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A001813 Quadruple factorial numbers: a(n) = (2n)!/n!.

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1, 2, 12, 120, 1680, 30240, 665280, 17297280, 518918400, 17643225600, 670442572800, 28158588057600, 1295295050649600, 64764752532480000, 3497296636753920000, 202843204931727360000, 12576278705767096320000, 830034394580628357120000, 58102407620643984998400000
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Counts binary rooted trees (with out-degree <= 2), embedded in plane, with n labeled end nodes of degree 1. Unlabeled version gives Catalan numbers A000108.
Define a "downgrade" to be the permutation which places the items of a permutation in descending order. We are concerned with permutations that are identical to their downgrades. Only permutations of order 4n and 4n+1 can have this property; the number of permutations of length 4n having this property are equinumerous with those of length 4n+1. If a permutation p has this property then the reversal of this permutation also has it. a(n) = number of permutations of length 4n and 4n+1 that are identical to their downgrades. - Eugene McDonnell (eemcd(AT)mac.com), Oct 26 2003
Number of broadcast schemes in the complete graph on n+1 vertices, K_{n+1}. - Calin D. Morosan (cd_moros(AT)alumni.concordia.ca), Nov 28 2008
Hankel transform is A137565. - Paul Barry, Nov 25 2009
The e.g.f. of 1/a(n) = n!/(2*n)! is (exp(sqrt(x)) + exp(-sqrt(x)) )/2. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2012
From Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2014: (Start)
Aerated with intervening zeros (1,0,2,0,12,0,120,...) = a(n) (cf. A123023 and A001147), the e.g.f. is e^(t^2), so this is the base for the Appell sequence with e.g.f. e^(t^2) e^(x*t) = exp(P(.,x),t) (reverse A059344, cf. A099174, A066325 also). P(n,x) = (a. + x)^n with (a.)^n = a_n and comprise the umbral compositional inverses for e^(-t^2)e^(x*t) = exp(UP(.,x),t), i.e., UP(n,P(.,t)) = x^n = P(n,UP(.,t)), e.g., (P(.,t))^n = P(n,t).
Equals A000407*2 with leading 1 added. (End)
a(n) is also the number of square roots of any permutation in S_{4*n} whose disjoint cycle decomposition consists of 2*n transpositions. - Luis Manuel Rivera Martínez, Mar 04 2015
Self-convolution gives A076729. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 11 2016
For n > 1, it follows from the formula dated Aug 07 2013 that a(n) is a Zumkeller number (A083207). - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Feb 28 2017
For n divisible by 4, a(n/4) is the number of ways to place n points on an n X n grid with pairwise distinct abscissae, pairwise distinct ordinates, and 90-degree rotational symmetry. For n == 1 (mod 4), the number of ways is a((n-1)/4) because the center point can be considered "fixed". For 180-degree rotational symmetry see A006882, for mirror symmetry see A000085, A135401, and A297708. - Manfred Scheucher, Dec 29 2017

Examples

			The following permutations of order 8 and their reversals have this property:
  1 7 3 5 2 4 0 6
  1 7 4 2 5 3 0 6
  2 3 7 6 1 0 4 5
  2 4 7 1 6 0 3 5
  3 2 6 7 0 1 5 4
  3 5 1 7 0 6 2 4
		

References

  • D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 4, Section 7.2.1.6, Eq. 32.
  • L. C. Larson, The number of essentially different nonattacking rook arrangements, J. Recreat. Math., 7 (No. 3, 1974), circa pages 180-181.
  • Eugene McDonnell, "Magic Squares and Permutations" APL Quote-Quad 7.3 (Fall, 1976)
  • R. W. Robinson, Counting arrangements of bishops, pp. 198-214 of Combinatorial Mathematics IV (Adelaide 1975), Lect. Notes Math., 560 (1976).
  • N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

Programs

  • GAP
    List([0..20],n->Factorial(2*n)/Factorial(n)); # Muniru A Asiru, Nov 01 2018
    
  • Magma
    [Factorial(2*n)/Factorial(n): n in [0..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 09 2018
    
  • Maple
    A001813 := n->(2*n)!/n!;
    A001813 := n -> mul(k, k = select(k-> k mod 4 = 2,[$1 .. 4*n])):
    seq(A001813(n), n=0..16);  # Peter Luschny, Jun 23 2011
  • Mathematica
    Table[(2n)!/n!, {n,0,20}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 02 2011 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist(binomial(n+n, n)*n!,n,0,30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 05 2012 */
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=binomial(n+n,n)*n! \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 15 2011
    
  • PARI
    first(n) = x='x+O('x^n); Vec(serlaplace((1 - 4*x)^(-1/2))) \\ Iain Fox, Jan 01 2018 (corrected by Iain Fox, Jan 11 2018)
    
  • Python
    from math import factorial
    def A001813(n): return factorial(n<<1)//factorial(n) # Chai Wah Wu, Feb 14 2023
  • Sage
    [binomial(2*n,n)*factorial(n) for n in range(0, 17)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 03 2009
    

Formula

E.g.f.: (1-4*x)^(-1/2).
a(n) = (2*n)!/n! = Product_{k=0..n-1} (4*k + 2) = A081125(2*n).
Integral representation as n-th moment of a positive function on a positive half-axis: a(n) = Integral_{x=0..oo} x^n*exp(-x/4)/(sqrt(x)*2*sqrt(Pi)) dx, n >= 0. This representation is unique. - Karol A. Penson, Sep 18 2001
Define a'(1)=1, a'(n) = Sum_{k=1..n-1} a'(n-k)*a'(k)*C(n, k); then a(n)=a'(n+1). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 27 2003
With interpolated zeros (1, 0, 2, 0, 12, ...) this has e.g.f. exp(x^2). - Paul Barry, May 09 2003
a(n) = A000680(n)/A000142(n)*A000079(n) = Product_{i=0..n-1} (4*i + 2) = 4^n*Pochhammer(1/2, n) = 4^n*GAMMA(n+1/2)/sqrt(Pi). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 13 2003
For asymptotics, see the Robinson paper.
a(k) = (2*k)!/k! = Sum_{i=1..k+1} |A008275(i,k+1)| * k^(i-1). - André F. Labossière, Jun 21 2007
a(n) = 12*A051618(a) n >= 2. - Zerinvary Lajos, Feb 15 2008
a(n) = A000984(n)*A000142(n). - Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 25 2008
a(n) = A016825(n-1)*a(n-1). - Roger L. Bagula, Sep 17 2008
a(n) = (-1)^n*A097388(n). - D. Morosan (cd_moros(AT)alumni.concordia.ca), Nov 28 2008
From Paul Barry, Jan 15 2009: (Start)
G.f.: 1/(1-2x/(1-4x/(1-6x/(1-8x/(1-10x/(1-... (continued fraction);
a(n) = (n+1)!*A000108(n). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A132393(n,k)*2^(2n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 10 2009
G.f.: 1/(1-2x-8x^2/(1-10x-48x^2/(1-18x-120x^2/(1-26x-224x^2/(1-34x-360x^2/(1-42x-528x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Nov 25 2009
a(n) = A173333(2*n,n) for n>0; cf. A006963, A001761. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2010
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 19 2011: (Start)
a(n) = upper left term of M^n, M = an infinite square production matrix as follows:
2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...
4, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, ...
6, 6, 6, 6, 0, 0, ...
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, ...
...
(End)
a(n) = (-2)^n*Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k*s(n+1,n+1-k), where s(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the first kind, A048994. - Mircea Merca, May 03 2012
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 + x*(4*k+2) - x*(4*k+4)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 18 2013
G.f.: 2/G(0), where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(8*k+4)/(x*(8*k+4) - 1 + 8*x*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 30 2013
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 2*x/(2*x + 1/(2*k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 01 2013
D-finite with recurrence: a(n) = (4*n-6)*a(n-2) + (4*n-3)*a(n-1), n>=2. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Aug 07 2013
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = (exp(1/4)*sqrt(Pi)*erf(1/2) + 2)/2 = 1 + A214869, where erf(x) is the error function. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 10 2016
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 1 - sqrt(Pi)*erfi(1/2)/(2*exp(1/4)), where erfi(x) is the imaginary error function. - Amiram Eldar, Feb 20 2021
a(n) = 1/([x^n] hypergeom([1], [1/2], x/4)). - Peter Luschny, Sep 13 2024
a(n) = 2^n*n!*JacobiP(n, -1/2, -n, 3). - Peter Luschny, Jan 22 2025
G.f.: 2F0(1,1/2;;4x). - R. J. Mathar, Jun 07 2025

Extensions

More terms from James Sellers, May 01 2000

A132393 Triangle of unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind (see A048994), read by rows, T(n,k) for 0 <= k <= n.

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1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1, 0, 6, 11, 6, 1, 0, 24, 50, 35, 10, 1, 0, 120, 274, 225, 85, 15, 1, 0, 720, 1764, 1624, 735, 175, 21, 1, 0, 5040, 13068, 13132, 6769, 1960, 322, 28, 1, 0, 40320, 109584, 118124, 67284, 22449, 4536, 546, 36, 1, 0, 362880, 1026576, 1172700, 723680, 269325, 63273, 9450, 870, 45, 1
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Philippe Deléham, Nov 10 2007, Oct 15 2008, Oct 17 2008

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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

Examples

			Triangle T(n,k) begins:
  1;
  0,    1;
  0,    1,     1;
  0,    2,     3,     1;
  0,    6,    11,     6,    1;
  0,   24,    50,    35,   10,    1;
  0,  120,   274,   225,   85,   15,   1;
  0,  720,  1764,  1624,  735,  175,  21,  1;
  0, 5040, 13068, 13132, 6769, 1960, 322, 28, 1;
  ...
---------------------------------------------------
Production matrix is
  0, 1
  0, 1, 1
  0, 1, 2,  1
  0, 1, 3,  3,  1
  0, 1, 4,  6,  4,  1
  0, 1, 5, 10, 10,  5,  1
  0, 1, 6, 15, 20, 15,  6, 1
  0, 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1
  ...
From _Wolfdieter Lang_, May 09 2017: (Start)
Three term recurrence: 50 = T(5, 2) = 1*6 + (5-1)*11 = 50.
Recurrence from the Sheffer a-sequence [1, 1/2, 1/6, 0, ...]: 50 = T(5, 2) = (5/2)*(binomial(1, 1)*1*6 + binomial(2, 1)*(1/2)*11 + binomial(3, 1)*(1/6)*6 + 0) = 50. The vanishing z-sequence produces the k=0 column from T(0, 0) = 1. (End)
Elementary symmetric function T(4, 2) = sigma^{(3)}_2 = 1*2 + 1*3 + 2*3 = 11. Here the cells (polytopes) are 3 rectangles with total area 11. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, May 28 2017
O.g.f.s of diagonals: d=2 (third diagonal) [0, 6, 50, ...] has D(2,t) = P(2, t)/(1-t)^5, with P(2, t) = 2 + t, the n = 2 row of A288874. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Jul 20 2017
Boas-Buck recurrence for column k = 2 and n = 5: T(5, 2) = (5!*2/3)*((3/8)*T(2,2)/2! + (5/12)*T(3,2)/3! + (1/2)*T(4,2)/4!) = (5!*2/3)*(3/16 + (5/12)*3/3! + (1/2)*11/4!) = 50. The beta sequence begins: {1/2, 5/12, 3/8, ...}. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Aug 11 2017
		

