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A008279 Triangle T(n,k) = n!/(n-k)! (0 <= k <= n) read by rows, giving number of permutations of n things k at a time.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 6, 6, 1, 4, 12, 24, 24, 1, 5, 20, 60, 120, 120, 1, 6, 30, 120, 360, 720, 720, 1, 7, 42, 210, 840, 2520, 5040, 5040, 1, 8, 56, 336, 1680, 6720, 20160, 40320, 40320, 1, 9, 72, 504, 3024, 15120, 60480, 181440, 362880, 362880
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Also called permutation coefficients.
Also falling factorials triangle A068424 with column a(n,0)=1 and row a(0,1)=1 otherwise a(0,k)=0, added. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 07 2003
The higher-order exponential integrals E(x,m,n) are defined in A163931; for information about the asymptotic expansion of E(x,m=1,n) see A130534. The asymptotic expansions for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., lead to the right hand columns of the triangle given above. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 16 2009
The number of injective functions from a set of size k to a set of size n. - Dennis P. Walsh, Feb 10 2011
The number of functions f from {1,2,...,k} to {1,2,...,n} that satisfy f(x) >= x for all x in {1,2,...,k}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Apr 20 2011
T(n,k) = A181511(n,k) for k=1..n-1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 18 2012
The e.g.f.s enumerating the faces of the permutohedra / permutahedra, Perm(s,t;x) = [e^(sx)-1]/[s-t(e^(sx)-1)], (cf. A090582 and A019538) and the stellahedra / stellohedra, St(s,t;x) = [s e^((s+t)x)]/[s-t(e^(sx)-1)], (cf. A248727) given in Toric Topology satisfy exp[u*d/dt] St(s,t;x) = St(s,u+t;x) = [e^(ux)/(1-u*Perm(s,t;x))]*St(s,t;x), where e^(ux)/(1-uy) is a bivariate e.g.f. for the row polynomials of this entry and A094587. Equivalently, d/dt St = (x+Perm)*St and d/dt Perm = Perm^2, or d/dt log(St) = x + Perm and d/dt log(Perm) = Perm. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016
T(n, k)/n! are the coefficients of the n-th exponential Taylor polynomial, or truncated exponentials, which was proved to be irreducible by Schur. See Coleman link. - Michel Marcus, Feb 24 2020
Given a generic choice of k+2 residues, T(n, k) is the number of meromorphic differentials on the Riemann sphere having a zero of order n and these prescribed residues at its k+2 poles. - Quentin Gendron, Jan 16 2025

Examples

			Triangle begins:
  1;
  1,  1;
  1,  2,  2;
  1,  3,  6,   6;
  1,  4, 12,  24,   24;
  1,  5, 20,  60,  120,   120;
  1,  6, 30, 120,  360,   720,    720;
  1,  7, 42, 210,  840,  2520,   5040,   5040;
  1,  8, 56, 336, 1680,  6720,  20160,  40320,   40320;
  1,  9, 72, 504, 3024, 15120,  60480, 181440,  362880,  362880;
  1, 10, 90, 720, 5040, 30240, 151200, 604800, 1814400, 3628800, 3628800;
  ...
For example, T(4,2)=12 since there are 12 injective functions f:{1,2}->{1,2,3,4}. There are 4 choices for f(1) and then, since f is injective, 3 remaining choices for f(2), giving us 12 ways to construct an injective function. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Feb 10 2011
For example, T(5,3)=60 since there are 60 functions f:{1,2,3}->{1,2,3,4,5} with f(x) >= x. There are 5 choices for f(1), 4 choices for f(2), and 3 choices for f(3), giving us 60 ways to construct such a function. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Apr 30 2011
		

References

  • CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 30th ed., 1996, p. 176; 31st ed., p. 215, Section 3.3.11.1.
  • Maple V Reference Manual, p. 490, numbperm(n,k).

Crossrefs

Row sums give A000522.
T(n,0)=A000012, T(n,1)=A000027, T(n+1,2)=A002378, T(n,3)=A007531, T(n,4)=A052762, and T(n,n)=A000142.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a008279 n k = a008279_tabl !! n !! k
    a008279_row n = a008279_tabl !! n
    a008279_tabl = iterate f [1] where
       f xs = zipWith (+) ([0] ++ zipWith (*) xs [1..]) (xs ++ [0])
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 15 2013, Nov 18 2012
    
  • Magma
    /* As triangle */ [[Factorial(n)/Factorial(n-k): k in [0..n]]: n in [0.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 11 2015
    
  • Maple
    with(combstruct): for n from 0 to 10 do seq(count(Permutation(n),size=m), m = 0 .. n) od; # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 16 2007
    seq(seq(n!/(n-k)!,k=0..n),n=0..10); # Dennis P. Walsh, Apr 20 2011
    seq(print(seq(pochhammer(n-k+1,k),k=0..n)),n=0..6); # Peter Luschny, Mar 26 2015
  • Mathematica
    Table[CoefficientList[Series[(1 + x)^m, {x, 0, 20}], x]* Table[n!, {n, 0, m}], {m, 0, 10}] // Grid (* Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 16 2010 *)
    Table[ Pochhammer[n - k + 1, k], {n, 0, 9}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* or *)
    Table[ FactorialPower[n, k], {n, 0, 9}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten  (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 18 2013, updated Jan 28 2016 *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = if( k<0 || k>n, 0, n!/(n-k)!)}; /* Michael Somos, Nov 14 2002 */
    
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = my(A, p); if( k<0 || k>n, 0, if( n==0, 1, A = matrix(n, n, i, j, x + (i==j)); polcoeff( sum(i=1, n!, if( p = numtoperm(n, i), prod(j=1, n, A[j, p[j]]))), k)))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 05 2004 */
    
  • Python
    from math import factorial, isqrt, comb
    def A008279(n): return factorial(a:=(m:=isqrt(k:=n+1<<1))-(k<=m*(m+1)))//factorial(a-n+comb(a+1,2)) # Chai Wah Wu, Nov 13 2024
  • Sage
    for n in range(8): [falling_factorial(n,k) for k in (0..n)] # Peter Luschny, Mar 26 2015
    

Formula

E.g.f.: Sum T(n,k) x^n/n! y^k = exp(x)/(1-x*y). - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 19 2002
Equals A007318 * A136572. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 07 2008
T(n, k) = n*T(n-1, k-1) = k*T(n-1, k-1)+T(n-1, k) = n*T(n-1, k)/(n-k) = (n-k+1)*T(n, k-1). - Henry Bottomley, Mar 29 2001
T(n, k) = n!/(n-k)! if n >= k >= 0, otherwise 0.
G.f. for k-th column k!*x^k/(1-x)^(k+1), k >= 0.
E.g.f. for n-th row (1+x)^n, n >= 0.
Sum T(n, k)x^k = permanent of n X n matrix a_ij = (x+1 if i=j, x otherwise). - Michael Somos, Mar 05 2004
Ramanujan psi_1(k, x) polynomials evaluated at n+1. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 16 2004
E.g.f.: Sum T(n,k) x^n/n! y^k/k! = e^{x+xy}. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Feb 07 2006
The triangle is the binomial transform of an infinite matrix with (1, 1, 2, 6, 24, ...) in the main diagonal and the rest zeros. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 20 2006
G.f.: 1/(1-x-xy/(1-xy/(1-x-2xy/(1-2xy/(1-x-3xy/(1-3xy/(1-x-4xy/(1-4xy/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Feb 11 2009
T(n,k) = Sum_{j=0..k} binomial(k,j)*T(x,j)*T(y,k-j) for x+y = n. - Dennis P. Walsh, Feb 10 2011
From Dennis P. Walsh, Apr 20 2011: (Start)
E.g.f (with k fixed): x^k*exp(x).
G.f. (with k fixed): k!*x^k/(1-x)^(k+1). (End)
For n >= 2 and m >= 2, Sum_{k=0..m-2} S2(n, k+2)*T(m-2, k) = Sum_{p=0..n-2} m^p. S2(n,k) are the Stirling numbers of the second kind A008277. - Tony Foster III, Jul 23 2019

