, 28700, 1974, 70, 1, 24344320, 42124592, 22963996, 5974388, 859369, 72128, 3514, 92, 1, 608608000, 1077459120, 616224492, 172323696, 27458613, 2662569, 159978, 5814, 117, 1, 17041024000, 30777463360, 18331744896, 5441287980, 941164860, 102010545, 7141953, 322770, 9090, 145, 1

Offset: 0

Author

Wolfdieter Lang, May 18 2017

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• tabl

Comments

This is a generalization of the unsigned Stirling1 triangle A132393.

In general the lower triangular Sheffer matrix ((1 - d*x)^(-a/d), (-1/d)*log(1 - d*x)) is called here |S1hat[d,a]|. The signed matrix S1hat[d,a] with elements (-1)^(n-k)*|S1hat[d,a]|(n, k) is the inverse of the generalized Stirling2 Sheffer matrix S2hat[d,a] with elements S2[d,a](n, k)/d^k, where S2[d,a] is Sheffer (exp(a*x), exp(d*x) - 1).

In the Bala link the signed S1hat[d,a] (with row scaled elements S1[d,a](n,k)/d^n where S1[d,a] is the inverse matrix of S2[d,a]) is denoted by s_{(d,0,a)}, and there the notion exponential Riordan array is used for Sheffer array.

In the Luschny link the elements of |S1hat[m,m-1]| are called Stirling-Frobenius cycle numbers SF-C with parameter m.

From Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 09 2017: (Start)

The general row polynomials R(d,a;n,x) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(d,a;n,k)*x^k of the Sheffer triangle |S1hat[d,a]| satisfy, as special polynomials of the Boas-Buck class (see the reference), the identity (we use the notation of Rainville, Theorem 50, p. 141, adapted to an exponential generating function)

(E_x - n*1)*R(d,a;n,x) = -n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} d^k*(a*1 + d*beta(k)*E_x)*R(d,a;n-1-k,x)/(n-1-k)!, for n >= 0, with E_x = x*d/dx (Euler operator), and beta(k) = A002208(k+1)/A002209(k+1).

This entails a recurrence for the sequence of column k, for n > k >= 0: T(d,a;n,k) = (n!/(n - k))*Sum_{p=k..n-1} d^(n-1-p)*(a + d*k*beta(n-1-p))*T(d,a;p,k)/p!, with input T(d,a;k,k) = 1. For the present [d,a] = [3,1] case see the formula and example sections below. (End)

The inverse of the Sheffer triangular matrix S2[3,1] = A282629 is the Sheffer matrix S1[3,1] = (1/(1 + x)^(1/3), log(1 + x)/3) with rational elements S1[3,1](n, k) = (-1)^(n-m)*T(n, k)/3^n. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 15 2018

Examples

			The triangle T(n, k) begins:
n\k        0        1        2       3      4     5    6  7 8 ...
O:         1
1:         1        1
2:         4        5        1
3:        28       39       12       1
4:       280      418      159      22      1
5:      3640     5714     2485     445     35     1
6:     58240    95064    45474    9605   1005    51    1
7:   1106560  1864456   959070  227969  28700  1974   70  1
8:  24344320 42124592 22963996 5974388 859369 72128 3514 92 1
...
From _Wolfdieter Lang_, Aug 09 2017: (Start)
Recurrence: T(3, 1) = T(2, 0) + (3*3-2)*T(2, 1) = 4 + 7*5 = 39.
Boas-Buck recurrence for column k = 2 and n = 5:
T(5, 2) = (5!/3)*(3^2*(1 + 6*(3/8))*T(2,2)/2! + 3*(1 + 6*(5/12)*T(3, 2)/3! + (1 + 6*(1/2))* T(4, 2)/4!)) = (5!/3)*(9*(1 + 9/4)/2 + 3*(1 + 15/6)*12/6 + (1 + 3)*159/24) = 2485.
The beta sequence begins: {1/2, 5/12, 3/8, 251/720, 95/288, 19087/60480, ...}.
(End)
		

References

• Ralph P. Boas, jr. and R. Creighton Buck, Polynomial Expansions of analytic functions, Springer, 1958, pp. 17 - 21, (last sign in eq. (6.11) should be -).
• Earl D. Rainville, Special Functions, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1960, ch. 8, sect. 76, 140 - 146.

Links

• P. Bala, A 3 parameter family of generalized Stirling numbers
• Wolfdieter Lang, On Sums of Powers of Arithmetic Progressions, and Generalized Stirling, Eulerian and Bernoulli Numbers, arXiv:math/1707.04451 [math.NT], July 2017.
• Wolfdieter Lang, On Generating functions of Diagonals Sequences of Sheffer and Riordan Number Triangles, arXiv:1708.01421 [math.NT], August 2017.
• Peter Luschny, The Stirling-Frobenius numbers.

Crossrefs

S2[d,a] for [d,a] = [1,0], [2,1], [3,1], [3,2], [4,1] and [4,3] is A048993, A154537, A282629, A225466, A285061 and A225467, respectively.

S2hat[d,a] for these [d,a] values is A048993, A039755, A111577 (offset 0), A225468, A111578 (offset 0) and A225469, respectively.

|S1hat[d,a]| for [d,a] = [1,0], [2,1], [3,2], [4,1] and [4,3] is A132393, A028338, A225470, A290317 and A225471, respectively.

Column sequences for k = 0..4: A007559, A024216(n-1), A286721(n-2), A382984, A382985.

Diagonal sequences: A000012, A000326(n+1), A024212(n+1), A024213(n+1).

Row sums: A008544. Alternating row sums: A000007.

Beta sequence: A002208(n+1)/A002209(n+1).

Programs

Mathematica

T[n_ /; n >= 1, k_] /; 0 <= k <= n := T[n, k] = T[n-1, k-1] + (3*n-2)* T[n-1, k]; T[, -1] = 0; T[0, 0] = 1; T[n, k_] /; nJean-François Alcover, Jun 20 2018 *)

Formula

Recurrence: T(n, k) = T(n-1, k-1) + (3*n-2)*T(n-1, k), for n >= 1, k = 0..n, and T(n, -1) = 0, T(0, 0) = 1 and T(n, k) = 0 for n < k.

E.g.f. of row polynomials R(n, x) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n, k)*x^k (i.e., e.g.f. of the triangle) is (1 - 3*z)^{-(x+1)/3}.

E.g.f. of column k is (1 - 3*x)^(-1/3)*((-1/3)*log(1 - 3*x))^k/k!.

Recurrence for row polynomials is R(n, x) = (x+1)*R(n-1, x+3), with R(0, x) = 1.

Row polynomial R(n, x) = risefac(3,1;x,n) with the rising factorial

risefac(d,a;x,n) := Product_{j=0..n-1} (x + (a + j*d)). (For the signed case see the Bala link, eq. (16)).

T(n, k) = sigma^{(n)}{n-k}(a_0,a_1,...,a{n-1}) with the elementary symmetric functions with indeterminates a_j = 1 + 3*j.

T(n, k) = Sum_{j=0..n-k} binomial(n-j, k)*|S1|(n, n-j)*3^j, with the unsigned Stirling1 triangle |S1| = A132393.

Boas-Buck column recurrence (see a comment above): T(n, k) =

(n!/(n - k))*Sum_{p=k..n-1} 3^(n-1-p)*(1 + 3*k*beta(n-1-p))*T(p, k)/p!, for n > k >= 0, with input T(k, k) = 1, with beta(k) = A002208(k+1)/A002209(k+1). See an example below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 09 2017