References

  • Miklos Bona, editor, Handbook of Enumerative Combinatorics, CRC Press, 2015, pages 31, 187, 441, 996.
  • R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth, and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 2nd. ed., Table 259, p. 259.
  • Steve Roman, The Umbral Calculus, Dover Publications, New York (1984), pp. 149-150

Crossrefs

Essentially a duplicate of A048994. Cf. A008275, A008277, A112007, A130534, A288874, A354795.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a132393 n k = a132393_tabl !! n !! k
    a132393_row n = a132393_tabl !! n
    a132393_tabl = map (map abs) a048994_tabl
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 06 2013
    
  • Maple
    a132393_row := proc(n) local k; seq(coeff(expand(pochhammer (x,n)),x,k),k=0..n) end: # Peter Luschny, Nov 28 2010
  • Mathematica
    p[t_] = 1/(1 - t)^x; Table[ ExpandAll[(n!)SeriesCoefficient[ Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n]], {n, 0, 10}]; a = Table[(n!)* CoefficientList[SeriesCoefficient[ Series[p[t], {t, 0, 30}], n], x], {n, 0, 10}]; Flatten[a] (* Roger L. Bagula, Apr 18 2008 *)
    Flatten[Table[Abs[StirlingS1[n,i]],{n,0,10},{i,0,n}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 04 2014 *)
  • Maxima
    create_list(abs(stirling1(n,k)),n,0,12,k,0,n); /* Emanuele Munarini, Mar 11 2011 */
    
  • PARI
    column(n,k) = my(v1, v2); v1 = vector(n-1, i, 0); v2 = vector(n, i, 0); v2[1] = 1; for(i=1, n-1, v1[i] = (i+k)*(i+k-1)/2*v2[i]; for(j=1, i-1, v1[j] *= (i-j)*(i+k)/(i-j+2)); v2[i+1] = vecsum(v1)/i); v2 \\ generates n first elements of the k-th column starting from the first nonzero element. - Mikhail Kurkov, Mar 05 2025

Formula

T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1)+(n-1)*T(n-1,k), n,k>=1; T(n,0)=T(0,k); T(0,0)=1.
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^(n-k) = A000012(n), A000142(n), A001147(n), A007559(n), A007696(n), A008548(n), A008542(n), A045754(n), A045755(n) for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2007
Expand 1/(1-t)^x = Sum_{n>=0}p(x,n)*t^n/n!; then the coefficients of the p(x,n) produce the triangle. - Roger L. Bagula, Apr 18 2008
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*2^k*x^(n-k) = A000142(n+1), A000165(n), A008544(n), A001813(n), A047055(n), A047657(n), A084947(n), A084948(n), A084949(n) for x = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 18 2008
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*3^k*x^(n-k) = A001710(n+2), A001147(n+1), A032031(n), A008545(n), A047056(n), A011781(n), A144739(n), A144756(n), A144758(n) for x=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 20 2008
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*4^k*x^(n-k) = A001715(n+3), A002866(n+1), A007559(n+1), A047053(n), A008546(n), A049308(n), A144827(n), A144828(n), A144829(n) for x=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 21 2008
Sum_{k=0..n} x^k*T(n,k) = x*(1+x)*(2+x)*...*(n-1+x), n>=1. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 17 2008
From Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 21 2017: (Start)
E.g.f. k-th column: (-log(1 - x))^k, k >= 0.
E.g.f. triangle (see the Apr 18 2008 Baluga comment): exp(-x*log(1-z)).
E.g.f. a-sequence: x/(1 - exp(-x)). See A164555/A027642. The e.g.f. for the z-sequence is 0. (End)
From Wolfdieter Lang, May 28 2017: (Start)
The row polynomials R(n, x) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n, k)*x^k, for n >= 0, are R(n, x) = risefac(x,n-1) := Product_{j=0..n-1} x+j, with the empty product for n=0 put to 1. See the Feb 21 2017 comment above. This implies:
T(n, k) = sigma^{(n-1)}_(n-k), for n >= k >= 1, with the elementary symmetric functions sigma^{(n-1)}_m of degree m in the n-1 symbols 1, 2, ..., n-1, with binomial(n-1, m) terms. See an example below.(End)
Boas-Buck type recurrence for column sequence k: T(n, k) = (n!*k/(n - k)) * Sum_{p=k..n-1} beta(n-1-p)*T(p, k)/p!, for n > k >= 0, with input T(k, k) = 1, and beta(k) = A002208(k+1)/A002209(k+1). See a comment and references in A286718. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 11 2017
T(n,k) = Sum_{j=k..n} j^(j-k)*binomial(j-1, k-1)*A354795(n,j) for n > 0. - Mélika Tebni, Mar 02 2023
n-th row polynomial: n!*Sum_{k = 0..2*n} (-1)^k*binomial(-x, k)*binomial(-x, 2*n-k) = n!*Sum_{k = 0..2*n} (-1)^k*binomial(1-x, k)*binomial(-x, 2*n-k). - Peter Bala, Mar 31 2024
From Mikhail Kurkov, Mar 05 2025: (Start)
For a general proof of the formulas below via generating functions, see Mathematics Stack Exchange link.
Recursion for the n-th row (independently of other rows): T(n,k) = 1/(n-k)*Sum_{j=2..n-k+1} binomial(-k,j)*T(n,k+j-1)*(-1)^j for 1 <= k < n with T(n,n) = 1.
Recursion for the k-th column (independently of other columns): T(n,k) = 1/(n-k)*Sum_{j=2..n-k+1} (j-2)!*binomial(n,j)*T(n-j+1,k) for 1 <= k < n with T(n,n) = 1 (see Fedor Petrov link). (End)

A008297 Triangle of Lah numbers.

Original entry on oeis.org

-1, 2, 1, -6, -6, -1, 24, 36, 12, 1, -120, -240, -120, -20, -1, 720, 1800, 1200, 300, 30, 1, -5040, -15120, -12600, -4200, -630, -42, -1, 40320, 141120, 141120, 58800, 11760, 1176, 56, 1, -362880, -1451520, -1693440, -846720, -211680, -28224, -2016, -72, -1, 3628800, 16329600, 21772800, 12700800
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|a(n,k)| = number of partitions of {1..n} into k lists, where a list means an ordered subset.
Let N be a Poisson random variable with parameter (mean) lambda, and Y_1,Y_2,... independent exponential(theta) variables, independent of N, so that their density is given by (1/theta)*exp(-x/theta), x > 0. Set S=Sum_{i=1..N} Y_i. Then E(S^n), i.e., the n-th moment of S, is given by (theta^n) * L_n(lambda), n >= 0, where L_n(y) is the Lah polynomial Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n,k)| * y^k. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 09 2010
For y = lambda > 0, formula 2) for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) dated Feb 02 2010 can be restated as follows: L_n(lambda) is the n-th ascending factorial moment of the Poisson distribution with parameter (mean) lambda. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 10 2010
See A111596 for an expression of the row polynomials in terms of an umbral composition of the Bell polynomials and relation to an inverse Mellin transform and a generalized Dobinski formula. - Tom Copeland, Nov 21 2011
Also the Bell transform of the sequence (-1)^(n+1)*(n+1)! without column 0. For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 28 2016
Named after the Slovenian mathematician and actuary Ivo Lah (1896-1979). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 13 2021

Examples

			|a(2,1)| = 2: (12), (21); |a(2,2)| = 1: (1)(2). |a(4,1)| = 24: (1234) (24 ways); |a(4,2)| = 36: (123)(4) (6*4 ways), (12)(34) (3*4 ways); |a(4,3)| = 12: (12)(3)(4) (6*2 ways); |a(4,4)| = 1: (1)(2)(3)(4) (1 way).
Triangle:
    -1;
     2,    1;
    -6,   -6,   -1;
    24,   36,   12,   1;
  -120, -240, -120, -20, -1; ...
		

References

  • Louis Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 156.
  • Shai Covo, The moments of a compound Poisson process with exponential or centered normal jumps, J. Probab. Stat. Sci., Vol. 7, No. 1 (2009), pp. 91-100.
  • Theodore S. Motzkin, Sorting numbers for cylinders and other classification numbers, in Combinatorics, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 19, AMS, 1971, pp. 167-176; the sequence called {!}^{n+}. For a link to this paper see A000262.
  • John Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 44.
  • S. Gill Williamson, Combinatorics for Computer Science, Computer Science Press, 1985; see p. 176.

Crossrefs

Same as A066667 and A105278 except for signs. Other variants: A111596 (differently signed triangle and (0,0)-based), A271703 (unsigned and (0,0)-based), A089231.
A293125 (row sums) and A000262 (row sums of unsigned triangle).
Columns 1-6 (unsigned): A000142, A001286, A001754, A001755, A001777, A001778.
A002868 gives maximal element (in magnitude) in each row.
A248045 (central terms, negated). A130561 is a natural refinement.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a008297 n k = a008297_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
    a008297_row n = a008297_tabl !! (n-1)
    a008297_tabl = [-1] : f [-1] 2 where
       f xs i = ys : f ys (i + 1) where
         ys = map negate $
              zipWith (+) ([0] ++ xs) (zipWith (*) [i, i + 1 ..] (xs ++ [0]))
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 30 2014
    
  • Maple
    A008297 := (n,m) -> (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1,m-1)/m!;
  • Mathematica
    a[n_, m_] := (-1)^n*n!*Binomial[n-1, m-1]/m!; Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 10}, {m, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 12 2012, after Maple *)
    T[n_, n_] := (-1)^n; T[n_, k_]/;0Oliver Seipel, Dec 06 2024 *)
  • PARI
    T(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1, m-1)/m!
    for(n=1,9, for(m=1,n, print1(T(n,m)", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 09 2016
    
  • Perl
    use bigint; use ntheory ":all"; my @L; for my $n (1..9) { push @L, map { stirling($n,$,3)*(-1)**$n } 1..$n; } say join(", ",@L); # _Dana Jacobsen, Mar 16 2017
  • Sage
    def A008297_triangle(dim): # computes unsigned T(n, k).
        M = matrix(ZZ,dim,dim)
        for n in (0..dim-1): M[n,n] = 1
        for n in (1..dim-1):
            for k in (0..n-1):
                M[n,k] = M[n-1,k-1]+(2+2*k)*M[n-1,k]+((k+1)*(k+2))*M[n-1,k+1]
        return M
    A008297_triangle(9) # Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2012
    