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

A036040 Irregular triangle of multinomial coefficients, read by rows (version 1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 6, 1, 1, 5, 10, 10, 15, 10, 1, 1, 6, 15, 10, 15, 60, 15, 20, 45, 15, 1, 1, 7, 21, 35, 21, 105, 70, 105, 35, 210, 105, 35, 105, 21, 1, 1, 8, 28, 56, 35, 28, 168, 280, 210, 280, 56, 420, 280, 840, 105, 70, 560, 420, 56, 210, 28, 1, 1, 9, 36, 84, 126, 36, 252
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This is different from A080575 and A178867.
T(n,m) = count of set partitions of n with block lengths given by the m-th partition of n.
From Tilman Neumann, Oct 05 2008: (Start)
These are also the coefficients occurring in complete Bell polynomials, Faa di Bruno's formula (in its simplest form) and computation of moments from cumulants.
Though the Bell polynomials seem quite unwieldy, they can be computed easily as the determinant of an n-dimensional square matrix. (See, e.g., Coffey (2006) and program below.)
The complete Bell polynomial of the first n primes gives A007446. (End)
From Tom Copeland, Apr 29 2011: (Start)
A relation between partition polynomials formed from these "refined" Stirling numbers of the second kind and umbral operator trees and Lagrange inversion is presented in the link "Lagrange a la Lah".
For simple diagrams of the relation between connected graphs, cumulants, and A036040, see the references on statistical physics below. In some sense, these graphs are duals of the umbral bouquets presented in "Lagrange a la Lah". (End)
These M3 (Abramowitz-Stegun) partition polynomials are the complete Bell polynomials (see a comment above) with recurrence (see the Wikipedia link) B_0 = 1, B_n = Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k) * B_{n-1-k}*x[k+1], n >= 1. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 31 2016
With the indeterminates (x_1, x_2, x_3,...) = (t, -c_2*t, -c_3*t, ...) with c_n > 0, umbrally B(n,a.) = B(n,t)|{t^n = a_n} = 0 and B(j,a.)B(k,a.) = B(j,t)B(k,t)|{t^n =a_n} = d_{j,k} >= 0 is the coefficient of x^j/j!*y^k/k! in the Taylor series expansion of the formal group law FGL(x,y) = f[f^{-1}(x)+f^{-1}(y)], where a_n are the inversion partition polynomials for calculating f(x) from the coefficients of the series expansion of f^{-1}(x) given in A134685. - Tom Copeland, Feb 09 2018
For applications to functionals in quantum field theory, see Figueroa et al., Brouder, Kreimer and Yeats, and Balduf. In the last two papers, the Bell polynomials with the indeterminates (x_1, x_2, x_3,...) = (c_1, 2!c_2, 3!c_3, ...) are equivalent to the partition polynomials of A130561 in the indeterminates c_n. - Tom Copeland, Dec 17 2019
From Tom Copeland, Oct 15 2020: (Start)
With a_n = n! * b_n = (n-1)! * c_n for n > 0, represent a function with f(0) = a_0 = b_0 = 1 as an
A) exponential generating function (e.g.f), or formal Taylor series: f(x) = e^{a.x} = 1 + Sum_{n > 0} a_n * x^n/n!
B) ordinary generating function (o.g.f.), or formal power series: f(x) = 1/(1-b.x) = 1 + Sum_{n > 0} b_n * x^n
C) logarithmic generating function (l.g.f): f(x) = 1 - log(1 - c.x) = 1 + Sum_{n > 0} c_n * x^n /n.
Expansions of log(f(x)) are given in
I) A127671 and A263634 for the e.g.f: log[ e^{a.*x} ] = e^{L.(a_1,a_2,...)x} = Sum_{n > 0} L_n(a_1,...,a_n) * x^n/n!, the logarithmic polynomials, cumulant expansion polynomials
II) A263916 for the o.g.f.: log[ 1/(1-b.x) ] = log[ 1 - F.(b_1,b_2,...)x ] = -Sum_{n > 0} F_n(b_1,...,b_n) * x^n/n, the Faber polynomials.
Expansions of exp(f(x)-1) are given in
III) A036040 for an e.g.f: exp[ e^{a.x} - 1 ] = e^{BELL.(a_1,...)x}, the Bell/Touchard/exponential partition polynomials, a.k.a. the Stirling partition polynomials of the second kind
IV) A130561 for an o.g.f.: exp[ b.x/(1-b.x) ] = e^{LAH.(b.,...)x}, the Lah partition polynomials
V) A036039 for an l.g.f.: exp[ -log(1-c.x) ] = e^{CIP.(c_1,...)x}, the cycle index polynomials of the symmetric groups S_n, a.k.a. the Stirling partition polynomials of the first kind.
Since exp and log are a compositional inverse pair, one can extract the indeterminates of the log set of partition polynomials from the exp set and vice versa. For a discussion of the relations among these polynomials and the combinatorics of connected and disconnected graphs/maps, see Novak and LaCroix on classical moments and cumulants and the two books on statistical mechanics referenced below. (End)
From Tom Copeland, Jun 12 2021: (Start)
These Bell polynomials and their relations to the Faa di Bruno Hopf bialgebra, correlation functions in quantum field theory, and the moment-cumulant duality are given on pp. 134 -144 of Zeidler.
An interpretation of the coefficients of the polynomials is given in expositions of the exponential formula, or principle, in Cameron et al., Duchamp, Duchamp et al., Labelle and Leroux, and Scott and Sokal along with some history. The simplest applications of this principle are given in A060540. (End)

Examples

			Triangle begins:
  1;
  1,  1;
  1,  3,  1;
  1,  4,  3,  6,  1;
  1,  5, 10, 10, 15, 10,  1;
  1,  6, 15, 10, 15, 60, 15, 20, 45, 15, 1;
  ...
The first partition of 3 (i.e., (3)) induces the set {{1, 2, 3}}, so T(3, 1) = 1; the second one (i.e., (2, 1)) the sets {{1, 2}, {3}}, {{1, 3}, {2}}, and {{2, 3}, {1}}, so T(3, 2) = 3; and the third one (i.e., (1, 1, 1)) the set {{1}, {2}, {3}}, so T(3, 1) = 1. - _Lorenzo Sauras Altuzarra_, Jun 20 2022
		

References

  • Abramowitz and Stegun, Handbook, p. 831, column labeled "M_3".
  • C. Itzykson and J. Drouffe, Statistical Field Theory Vol. 2, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989, page 412.
  • S. Ma, Statistical Mechanics, World Scientific, 1985, page 205.
  • E. Zeidler, Quantum Field Theory II: Quantum Electrodynamics, Springer, 2009.

Crossrefs

See A080575 for another version.
Row sums are the Bell numbers A000110.
Cf. A000040, A007446, A178866 and A178867 (version 3).
Cf. A127671.
Cf. A060540 for the coefficients of the compositions e^{ x^m/m! }.

Programs

  • Maple
    with(combinat): nmax:=8: 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 sA036040(n,m):= n!/(mul((t!)^q(t)*q(t)!,t=1..n)); od: od: seq(seq(A036040(n, m), m=1..numbpart(n)), n=1..nmax); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 21 2010, Jul 12 2016
  • Mathematica
    runs[li:{__Integer}] := ((Length/@ Split[ # ]))&[Sort@ li]; Table[temp=Map[Reverse, Sort@ (Sort/@ IntegerPartitions[w]), {1}]; Apply[Multinomial, temp, {1}]/Apply[Times, (runs/@ temp)!, {1}], {w, 6}]
  • MuPAD
    completeBellMatrix := proc(x,n) // x - vector x[1]...x[m], m>=n
    local i,j,M; begin
    M := matrix(n,n): // zero-initialized
    for i from 1 to n-1 do M[i,i+1] := -1: end_for:
    for i from 1 to n do for j from 1 to i do
        M[i,j] := binomial(i-1,j-1)*x[i-j+1]: end_for: end_for:
    return (M): end_proc:
    completeBellPoly := proc(x, n) begin
    return (linalg::det(completeBellMatrix (x,n))): end_proc:
    for i from 1 to 10 do print(i, completeBellPoly(x,i)): end_for:
    // Tilman Neumann, Oct 05 2008
    
  • PARI
    A036040_poly(n,V=vector(n,i,eval(Str('x,i))))={matdet(matrix(n,n,i,j,if(j<=i,binomial(i-1,j-1)*V[n-i+j],-(j==i+1))))} \\ Row n of the sequence is made of the coefficients of the monomials ordered by increasing total order (sum of powers) and then lexicographically. - M. F. Hasler, Nov 16 2013, updated Jul 12 2014
    
  • Sage
    from collections import Counter
    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 A036040_row(n):
        h = lambda p: product(map(factorial, Counter(p).values()))
        return [multinomial(p)//h(p) for k in (0..n) for p in ASPartitions(n, k)]
    for n in (1..10): print(A036040_row(n))
    # Peter Luschny, Dec 18 2016, corrected Apr 30 2022

Formula

E.g.f.: A(t) = exp(Sum_{k>=1} x[k]*(t^k)/k!).
T(n,m) is the coefficient of ((t^n)/n!)* x[1]^e(m,1)*x[2]^e(m,2)*...*x[n]^e(m,n) in A(t). Here the m-th partition of n, counted in Abramowitz-Stegun(A-St) order, is [1^e(m,1), 2^e(m,2), ..., n^e(m,n)] with e(m,j) >= 0 and if e(m, j)=0 then j^0 is not recorded.
a(n, m) = n!/Product_{j=1..n} j!^e(m,j)*e(m,j)!, with [1^e(m,1), 2^e(m,2), ..., n^e(m, n)] the m-th partition of n in the mentioned A-St order.
With the notation in the Lang reference, x(1) treated as a variable and D the derivative w.r.t. x(1), a raising operator for the polynomial S(n,x(1)) = P3_n(x[1], ..., x[n]) is R = Sum_{n>=0} x(n+1) D^n / n! ; i.e., R S(n, x(1)) = S(n+1, x(1)). The lowering operator is D; i.e., D S(n, x(1)) = n S(n-1, x(1)). The sequence of polynomials is an Appell sequence, so [S(.,x(1)) + y]^n = S(n, x(1) + y). For x(j) = (-1)^(j-1)* (j-1)! for j > 1, S(n, x(1)) = [x(1) - 1]^n + n [x(1) - 1]^(n-1). - Tom Copeland, Aug 01 2008
Raising and lowering operators are given for the partition polynomials formed from A036040 in the link in "Lagrange a la Lah Part I" on page 22. - Tom Copeland, Sep 18 2011
The n-th row is generated by the determinant of [Sum_{k=0..n-1} (x_(k+1)*(dP_n)^k/k!) - S_n], where dP_n is the n X n submatrix of A132440 and S_n is the n X n submatrix of A129185. The coefficients are flagged by the partitions of n represented by the monomials in the indeterminates x_k. Letting all x_n = t, generates the Bell / Touchard / exponential polynomials of A008277. - Tom Copeland, May 03 2014
The partition polynomials of A036039 are obtained by substituting (n-1)! x[n] for x[n] in the partition polynomials of this entry. - Tom Copeland, Nov 17 2015
-(n-1)! F(n, B(1, x[1]), B(2, x[1], x[2])/2!, ..., B(n, x[1], ..., x[n])/n!) = x[n] extracts the indeterminates of the complete Bell partition polynomials B(n, x[1], ..., x[n]) of this entry, where F(n, x[1], ..., x[n]) are the Faber polynomials of A263916. (Compare with A263634.) - Tom Copeland, Nov 29 2015; Sep 09 2016
T(n, m) = A127671(n, m)/A264753(n, m), n >= 1 and 1 <= m <= A000041(n). - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 12 2016
From Tom Copeland, Sep 07 2016: (Start)
From the connections among the elementary Schur polynomials and the partition polynomials of A130561, A036039 and this array, the partition polynomials of this array satisfy (d/d(x_m)) P(n, x_1, ..., x_n) = binomial(n,m) * P(n-m, x_1, ..., x_(n-m)) with P(k, x_1, ..., x_n) = 0 for k < 0.
Just as in the discussion and example in A130561, the umbral compositional inverse sequence is given by the sequence P(n, x_1, -x_2, -x_3, ..., -x_n).
(End)
The partition polynomials with an index shift can be generated by (v(x) + d/dx)^n v(x). Cf. Guha, p. 12. - Tom Copeland, Jul 19 2018

Extensions

More terms from David W. Wilson
Additional comments from Wouter Meeussen, Mar 23 2003

