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Original name: Wiggly sums: number of sums adding to n in which terms alternately increase and decrease or vice versa.

Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows given by [0,1,0,2,0,3,0,4,0,5,0,6,0,7,0,...] DELTA [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; another version of A019538.

See also A019538: version with n > 0 and k > 0. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 03 2008

From Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014: (Start)

T(n,k) gives the number of (k-1)-dimensional faces in the interior of the first barycentric subdivision of the standard (n-1)-dimensional simplex. For example, the barycentric subdivision of the 1-simplex is o--o--o, with 1 interior vertex and 2 interior edges, giving T(2,1) = 1 and T(2,2) = 2.

This triangle is used when calculating the face vectors of the barycentric subdivision of a simplicial complex. Let S be an n-dimensional simplicial complex and write f_k for the number of k-dimensional faces of S, with the usual convention that f_(-1) = 1, so that F := (f_(-1), f_0, f_1,...,f_n) is the f-vector of S. If M(n) denotes the square matrix formed from the first n+1 rows and n+1 columns of the present triangle, then the vector F*M(n) is the f-vector of the first barycentric subdivision of the simplicial complex S (Brenti and Welker, Lemma 2.1). For example, the rows of Pascal's triangle A007318 (but with row and column indexing starting at -1) are the f-vectors for the standard n-simplexes. It follows that A007318*A131689, which equals A028246, is the array of f-vectors of the first barycentric subdivision of standard n-simplexes. (End)

This triangle T(n, k) appears in the o.g.f. G(n, x) = Sum_{m>=0} S(n, m)*x^m with S(n, m) = Sum_{j=0..m} j^n for n >= 1 as G(n, x) = Sum_{k=1..n} (x^k/(1 - x)^(k+2))*T(n, k). See also the Eulerian triangle A008292 with a Mar 31 2017 comment for a rewritten form. For the e.g.f. see A028246 with a Mar 13 2017 comment. - Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 31 2017

T(n,k) = the number of alignments of length k of n strings each of length 1. See Slowinski. An example is given below. Cf. A122193 (alignments of strings of length 2) and A299041 (alignments of strings of length 3). - Peter Bala, Feb 04 2018

The row polynomials R(n,x) are the Fubini polynomials. - Emanuele Munarini, Dec 05 2020

From Gus Wiseman, Feb 18 2022: (Start)

Also the number of patterns of length n with k distinct parts (or with maximum part k), where we define a pattern to be a finite sequence covering an initial interval of positive integers. For example, row n = 3 counts the following patterns:

(1,1,1) (1,2,2) (1,2,3)

(2,1,2) (1,3,2)

(2,2,1) (2,1,3)

(1,1,2) (2,3,1)

(1,2,1) (3,1,2)

(2,1,1) (3,2,1)

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Regard A048994 as a lower-triangular matrix and divide each term A048994(n,k) by n!, then this is the matrix inverse. Because Sum_{k=0..n} (A048994(n,k) * x^n / n!) = A007318(x,n), Sum_{k=0..n} (A131689(n,k) * A007318(x,k)) = x^n. - Natalia L. Skirrow, Mar 23 2023

T(n,k) is the number of ordered partitions of [n] into k blocks. - Alois P. Heinz, Feb 21 2025

The k-th composition in standard order (graded reverse-lexicographic, A066099) is obtained by taking the set of positions of 1's in the reversed binary expansion of k, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.

A sequence is alternating if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with either. For example, the partition (3,2,2,2,1) has no alternating permutations, even though it does have the anti-run permutations (2,3,2,1,2) and (2,1,2,3,2).

First differs from A261983 at a(6) = 20, A261983(6) = 18.

A sequence is alternating if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with either. For example, the partition (3,2,2,2,1) has no alternating permutations, even though it does have the anti-run permutations (2,3,2,1,2) and (2,1,2,3,2).

First differs from A325534 at a(10) = 25, A325534(10) = 26. The first separable partition without an alternating permutation is (3,2,2,2,1).

A sequence is alternating if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with either. For example, the partition (3,3,2,2,2,2,1) has no alternating permutations, even though it has the anti-run permutations (2,3,2,3,2,1,2), (2,3,2,1,2,3,2), and (2,1,2,3,2,3,2).

Differs from A335448 in having a(x^2) = 0 and a(270) = 0.

These are permutations of the prime factors of n, counting multiplicity, with no adjacent triples (..., x, y, z, ...) where x <= y <= z or x >= y >= z.

The version without twins (x,x) is A345164, which is identical to this sequence except when n is the square of a prime.

Original name was: Ascending wiggly sums: number of sums adding to n in which terms alternately increase and decrease.

A composition is up/down if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with an increase. For example, the partition (3,2,2,2,1) has no up/down permutations, even though it does have the anti-run permutation (2,3,2,1,2). - Gus Wiseman, Jan 15 2022

Original name was: Descending wiggly sums: number of sums adding to n in which terms alternately decrease and increase.

A composition is down/up if it is alternately strictly decreasing and strictly increasing, starting with a decrease. For example, the partition (3,2,2,2,1) has no down/up permutations, even though it does have the anti-run permutation (2,1,2,3,2). - Gus Wiseman, Jan 28 2022

Interleaving of A114121 and A032443. Row sums of A116405. Binomial transform is A116409.

Appears to be the number of n-digit binary numbers not having more zeros than ones; equivalently, the number of unrestricted Dyck paths of length n not going below the axis. - Ralf Stephan, Mar 25 2008

From Gus Wiseman, Jun 20 2021: (Start)

Also the number compositions of n with alternating sum >= 0, where the alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(i-1) y_i. The a(0) = 1 through a(5) = 11 compositions are:

() (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

(11) (21) (22) (32)

(111) (31) (41)

(112) (113)

(121) (122)

(211) (212)

(1111) (221)

(311)

(1121)

(2111)

(11111)

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From J. Stauduhar, Jan 14 2022: (Start)

Also, for n >= 2, first differences of partial row sums of Pascal's triangle. The first ceiling(n/2)+1 elements of rows n=0 to n=4 in Pascal's triangle are:

1

1 1

1 2

1 3 3

1 4 6

...

The cumulative sums of these partial rows form the sequence 1,3,6,13,24,..., and its first differences are a(2),a(3),a(4),... in this sequence.

(End)

Such a permutation is characterized by being neither a twin (x,x) nor wiggly (A025047, A345192). A sequence is wiggly if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with either. For example, the partition (3,3,2,2,2,2,1) has no wiggly permutations, even though it has the anti-run permutations (2,3,2,3,2,1,2), (2,3,2,1,2,3,2), and (2,1,2,3,2,3,2).