Formula

a(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*A007318(n-1, m-1)/m!, n >= m >= 1.
a(n+1, m) = (n+m)*a(n, m)+a(n, m-1), a(n, 0) := 0; a(n, m) := 0, n < m; a(1, 1)=1.
a(n, m) = ((-1)^(n-m+1))*L(1, n-1, m-1) where L(1, n, m) is the triangle of coefficients of the generalized Laguerre polynomials n!*L(n, a=1, x). These polynomials appear in the radial l=0 eigen-functions for discrete energy levels of the H-atom.
|a(n, m)| = Sum_{k=m..n} |A008275(n, k)|*A008277(k, m), where A008275 = Stirling numbers of first kind, A008277 = Stirling numbers of second kind. - Wolfdieter Lang
If L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k (a Lah polynomial) then the e.g.f. for L_n(y) is exp(x*y/(1-x)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 06 2001
E.g.f. for the k-th column (unsigned): x^k/(1-x)^k/k!. - Vladeta Jovovic, Dec 03 2002
a(n, k) = (n-k+1)!*N(n, k) where N(n, k) is the Narayana triangle A001263. - Philippe Deléham, Jul 20 2003
From Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 02 2010: (Start)
We have the following expressions for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k -- exact generalizations of results in A000262 for A000262(n) = L_n(1):
1) L_n(y) = y*exp(-y)*n!*M(n+1,2,y), n >= 1, where M (=1F1) is the confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind;
2) L_n(y) = exp(-y)* Sum_{m>=0} y^m*[m]^n/m!, n>=0, where [m]^n = m*(m+1)*...*(m+n-1) is the rising factorial;
3) L_n(y) = (2n-2+y)L_{n-1}(y)-(n-1)(n-2)L_{n-2}(y), n>=2;
4) L_n(y) = y*(n-1)!*Sum_{k=1..n} (L_{n-k}(y) k!)/((n-k)! (k-1)!), n>=1. (End)
The row polynomials are given by D^n(exp(-x*t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1-x)^2*d/dx. Cf. A008277 and A035342. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
n!C(-xD,n) = Lah(n,:xD:) where C(m,n) is the binomial coefficient, xD= x d/dx, (:xD:)^k = x^k D^k, and Lah(n,x) are the row polynomials of this entry. E.g., 2!C(-xD,2)= 2 xD + x^2 D^2. - Tom Copeland, Nov 03 2012
From Tom Copeland, Sep 25 2016: (Start)
The Stirling polynomials of the second kind A048993 (A008277), i.e., the Bell-Touchard-exponential polynomials B_n[x], are umbral compositional inverses of the Stirling polynomials of the first kind signed A008275 (A130534), i.e., the falling factorials, (x)_n = n! binomial(x,n); that is, umbrally B_n[(x).] = x^n = (B.[x])_n.
An operational definition of the Bell polynomials is (xD_x)^n = B_n[:xD:], where, by definition, (:xD_x:)^n = x^n D_x^n, so (B.[:xD_x:])_n = (xD_x)_n = :xD_x:^n = x^n (D_x)^n.
Let y = 1/x, then D_x = -y^2 D_y; xD_x = -yD_y; and P_n(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_n = (-1)^n (1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n, the row polynomials of this entry in operational form, e.g., P_3(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_3 = (-yD_y) (yD_y-1) (yD_y-2) = (-1)^3 (1/y)^3 (y^2 D_y)^3 = -( 6 :yD_y: + 6 :yD_y:^2 + :yD_y:^3 ) = - ( 6 y D_y + 6 y^2 (D_y)^2 + y^3 (D_y)^3).
Therefore, P_n(y) = e^(-y) P_n(:yD_y:) e^y = e^(-y) (-1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n e^y = e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = P_n(1/x) and P_n(x) = e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = e^(-1/x) (:x D_x:)^n e^(1/x). (Cf. also A094638.) (End)
T(n,k) = Sum_{j=k..n} (-1)^j*A008296(n,j)*A360177(j,k). - Mélika Tebni, Feb 02 2023

A007840 Number of factorizations of permutations of n letters into ordered cycles.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 3, 14, 88, 694, 6578, 72792, 920904, 13109088, 207360912, 3608233056, 68495486640, 1408631978064, 31197601660080, 740303842925184, 18738231641600256, 503937595069600896, 14349899305396086912, 431322634732516137216, 13646841876634025159424
Offset: 0

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a(n) is the number of ways to seat n people at an unspecified number of circular tables and then linearly order the nonempty tables. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009
The terms of this sequence for n >= 1 are the row sums of A008275^2, the unsigned version of A039814. - Peter Bala, Jul 22 2014
Signed sequence is the base for an Appell sequence of polynomials with the e.g.f. e^(x*t)/[log(1+t) + 1] = exp(P(.,x),t) that is the umbral compositional inverse for A238385, reverse of A111492, i.e., umbrally evaluated UP(n,P(.,t))= x^n = P(n,UP(.,t)) where UP(n,t) are the polynomials of A238385. Umbrally evaluated means letting (A(.,t))^n = A(n,t) after substituting A for the independent variable of the polynomial. - Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2014
a(n) is the number of unimodal rooted forests on n labeled nodes (i.e., those forests that avoid the patterns 213 and 312). - Kassie Archer, Aug 30 2018
Number of permutations of [n] where fixed points at index j are j-colored and all other points are unicolored. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 24 2020

Crossrefs

Cf. A052860. Row sums of unsigned version of A039814.

Programs

  • Maple
    a:= proc(n) a(n):= n!*`if`(n=0, 1, add(a(k)/(k!*(n-k)), k=0..n-1)) end:
    seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 06 2012
  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[Abs[StirlingS1[n, k]] k!, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 20}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=n!*polcoeff(1/(1+log(1-x +x*O(x^n))),n) /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n)=local(CF=1+x*O(x)); for(k=0, n-1, CF=1/((n-k)-((n-k+1)\2)^2*x*CF)); n!*polcoeff(1/(1-x*CF), n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006 */
    
  • Sage
    def A007840_list(len):
        f, R, C = 1, [1], [1]+[0]*len
        for n in (1..len):
            f *= n
            for k in range(n, 0, -1):
                C[k] = -C[k-1]*((k-1)/k if k>1 else 1)
            C[0] = sum((-1)^k*C[k] for k in (1..n))
            R.append(C[0]*f)
        return R
    print(A007840_list(20)) # Peter Luschny, Feb 21 2016

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} k! * s(n, k), s(n, k) = unsigned Stirling number of first kind; E.g.f. 1/(1+log(1-z)).
For n>0, a(n) is the permanent of the n X n matrix with entries a(i, i) = i and a(i, j) = 1 elsewhere. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 09 2003
a(n) = A052860(n)/n for n >= 1.
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k)/k!/(n-k) for n >= 1 with a(0)=1. - Paul D. Hanna, Jul 19 2006
E.g.f.: B(A(x)) where B(x) = 1/(1-x) and A(x) = log(1/(1-x)). - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 18 2009
a(n) = D^n(1/(1-x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator exp(x)*d/dx. Cf. A006252. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
E.g.f.: 1/(1+log(1-x)) = 1/(1 - x/(1 - x/(2 - x/(3 - 4*x/(4 - 4*x/(5 - 9*x/(6 - 9*x/(7 - 16*x/(8 - 16*x/(9 - ...)))))))))), a continued fraction. - Paul D. Hanna, Dec 31 2011
a(n) ~ n! * exp(n)/(exp(1)-1)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 21 2013

Extensions

Extended June 1995

A036038 Triangle of multinomial coefficients.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1, 4, 6, 12, 24, 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 120, 1, 6, 15, 20, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 360, 720, 1, 7, 21, 35, 42, 105, 140, 210, 210, 420, 630, 840, 1260, 2520, 5040, 1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 168, 280, 420, 560, 336, 840, 1120, 1680, 2520, 1680, 3360, 5040, 6720
Offset: 1

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The number of terms in the n-th row is the number of partitions of n, A000041(n). - Amarnath Murthy, Sep 21 2002
For each n, the partitions are ordered according to A-St: first by length and then lexicographically (arranging the parts in nondecreasing order), which is different from the usual practice of ordering all partitions lexicographically. - T. D. Noe, Nov 03 2006
For this ordering of the partitions, for n >= 1, see the remarks and the C. F. Hindenburg link given in A036036. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 15 2012
The relation (n+1) * A134264(n+1) = A248120(n+1) / a(n) where the arithmetic is performed for matching partitions in each row n connects the combinatorial interpretations of this array to some topological and algebraic constructs of the two other entries. Also, these seem (cf. MOPS reference, Table 2) to be the coefficients of the Jack polynomial J(x;k,alpha=0). - Tom Copeland, Nov 24 2014
The conjecture on the Jack polynomials of zero order is true as evident from equation a) on p. 80 of the Stanley reference, suggested to me by Steve Kass. The conventions for denoting the more general Jack polynomials J(n,alpha) vary. Using Stanley's convention, these Jack polynomials are the umbral extensions of the multinomial expansion of (s_1*x_1 + s_2*x_2 + ... + s_(n+1)*x_(n+1))^n in which the subscripts of the (s_k)^j in the symmetric monomial expansions are finally ignored and the exponent dropped to give s_j(alpha) = j-th row polynomial of A094638 or |A008276| in ascending powers of alpha. (The MOPS table has some inconsistency between n = 3 and n = 4.) - Tom Copeland, Nov 26 2016

Examples

			1;
1, 2;
1, 3,  6;
1, 4,  6, 12, 24;
1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 120;
1, 6, 15, 20, 30, 60,  90, 120, 180, 360, 720;
		

References

  • Abramowitz and Stegun, Handbook, p. 831, column labeled "M_1".

Crossrefs

Cf. A036036-A036040. Different from A078760. Row sums give A005651.
Cf. A183610 is a table of sums of powers of terms in rows.
Cf. A134264 and A248120.
Cf. A096162 for connections to A130561.

Programs

  • Maple
    nmax:=7: with(combinat): for n from 1 to nmax do P(n):=sort(partition(n)): for r from 1 to numbpart(n) do B(r):=P(n)[r] od: for m from 1 to numbpart(n) do s:=0: j:=0: while sA036038(n, m) := n!/ (mul((t!)^q(t), t=1..n)); od: od: seq(seq(A036038(n, m), m=1..numbpart(n)), n=1..nmax); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 14 2016
  • Mathematica
    Flatten[Table[Apply[Multinomial, Reverse[Sort[IntegerPartitions[i],  Length[ #1]>Length[ #2]&]], {1}], {i,9}]] (* T. D. Noe, Nov 03 2006 *)
  • Sage
    def ASPartitions(n, k):
        Q = [p.to_list() for p in Partitions(n, length=k)]
        for q in Q: q.reverse()
        return sorted(Q)
    def A036038_row(n):
        return [multinomial(p) for k in (0..n) for p in ASPartitions(n, k)]
    for n in (1..10): print(A036038_row(n))
    # Peter Luschny, Dec 18 2016, corrected Apr 30 2022

Formula

The n-th row is the expansion of (x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_(n+1))^n in the basis of the monomial symmetric polynomials (m.s.p.). E.g., (x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4)^3 = m[3](x_1,..,x_4) + 3*m[1,2](x_1,..,x_4) + 6*m[1,1,1](x_1,..,x_4) = (Sum_{i=1..4} x_i^3) + 3*(Sum_{i,j=1..4;i != j} x_i^2 x_j) + 6*(Sum_{i,j,k=1..4;i < j < k} x_i x_j x_k). The number of indeterminates can be increased indefinitely, extending each m.s.p., yet the expansion coefficients remain the same. In each m.s.p., unique combinations of exponents and subscripts appear only once with a coefficient of unity. Umbral reduction by replacing x_k^j with x_j in the expansions gives the partition polynomials of A248120. - Tom Copeland, Nov 25 2016
From Tom Copeland, Nov 26 2016: (Start)
As an example of the umbral connection to the Jack polynomials: J(3,alpha) = (Sum_{i=1..4} x_i^3)*s_3(alpha) + 3*(Sum_{i,j=1..4;i!=j} x_i^2 x_j)*s_2(alpha)*s_1(alpha)+ 6*(Sum_{i,j,k=1..4;i < j < k} x_i x_j x_k)*s_1(alpha)*s_1(alpha)*s_1(alpha) = (Sum_{i=1..4} x_i^3)*(1+alpha)*(1+2*alpha)+ 3*(sum_{i,j=1..4;i!=j} x_i^2 x_j)*(1+alpha) + 6*(Sum_{i,j,k=1..4;i < j < k} x_i x_j x_k).
See the Copeland link for more relations between the multinomial coefficients and the Jack symmetric functions. (End)