A038207 Triangle whose (i,j)-th entry is binomial(i,j)*2^(i-j).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 8, 12, 6, 1, 16, 32, 24, 8, 1, 32, 80, 80, 40, 10, 1, 64, 192, 240, 160, 60, 12, 1, 128, 448, 672, 560, 280, 84, 14, 1, 256, 1024, 1792, 1792, 1120, 448, 112, 16, 1, 512, 2304, 4608, 5376, 4032, 2016, 672, 144, 18, 1, 1024, 5120, 11520, 15360, 13440, 8064, 3360, 960, 180, 20, 1
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This infinite matrix is the square of the Pascal matrix (A007318) whose rows are [ 1,0,... ], [ 1,1,0,... ], [ 1,2,1,0,... ], ...
As an upper right triangle, table rows give number of points, edges, faces, cubes,
4D hypercubes etc. in hypercubes of increasing dimension by column. - Henry Bottomley, Apr 14 2000. More precisely, the (i,j)-th entry is the number of j-dimensional subspaces of an i-dimensional hypercube (see the Coxeter reference). - Christof Weber, May 08 2009
Number of different partial sums of 1+[1,1,2]+[2,2,3]+[3,3,4]+[4,4,5]+... with entries that are zero removed. - Jon Perry, Jan 01 2004
Row sums are powers of 3 (A000244), antidiagonal sums are Pell numbers (A000129). - Gerald McGarvey, May 17 2005
Riordan array (1/(1-2x), x/(1-2x)). - Paul Barry, Jul 28 2005
T(n,k) is the number of elements of the Coxeter group B_n with descent set contained in {s_k}, 0<=k<=n-1. For T(n,n), we interpret this as the number of elements of B_n with empty descent set (since s_n does not exist). - Elizabeth Morris (epmorris(AT)math.washington.edu), Mar 01 2006
Let S be a binary relation on the power set P(A) of a set A having n = |A| elements such that for every element x, y of P(A), xSy if x is a subset of y. Then T(n,k) = the number of elements (x,y) of S for which y has exactly k more elements than x. - Ross La Haye, Oct 12 2007
T(n,k) is number of paths in the first quadrant going from (0,0) to (n,k) using only steps B=(1,0) colored blue, R=(1,0) colored red and U=(1,1). Example: T(3,2)=6 because we have BUU, RUU, UBU, URU, UUB and UUR. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 04 2007
T(n,k) is the number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,k) using steps (0,1), and two kinds of step (1,0). - Joerg Arndt, Jul 01 2011
T(i,j) is the number of i-permutations of {1,2,3} containing j 1's. Example: T(2,1)=4 because we have 12, 13, 21 and 31; T(3,2)=6 because we have 112, 113, 121, 131, 211 and 311. - Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 21 2007
Triangle of coefficients in expansion of (2+x)^n. - N-E. Fahssi, Apr 13 2008
Sum of diagonals are Jacobsthal-numbers: A001045. - Mark Dols, Aug 31 2009
Triangle T(n,k), read by rows, given by [2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...] DELTA [1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 15 2009
Eigensequence of the triangle = A004211: (1, 3, 11, 49, 257, 1539, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 07 2010
f-vectors ("face"-vectors) for n-dimensional cubes [see e.g., Hoare]. (This is a restatement of Bottomley's above.) - Tom Copeland, Oct 19 2012
With P = Pascal matrix, the sequence of matrices I, A007318, A038207, A027465, A038231, A038243, A038255, A027466 ... = P^0, P^1, P^2, ... are related by Copeland's formula below to the evolution at integral time steps n= 0, 1, 2, ... of an exponential distribution exp(-x*z) governed by the Fokker-Planck equation as given in the Dattoli et al. ref. below. - Tom Copeland, Oct 26 2012
The matrix elements of the inverse are T^(-1)(n,k) = (-1)^(n+k)*T(n,k). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2013
Unsigned diagonals of A133156 are rows of this array. - Tom Copeland, Oct 11 2014
Omitting the first row, this is the production matrix for A039683, where an equivalent differential operator can be found. - Tom Copeland, Oct 11 2016
T(n,k) is the number of functions f:[n]->[3] with exactly k elements mapped to 3. Note that there are C(n,k) ways to choose the k elements mapped to 3, and there are 2^(n-k) ways to map the other (n-k) elements to {1,2}. Hence, by summing T(n,k) as k runs from 0 to n, we obtain 3^n = Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k). - Dennis P. Walsh, Sep 26 2017
Since this array is the square of the Pascal lower triangular matrix, the row polynomials of this array are obtained as the umbral composition of the row polynomials P_n(x) of the Pascal matrix with themselves. E.g., P_3(P.(x)) = 1 P_3(x) + 3 P_2(x) + 3 P_1(x) + 1 = (x^3 + 3 x^2 + 3 x + 1) + 3 (x^2 + 2 x + 1) + 3 (x + 1) + 1 = x^3 + 6 x^2 + 12 x + 8. - Tom Copeland, Nov 12 2018
T(n,k) is the number of 2-compositions of n+1 with some zeros allowed that have k zeros; see the Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 16 2020
Also the convolution triangle of A000079. - Peter Luschny, Oct 09 2022

Examples

			Triangle begins with T(0,0):
   1;
   2,  1;
   4,  4,  1;
   8, 12,  6,  1;
  16, 32, 24,  8,  1;
  32, 80, 80, 40, 10,  1;
  ... -  corrected by _Clark Kimberling_, Aug 05 2011
Seen as an array read by descending antidiagonals:
[0] 1, 2,  4,   8,    16,    32,    64,     128,     256, ...     [A000079]
[1] 1, 4,  12,  32,   80,    192,   448,    1024,    2304, ...    [A001787]
[2] 1, 6,  24,  80,   240,   672,   1792,   4608,    11520, ...   [A001788]
[3] 1, 8,  40,  160,  560,   1792,  5376,   15360,   42240, ...   [A001789]
[4] 1, 10, 60,  280,  1120,  4032,  13440,  42240,   126720, ...  [A003472]
[5] 1, 12, 84,  448,  2016,  8064,  29568,  101376,  329472, ...  [A054849]
[6] 1, 14, 112, 672,  3360,  14784, 59136,  219648,  768768, ...  [A002409]
[7] 1, 16, 144, 960,  5280,  25344, 109824, 439296,  1647360, ... [A054851]
[8] 1, 18, 180, 1320, 7920,  41184, 192192, 823680,  3294720, ... [A140325]
[9] 1, 20, 220, 1760, 11440, 64064, 320320, 1464320, 6223360, ... [A140354]
		

References

  • A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 155.
  • H. S. M. Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, Dover Publications, New York (1973), p. 122.

Crossrefs

Programs

  • GAP
    Flat(List([0..15], n->List([0..n], k->Binomial(n, k)*2^(n-k)))); # Stefano Spezia, Nov 21 2018
  • Haskell
    a038207 n = a038207_list !! n
    a038207_list = concat $ iterate ([2,1] *) [1]
    instance Num a => Num [a] where
       fromInteger k = [fromInteger k]
       (p:ps) + (q:qs) = p + q : ps + qs
       ps + qs         = ps ++ qs
       (p:ps) * qs'@(q:qs) = p * q : ps * qs' + [p] * qs
        *                = []
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 02 2011
    
  • Haskell
    a038207' n k = a038207_tabl !! n !! k
    a038207_row n = a038207_tabl !! n
    a038207_tabl = iterate f [1] where
       f row = zipWith (+) ([0] ++ row) (map (* 2) row ++ [0])
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 27 2013
    
  • Magma
    /* As triangle */ [[(&+[Binomial(n,i)*Binomial(i,k): i in [k..n]]): k in [0..n]]: n in [0..15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 16 2018
    
  • Maple
    for i from 0 to 12 do seq(binomial(i, j)*2^(i-j), j = 0 .. i) end do; # yields sequence in triangular form - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 04 2007
    # Uses function PMatrix from A357368. Adds column 1, 0, 0, ... to the left.
    PMatrix(10, n -> 2^(n-1)); # Peter Luschny, Oct 09 2022
  • Mathematica
    Table[CoefficientList[Expand[(y + x + x^2)^n], y] /. x -> 1, {n, 0,10}] // TableForm (* Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 20 2011 *)
    Table[Binomial[n,k]2^(n-k),{n,0,10},{k,0,n}]//Flatten (* Harvey P. Dale, May 22 2020 *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = polcoeff((x+2)^n, k)}; /* Michael Somos, Apr 27 2000 */
    
  • Sage
    def A038207_triangle(dim):
        M = matrix(ZZ,dim,dim)
        for n in range(dim): 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*M[n-1,k]
        return M
    A038207_triangle(9)  # Peter Luschny, Sep 20 2012
    

