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Suppose that p = x(1) >= x(2) >= ... >= x(k) is a partition of n. Let y(1) > y(2) > ... > y(h) be the distinct parts of p, and let m(i) be the multiplicity of y(i) for 1 <= i <= h. Then we can "look" at p as "m(1) y(1)'s and m(2) y(2)'s and ... m(h) y(h)'s". Reversing the m's and y's, we can then "say" the Look-and-Say partition of p, denoted by LS(p). The name "Look-and-Say" follows the example of Look-and-Say integer sequences (e.g., A005150). As p ranges through the partitions of n, LS(p) ranges through all the Look-and-Say partitions of n. The number of these is A239455(n).

The Look-and-Say array is distinct from the Wilf array, described at A098859; for example, the number of Look-and-Say partitions of 9 is A239455(9) = 16, whereas the number of Wilf partitions of 9 is A098859(9) = 15. The Look-and-Say partition of 9 which is not a Wilf partition of 9 is [2,2,2,1,1,1].

Conjecture: a partition is Look-and-Say iff it has a permutation with all distinct run-lengths. For example, the partition y = (2,2,2,1,1,1) has the permutation (2,2,1,1,1,2), with run-lengths (2,3,1), which are all distinct, so y is counted under a(9). - Gus Wiseman, Aug 11 2025

Also the number of integer partitions y of n such that there is a pairwise disjoint way to choose a strict integer partition of each multiplicity (or run-length) of y. - Gus Wiseman, Aug 11 2025

First differs from A130091 (Wilf partitions) in having 216.

See A239455 for the definition of Look-and-Say partitions.

The Heinz number of a partition (y_1,...,y_k) is prime(y_1)*...*prime(y_k). This gives a bijective correspondence between positive integers and integer partitions.

First differs from A336866 (non-Wilf partitions) at a(9) = 14, A336866(9) = 15, the difference being the partition (2,2,2,1,1,1).

See A239455 for the definition of Look-and-Say partitions.

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)

(End)

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 n-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 n, prepending 0, taking first differences, and reversing again. This gives a bijective correspondence between nonnegative integers and integer compositions.

A044813 contains those positive integers that when written in binary, have all run-lengths (of both 0's and 1's) distinct.

A175414 contains those positive integers in A175413 that are not in A044813. (A175414 contains those positive integers that when written in binary, at least one run of 0's is the same length as one run of 1's, even though all run of 0 are of distinct length and all runs of 1's are of distinct length.)

Also numbers whose binary expansion has all distinct runs (not necessarily run-lengths). - Gus Wiseman, Feb 21 2022

These are binary words where the runs of zeros have all distinct lengths and the runs of ones also have all distinct lengths. For n > 0 this is twice the number of terms of A175413 that have n digits in binary.