Extensions

More terms from David W. Wilson and Wouter Meeussen

A130534 Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows, giving coefficients of the polynomial (x+1)(x+2)...(x+n), expanded in increasing powers of x. T(n,k) is also the unsigned Stirling number |s(n+1, k+1)|, denoting the number of permutations on n+1 elements that contain exactly k+1 cycles.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, 11, 6, 1, 24, 50, 35, 10, 1, 120, 274, 225, 85, 15, 1, 720, 1764, 1624, 735, 175, 21, 1, 5040, 13068, 13132, 6769, 1960, 322, 28, 1, 40320, 109584, 118124, 67284, 22449, 4536, 546, 36, 1, 362880, 1026576, 1172700, 723680, 269325, 63273, 9450, 870, 45, 1
Offset: 0

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Philippe Deléham, Aug 09 2007

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This triangle is an unsigned version of the triangle of Stirling numbers of the first kind, A008275, which is the main entry for these numbers. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 25 2011
Or, triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows given by [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,...] DELTA [1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938.
Reversal of A094638.
Equals A132393*A007318, as infinite lower triangular matrices. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2007
From Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009: (Start)
The higher order exponential integrals E(x,m,n) are defined in A163931. The asymptotic expansion of the exponential integrals E(x,m=1,n) ~ (exp(-x)/x)*(1 - n/x + n*(n+1)/x^2 - n*(n+1)*(n+2)/x^3 + ...), see Abramowitz and Stegun. This formula follows from the general formula for the asymptotic expansion, see A163932. We rewrite E(x,m=1,n) ~ (exp(-x)/x)*(1 - n/x + (n^2+n)/x^2 - (2*n+3*n^2+n^3)/x^3 + (6*n+11*n^2+6*n^3+n^4)/x^3 - ...) and observe that the T(n,m) are the polynomials coefficients in the denominators. Looking at the a(n,m) formula of A028421, A163932 and A163934, and shifting the offset given above to 1, we can write T(n-1,m-1) = a(n,m) = (-1)^(n+m)*Stirling1(n,m), see the Maple program.
The asymptotic expansion leads for values of n from one to eleven to known sequences, see the cross-references. With these sequences one can form the triangles A008279 (right-hand columns) and A094587 (left-hand columns).
See A163936 for information about the o.g.f.s. of the right-hand columns of this triangle.
(End)
The number of elements greater than i to the left of i in a permutation gives the i-th element of the inversion vector. (Skiena-Pemmaraju 2003, p. 69.) T(n,k) is the number of n-permutations that have exactly k 0's in their inversion vector. See evidence in Mathematica code below. - Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010
T(n,k) counts the rooted trees with k+1 trunks in forests of "naturally grown" rooted trees with n+2 nodes. This corresponds to sums of coefficients of iterated derivatives representing vectors, Lie derivatives, or infinitesimal generators for flow fields and formal group laws. Cf. links in A139605. - Tom Copeland, Mar 23 2014
A refinement is A036039. - Tom Copeland, Mar 30 2014
From Tom Copeland, Apr 05 2014: (Start)
With initial n=1 and row polynomials of T as p(n,x)=x(x+1)...(x+n-1), the powers of x correspond to the number of trunks of the rooted trees of the "naturally-grown" forest referred to above. With each trunk allowed m colors, p(n,m) gives the number of such non-plane colored trees for the forest with each tree having n+1 vertices.
p(2,m) = m + m^2 = A002378(m) = 2*A000217(m) = 2*(first subdiag of |A238363|).
p(3,m) = 2m + 3m^2 + m^3 = A007531(m+2) = 3*A007290(m+2) = 3*(second subdiag A238363).
p(4,m) = 6m + 11m^2 + 6m^3 + m^4 = A052762(m+3) = 4*A033487(m) = 4*(third subdiag).
From the Joni et al. link, p(n,m) also represents the disposition of n distinguishable flags on m distinguishable flagpoles.
The chromatic polynomial for the complete graph K_n is the falling factorial, which encodes the colorings of the n vertices of K_n and gives a shifted version of p(n,m).
E.g.f. for the row polynomials: (1-y)^(-x).
(End)
A relation to derivatives of the determinant |V(n)| of the n X n Vandermonde matrix V(n) in the indeterminates c(1) thru c(n):
|V(n)| = Product_{1<=jTom Copeland, Apr 10 2014
From Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014: (Start)
Let M denote the lower unit triangular array A094587 and for k = 0,1,2,... define M(k) to be the lower unit triangular block array
/I_k 0\
\ 0 M/
having the k X k identity matrix I_k as the upper left block; in particular, M(0) = M. Then the present triangle equals the infinite matrix product M(0)*M(1)*M(2)*... (which is clearly well defined). See the Example section. (End)
For the relation of this rising factorial to the moments of Viennot's Laguerre stories, see the Hetyei link, p. 4. - Tom Copeland, Oct 01 2015
Can also be seen as the Bell transform of n! without column 0 (and shifted enumeration). For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016

Examples

			Triangle  T(n,k) begins:
n\k         0        1        2       3       4      5      6     7    8  9 10
n=0:        1
n=1:        1        1
n=2:        2        3        1
n=3:        6       11        6       1
n=4:       24       50       35      10       1
n=5:      120      274      225      85      15      1
n=6:      720     1764     1624     735     175     21      1
n=7:     5040    13068    13132    6769    1960    322     28     1
n=8:    40320   109584   118124   67284   22449   4536    546    36    1
n=9:   362880  1026576  1172700  723680  269325  63273   9450   870   45  1
n=10: 3628800 10628640 12753576 8409500 3416930 902055 157773 18150 1320 55  1
[Reformatted and extended by _Wolfdieter Lang_, Feb 05 2013]
T(3,2) = 6 because there are 6 permutations of {1,2,3,4} that have exactly 2 0's in their inversion vector: {1, 2, 4, 3}, {1, 3, 2, 4}, {1, 3, 4, 2}, {2, 1, 3, 4},{2, 3, 1, 4}, {2, 3, 4, 1}. The respective inversion vectors are {0, 0, 1}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 2, 0}, {1, 0, 0}, {2, 0, 0}, {3, 0, 0}. - _Geoffrey Critzer_, May 07 2010
T(3,1)=11 since there are exactly 11 permutations of {1,2,3,4} with exactly 2 cycles, namely, (1)(234), (1)(243), (2)(134), (2)(143), (3)(124), (3)(142), (4)(123), (4)(143), (12)(34), (13)(24), and (14)(23). - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Jan 25 2011
From _Peter Bala_, Jul 21 2014: (Start)
With the arrays M(k) as defined in the Comments section, the infinite product M(0*)M(1)*M(2)*... begins
  / 1          \/1        \/1        \      / 1           \
  | 1  1       ||0 1      ||0 1      |      | 1  1        |
  | 2  2  1    ||0 1 1    ||0 0 1    |... = | 2  3  1     |
  | 6  6  3 1  ||0 2 2 1  ||0 0 1 1  |      | 6 11  6  1  |
  |24 24 12 4 1||0 6 6 3 1||0 0 2 2 1|      |24 50 35 10 1|
  |...         ||...      ||...      |      |...          |
(End)
		

References

  • John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy, The Book of Numbers, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. See pp. 93-94.
  • Sriram Pemmaraju and Steven Skiena, Computational Discrete Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 69-71. [Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010]

Crossrefs

See A008275, which is the main entry for these numbers; A094638 (reversed rows).
From Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009: (Start)
Row sums equal A000142.
The asymptotic expansions lead to A000142 (n=1), A000142(n=2; minus a(0)), A001710 (n=3), A001715 (n=4), A001720 (n=5), A001725 (n=6), A001730 (n=7), A049388 (n=8), A049389 (n=9), A049398 (n=10), A051431 (n=11), A008279 and A094587.
Cf. A163931 (E(x,m,n)), A028421 (m=2), A163932 (m=3), A163934 (m=4), A163936.
(End)
Cf. A136662.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a130534 n k = a130534_tabl !! n !! k
    a130534_row n = a130534_tabl !! n
    a130534_tabl = map (map abs) a008275_tabl
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 18 2013
  • Maple
    with(combinat): A130534 := proc(n,m): (-1)^(n+m)*stirling1(n+1,m+1) end proc: seq(seq(A130534(n,m), m=0..n), n=0..10); # Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 07 2009, revised Sep 11 2012
    # The function BellMatrix is defined in A264428.
    # Adds (1,0,0,0, ..) as column 0 (and shifts the enumeration).
    BellMatrix(n -> n!, 9); # Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2016
  • Mathematica
    Table[Table[ Length[Select[Map[ToInversionVector, Permutations[m]], Count[ #, 0] == n &]], {n, 0, m - 1}], {m, 0, 8}] // Grid (* Geoffrey Critzer, May 07 2010 *)
    rows = 10;
    t = Range[0, rows]!;
    T[n_, k_] := BellY[n, k, t];
    Table[T[n, k], {n, 1, rows}, {k, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 22 2018, after Peter Luschny *)

Formula

T(0,0) = 1, T(n,k) = 0 if k > n or if n < 0, T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) + n*T(n-1,k). T(n,0) = n! = A000142(n). T(2*n,n) = A129505(n+1). Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k) = (n+1)! = A000142(n+1). Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)^2 = A047796(n+1). T(n,k) = |Stirling1(n+1,k+1)|, see A008275. (x+1)(x+2)...(x+n) = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k. [Corrected by Arie Bos, Jul 11 2008]
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k = A000007(n), A000142(n), A000142(n+1), A001710(n+2), A001715(n+3), A001720(n+4), A001725(n+5), A001730(n+6), A049388(n), A049389(n), A049398(n), A051431(n) for x = -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 13 2007
For k=1..n, let A={a_1,a_2,...,a_k} denote a size-k subset of {1,2,...,n}. Then T(n,n-k) = Sum(Product_{i=1..k} a_i) where the sum is over all subsets A. For example, T(4,1)=50 since 1*2*3 + 1*2*4 + 1*3*4 + 2*3*4 = 50. - Dennis P. Walsh, Jan 25 2011
The preceding formula means T(n,k) = sigma_{n-k}(1,2,3,..,n) with the (n-k)-th elementary symmetric function sigma with the indeterminates chosen as 1,2,...,n. See the Oct 24 2011 comment in A094638 with sigma called there a. - Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 06 2013
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 08 2011: (Start)
n-th row of the triangle = top row of M^n, where M is the production matrix:
1, 1;
1, 2, 1;
1, 3, 3, 1;
1, 4, 6, 4, 1;
... (End)
Exponential Riordan array [1/(1 - x), log(1/(1 - x))]. Recurrence: T(n+1,k+1) = Sum_{i=0..n-k} (n + 1)!/(n + 1 - i)!*T(n-i,k). - Peter Bala, Jul 21 2014

A008517 Second-order Eulerian triangle T(n,k), 1 <= k <= n.