Formula

T(n, k) = Sum_{i=0..n} binomial(n,i)*binomial(i,k).
T(n, k) = (-1)^k*A065109(n,k).
G.f.: 1/(1-2*z-t*z). - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 04 2007
Rows of the triangle are generated by taking successive iterates of (A135387)^n * [1, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 09 2007
From the formalism of A133314, the e.g.f. for the row polynomials of A038207 is exp(x*t)*exp(2x). The e.g.f. for the row polynomials of the inverse matrix is exp(x*t)*exp(-2x). p iterates of the matrix give the matrix with e.g.f. exp(x*t)*exp(p*2x). The results generalize for 2 replaced by any number. - Tom Copeland, Aug 18 2008
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k = (2+x)^n. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 15 2009
n-th row is obtained by taking pairwise sums of triangle A112857 terms starting from the right. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 06 2012
T(n,n) = 1 and T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) + 2*T(n-1,k) for kJon Perry, Oct 11 2012
The e.g.f. for the n-th row is given by umbral composition of the normalized Laguerre polynomials A021009 as p(n,x) = L(n, -L(.,-x))/n! = 2^n L(n, -x/2)/n!. E.g., L(2,x) = 2 -4*x +x^2, so p(2,x)= (1/2)*L(2, -L(.,-x)) = (1/2)*(2*L(0,-x) + 4*L(1,-x) + L(2,-x)) = (1/2)*(2 + 4*(1+x) + (2+4*x+x^2)) = 4 + 4*x + x^2/2. - Tom Copeland, Oct 20 2012
From Tom Copeland, Oct 26 2012: (Start)
From the formalism of A132440 and A218272:
Let P and P^T be the Pascal matrix and its transpose and H= P^2= A038207.
Then with D the derivative operator,
exp(x*z/(1-2*z))/(1-2*z)= exp(2*z D_z z) e^(x*z)= exp(2*D_x (x D_x)) e^(z*x)
= (1 z z^2 z^3 ...) H (1 x x^2/2! x^3/3! ...)^T
= (1 x x^2/2! x^3/3! ...) H^T (1 z z^2 z^3 ...)^T
= Sum_{n>=0} z^n * 2^n Lag_n(-x/2)= exp[z*EF(.,x)], an o.g.f. for the f-vectors (rows) of A038207 where EF(n,x) is an e.g.f. for the n-th f-vector. (Lag_n(x) are the un-normalized Laguerre polynomials.)
Conversely,
exp(z*(2+x))= exp(2D_x) exp(x*z)= exp(2x) exp(x*z)
= (1 x x^2 x^3 ...) H^T (1 z z^2/2! z^3/3! ...)^T
= (1 z z^2/2! z^3/3! ...) H (1 x x^2 x^3 ...)^T
= exp(z*OF(.,x)), an e.g.f for the f-vectors of A038207 where
OF(n,x)= (2+x)^n is an o.g.f. for the n-th f-vector.
(End)
G.f.: R(0)/2, where R(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - (2*k+1+ (1+y))*x/((2*k+2+ (1+y))*x + 1/R(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 09 2013
A038207 = exp[M*B(.,2)] where M = A238385-I and (B(.,x))^n = B(n,x) are the Bell polynomials (cf. A008277). B(n,2) = A001861(n). - Tom Copeland, Apr 17 2014
T = (A007318)^2 = A112857*|A167374| = |A118801|*|A167374| = |A118801*A167374| = |P*A167374*P^(-1)*A167374| = |P*NpdP*A167374|. Cf. A118801. - Tom Copeland, Nov 17 2016
E.g.f. for the n-th subdiagonal, n = 0,1,2,..., equals exp(x)*P(n,x), where P(n,x) is the polynomial 2^n*Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(n,k)*x^k/k!. For example, the e.g.f. for the third subdiagonal is exp(x)*(8 + 24*x + 12*x^2 + 4*x^3/3) = 8 + 32*x + 80*x^2/2! + 160*x^3/3! + .... - Peter Bala, Mar 05 2017
T(3*k+2,k) = T(3*k+2,k+1), T(2*k+1,k) = 2*T(2*k+1,k+1). - Yuchun Ji, May 26 2020
From Robert A. Russell, Aug 05 2020: (Start)
G.f. for column k: x^k / (1-2*x)^(k+1).
E.g.f. for column k: exp(2*x) * x^k / k!. (End)
Also the array A(n, k) read by descending antidiagonals, where A(n, k) = (-1)^n*Sum_{j= 0..n+k} binomial(n + k, j)*hypergeom([-n, j+1], [1], 1). - Peter Luschny, Nov 09 2021

A005649 Expansion of e.g.f. (2 - e^x)^(-2).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 8, 44, 308, 2612, 25988, 296564, 3816548, 54667412, 862440068, 14857100084, 277474957988, 5584100659412, 120462266974148, 2772968936479604, 67843210855558628, 1757952715142990612, 48093560991292628228, 1385244691781856307124
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Exponential self-convolution of numbers of preferential arrangements.
Number of compatible bipartitional relations on a set of cardinality n. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 27 2003
Stirling transform of A000142, shifted left one place: 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, ... - Philippe Deléham, May 17 2005; corrected by Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 25 2018
With an extra 1 at the beginning, coefficients of the formal (divergent) series expansion at infinity of Sum_{k>=0} 1/binomial(x,k) = 1+1/x+2/x^2+8/x^3+... Also Sum_{k>=0} k!/x^k Product_{i=1..k-1} 1/(1-i/x) yields a generating function in 1/x. - Roland Bacher, Nov 21 2000
Stirling-Bernoulli transform of A001057: 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3, 4, ... - Philippe Deléham, May 27 2015
a(n) is the total number of open sets summed over all chain topologies that can be placed on an n-set. A chain topology is a topology whose open sets can be totally ordered by inclusion. - Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 06 2017
From Gus Wiseman, Jun 10 2020: (Start)
Also the number of length n + 1 sequences covering an initial interval of positive integers with no adjacent equal parts (anti-runs). For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(2) = 8 anti-runs are:
(1) (1,2) (1,2,1)
(2,1) (1,2,3)
(1,3,2)
(2,1,2)
(2,1,3)
(2,3,1)
(3,1,2)
(3,2,1)
Also the number of ordered set partitions of {1,...,n + 1} with no two successive vertices in the same block. For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(2) = 8 ordered set partitions are:
{{1}} {{1},{2}} {{1,3},{2}}
{{2},{1}} {{2},{1,3}}
{{1},{2},{3}}
{{1},{3},{2}}
{{2},{1},{3}}
{{2},{3},{1}}
{{3},{1},{2}}
{{3},{2},{1}}
(End)
From Manfred Boergens, Feb 24 2025: (Start)
a(n+1) is the n-th row sum in A380977.
Number of surjections f with domain [n+1] and f(n+1)!=f(j) for j
Number of (n+1)-tuples containing all elements of a set, with a unique last element.
Consider an urn with balls of pairwise different colors. a(n) is the number of (n+1)-sequences of draws with replacement completing the covering of all colors with the last draw, the number of colors running from 1 to n+1.
(End)

Examples

			a(2)=8 gives the number of 3-tuples containing all elements of a set [n] with n<=3 and a unique last element: 112, 221, 123, 213, 132, 312, 231, 321. - _Manfred Boergens_, Feb 24 2025
		

References

  • L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 294.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

Cf. A000670.
2*A083410(n)=a(n), if n>0.
Pairwise sums of A052841 and also of A089677.
Anti-run compositions are counted by A003242.
A triangle counting maximal anti-runs of compositions is A106356.
Anti-runs of standard compositions are counted by A333381.
Adjacent unequal pairs in standard compositions are counted by A333382.
Cf. A380977.

Programs

  • Maple
    b:= proc(n, m) option remember;
         `if`(n=0, (m+1)!, m*b(n-1, m)+b(n-1, m+1))
        end:
    a:= n-> b(n, 0):
    seq(a(n), n=0..23);  # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 03 2021
  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := Sum[(i + j)^n/2^(2 + i + j), {i, 0, Infinity}, {j, 0, Infinity}]; Array[f, 20, 0] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Dec 31 2008 *)
    a[n_] := (-1)^n (PolyLog[-n-1, 2] - PolyLog[-n, 2])/4; Array[f, 20, 0] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Jan 23 2011 *)
    Range[0, 19]! CoefficientList[Series[(2 - Exp@ x)^-2, {x, 0, 19}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 23 2011 *)
    nn = 19; Range[0, nn]! CoefficientList[Series[1 + D[u^2 (Exp[z] - 1)/(1 - u (Exp[z] - 1)), u] /. u -> 1, {z, 0, nn}], z] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Apr 06 2017 *)
    allnorm[n_]:=If[n<=0,{{}},Function[s,Array[Count[s,y_/;y<=#]+1&,n]]/@Subsets[Range[n-1]+1]];
    Table[Length[Select[Join@@Permutations/@allnorm[n],FreeQ[Differences[#],0]&]],{n,0,6}] (* Gus Wiseman, Jun 10 2020 *)
    With[{nn=20},CoefficientList[Series[1/(2-E^x)^2,{x,0,nn}],x] Range[0,nn]!] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 02 2021 *)
    Table[Sum[(m+1)! StirlingS2[n,m],{m,0,n}],{n,0,19}] (* Manfred Boergens, Feb 24 2025 *)
  • Maxima
    t(n):=sum(stirling2(n,k)*k!,k,0,n);
    makelist(sum(binomial(n,k)*t(k)*t(n-k),k,0,n),n,0,20);
    /* Emanuele Munarini, Oct 02 2012 */
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n<0,0,n!*polcoeff(subst(1/(1-y)^2,y,exp(x+x*O(x^n))-1),n))
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0, n,(2*m)!/m!*x^m/prod(k=1, m,1+(m+k)*x+x*O(x^n))), n)
    for(n=0, 20, print1(a(n), ", ")) \\ Paul D. Hanna, Jan 03 2013
    

Formula

E.g.f.: 1/(2-exp(x))^2.
a(n) = (A000670(n) + A000670(n+1)) / 2. - Philippe Deléham, May 16 2005
a(n) = D^n(1/(1-x)^2) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1+x)*d/dx. Cf. A000670 and A052841. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
E.g.f.: 1/(2-exp(x))^2 = 1/(G(0) + 4), G(k) = 1-4/((2^k)-x*(4^k)/((2^k)*x-(2*k+2)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 15 2011
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} (2*n)!/n! * x^n / Product_{k=1..n} (1 + (n+k)*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Jan 03 2013
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - (k+1)/(1-k*x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 15 2013
G.f.: 1/G(0) where G(k) = 1 - x*(k+2)/( 1 - 2*x*(k+1)/G(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 23 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} A163626(n,k) * A001057(k+1). - Philippe Deléham, May 27 2015
a(n) ~ n! * n / (4 * (log(2))^(n+2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 01 2018
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Stirling2(n,k)*(k + 1)!. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 25 2018
From Seiichi Manyama, Nov 19 2023: (Start)
a(0) = 1; a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (k/n + 1) * binomial(n,k) * a(n-k).
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 2*Sum_{k=1..n-1} (-1)^k * binomial(n-1,k) * a(n-k). (End)

A034856 a(n) = binomial(n+1, 2) + n - 1 = n*(n+3)/2 - 1.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 8, 13, 19, 26, 34, 43, 53, 64, 76, 89, 103, 118, 134, 151, 169, 188, 208, 229, 251, 274, 298, 323, 349, 376, 404, 433, 463, 494, 526, 559, 593, 628, 664, 701, 739, 778, 818, 859, 901, 944, 988, 1033, 1079, 1126, 1174, 1223, 1273, 1324, 1376, 1429, 1483
Offset: 1

