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Another name: Triangle of signless Stirling numbers of the first kind.

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

A094645*A007318 as infinite lower triangular matrices.

Row sums are the factorial numbers. - Roger L. Bagula, Apr 18 2008

Exponential Riordan array [1/(1-x), log(1/(1-x))]. - Ralf Stephan, Feb 07 2014

Also the Bell transform of the factorial numbers (A000142). For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428 and for cross-references A265606. - Peter Luschny, Dec 31 2015

This is the lower triagonal Sheffer matrix of the associated or Jabotinsky type |S1| = (1, -log(1-x)) (see the W. Lang link under A006232 for the notation and references). This implies the e.g.f.s given below. |S1| is the transition matrix from the monomial basis {x^n} to the rising factorial basis {risefac(x,n)}, n >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 21 2017

T(n, k), for n >= k >= 1, is also the total volume of the n-k dimensional cell (polytope) built from the n-k orthogonal vectors of pairwise different lengths chosen from the set {1, 2, ..., n-1}. See the elementary symmetric function formula for T(n, k) and an example below. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 28 2017

From Wolfdieter Lang, Jul 20 2017: (Start)

The compositional inverse w.r.t. x of y = y(t;x) = x*(1 - t(-log(1-x)/x)) = x + t*log(1-x) is x = x(t;y) = ED(y,t) := Sum_{d>=0} D(d,t)*y^(d+1)/(d+1)!, the e.g.f. of the o.g.f.s D(d,t) = Sum_{m>=0} T(d+m, m)*t^m of the diagonal sequences of the present triangle. See the P. Bala link for a proof (there d = n-1, n >= 1, is the label for the diagonals).

This inversion gives D(d,t) = P(d, t)/(1-t)^(2*d+1), with the numerator polynomials P(d, t) = Sum_{m=0..d} A288874(d, m)*t^m. See an example below. See also the P. Bala formula in A112007. (End)

For n > 0, T(n,k) is the number of permutations of the integers from 1 to n which have k visible digits when viewed from a specific end, in the sense that a higher value hides a lower one in a subsequent position. - Ian Duff, Jul 12 2019

The Lah numbers can be seen as the case m=1 of the family of triangles T_{m}(n,k) = T_{m}(n-1,k-1)+(k^m+(n-1)^m)*T_{m}(n-1,k) (see the link 'Partition transform').

This is the Sheffer triangle (lower triangular infinite matrix) (1, x/(1-x)), an element of the Jabotinsky subgroup of the Sheffer group. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 12 2017

Triangle arising in the expansion of ((1+x)*log(1+x))^n.

Also the Bell transform of (-1)^(n-1)*(n-1)! if n>1 else 1 adding 1,0,0,0,... as column 0. For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 16 2016

For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. The Bell transform of {(-m)^m | m >= 0} is A039621. The numbers A039621(n, k) are known as the Lehmer-Comtet numbers of 2nd kind. We think it is more natural to use Bell_{n, k}({m^m}) as the basis for the definition (and let the triangle start at (0, 0)).

Triangle T is created using 2-Stirling numbers of the first (A049444) and the second (A143494) kind. The unusual construction is as follows:

Define A(n, k) by recurrence A(n, k) = A(n-1, k-1) + (k+1) * A(n-1, k) for 0 < k < n with initial values A(n, n) = 1, n >= 0, and A(n, 0) = 0, n > 0. A without column k = 0 is A143494. Let B = A^(-1) matrix inverse of A. B without column k = 0 is A049444. Now define T(m, k) = Sum_{i=0..m-k} B(m-k, i) * A(m-1+i, m-1) for 0 < k <= m = n/2 and T(m, 0) = 0^m for 0 <= m = n/2; T(i, j) = 0 if i < j or j < 0.

Matrix inverse of T is A360753. - Werner Schulte, Feb 21 2023

Conjecture: the transpose of this array is the upper triangular matrix U in the LU factorization of the array of Stirling numbers of the second kind read as a square array; the corresponding lower triangular array L is the triangle of Stirling numbers of the second kind. See the example section below. - Peter Bala, Oct 10 2023