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1, 1, 2, 1, 8, 6, 1, 22, 58, 24, 1, 52, 328, 444, 120, 1, 114, 1452, 4400, 3708, 720, 1, 240, 5610, 32120, 58140, 33984, 5040, 1, 494, 19950, 195800, 644020, 785304, 341136, 40320, 1, 1004, 67260, 1062500, 5765500, 12440064, 11026296, 3733920, 362880
Offset: 1

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Second-order Eulerian numbers <> = T(n,k+1) count the permutations of the multiset {1,1,2,2,...,n,n} with k ascents with the restriction that for all m, all integers between the two copies of m are less than m. In particular, the two 1s are always next to each other.
When seen as coefficients of polynomials with descending exponents, evaluations are in A000311 (x=2) and A001662 (x=-1).
The row reversed triangle is A112007. There one can find comments on the o.g.f.s for the diagonals of the unsigned Stirling1 triangle |A008275|.
Stirling2(n,n-k) = Sum_{m=0..k-1} T(k,m+1)*binomial(n+k-1+m, 2*k), k>=1. See the Graham et al. reference p. 271 eq. (6.43).
This triangle is the coefficient triangle of the numerator polynomials appearing in the o.g.f. for the k-th diagonal (k >= 1) of the Stirling2 triangle A048993.
The o.g.f. for column k satisfies the recurrence G(k,x) = x*(2*x*(d/dx)G(k-1,x) + (2-k)*G(k-1,x))/(1-k*x), k >= 2, with G(1,x) = 1/(1-x). - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 14 2005
This triangle is in some sense generated by the differential equation y' = 1 - 2/(1+x+y). (This is the differential equation satisfied by the function defined implicitly as x+y=exp(x-y).) If we take y = a(0) + a(1)x + a(2)x^2 + a(3)x^3 + ... and assume a(0)=c then all the a's may be calculated formally in terms of c and we have a(1) = (c-1)/(c+1) and, for n > 1, a(n) = 2^n/n! (1+c)^(1-2n)( T(n,1)c - T(n,2)c^2 + T(n,3)c^3 - ... + (-1)^(n-1) T(n,n)c^n ). - Moshe Shmuel Newman, Aug 08 2007
From the recurrence relation, the generating function F(x,y) := 1 + Sum_{n>=1, 1<=k<=n} [T(n,k)x^n/n!*y^k] satisfies the partial differential equation F = (1/y-2x)F_x + (y-1)F_y, with (non-elementary) solution F(x,y) = (1-y)/(1-Phi(w)) where w = y*exp(x(y-1)^2-y) and Phi(x) is defined by Phi(x) = x*exp(Phi(x)). By Lagrange inversion (see Wilf's book "generatingfunctionology", page 168, Example 1), Phi(x) = Sum_{n>=1} n^(n-1)*x^n/n!. Thus Phi(x) can alternatively be described as the e.g.f. for rooted labeled trees on n vertices A000169. - David Callan, Jul 25 2008
A method for solving PDEs such as the one above for F(x,y) is described in the Klazar reference (see pages 207-208). In his case, the auxiliary ODE dy/dx = b(x,y)/a(x,y) is exact; in this case it is not exact but has an integrating factor depending on y alone, namely y-1. The e.g.f. for the row sums A001147 is 1/sqrt(1-2*x) and the demonstration that F(x,1) = 1/sqrt(1-2*x) is interesting: two applications of l'Hopital's rule to lim_{y->1}F(x,y) yield F(x,1) = 1/(1-2x)*1/F(x,1). So l'Hopital's rule doesn't directly yield F(x,1) but rather an equation to be solved for F(x,1)!. - David Callan, Jul 25 2008
From Tom Copeland, Oct 12 2008; May 19 2010: (Start)
Let P(0,t)= 0, P(1,t)= 1, P(2,t)= t, P(3,t)= t + 2 t^2, P(4,t)= t + 8 t^2 + 6 t^3, ... be the row polynomials of the present array, then
exp(x*P(.,t)) = ( u + Tree(t*exp(u)) ) / (1-t) = WD(x*(1-t), t/(1-t)) / (1-t)
where u = x*(1-t)^2 - t, Tree(x) is the e.g.f. of A000169 and WD(x,t) is the e.g.f. for A134991, relating the Ward and 2-Eulerian polynomials by a simple transformation.
Note also apparently P(4,t) / (1-t)^3 = Ward Poly(4, t/(1-t)) = essentially an e.g.f. for A093500.
The compositional inverse of f(x,t) = exp(P(.,t)*x) about x=0 is
g(x,t) = ( x - (t/(1-t)^2)*(exp(x*(1-t))-x*(1-t)-1) )
= x - t*x^2/2! - t*(1-t)*x^3/3! - t*(1-t)^2*x^4/4! - t*(1-t)^3*x^5/5! - ... .
Can apply A134685 to these coefficients to generate f(x,t). (End)
Triangle A163936 is similar to the one given above except for an extra right hand column [1, 0, 0, 0, ... ] and that its row order is reversed. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009
From Tom Copeland, Sep 04 2011: (Start)
Let h(x,t) = 1/(1-(t/(1-t))*(exp(x*(1-t))-1)), an e.g.f. in x for row polynomials in t of A008292, then the n-th row polynomial in t of the table A008517 is given by ((h(x,t)*D_x)^(n+1))x with the derivative evaluated at x=0.
Also, df(x,t)/dx = h(f(x,t),t) where f(x,t) is an e.g.f. in x of the row polynomials in t of A008517, i.e., exp(x*P(.,t)) in Copeland's 2008 comment. (End)
The rows are the h-vectors of A134991. - Tom Copeland, Oct 03 2011
Hilbert series of the pre-WDVV ring, thus h-vectors of the Whitehouse simplicial complex (cf. Readdy, Table 1). - Tom Copeland, Sep 20 2014
Arises in Buckholtz's analysis of the error term in the series for exp(nz). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 05 2016

Examples

			Triangle begins:
  1;
  1,   2;
  1,   8,   6;
  1,  22,  58,  24;
  1,  52, 328, 444, 120; ...
Row 3: There are three plane increasing 0-1-2-3 trees on 3 vertices. The number of colors are shown to the right of a vertex.
.
    1o (2*t+1)         1o t*(t+2)      1o t*(t+2)
     |                 / \             / \
     |                /   \           /   \
    2o (2*t+1)      2o    3o        3o    2o
     |
     |
    3o
.
The total number of trees is (2*t+1)^2 + t*(t+2) + t*(t+2) = 1 + 8*t + 6*t^2.
		

References

  • R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994, p. 270. [with offsets [0,0]: see A201637]

Crossrefs

Columns include A005803, A004301, A006260.
Right-hand columns include A000142, A002538, A002539.
Row sums are A001147.
For a (0,0) based version as used in 'Concrete Mathematics' and by Maple see A201637. For a (0,0) based version which has this triangle as a subtriangle see A340556.

Programs

  • Maple
    with(combinat): A008517 := proc(n, m) local k: add((-1)^(n+k)* binomial(2*n+1, k)* stirling1(2*n-m-k+1, n-m-k+1), k=0..n-m) end: seq(seq(A008517(n, m), m=1..n), n=1..8);
    # Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009, revised Nov 22 2012
    A008517 := proc(n,k) option remember; `if`(n=1,`if`(k=0,1,0), A008517(n-1,k)* (k+1) + A008517(n-1,k-1)*(2*n-k-1)) end: seq(print(seq(A008517(n,k), k=0..n-1)), n=1..9);
    # Peter Luschny, Apr 20 2011
  • Mathematica
    a[n_, m_] = Sum[(-1)^(n + k)*Binomial[2 n + 1, k]*StirlingS1[2n-m-k+1, n-m-k+1], {k, 0, n-m}]; Flatten[Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 9}, {m, 1, n}]][[1 ;; 44]] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 18 2011, after Johannes W. Meijer *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = my(z); if( n<1, 0, z = 1 + O(x); for( k=1, n, z = 1 + intformal( z^2 * (z+y-1))); n! * polcoeff( polcoeff(z, n),k))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 13 2002 */
    
  • PARI
    {T(n,k)=polcoeff((1-x)^(2*n+1)*sum(j=0,2*n+1,j^(n+j)*x^j/j!*exp(-j*x +x*O(x^k))),k)} \\ Paul D. Hanna, Oct 31 2012
    for(n=1,10,for(k=1,n,print1(T(n,k),", "));print(""))
    
  • PARI
    T(n, m) = sum(k=0, n-m, (-1)^(n+k)*binomial(2*n+1, k)*stirling(2*n-m-k+1, n-m-k+1, 1)); \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 07 2021
    
  • Sage
    @CachedFunction
    def A008517(n, k):
        if n==1: return 1 if k==0 else 0
        return A008517(n-1,k)*(k+1)+A008517(n-1,k-1)*(2*n-k-1)
    for n in (1..9): [A008517(n, k) for k in(0..n-1)] # Peter Luschny, Oct 31 2012

Formula

T(n,k) = 0 if n < k, T(1,1) = 1, T(n,-1) = 0, T(n,k) = k*T(n-1,k) + (2*n-k)*T(n-1,k-1).
a(n,m) = Sum_{k=0..n-m} (-1)^(n+k)*binomial(2*n+1, k)*Stirling1(2*n-m-k+1, n-m-k+1). - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009
From Peter Bala, Sep 29 2011: (Start)
For k = 0,1,2,... put G(k,x,t) := x-(1+2^k*t)*x^2/2+(1+2^k*t+3^k*t^2)*x^3/3-(1+2^k*t+3^k*t^2+4^k*t^3)*x^4/4+.... Then the series reversion of G(k,x,t) with respect to x gives an e.g.f. for the present table when k = 1 and for the Eulerian numbers A008292 when k = 0.
Let v = -t*exp((1-t)^2*x-t) and let B(x,t) = -(1+1/t*LambertW(v))/(1+LambertW(v)). From the e.g.f. given by Copeland above we find B(x,t) = compositional inverse with respect to x of G(1,x,t) = Sum_{n>=1} R(n,t)*x^n/n! = x+(1+2*t)*x^2/2!+(1+8*t+6*t^2)*x^3/3!+.... The function B(x,t) satisfies the differential equation dB/dx = (1+B)*(1+t*B)^2 = 1 + (2*t+1)*B + t*(t+2)*B^2 + t^2*B^3.
Applying [Bergeron et al., Theorem 1] gives a combinatorial interpretation for the row generating polynomials R(n,t): R(n,t) counts plane increasing trees where each vertex has outdegree <= 3, the vertices of outdegree 1 come in 2*t+1 colors, the vertices of outdegree 2 come in t*(t+2) colors and the vertices of outdegree 3 come in t^2 colors. An example is given below. Cf. A008292. Applying [Dominici, Theorem 4.1] gives the following method for calculating the row polynomials R(n,t): Let f(x,t) = (1+x)*(1+t*x)^2 and let D be the operator f(x,t)*d/dx. Then R(n+1,t) = D^n(f(x,t)) evaluated at x = 0. (End)
From Tom Copeland, Oct 03 2011: (Start)
a(n,k) = Sum_{i=0..k} (-1)^(k-i) binomial(n-i,k-i) A134991(n,i), offsets 0.
P(n+1,t) = (1-t)^(2n+1) Sum_{k>=1} k^(n+k) [t*exp(-t)]^k / k! for n>0; consequently, Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^k k^(n+k) x^k/k!= [1+LW(x)]^(-(2n+1))P[n+1,-LW(x)] where LW(x) is the Lambert W-Function and P(n,t), for n > 0, are the row polynomials as given in Copeland's 2008 comment. (End)
The e.g.f. A(x,t) = -v * { Sum_{j>=1} D(j-1,u) (-z)^j / j! } where u=x*(1-t)^2-t, v=(1+u)/(1-t), z=(t+u)/[(1+u)^2] and D(j-1,u) are the polynomials of A042977. dA(x,t)/dx=(1-t)/[1+u-(1-t)A(x,t)]=(1-t)/{1+LW[-t exp(u)]}, (Copeland's e.g.f. in 2008 comment). - Tom Copeland, Oct 06 2011
A133314 applied to the derivative of A(x,t) implies (a.+b.)^n = 0^n, for (b_n)=P(n+1,t) and (a_0)=1, (a_1)=-t, and (a_n)=-P(n,t) otherwise. E.g., umbrally, (a.+b.)^2 = a_2*b_0 + 2 a_1*b_1 + a_0*b_2 = 0. - Tom Copeland, Oct 08 2011
The compositional inverse (with respect to x) of y = y(t;x) = (x-t*(exp(x)-1)) is 1/(1-t)*y + t/(1-t)^3*y^2/2! + (t+2*t^2)/(1-t)^5*y^3/3! + (t+8*t^2+6*t^3)/(1-t)^7*y^4/4! + .... The numerator polynomials of the rational functions in t are the row polynomials of this triangle. As observed in the Comments section, the rational functions in t are the generating functions for the diagonals of the triangle of Stirling numbers of the second kind (A048993). See the Bala link for a proof. Cf. A112007 and A134991. - Peter Bala, Dec 04 2011
O.g.f. of row n: (1-x)^(2*n+1) * Sum_{k>=0} k^(n+k) * exp(-k*x) * x^k/k!. - Paul D. Hanna, Oct 31 2012
T(n, k) = n!*[x^n][t^k](egf) where egf = (1-t)/(1 + LambertW(-exp(t^2*x - 2*t*x - t + x)*t)) and after expansion W(-exp(-t)t) is substituted by (-t). - Shamil Shakirov, Feb 17 2025