Keywords

Comments

Number of 1's in the n X n lower Hessenberg (0,1)-matrix (i.e., the matrix having 1's on or below the superdiagonal and 0's above the superdiagonal).
If a 2-set Y and 2-set Z, having one element in common, are subsets of an n-set X then a(n-2) is the number of 3-subsets of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan Janjic, Oct 03 2007
Number of binary operations which have to be added to Moisil's algebras to obtain algebraic counterparts of n-valued Łukasiewicz logics. See the Wójcicki and Malinowski book, page 31. - Artur Jasinski, Feb 25 2010
Also (n + 1)!(-1)^(n + 1) times the determinant of the n X n matrix given by m(i,j) = i/(i+1) if i=j and otherwise 1. For example, (5+1)! * ((-1)^(5+1)) * Det[{{1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 2/3, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 3/4, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 4/5, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 5/6}}] = 19 = a(5), and (6+1)! * ((-1)^(6+1)) * Det[{{1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 2/3, 1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 3/4, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 4/5, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 5/6, 1}, {1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 6/7}}] = 26 = a(6). - John M. Campbell, May 20 2011
2*a(n-1) = n*(n+1) - 4, n>=0, with a(-1) = -2 and a(0) = -1, gives the values for a*c of indefinite binary quadratic forms [a, b, c] of discriminant D = 17 for b = 2*n + 1. In general D = b^2 - 4*a*c > 0 and the form [a, b, c] is a*x^2 + b*x*y + c*y^2. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 15 2013
a(n) is not divisible by 3, 5, 7, or 11. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 03 2014
With a(0) = 1 and a(1) = 2, a(n-1) is the number of distinct values of 1 +- 2 +- 3 +- ... +- n, for n > 0. - Derek Orr, Mar 11 2015
Also, numbers m such that 8*m+17 is a square. - Bruno Berselli, Sep 16 2015
Omar E. Pol's formula from Apr 23 2008 can be interpreted as the position of an element located on the third diagonal of an triangular array (read by rows) provided n > 1. - Enrique Pérez Herrero, Aug 29 2016
a(n) is the sum of the numerator and denominator of the fraction that is the sum of 2/(n-1) + 2/n; all fractions are reduced and n > 2. - J. M. Bergot, Jun 14 2017
a(n) is also the number of maximal irredundant sets in the (n+2)-path complement graph for n > 1. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 12 2018
From Klaus Purath, Dec 07 2020: (Start)
a(n) is not divisible by primes listed in A038890. The prime factors are given in A038889 and the prime terms of the sequence are listed in A124199.
Each odd prime factor p divides exactly 2 out of any p consecutive terms with the exception of 17, which appears only once in such an interval of terms. If a(i) and a(k) form such a pair that are divisible by p, then i + k == -3 (mod p), see examples.
If A is a sequence satisfying the recurrence t(n) = 5*t(n-1) - 2*t(n-2) with the initial values either A(0) = 1, A(1) = n + 4 or A(0) = -1, A(1) = n-1, then a(n) = (A(i)^2 - A(i-1)*A(i+1))/2^i for i>0. (End)
Mark each point on a 4^n grid with the number of points that are visible from the point; for n > 1, a(n) is the number of distinct values in the grid. - Torlach Rush, Mar 23 2021
The sequence gives the number of "ON" cells in the cellular automaton on a quadrant of a square grid after the n-th stage, where the "ON" cells lie only on the external perimeter and the perimeter of inscribed squares having the cell (1,1) as a unique common vertex. See Spezia link. - Stefano Spezia, May 28 2025

Examples

			From _Bruno Berselli_, Mar 09 2015: (Start)
By the definition (first formula):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1       4         8           13            19              26
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              X
                                              X              X X
                                X            X X            X X X
                    X          X X          X X X          X X X X
          X        X X        X X X        X X X X        X X X X X
  X      X X      X X X      X X X X      X X X X X      X X X X X X
          X        X X        X X X        X X X X        X X X X X
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(End)
From _Klaus Purath_, Dec 07 2020: (Start)
Assuming a(i) is divisible by p with 0 < i < p and a(k) is the next term divisible by p, then from i + k == -3 (mod p) follows that k = min(p*m - i - 3) != i for any integer m.
(1) 17|a(7) => k = min(17*m - 10) != 7 => m = 2, k = 24 == 7 (mod 17). Thus every a(17*m + 7) is divisible by 17.
(2) a(9) = 53 => k = min(53*m - 12) != 9 => m = 1, k = 41. Thus every a(53*m + 9) and a(53*m + 41) is divisible by 53.
(3) 101|a(273) => 229 == 71 (mod 101) => k = min(101*m - 74) != 71 => m = 1, k = 27. Thus every a(101*m + 27) and a(101*m + 71) is divisible by 101. (End)
From _Omar E. Pol_, Aug 08 2021: (Start)
Illustration of initial terms:                             _ _
.                                           _ _           |_|_|_
.                              _ _         |_|_|_         |_|_|_|_
.                   _ _       |_|_|_       |_|_|_|_       |_|_|_|_|_
.          _ _     |_|_|_     |_|_|_|_     |_|_|_|_|_     |_|_|_|_|_|_
.   _     |_|_|    |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|_|
.  |_|    |_|_|    |_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|_|
.
.   1       4         8          13            19              26
------------------------------------------------------------------------ (End)
		

References

  • A. S. Karpenko, Łukasiewicz's Logics and Prime Numbers, 2006 (English translation).
  • G. C. Moisil, Essais sur les logiques non-chrysippiennes, Ed. Academiei, Bucharest, 1972.
  • Wójcicki and Malinowski, eds., Łukasiewicz Sentential Calculi, Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1977.

Crossrefs

Subsequence of A165157.
Triangular numbers (A000217) minus two.
Third diagonal of triangle in A059317.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a034856 = subtract 1 . a000096 -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 20 2015
    
  • Magma
    [Binomial(n + 1, 2) + n - 1: n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 21 2011
    
  • Maple
    a := n -> hypergeom([-2, n-1], [1], -1);
    seq(simplify(a(n)), n=1..53); # Peter Luschny, Aug 02 2014
  • Mathematica
    f[n_] := n (n + 3)/2 - 1; Array[f, 55] (* or *) k = 2; NestList[(k++; # + k) &, 1, 55] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 11 2010 *)
    Table[Binomial[n + 1, 2] + n - 1, {n, 53}] (* or *)
    Rest@ CoefficientList[Series[x (1 + x - x^2)/(1 - x)^3, {x, 0, 53}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, Aug 29 2016 *)
  • Maxima
    A034856(n) := block(
            n-1+(n+1)*n/2
    )$ /* R. J. Mathar, Mar 19 2012 */
    
  • PARI
    A034856(n)=(n+3)*n\2-1 \\ M. F. Hasler, Jan 21 2015
    
  • Python
    def A034856(n): return n*(n+3)//2 -1 # G. C. Greubel, Jun 15 2025

Formula

G.f.: A(x) = x*(1 + x - x^2)/(1 - x)^3.
a(n) = A049600(3, n-2).
a(n) = binomial(n+2, 2) - 2. - Paul Barry, Feb 27 2003
With offset 5, this is binomial(n, 0) - 2*binomial(n, 1) + binomial(n, 2), the binomial transform of (1, -2, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...). - Paul Barry, Jul 01 2003
Row sums of triangle A131818. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2007
Binomial transform of (1, 3, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...). Also equals A130296 * [1,2,3,...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 27 2007
Row sums of triangle A134225. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 14 2007
a(n) = A000217(n+1) - 2. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 23 2008
From Jaroslav Krizek, Sep 05 2009: (Start)
a(n) = a(n-1) + n + 1 for n >= 1.
a(n) = n*(n-1)/2 + 2*n - 1.
a(n) = A000217(n-1) + A005408(n-1) = A005843(n-1) + A000124(n-1). (End)
a(n) = Hyper2F1([-2, n-1], [1], -1). - Peter Luschny, Aug 02 2014
a(n) = floor[1/(-1 + Sum_{m >= n+1} 1/S2(m,n+1))], where S2 is A008277. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 17 2015
a(n) = A101881(2*(n-1)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 20 2015
a(n) = A253909(n+3) - A000217(n+3). - David Neil McGrath, May 23 2015
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n>3. - David Neil McGrath, May 23 2015
For n > 1, a(n) = 4*binomial(n-1,1) + binomial(n-2,2), comprising the third column of A267633. - Tom Copeland, Jan 25 2016
From Klaus Purath, Dec 07 2020: (Start)
a(n) = A024206(n) + A024206(n+1).
a(2*n-1) = -A168244(n+1).
a(2*n) = A091823(n). (End)
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 3/2 + 2*Pi*tan(sqrt(17)*Pi/2)/sqrt(17). - Amiram Eldar, Jan 06 2021
a(n) + a(n+1) = A028347(n+2). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 13 2021
a(n) = A000290(n) - A161680(n-1). - Omar E. Pol, Mar 26 2021
E.g.f.: 1 + exp(x)*(x^2 + 4*x - 2)/2. - Stefano Spezia, Jun 05 2021
a(n) = A024916(n) - A244049(n). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 01 2021
a(n) = A000290(n) - A000217(n-2). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 05 2021

Extensions

More terms from Zerinvary Lajos, May 12 2006

A007306 Denominators of Farey tree fractions (i.e., the Stern-Brocot subtree in the range [0,1]).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 5, 6, 9, 11, 10, 11, 13, 12, 9, 9, 12, 13, 11, 10, 11, 9, 6, 7, 11, 14, 13, 15, 18, 17, 13, 14, 19, 21, 18, 17, 19, 16, 11, 11, 16, 19, 17, 18, 21, 19, 14, 13, 17, 18, 15, 13, 14, 11, 7, 8, 13, 17, 16, 19, 23, 22, 17, 19, 26, 29, 25, 24
Offset: 0