A094638 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = |s(n,n+1-k)|, where s(n,k) are the signed Stirling numbers of the first kind A008276 (1 <= k <= n; in other words, the unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind in reverse order).

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1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 6, 11, 6, 1, 10, 35, 50, 24, 1, 15, 85, 225, 274, 120, 1, 21, 175, 735, 1624, 1764, 720, 1, 28, 322, 1960, 6769, 13132, 13068, 5040, 1, 36, 546, 4536, 22449, 67284, 118124, 109584, 40320, 1, 45, 870, 9450, 63273, 269325, 723680, 1172700, 1026576, 362880
Offset: 1

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André F. Labossière, May 17 2004

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Triangle of coefficients of the polynomial (x+1)(x+2)...(x+n), expanded in decreasing powers of x. - T. D. Noe, Feb 22 2008
Row n also gives the number of permutation of 1..n with complexity 0,1,...,n-1. See the comments in A008275. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 08 2019
T(n,k) is the number of deco polyominoes of height n and having k columns. A deco polyomino is a directed column-convex polyomino in which the height, measured along the diagonal, is attained only in the last column. Example: T(2,1)=1 and T(2,2)=1 because the deco polyominoes of height 2 are the vertical and horizontal dominoes, having, respectively, 1 and 2 columns. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 14 2006
Sum_{k=1..n} k*T(n,k) = A121586. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 14 2006
Let the triangle U(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows, be given by [1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,...] DELTA [1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; then T(n,k) = U(n-1,k-1). - Philippe Deléham, Jan 06 2007
From Tom Copeland, Dec 15 2007: (Start)
Consider c(t) = column vector(1, t, t^2, t^3, t^4, t^5, ...).
Starting at 1 and sampling every integer to the right, we obtain (1,2,3,4,5,...). And T * c(1) = (1, 1*2, 1*2*3, 1*2*3*4,...), giving n! for n > 0. Call this sequence the right factorial (n+)!.
Starting at 1 and sampling every integer to the left, we obtain (1,0,-1,-2,-3,-4,-5,...). And T * c(-1) = (1, 1*0, 1*0*-1, 1*0*-1*-2,...) = (1, 0, 0, 0, ...), the left factorial (n-)!.
Sampling every other integer to the right, we obtain (1,3,5,7,9,...). T * c(2) = (1, 1*3, 1*3*5, ...) = (1,3,15,105,945,...), giving A001147 for n > 0, the right double factorial, (n+)!!.
Sampling every other integer to the left, we obtain (1,-1,-3,-5,-7,...). T * c(-2) = (1, 1*-1, 1*-1*-3, 1*-1*-3*-5,...) = (1,-1,3,-15,105,-945,...) = signed A001147, the left double factorial, (n-)!!.
Sampling every 3 steps to the right, we obtain (1,4,7,10,...). T * c(3) = (1, 1*4, 1*4*7,...) = (1,4,28,280,...), giving A007559 for n > 0, the right triple factorial, (n+)!!!.
Sampling every 3 steps to the left, we obtain (1,-2,-5,-8,-11,...), giving T * c(-3) = (1, 1*-2, 1*-2*-5, 1*-2*-5*-8,...) = (1,-2,10,-80,880,...) = signed A008544, the left triple factorial, (n-)!!!.
The list partition transform A133314 of [1,T * c(t)] gives [1,T * c(-t)] with all odd terms negated; e.g., LPT[1,T*c(2)] = (1,-1,-1,-3,-15,-105,-945,...) = (1,-A001147). And e.g.f. for [1,T * c(t)] = (1-xt)^(-1/t).
The above results hold for t any real or complex number. (End)
Let R_n(x) be the real and I_n(x) the imaginary part of Product_{k=0..n} (x + I*k). Then, for n=1,2,..., we have R_n(x) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n+1)/2)}(-1)^k*Stirling1(n+1,n+1-2*k)*x^(n+1-2*k), I_n(x) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)}(-1)^(k+1)*Stirling1(n+1,n-2*k)*x^(n-2*k). - Milan Janjic, May 11 2008
T(n,k) is also the number of permutations of n with "reflection length" k (i.e., obtained from 12..n by k not necessarily adjacent transpositions). For example, when n=3, 132, 213, 321 are obtained by one transposition, while 231 and 312 require two transpositions. - Kyle Petersen, Oct 15 2008
From Tom Copeland, Nov 02 2010: (Start)
[x^(y+1) D]^n = x^(n*y) [T(n,1)(xD)^n + T(n,2)y (xD)^(n-1) + ... + T(n,n)y^(n-1)(xD)], with D the derivative w.r.t. x.
E.g., [x^(y+1) D]^4 = x^(4*y) [(xD)^4 + 6 y(xD)^3 + 11 y^2(xD)^2 + 6 y^3(xD)].
(xD)^m can be further expanded in terms of the Stirling numbers of the second kind and operators of the form x^j D^j. (End)
With offset 0, 0 <= k <= n: T(n,k) is the sum of products of each size k subset of {1,2,...,n}. For example, T(3,2) = 11 because there are three subsets of size two: {1,2},{1,3},{2,3}. 1*2 + 1*3 + 2*3 = 11. - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 04 2011
The Kn11, Fi1 and Fi2 triangle sums link this triangle with two sequences, see the crossrefs. For the definitions of these triangle sums see A180662. The mirror image of this triangle is A130534. - Johannes W. Meijer, Apr 20 2011
T(n+1,k+1) is the elementary symmetric function a_k(1,2,...,n), n >= 0, k >= 0, (a_0(0):=1). See the T. D. Noe and Geoffrey Critzer comments given above. For a proof see the Stanley reference, p. 19, Second Proof. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 24 2011
Let g(t) = 1/d(log(P(j+1,-t)))/dt (see Tom Copeland's 2007 formulas). The Mellin transform (t to s) of t*Dirac[g(t)] gives Sum_{n=1..j} n^(-s), which as j tends to infinity gives the Riemann zeta function for Re(s) > 1. Dirac(x) is the Dirac delta function. The complex contour integral along a circle of radius 1 centered at z=1 of z^s/g(z) gives the same result. - Tom Copeland, Dec 02 2011
Rows are coefficients of the polynomial expansions of the Pochhammer symbol, or rising factorial, Pch(n,x) = (x+n-1)!/(x-1)!. Expansion of Pch(n,xD) = Pch(n,Bell(.,:xD:)) in a polynomial with terms :xD:^k=x^k*D^k gives the Lah numbers A008297. Bell(n,x) are the unsigned Bell polynomials or Stirling polynomials of the second kind A008277. - Tom Copeland, Mar 01 2014
From Tom Copeland, Dec 09 2016: (Start)
The Betti numbers, or dimension, of the pure braid group cohomology. See pp. 12 and 13 of the Hyde and Lagarias link.
Row polynomials and their products appear in presentation of the Jack symmetric functions of R. Stanley. See Copeland link on the Witt differential generator.
(End)
From Tom Copeland, Dec 16 2019: (Start)
The e.g.f. given by Copeland in the formula section appears in a combinatorial Dyson-Schwinger equation of quantum field theory in Yeats in Thm. 2 on p. 62 related to a Hopf algebra of rooted trees. See also the Green function on p. 70.
Per comments above, this array contains the coefficients in the expansion in polynomials of the Euler, or state number, operator xD of the rising factorials Pch(n,xD) = (xD+n-1)!/(xD-1)! = x [:Dx:^n/n!]x^{-1} = L_n^{-1}(-:xD:), where :Dx:^n = D^n x^n and :xD:^n = x^n D^n. The polynomials L_n^{-1} are the Laguerre polynomials of order -1, i.e., normalized Lah polynomials.
The Witt differential operators L_n = x^(n+1) D and the row e.g.f.s appear in Hopf and dual Hopf algebra relations presented by Foissy. The Witt operators satisfy L_n L_k - L_k L_n = (k-n) L_(n+k), as for the dual Hopf algebra. (End)

Examples

			Triangle starts:
  1;
  1,  1;
  1,  3,  2;
  1,  6, 11,  6;
  1, 10, 35, 50, 24;
...
		