Keywords

Comments

Also number of odd entries in n-th row of triangle of Stirling numbers of the second kind (A008277). - Benoit Cloitre, Feb 28 2004
Apparently (except for the first term) the number of odd entries in the alternated diagonals of Pascal's triangle at 45 degrees slope. - Javier Torres (adaycalledzero(AT)hotmail.com), Jul 26 2009
The Kn3 and Kn4 triangle sums, see A180662 for their definitions, of Sierpiński's triangle A047999 equal a(n+1). - Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 05 2011
From Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 23 2014: (Start)
If the terms (n>1) are written as an array:
2,
3, 3,
4, 5, 5, 4,
5, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 5,
6, 9, 11, 10, 11, 13, 12, 9, 9, 12, 13, 11, 10, 11, 9, 6,
7, 11, 14, 13, 15, 18, 17, 13, 14, 19, 21, 18, 17, 19, 16, 11, 11, 16, 19,17,18,
then the sum of the k-th row is 2*3^(k-2), each column is an arithmetic progression. The differences of the arithmetic progressions give the sequence itself (a(2^(m+1)+1+k) - a(2^m+1+k) = a(k+1), m >= 1, 1 <= k <= 2^m), because a(n) = A002487(2*n-1) and A002487 has these properties. A071585 also has these properties. Each row is a palindrome: a(2^(m+1)+1-k) = a(2^m+k), m >= 0, 1 <= k <= 2^m.
If the terms (n>0) are written in this way:
1,
2, 3,
3, 4, 5, 5,
4, 5, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7,
5, 6, 9, 11, 10, 11, 13, 12, 9, 9, 12, 13, 11, 10, 11, 9,
6, 7, 11, 14, 13, 15, 18, 17, 13, 14, 19, 21, 18, 17, 19, 16, 11, 11, 16, 19,
each column is an arithmetic progression and the steps also give the sequence itself (a(2^(m+1)+k) - a(2^m+k) = a(k), m >= 0, 0 <= k < 2^m). Moreover, by removing the first term of each column:
a(2^(m+1)+k) = A049448(2^m+k+1), m >= 0, 0 <= k < 2^m.
(End)
k > 1 occurs in this sequence phi(k) = A000010(k) times. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, May 25 2015
Except for the initial 1, this is the odd bisection of A002487. The even bisection of A002487 is A002487 itself. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, May 25 2015
For all m >= 0, max_{k=1..2^m} a(2^m+k) = A000045(m+3) (Fibonacci sequence). - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 05 2016
For all n >= 2, max(m: a(2^m+k) = n, 1<=k<=2^m) = n-2. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 05 2016
a(2^m+1) = m+2, m >= 0; a(2^m+2) = 2m+1, m>=1; min_{m>=0, k=1..2^m} a(2^m+k) = m+2; min_{m>=2, k=2..2^m-1} a(2^m+k) = 2m+1. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 06 2016
a(2^(m+2) + 2^(m+1) - k) - a(2^(m+1) + 2^m-k) = 2*a(k+1), m >= 0, 0 <= k <= 2^m. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 09 2016
If the initial 1 is omitted, this is the number of nonzero entries in row n of the generalized Pascal triangle P_2, see A282714 [Leroy et al., 2017]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 02 2017
Apparently, this sequence was introduced by Johann Gustav Hermes in 1894. His paper gives a strong connection between this sequence and the so-called "Gaussian brackets" ("Gauss'schen Klammer"). For an independent discussion about Gaussian brackets, see the relevant MathWorld article and the article by Herzberger (1943). Srinivasan (1958) gave another, more modern, explanation of the connection between this sequence and the Gaussian brackets. (Parenthetically, J. G. Hermes is the mathematician who completed or constructed the regular polygon with 65537 sides.) - Petros Hadjicostas, Sep 18 2019

Examples

			[ 0/1; 1/1; ] 1/2; 1/3, 2/3; 1/4, 2/5, 3/5, 3/4; 1/5, 2/7, 3/8, 3/7, 4/7, 5/8, 5/7, 4/5; ...
		

References

  • P. Bachmann, Niedere Zahlentheorie (1902, 1910), reprinted Chelsea, NY, 1968, vol. 2, p. 61.
  • L. E. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers. Carnegie Institute Public. 256, Washington, DC, Vol. 1, 1919; Vol. 2, 1920; Vol. 3, 1923, see vol. 1, p. 158.
  • J. C. Lagarias, Number Theory and Dynamical Systems, pp. 35-72 of S. A. Burr, ed., The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Number Theory, Proc. Sympos. Appl. Math., 46 (1992). Amer. Math. Soc.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Programs

  • Magma
    [1] cat [&+[Binomial(n+k,2*k) mod 2: k in [0..n]]: n in [0..80]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 10 2019
  • Maple
    A007306 := proc(n): if n=0 then 1 else A002487(2*n-1) fi: end: A002487 := proc(m) option remember: local a, b, n; a := 1; b := 0; n := m; while n>0 do if type(n, odd) then b := a + b else a := a + b end if; n := floor(n/2); end do; b; end proc: seq(A007306(n),n=0..77); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 05 2011
  • Mathematica
    a[0] = 1; a[n_] := Sum[ Mod[ Binomial[n+k-1, 2k] , 2], {k, 0, n}]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 77}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 16 2011, after Paul Barry *)
    a[0] = 0; a[1] = 1;
    Flatten[{1,Table[a[2*n] = a[n]; a[2*n + 1] = a[n] + a[n + 1], {n, 0, 50}]}] (* Horst H. Manninger, Jun 09 2021 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<1, n==0, n--; sum( k=0, n, binomial( n+k, n-k)%2))};
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = my(m); if( n<2, n>=0, m = 2^length( binary( n-1)); a(n - m/2) + a(m-n+1))}; /* Michael Somos, May 30 2005 */
    
  • Python
    from sympy import binomial
    def a(n):
        return 1 if n<1 else sum(binomial(n + k - 1, 2*k) % 2 for k in range(n + 1))
    print([a(n) for n in range(101)]) # Indranil Ghosh, Mar 22 2017
    
  • Python
    from functools import reduce
    def A007306(n): return sum(reduce(lambda x,y:(x[0],sum(x)) if int(y) else (sum(x),x[1]),bin((n<<1)-1)[-1:2:-1],(1,0))) if n else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, May 18 2023
    
  • R
    maxrow <- 6 # by choice
    a <- c(1,2)
    for(m in 0:maxrow) for(k in 1:2^m){
      a[2^(m+1)+k  ] <- a[2^m+k] + a[k]
      a[2^(m+1)-k+1] <- a[2^m+k]
    }
    a
    # Yosu Yurramendi, Jan 05 2015
    
  • R
    # Given n, compute directly a(n)
    # by taking into account the binary representation of n-1
    # aa <- function(n){
      b <- as.numeric(intToBits(n))
      l <- sum(b)
      m <- which(b == 1)-1
      d <- 1
      if(l > 1) for(j in 1:(l-1)) d[j] <- m[j+1]-m[j]+1
      f <- c(1,m[1]+2) # In A002487: f <- c(0,1)
      if(l > 1) for(j in 3:(l+1)) f[j] <- d[j-2]*f[j-1]-f[j-2]
      return(f[l+1])
    }
    # a(0) = 1, a(1) = 1, a(n) = aa(n-1)   n > 1
    #
    # Example
    n <- 73
    aa(n-1)
    #
    # Yosu Yurramendi, Dec 15 2016
    
  • Sage
    @CachedFunction
    def a(n):
        return a((odd_part(n-1)+1)/2)+a((odd_part(n)+1)/2) if n>1 else 1
    [a(n) for n in (0..77)] # after Alessandro De Luca, Peter Luschny, May 20 2014
    
  • Sage
    def A007306(n):
        if n == 0: return 1
        M = [1, 1]
        for b in (n-1).bits():
            M[b] = M[0] + M[1]
        return M[1]
    print([A007306(n) for n in (0..77)]) # Peter Luschny, Nov 28 2017
    
  • Scheme
    (define (A007306 n) (if (zero? n) 1 (A002487 (+ n n -1)))) ;; Code for A002487 given in that entry. - Antti Karttunen, Mar 21 2017
    

Formula

Recurrence: a(0) to a(8) are 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4; thereafter a(n) = a(n-2^p) + a(2^(p+1)-n+1), where 2^p < n <= 2^(p+1). [J. Hermes, Math. Ann., 1894; quoted by Dickson, Vol. 1, p. 158] - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 24 2019
a(4*n) = -a(n)+2*a(2*n); a(4*n+1) = -a(n)+a(2*n)+a(2*n+1); a(4*n+2)=a(n)-a(2*n)+2*a(2*n+1); a(4*n+3) = 4*a(n)-4*a(2*n)+3*a(2*n+1). Thus a(n) is a 2-regular sequence. - Jeffrey Shallit, Dec 26 2024
For n > 0, a(n) = A002487(n-1) + A002487(n) = A002487(2*n-1).
a(0) = 1; a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} C(n-1+k, n-1-k) mod 2, n > 0. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 20 2003
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(2*n-k, k) mod 2; a(n) = 0^n + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(2(n-1)-k, k) mod 2. - Paul Barry, Dec 11 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} C(n+k,2*k) mod 2. - Paul Barry, Jun 12 2006
a(0) = a(1) = 1; a(n) = a(A003602(n-1)) + a(A003602(n)), n > 1. - Alessandro De Luca, May 08 2014
a(n) = A007305(n+(2^m-1)), m=A029837(n), n=1,2,3,... . - Yosu Yurramendi, Jul 04 2014
a(n) = A007305(2^(m+1)-n) - A007305(2^m-n), m >= (A029837(n)+1), n=1,2,3,... - Yosu Yurramendi, Jul 05 2014
a(2^m) = m+1, a(2^m+1) = m+2 for m >= 0. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jan 01 2015
a(n+2) = A007305(n+2) + A047679(n) n >= 0. - Yosu Yurramendi, Mar 30 2016
a(2^m+2^r+k) = a(2^r+k)(m-r+1) - a(k), m >= 2, 0 <= r <= m-1, 0 <= k < 2^r. Example: a(73) = a(2^6+2^3+1) = a(2^3+1)*(6-3+1) - a(1) = 5*4 - 1 = 19 . - Yosu Yurramendi, Jul 19 2016
From Antti Karttunen, Mar 21 2017 & Apr 12 2017: (Start)
For n > 0, a(n) = A001222(A277324(n-1)) = A001222(A260443(n-1)*A260443(n)).
The following decompositions hold for all n > 0:
a(n) = A277328(n-1) + A284009(n-1).
a(n) = A283986(n) + A283988(n) = A283987(n) + 2*A283988(n).
a(n) = 2*A284265(n-1) + A284266(n-1).
a(n) = A284267(n-1) + A284268(n-1).
a(n) = A284565(n-1) + A284566(n-1).
a(n) = A285106(n-1) + A285108(n-1) = A285107(n-1) + 2*A285108(n-1). (End)
a(A059893(n)) = a(n+1) for n > 0. - Yosu Yurramendi, May 30 2017
a(n) = A287731(n) + A287732(n) for n > 0. - I. V. Serov, Jun 09 2017
a(n) = A287896(n) + A288002(n) for n > 1.
a(n) = A287896(n-1) + A002487(n-1) - A288002(n-1) for n > 1.
a(n) = a(n-1) + A002487(n-1) - 2*A288002(n-1) for n > 1. - I. V. Serov, Jun 14 2017
From Yosu Yurramendi, May 14 2019: (Start)
For m >= 0, M >= m, 0 <= k < 2^m,
a((2^(m+1) + A119608(2^m+k+1))*2^(M-m) - A000035(2^m+k)) =
a((2^(m+2) - A119608(2^m+k+1))*2^(M-m) - A000035(2^m+k)-1) =
a(2^(M+2) - (2^m+k)) = a(2^(M+1) + (2^m+k) + 1) =
a(2^m+k+1)*(M-m) + a(2^(m+1)+2^m+k+1). (End)
a(k) = sqrt(A007305(2^(m+1)+k)*A047679(2^(m+1)+k-2) - A007305(2^m+k)*A047679(2^m+k-2)), m >= 0, 0 <= k < 2^m. - Yosu Yurramendi, Jun 09 2019
G.f.: 1 + x * (1 + x) * Product_{k>=0} (1 + x^(2^k) + x^(2^(k+1))). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 19 2019
Conjecture: a(n) = a(n-1) + b(n-1) - 2*(a(n-1) mod b(n-1)) for n > 1 with a(0) = a(1) = 1 where b(n) = a(n) - b(n-1) for n > 1 with b(1) = 1. - Mikhail Kurkov, Mar 13 2022