References

  • M. Miyata and J. W. Son, On the complexity of permutations and the metric space of bijections, Tensor, 60 (1998), No. 1, 109-116 (MR1768839).
  • Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987, chapter 18, equations 18:4:2 - 18:4:8 at page 151.
  • R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Crossrefs

A008276 gives the (signed) Stirling numbers of the first kind.
Cf. A000108, A014137, A001246, A033536, A000984, A094639, A006134, A082894, A002897, A079727, A000217 (2nd column), A000914 (3rd column), A001303 (4th column), A000915 (5th column), A053567 (6th column), A000142 (row sums).
Triangle sums (see the comments): A124380 (Kn11), A001710 (Fi1, Fi2). - Johannes W. Meijer, Apr 20 2011

Programs

  • GAP
    Flat(List([1..10], n-> List([1..n], k-> Stirling1(n,n-k+1) ))); # G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019
  • Haskell
    a094638 n k = a094638_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
    a094638_row n = a094638_tabl !! (n-1)
    a094638_tabl = map reverse a130534_tabl
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 01 2014
    
  • Magma
    [(-1)^(k+1)*StirlingFirst(n,n-k+1): k in [1..n], n in [1..10]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019
    
  • Maple
    T:=(n,k)->abs(Stirling1(n,n+1-k)): for n from 1 to 10 do seq(T(n,k),k=1..n) od; # yields sequence in triangular form. # Emeric Deutsch, Aug 14 2006
  • Mathematica
    Table[CoefficientList[Series[Product[1 + i x, {i,n}], {x,0,20}], x], {n,0,6}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 04 2011 *)
    Table[Abs@StirlingS1[n, n-k+1], {n, 10}, {k, n}]//Flatten (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 29 2015 *)
  • Maxima
    create_list(abs(stirling1(n+1,n-k+1)),n,0,10,k,0,n); /* Emanuele Munarini, Jun 01 2012 */
    
  • PARI
    {T(n,k)=if(n<1 || k>n,0,(n-1)!*polcoeff(polcoeff(x*y/(1 - x*y+x*O(x^n))^(1 + 1/y),n,x),k,y))} /* Paul D. Hanna, Jul 21 2011 */
    
  • Sage
    [[stirling_number1(n, n-k+1) for k in (1..n)] for n in (1..10)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 29 2019
    

Formula

With P(n,t) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} T(n,k+1) * t^k = 1*(1+t)*(1+2t)...(1+(n-1)*t) and P(0,t)=1, exp[P(.,t)*x] = (1-tx)^(-1/t). T(n,k+1) = (1/k!) (D_t)^k (D_x)^n [ (1-tx)^(-1/t) - 1 ] evaluated at t=x=0. (1-tx)^(-1/t) - 1 is the e.g.f. for a plane m-ary tree when t=m-1. See Bergeron et al. in "Varieties of Increasing Trees". - Tom Copeland, Dec 09 2007
First comment and formula above rephrased as o.g.f. for row n: Product_{i=0...n} (1+i*x). - Geoffrey Critzer, Feb 04 2011
n-th row polynomials with alternate signs are the characteristic polynomials of the (n-1)x(n-1) matrices with 1's in the superdiagonal, (1,2,3,...) in the main diagonal, and the rest zeros. For example, the characteristic polynomial of [1,1,0; 0,2,1; 0,0,3] is x^3 - 6*x^2 + 11*x - 6. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 28 2011
E.g.f.: A(x,y) = x*y/(1 - x*y)^(1 + 1/y) = Sum_{n>=1, k=1..n} T(n,k)*x^n*y^k/(n-1)!. - Paul D. Hanna, Jul 21 2011
With F(x,t) = (1-t*x)^(-1/t) - 1 an e.g.f. for the row polynomials P(n,t) of A094638 with P(0,t)=0, G(x,t)= [1-(1+x)^(-t)]/t is the comp. inverse in x. Consequently, with H(x,t) = 1/(dG(x,t)/dx) = (1+x)^(t+1),
P(n,t) = [(H(x,t)*d/dx)^n] x evaluated at x=0; i.e.,
F(x,t) = exp[x*P(.,t)] = exp[x*H(u,t)*d/du] u, evaluated at u = 0.
Also, dF(x,t)/dx = H(F(x,t),t). - Tom Copeland, Sep 20 2011
T(n,k) = |A008276(n,k)|. - R. J. Mathar, May 19 2016
The row polynomials of this entry are the reversed row polynomials of A143491 multiplied by (1+x). E.g., (1+x)(1 + 5x + 6x^2) = (1 + 6x + 11x^2 + 6x^3). - Tom Copeland, Dec 11 2016
Regarding the row e.g.f.s in Copeland's 2007 formulas, e.g.f.s for A001710, A001715, and A001720 give the compositional inverses of the e.g.f. here for t = 2, 3, and 4 respectively. - Tom Copeland, Dec 28 2019

Extensions

Edited by Emeric Deutsch, Aug 14 2006

A074909 Running sum of Pascal's triangle (A007318), or beheaded Pascal's triangle read by beheaded rows.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28, 8, 1, 9, 36, 84, 126, 126, 84, 36, 9, 1, 10, 45, 120, 210, 252, 210, 120, 45, 10, 1, 11, 55, 165, 330, 462, 462, 330, 165, 55, 11
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Wouter Meeussen, Oct 01 2002

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This sequence counts the "almost triangular" partitions of n. A partition is triangular if it is of the form 0+1+2+...+k. Examples: 3=0+1+2, 6=0+1+2+3. An "almost triangular" partition is a triangular partition with at most 1 added to each of the parts. Examples: 7 = 1+1+2+3 = 0+2+2+3 = 0+1+3+3 = 0+1+2+4. Thus a(7)=4. 8 = 1+2+2+3 = 1+1+3+3 = 1+1+2+4 = 0+2+3+3 = 0+2+2+4 = 0+1+3+4 so a(8)=6. - Moshe Shmuel Newman, Dec 19 2002
The "almost triangular" partitions are the ones cycled by the operation of "Bulgarian solitaire", as defined by Martin Gardner.
Start with A007318 - I (I = Identity matrix), then delete right border of zeros. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 15 2007
Also the number of increasing acyclic functions from {1..n-k+1} to {1..n+2}. A function f is acyclic if for every subset B of the domain the image of B under f does not equal B. For example, T(3,1)=4 since there are exactly 4 increasing acyclic functions from {1,2,3} to {1,2,3,4,5}: f1={(1,2),(2,3),(3,4)}, f2={(1,2),(2,3),(3,5)}, f3={(1,2),(2,4),(3,5)} and f4={(1,3),(2,4),(4,5)}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Mar 14 2008
Second Bernoulli polynomials are (from A164555 instead of A027641) B2(n,x) = 1; 1/2, 1; 1/6, 1, 1; 0, 1/2, 3/2, 1; -1/30, 0, 1, 2, 1; 0, -1/6, 0, 5/3, 5/2, 1; ... . Then (B2(n,x)/A002260) = 1; 1/2, 1/2; 1/6, 1/2, 1/3; 0, 1/4, 1/2, 1/4; -1/30, 0, 1/3, 1/2, 1/5; 0, -1/12, 0, 5/12, 1/2, 1/6; ... . See (from Faulhaber 1631) Jacob Bernoulli Summae Potestatum (sum of powers) in A159688. Inverse polynomials are 1; -1, 2; 1, -3, 3; -1, 4, -6, 4; ... = A074909 with negative even diagonals. Reflected A053382/A053383 = reflected B(n,x) = RB(n,x) = 1; -1/2, 1; 1/6, -1, 1; 0, 1/2, -3/2, 1; ... . A074909 is inverse of RB(n,x)/A002260 = 1; -1/2, 1/2; 1/6, -1/2, 1/3; 0, 1/4, -1/2, 1/4; ... . - Paul Curtz, Jun 21 2010
A054143 is the fission of the polynomial sequence (p(n,x)) given by p(n,x) = x^n + x^(n-1) + ... + x + 1 by the polynomial sequence ((x+1)^n). See A193842 for the definition of fission. - Clark Kimberling, Aug 07 2011
Reversal of A135278. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 11 2012
For a closed-form formula for arbitrary left and right borders of Pascal-like triangles see A228196. - Boris Putievskiy, Aug 19 2013
For a closed-form formula for generalized Pascal's triangle see A228576. - Boris Putievskiy, Sep 09 2013
From A238363, the operator equation d/d(:xD:)f(xD)={exp[d/d(xD)]-1}f(xD) = f(xD+1)-f(xD) follows. Choosing f(x) = x^n and using :xD:^n/n! = binomial(xD,n) and (xD)^n = Bell(n,:xD:), the Bell polynomials of A008277, it follows that the lower triangular matrix [padded A074909]
A) = [St2]*[dP]*[St1] = A048993*A132440*[padded A008275]
B) = [St2]*[dP]*[St2]^(-1)
C) = [St1]^(-1)*[dP]*[St1],
where [St1]=padded A008275 just as [St2]=A048993=padded A008277 whereas [padded A074909]=A007318-I with I=identity matrix. - Tom Copeland, Apr 25 2014
T(n,k) generated by m-gon expansions in the case of odd m with "vertex to side" version or even m with "vertex to vertes" version. Refer to triangle expansions in A061777 and A101946 (and their companions for m-gons) which are "vertex to vertex" and "vertex to side" versions respectively. The label values at each iteration can be arranged as a triangle. Any m-gon can also be arranged as the same triangle with conditions: (i) m is odd and expansion is "vertex to side" version or (ii) m is even and expansion is "vertex to vertex" version. m*Sum_{i=1..k} T(n,k) gives the total label value at the n-th iteration. See also A247976. Vertex to vertex: A061777, A247618, A247619, A247620. Vertex to side: A101946, A247903, A247904, A247905. - Kival Ngaokrajang Sep 28 2014
From Tom Copeland, Nov 12 2014: (Start)
With P(n,x) = [(x+1)^(n+1)-x^(n+1)], the row polynomials of this entry, Up(n,x) = P(n,x)/(n+1) form an Appell sequence of polynomials that are the umbral compositional inverses of the Bernoulli polynomials B(n,x), i.e., B[n,Up(.,x)] = x^n = Up[n,B(.,x)] under umbral substitution, e.g., B(.,x)^n = B(n,x).
The e.g.f. for the Bernoulli polynomials is [t/(e^t - 1)] e^(x*t), and for Up(n,x) it's exp[Up(.,x)t] = [(e^t - 1)/t] e^(x*t).
Another g.f. is G(t,x) = log[(1-x*t)/(1-(1+x)*t)] = log[1 + t /(1 + -(1+x)t)] = t/(1-t*Up(.,x)) = Up(0,x)*t + Up(1,x)*t^2 + Up(2,x)*t^3 + ... = t + (1+2x)/2 t^2 + (1+3x+3x^2)/3 t^3 + (1+4x+6x^2+4x^3)/4 t^4 + ... = -log(1-t*P(.,x)), expressed umbrally.
The inverse, Ginv(t,x), in t of the g.f. may be found in A008292 from Copeland's list of formulas (Sep 2014) with a=(1+x) and b=x. This relates these two sets of polynomials to algebraic geometry, e.g., elliptic curves, trigonometric expansions, Chebyshev polynomials, and the combinatorics of permutahedra and their duals.
Ginv(t,x) = [e^((1+x)t) - e^(xt)] / [(1+x) * e^((1+x)t) - x * e^(xt)] = [e^(t/2) - e^(-t/2)] / [(1+x)e^(t/2) - x*e^(-t/2)] = (e^t - 1) / [1 + (1+x) (e^t - 1)] = t - (1 + 2 x) t^2/2! + (1 + 6 x + 6 x^2) t^3/3! - (1 + 14 x + 36 x^2 + 24 x^3) t^4/4! + ... = -exp[-Perm(.,x)t], where Perm(n,x) are the reverse face polynomials, or reverse f-vectors, for the permutahedra, i.e., the face polynomials for the duals of the permutahedra. Cf. A090582, A019538, A049019, A133314, A135278.
With L(t,x) = t/(1+t*x) with inverse L(t,-x) in t, and Cinv(t) = e^t - 1 with inverse C(t) = log(1 + t). Then Ginv(t,x) = L[Cinv(t),(1+x)] and G(t,x) = C[L[t,-(1+x)]]. Note L is the special linear fractional (Mobius) transformation.
Connections among the combinatorics of the permutahedra, simplices (cf. A135278), and the associahedra can be made through the Lagrange inversion formula (LIF) of A133437 applied to G(t,x) (cf. A111785 and the Schroeder paths A126216 also), and similarly for the LIF A134685 applied to Ginv(t,x) involving the simplicial Whitehouse complex, phylogenetic trees, and other structures. (See also the LIFs A145271 and A133932). (End)
R = x - exp[-[B(n+1)/(n+1)]D] = x - exp[zeta(-n)D] is the raising operator for this normalized sequence UP(n,x) = P(n,x) / (n+1), that is, R UP(n,x) = UP(n+1,x), where D = d/dx, zeta(-n) is the value of the Riemann zeta function evaluated at -n, and B(n) is the n-th Bernoulli number, or constant B(n,0) of the Bernoulli polynomials. The raising operator for the Bernoulli polynomials is then x + exp[-[B(n+1)/(n+1)]D]. [Note added Nov 25 2014: exp[zeta(-n)D] is abbreviation of exp(a.D) with (a.)^n = a_n = zeta(-n)]. - Tom Copeland, Nov 17 2014
The diagonals T(n, n-m), for n >= m, give the m-th iterated partial sum of the positive integers; that is A000027(n+1), A000217(n), A000292(n-1), A000332(n+1), A000389(n+1), A000579(n+1), A000580(n+1), A000581(n+1), A000582(n+1), ... . - Wolfdieter Lang, May 21 2015
The transpose gives the numerical coefficients of the Maurer-Cartan form matrix for the general linear group GL(n,1) (cf. Olver, but note that the formula at the bottom of p. 6 has an error--the 12 should be a 15). - Tom Copeland, Nov 05 2015
The left invariant Maurer-Cartan form polynomial on p. 7 of the Olver paper for the group GL^n(1) is essentially a binomial convolution of the row polynomials of this entry with those of A133314, or equivalently the row polynomials generated by the product of the e.g.f. of this entry with that of A133314, with some reindexing. - Tom Copeland, Jul 03 2018
From Tom Copeland, Jul 10 2018: (Start)
The first column of the inverse matrix is the sequence of Bernoulli numbers, which follows from the umbral definition of the Bernoulli polynomials (B.(0) + x)^n = B_n(x) evaluated at x = 1 and the relation B_n(0) = B_n(1) for n > 1 and -B_1(0) = 1/2 = B_1(1), so the Bernoulli numbers can be calculated using Cramer's rule acting on this entry's matrix and, therefore, from the ratios of volumes of parallelepipeds determined by the columns of this entry's square submatrices. - Tom Copeland, Jul 10 2018
Umbrally composing the row polynomials with B_n(x), the Bernoulli polynomials, gives (B.(x)+1)^(n+1) - (B.(x))^(n+1) = d[x^(n+1)]/dx = (n+1)*x^n, so multiplying this entry as a lower triangular matrix (LTM) by the LTM of the coefficients of the Bernoulli polynomials gives the diagonal matrix of the natural numbers. Then the inverse matrix of this entry has the elements B_(n,k)/(k+1), where B_(n,k) is the coefficient of x^k for B_n(x), and the e.g.f. (1/x) (e^(xt)-1)/(e^t-1). (End)

Examples

			T(4,2) = 0+0+1+3+6 = 10 = binomial(5, 2).
Triangle T(n,k) begins:
n\k 0  1  2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 10 11
0:  1
1:  1  2
2:  1  3  3
3:  1  4  6   4
4:  1  5 10  10   5
5:  1  6 15  20  15   6
6:  1  7 21  35  35  21   7
7:  1  8 28  56  70  56  28   8
8:  1  9 36  84 126 126  84  36  9
9:  1 10 45 120 210 252 210 120 45   10
10: 1 11 55 165 330 462 462 330 165  55 11
11: 1 12 66 220 495 792 924 792 495 220 66 12
... Reformatted. - _Wolfdieter Lang_, Nov 04 2014
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Can be seen as the square array A(n, k) = binomial(n + k + 1, n) read by descending antidiagonals. A(n, k) is the number of monotone nondecreasing functions f: {1,2,..,k} -> {1,2,..,n}. - _Peter Luschny_, Aug 25 2019
[0]  1,  1,   1,   1,    1,    1,     1,     1,     1, ... A000012
[1]  2,  3,   4,   5,    6,    7,     8,     9,    10, ... A000027
[2]  3,  6,  10,  15,   21,   28,    36,    45,    55, ... A000217
[3]  4, 10,  20,  35,   56,   84,   120,   165,   220, ... A000292
[4]  5, 15,  35,  70,  126,  210,   330,   495,   715, ... A000332
[5]  6, 21,  56, 126,  252,  462,   792,  1287,  2002, ... A000389
[6]  7, 28,  84, 210,  462,  924,  1716,  3003,  5005, ... A000579
[7]  8, 36, 120, 330,  792, 1716,  3432,  6435, 11440, ... A000580
[8]  9, 45, 165, 495, 1287, 3003,  6435, 12870, 24310, ... A000581
[9] 10, 55, 220, 715, 2002, 5005, 11440, 24310, 48620, ... A000582
		

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Programs

  • GAP
    Flat(List([0..10],n->List([0..n],k->Binomial(n+1,k)))); # Muniru A Asiru, Jul 10 2018
    
  • Haskell
    a074909 n k = a074909_tabl !! n !! k
    a074909_row n = a074909_tabl !! n
    a074909_tabl = iterate
       (\row -> zipWith (+) ([0] ++ row) (row ++ [1])) [1]
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 25 2012
    
  • Magma
    /* As triangle */ [[Binomial(n+1,k): k in [0..n]]: n in [0.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 22 2018
    
  • Maple
    A074909 := proc(n,k)
        if k > n or k < 0 then
            0;
        else
            binomial(n+1,k) ;
        end if;
    end proc: # Zerinvary Lajos, Nov 09 2006
  • Mathematica
    Flatten[Join[{1}, Table[Sum[Binomial[k, m], {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 12}, {m, 0, n}] ]] (* or *) Flatten[Join[{1}, Table[Binomial[n, m], {n, 12}, {m, n}]]]
  • PARI
    print1(1);for(n=1,10,for(k=1,n,print1(", "binomial(n,k)))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 26 2013
    
  • Python
    from math import comb, isqrt
    def A074909(n): return comb(r:=(m:=isqrt(k:=n+1<<1))+(k>m*(m+1)),n-comb(r,2)) # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 12 2024

Formula

T(n, k) = Sum_{i=0..n} C(i, n-k) = C(n+1, k).
Row n has g.f. (1+x)^(n+1)-x^(n+1).
E.g.f.: ((1+x)*e^t - x) e^(x*t). The row polynomials p_n(x) satisfy dp_n(x)/dx = (n+1)*p_(n-1)(x). - Tom Copeland, Jul 10 2018
T(n, k) = T(n-1, k-1) + T(n-1, k) for k: 0Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 18 2005
T(n,k) = T(n-1,k) + 2*T(n-1,k-1) - T(n-2,k-1) - T(n-2,k-2), T(0,0)=1, T(1,0)=1, T(1,1)=2, T(n,k)=0 if k<0 or if k>n. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 27 2013
G.f. for column k (with leading zeros): x^(k-1)*(1/(1-x)^(k+1)-1), k >= 0. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 04 2014
Up(n, x+y) = (Up(.,x)+ y)^n = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) Up(k,x)*y^(n-k), where Up(n,x) = ((x+1)^(n+1)-x^(n+1)) / (n+1) = P(n,x)/(n+1) with P(n,x) the n-th row polynomial of this entry. dUp(n,x)/dx = n * Up(n-1,x) and dP(n,x)/dx = (n+1)*P(n-1,x). - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2014
The o.g.f. GF(x,t) = x / ((1-t*x)*(1-(1+t)x)) = x + (1+2t)*x^2 + (1+3t+3t^2)*x^3 + ... has the inverse GFinv(x,t) = (1+(1+2t)x-sqrt(1+(1+2t)*2x+x^2))/(2t(1+t)x) in x about 0, which generates the row polynomials (mod row signs) of A033282. The reciprocal of the o.g.f., i.e., x/GF(x,t), gives the free cumulants (1, -(1+2t) , t(1+t) , 0, 0, ...) associated with the moments defined by GFinv, and, in fact, these free cumulants generate these moments through the noncrossing partitions of A134264. The associated e.g.f. and relations to Grassmannians are described in A248727, whose polynomials are the basis for an Appell sequence of polynomials that are umbral compositional inverses of the Appell sequence formed from this entry's polynomials (distinct from the one described in the comments above, without the normalizing reciprocal). - Tom Copeland, Jan 07 2015
T(n, k) = (1/k!) * Sum_{i=0..k} Stirling1(k,i)*(n+1)^i, for 0<=k<=n. - Ridouane Oudra, Oct 23 2022

Extensions

I added an initial 1 at the suggestion of Paul Barry, which makes the triangle a little nicer but may mean that some of the formulas will now need adjusting. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 11 2003
Formula section edited, checked and corrected by Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 04 2014

A036740 a(n) = (n!)^n.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 4, 216, 331776, 24883200000, 139314069504000000, 82606411253903523840000000, 6984964247141514123629140377600000000, 109110688415571316480344899355894085582848000000000, 395940866122425193243875570782668457763038822400000000000000000000
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(-1)^n*a(n) is the determinant of the n X n matrix m_{i,j} = T(n+i,j), 1 <= i,j <= n, where T(n,k) are the signed Stirling numbers of the first kind (A008275). Derived from methods given in Krattenthaler link. - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 17 2005
a(n) is also the number of binary operations on an n-element set which are right (or left) cancellative. These are also called right (left) cancellative magma or groupoids. The multiplication table of a right (left) cancellative magma is an n X n matrix with entries from an n element set such that the elements in each column (or row) are distinct. - W. Edwin Clark, Apr 09 2009
This sequence is mentioned in "Experimentation in Mathematics" as a sum-of-powers determinant. - John M. Campbell, May 07 2011
Determinant of the n X n matrix M_n = [m_n(i,j)] with m_n(i,j) = Stirling2(n+i,j) for 1<=i,j<=n. - Alois P. Heinz, Jul 26 2013

References

  • Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey and Roland Girgensohn, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational Paths to Discovery, A K Peters, Ltd., 2004, p. 207.

Crossrefs

Main diagonal of A225816.

Programs

  • Maple
    a:= n-> n!^n:
    seq(a(n), n=0..12);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jul 25 2013
  • Mathematica
    Table[(n!)^n,{n,0,10}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 29 2013 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist(n!^n,n,0,10); /* Martin Ettl, Jan 13 2013 */
  • PARI
    a(n)=n!^n;
    

Formula

a(n) = a(n-1)*n^n*(n-1)! = a(n-1)*A000169(n)*A000142(n) = A036740(n-1) * A000312(n)*A000142(n-1). - Henry Bottomley, Dec 06 2001
From Benoit Cloitre, Sep 17 2005: (Start)
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n} (k-1)!*k^k;
a(n) = A000178(n-1)*A002109(n) for n >= 1. (End)
a(n) ~ 2^(n/2) * Pi^(n/2) * n^(n*(2*n+1)/2) / exp(n^2-1/12). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 14 2014
a(n) = Product_{k=1..n} k^n. - José de Jesús Camacho Medina, Jul 12 2016
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = A261114. - Amiram Eldar, Nov 16 2020
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