Extensions

Formula fixed and extended by Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 07 2009
Incorrect Maple program removed by Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 05 2011

A005493 2-Bell numbers: a(n) = number of partitions of [n+1] with a distinguished block.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 10, 37, 151, 674, 3263, 17007, 94828, 562595, 3535027, 23430840, 163254885, 1192059223, 9097183602, 72384727657, 599211936355, 5150665398898, 45891416030315, 423145657921379, 4031845922290572, 39645290116637023, 401806863439720943, 4192631462935194064
Offset: 0

Keywords

Comments

Number of Boolean sublattices of the Boolean lattice of subsets of {1..n}.
a(n) = p(n+1) where p(x) is the unique degree n polynomial such that p(k) = A000110(k+1) for k = 0, 1, ..., n. - Michael Somos, Oct 07 2003
With offset 1, number of permutations beginning with 12 and avoiding 21-3.
Rows sums of Bell's triangle (A011971). - Jorge Coveiro, Dec 26 2004
Number of blocks in all set partitions of an (n+1)-set. Example: a(2)=10 because the set partitions of {1,2,3} are 1|2|3, 1|23, 12|3, 13|2 and 123, with a total of 10 blocks. - Emeric Deutsch, Nov 13 2006
Number of partitions of n+3 with at least one singleton and with the smallest element in a singleton equal to 2. - Olivier Gérard, Oct 29 2007
See page 29, Theorem 5.6 of my paper on the arXiv: These numbers are the dimensions of the homogeneous components of the operad called ComTrip associated with commutative triplicial algebras. (Triplicial algebras are related to even trees and also to L-algebras, see A006013.) - Philippe Leroux, Nov 17 2007
Number of set partitions of (n+2) elements where two specific elements are clustered separately. Example: a(1)=3 because 1/2/3, 1/23, 13/2 are the 3 set partitions with 1, 2 clustered separately. - Andrey Goder (andy.goder(AT)gmail.com), Dec 17 2007
Equals A008277 * [1,2,3,...], i.e., the product of the Stirling number of the second kind triangle and the natural number vector. a(n+1) = row sums of triangle A137650. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 31 2008
Prefaced with a "1" = row sums of triangle A152433. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 04 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A159573. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 16 2009
Number of embedded coalitions in an (n+1)-person game. - David Yeung (wkyeung(AT)hkbu.edu.hk), May 08 2008
If prefixed with 0, gives first differences of Bell numbers A000110 (cf. A106436). - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 29 2013
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/n! = e^(e+1) = 41.19355567... (see A235214). Contrast with e^(e-1) = Sum_{n>=0} A000110(n)/n!. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 05 2014

Examples

			For example, a(1) counts (12), (1)-2, 1-(2) where dashes separate blocks and the distinguished block is parenthesized.
		

References

  • Olivier Gérard and Karol A. Penson, A budget of set partition statistics, in preparation. Unpublished as of 2017.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

A row or column of the array A108087.
Row sums of triangle A143494. - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 29 2011. And also of triangle A362924. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 10 2023

Programs

  • Maple
    with(combinat): seq(bell(n+2)-bell(n+1),n=0..22); # Emeric Deutsch, Nov 13 2006
    seq(add(binomial(n, k)*(bell(n-k)), k=1..n), n=1..23); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 01 2006
    A005493  := proc(n) local a,b,i;
    a := [seq(3,i=1..n)]; b := [seq(2,i=1..n)];
    2^n*exp(-x)*hypergeom(a,b,x); round(evalf(subs(x=1,%),66)) end:
    seq(A005493(n),n=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Mar 30 2011
    BT := proc(n,k) option remember; if n = 0 and k = 0 then 1
    elif k = n then BT(n-1,0) else BT(n,k+1)+BT(n-1,k) fi end:
    A005493 := n -> add(BT(n,k),k=0..n):
    seq(A005493(i),i=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Aug 04 2011
    # For Maple code for r-Bell numbers, etc., see A232472. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 27 2013
  • Mathematica
    a=Exp[x]-1; Rest[CoefficientList[Series[a Exp[a],{x,0,20}],x] * Table[n!,{n,0,20}]]
    a[ n_] := If[ n<0, 0, With[ {m = n+1}, m! SeriesCoefficient[ # Exp@# &[ Exp@x - 1], {x, 0, m}]]]; (* Michael Somos, Nov 16 2011 *)
    Differences[BellB[Range[30]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 16 2014 *)
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( exp( exp( x + x * O(x^n)) + 2*x - 1), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 09 2002 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n+=2; subst( polinterpolate( Vec( serlaplace( exp( exp( x + O(x^n)) - 1) - 1))), x, n))}; /* Michael Somos, Oct 07 2003 */
    
  • Python
    # requires python 3.2 or higher. Otherwise use def'n of accumulate in python docs.
    from itertools import accumulate
    A005493_list, blist, b = [], [1], 1
    for _ in range(1001):
        blist = list(accumulate([b]+blist))
        b = blist[-1]
        A005493_list.append(blist[-2])
    # Chai Wah Wu, Sep 02 2014, updated Chai Wah Wu, Sep 20 2014

Formula

a(n-1) = Sum_{k=1..n} k*Stirling2(n, k) for n>=1.
E.g.f.: exp(exp(x) + 2*x - 1). First differences of Bell numbers (if offset 1). - Michael Somos, Oct 09 2002
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} (x^k/Product_{l=1..k} (1-(l+1)x)). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 18 2004
a(n) = Sum_{i=0..n} 2^(n-i)*B(i)*binomial(n,i) where B(n) = Bell numbers A000110(n). - Fred Lunnon, Aug 04 2007 [Written umbrally, a(n) = (B+2)^n. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 07 2009]
Representation as an infinite series: a(n-1) = Sum_{k>=2} (k^n*(k-1)/k!)/exp(1), n=1, 2, ... This is a Dobinski-type summation formula. - Karol A. Penson, Mar 14 2002
Row sums of A011971 (Aitken's array, also called Bell triangle). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 15 2003
a(n) = exp(-1)*Sum_{k>=0} ((k+2)^n)/k!. - Gerald McGarvey, Jun 03 2004
Recurrence: a(n+1) = 1 + Sum_{j=1..n} (1+binomial(n, j))*a(j). - Jon Perry, Apr 25 2005
a(n) = A000296(n+3) - A000296(n+1). - Philippe Deléham, Jul 31 2005
a(n) = B(n+2) - B(n+1), where B(n) are Bell numbers (A000110). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jul 13 2006
a(n) = A123158(n,2). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 06 2006
Binomial transform of Bell numbers 1, 2, 5, 15, 52, 203, 877, 4140, ... (see A000110).
Define f_1(x), f_2(x), ... such that f_1(x)=x*e^x, f_{n+1}(x) = (d/dx)(x*f_n(x)), for n=2,3,.... Then a(n-1) = e^(-1)*f_n(1). - Milan Janjic, May 30 2008
Representation of numbers a(n), n=0,1..., as special values of hypergeometric function of type (n)F(n), in Maple notation: a(n)=exp(-1)*2^n*hypergeom([3,3...3],[2.2...2],1), n=0,1..., i.e., having n parameters all equal to 3 in the numerator, having n parameters all equal to 2 in the denominator and the value of the argument equal to 1. Examples: a(0)= 2^0*evalf(hypergeom([],[],1)/exp(1))=1 a(1)= 2^1*evalf(hypergeom([3],[2],1)/exp(1))=3 a(2)= 2^2*evalf(hypergeom([3,3],[2,2],1)/exp(1))=10 a(3)= 2^3*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3],[2,2,2],1)/exp(1))=37 a(4)= 2^4*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3,3],[2,2,2,2],1)/exp(1))=151 a(5)= 2^5*evalf(hypergeom([3,3,3,3,3],[2,2,2,2,2],1)/exp(1)) = 674. - Karol A. Penson, Sep 28 2007
Let A be the upper Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,i-1]=-1, A[i,j]=binomial(j-1,i-1), (i <= j), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n) = (-1)^(n)charpoly(A,-2). - Milan Janjic, Jul 08 2010
a(n) = D^(n+1)(x*exp(x)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1+x)*d/dx. Cf. A003128, A052852 and A009737. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 11 2012 to Jan 26 2014: (Start)
Continued fractions:
G.f.: 1/U(0) where U(k) = 1 - x*(k+3) - x^2*(k+1)/U(k+1).
G.f.: 1/(U(0)-x) where U(k) = 1 - x - x*(k+1)/(1 - x/U(k+1)).
G.f.: G(0)/(1-x) where G(k) = 1 - 2*x*(k+1)/((2*k+1)*(2*x*k+2*x-1) - x*(2*k+1)*(2*k+3)*(2*x*k+2*x-1)/(x*(2*k+3) - 2*(k+1)*(2*x*k+3*x-1)/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(x-1) where G(k) = 1 - 1/(1-2*x-k*x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: -G(0)/x where G(k) = 1 - 1/(1-k*x-x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: 1 - 2/x + (1/x-1)*S where S = sum(k>=0, ( 1 + (1-x)/(1-x-x*k) )*(x/(1-x))^k / prod(i=0..k-1, (1-x-x*i)/(1-x) ) ).
G.f.: (1-x)/x/(G(0)-x) - 1/x where G(k) = 1 - x*(k+1)/(1 - x/G(k+1) ).
G.f.: (1/G(0) - 1)/x^3 where G(k) = 1 - x/(x - 1/(1 + 1/(x*k-1)/G(k+1) )).
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k)= 1 - 2*x - x/(1 - x*(k+1)/Q(k+1)).
G.f.: G(0)/(1-3*x), where G(k) = 1 - x^2*(k+1)/( x^2*(k+1) - (1 - x*(k+3))*(1 - x*(k+4))/G(k+1) ). (End)
a(n) ~ exp(n/LambertW(n) + 3*LambertW(n)/2 - n - 1) * n^(n + 1/2) / LambertW(n)^(n+1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 09 2020
a(0) = 1; a(n) = 2 * a(n-1) + Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k) * a(k). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 02 2020
a(n) ~ n^2 * Bell(n) / LambertW(n)^2 * (1 - LambertW(n)/n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 28 2021
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 3^k*A124323(n, k). - Mélika Tebni, Jun 02 2022

Extensions

Definition revised by David Callan, Oct 11 2005

A005418 Number of (n-1)-bead black-white reversible strings; also binary grids; also row sums of Losanitsch's triangle A034851; also number of caterpillar graphs on n+2 vertices.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 20, 36, 72, 136, 272, 528, 1056, 2080, 4160, 8256, 16512, 32896, 65792, 131328, 262656, 524800, 1049600, 2098176, 4196352, 8390656, 16781312, 33558528, 67117056, 134225920, 268451840, 536887296, 1073774592, 2147516416, 4295032832
Offset: 1

Keywords

Comments

Equivalently, walks on triangle, visiting n+2 vertices, so length n+1, n "corners"; the symmetry group is S3, reversing a walk does not count as different. Walks are not self-avoiding. - Colin Mallows
Slavik V. Jablan observes that this is also the number of rational knots and links with n+2 crossings (cf. A018240). See reference. [Corrected by Andrey Zabolotskiy, Jun 18 2020]
Number of bit strings of length (n-1), not counting strings which are the end-for-end reversal or the 0-for-1 reversal of each other as different. - Carl Witty (cwitty(AT)newtonlabs.com), Oct 27 2001
The formula given in page 1095 of the Balasubramanian reference can be used to derive this sequence. - Parthasarathy Nambi, May 14 2007
Also number of compositions of n up to direction, where a composition is considered equivalent to its reversal, see example. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Oct 24 2009
Number of normally non-isomorphic realizations of the associahedron of type I starting with dimension 2 in Ceballos et al. - Tom Copeland, Oct 19 2011
Number of fibonacenes with n+2 hexagons. See the Balaban and the Dobrynin references. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 21 2013
From the point of view of binary grids, it is a (1,n)-rectangular grid. A225826 to A225834 are the numbers of binary pattern classes in the (m,n)-rectangular grid, 1 < m < 11. - Yosu Yurramendi, May 19 2013
Number of n-vertex difference graphs (bipartite 2K_2-free graphs) [Peled & Sun, Thm. 9]. - Falk Hüffner, Jan 10 2016
The offset should be 0, since the first row of A034851 is row 0. The name would then be: "Number of n bead...". - Daniel Forgues, Jul 26 2018
a(n) is the number of non-isomorphic generalized rigid ladders with n cells. A generalized rigid ladder with n cells is a graph with vertex set is the union of {u_0, u_1, ..., u_n} and {v_0, v_1, ..., v_n}, and for every 0 <= i <= n-1, the edges are of the form {u_i,u_i+1}, {v_i, v_i+1}, {u_i,v_i} and either {u_i,v_i+1} or {u_i+1,v_i}. - Christian Barrientos, Jul 29 2018
Also number of non-isomorphic stairs with n+1 cells. A stair is a snake polyomino allowing only two directions for adjacent cells: east and north. - Christian Barrientos and Sarah Minion, Jul 29 2018
From Robert A. Russell, Oct 28 2018: (Start)
There are two different unoriented row colorings using two colors that give us very similar results here, a difference of one in the offset. In an unoriented row, chiral pairs are counted as one.
a(n) is the number of color patterns (set partitions) of an unoriented row of length n using two or fewer colors (subsets). Two color patterns are equivalent if the colors are permutable.
a(n+1) is the number of ways to color an unoriented row of length n using two noninterchangeable colors (one need not use both colors).
See the examples below of these two different colorings. (End)
Also arises from the enumeration of types of based polyhedra with exactly two triangular faces [Rademacher]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 24 2020
a(n) is the number of (unlabeled) 2-paths with n+4 vertices. (A 2-path with order n at least 4 can be constructed from a 3-clique by iteratively adding a new 2-leaf (vertex of degree 2) adjacent to an existing 2-clique containing an existing 2-leaf.) - Allan Bickle, Apr 05 2022
a(n) is the number of caterpillars with a perfect matching and order 2n+2. - Christian Barrientos, Sep 12 2023
a(n) is also the number of distinct planar embeddings of the (n+2)-centipede graph (up to at least n=8 and likely for all larger n). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 21 2024
a(n) is also the number of distinct planar embeddings of the 2 X (n+2) grid graph i.e., the (n+2)-ladder graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, May 21 2024
Dimension of the homogeneous component of degree n of the free Jordan algebra on two generators (or, in this case, the free special Jordan algebra on two generators). It follows from (Shirshov 1956, Cohn 1959). - Vladimir Dotsenko, Mar 29 2025

Examples

			a(5) = 10 because there are 16 compositions of 5 (shown as <vectors>) but only 10 equivalence classes (shown as {sets}): {<5>}, {<4,1>,<1,4>}, {<3,2>,<2,3>}, {<3,1,1>,<1,1,3>}, {<1,3,1>},{<2,2,1>,<1,2,2>}, {<2,1,2>}, {<2,1,1,1>,<1,1,1,2>}, {<1,2,1,1>,<1,1,2,1>}, {<1,1,1,1,1>}. - _Geoffrey Critzer_, Nov 02 2012
G.f. = x + 2*x^2 + 3*x^3 + 6*x^4 + 10*x^5 + 20*x^6 + 36*x^7 + 72*x^8 + ... - _Michael Somos_, Jun 24 2018
From _Robert A. Russell_, Oct 28 2018: (Start)
For a(5)=10, the 4 achiral patterns (set partitions) are AAAAA, AABAA, ABABA, and ABBBA. The 6 chiral pairs are AAAAB-ABBBB, AAABA-ABAAA, AAABB-AABBB, AABAB-ABABB, AABBA-ABBAA, and ABAAB-ABBAB. The colors are permutable.
For n=4 and a(n+1)=10, the 4 achiral colorings are AAAA, ABBA, BAAB, and BBBB. The 6 achiral pairs are AAAB-BAAA, AABA-ABAA, AABB-BBAA, ABAB-BABA, ABBB-BBBA, and BABB-BBAB. The colors are not permutable. (End)
		

References

  • K. Balasubramanian, "Combinatorial Enumeration of Chemical Isomers", Indian J. Chem., (1978) vol. 16B, pp. 1094-1096. See page 1095.
  • Wayne M. Dymacek, Steinhaus graphs. Proceedings of the Tenth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing (Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Fla., 1979), pp. 399--412, Congress. Numer., XXIII-XXIV, Utilitas Math., Winnipeg, Man., 1979. MR0561065 (81f:05120)
  • Jablan S. and Sazdanovic R., LinKnot: Knot Theory by Computer, World Scientific Press, 2007.
  • Joseph S. Madachy: Madachy's Mathematical Recreations. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1979, p. 46 (first publ. by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1966, under the title: Mathematics on Vacation)
  • M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [See A056391 for pdf file of Chap. 2.]
  • C. A. Pickover, Keys to Infinity, Wiley 1995, p. 75.
  • N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Crossrefs

Column 2 of A320750 (set partitions).
Cf. A131577 (oriented), A122746(n-3) (chiral), A016116 (achiral), for set partitions with up to two subsets.
Column 2 of A277504, offset by one (colors not permutable).
Cf. A000079 (oriented), A122746(n-2) (chiral), and A060546 (achiral), for a(n+1).

Programs

  • Haskell
    a005418 n = sum $ a034851_row (n - 1) -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 14 2012
    
  • Maple
    A005418 := n->2^(n-2)+2^(floor(n/2)-1): seq(A005418(n), n=1..34);
  • Mathematica
    LinearRecurrence[{2,2,-4}, {1,2,3}, 40] (* or *) Table[2^(n-2)+2^(Floor[n/2]-1), {n,40}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 18 2012 *)
  • PARI
    A005418(n)= 2^(n-2) + 2^(n\2-1); \\ Joerg Arndt, Sep 16 2013
    
  • Python
    def A005418(n): return 1 if n == 1 else 2**((m:= n//2)-1)*(2**(n-m-1)+1) # Chai Wah Wu, Feb 03 2022

Formula

a(n) = 2^(n-2) + 2^(floor(n/2) - 1).
G.f.: -x*(-1 + 3*x^2) / ( (2*x - 1)*(2*x^2 - 1) ). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation
G.f.: x*(1+2*x)*(1-3*x^2)/((1-4*x^2)*(1-2*x^2)), not reduced. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 08 2001
a(n) = 6*a(n - 2) - 8*a(n - 4). a(2*n) = A063376(n - 1) = 2*a(2*n - 1); a(2*n + 1) = A007582(n). - Henry Bottomley, Jul 14 2001
a(n+2) = 2*a(n+1) - A077957(n) with a(1) = 1, a(2) = 2. - Yosu Yurramendi, Oct 24 2008
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) - 4*a(n-3). - Jaume Oliver Lafont, Dec 05 2008
Union of A007582 and A161168. Union of A007582 and A063376. - Jaroslav Krizek, Aug 14 2009
G.f.: G(0); G(k) = 1 + 2*x/(1 - x*(1+2^(k+1))/(x*(1+2^(k+1)) + (1+2^k)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Dec 12 2011
a(2*n) = 2*a(2*n-1) and a(2*n+1) = a(2*n) + 4^(n-1) with a(1) = 1. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 26 2013
From Robert A. Russell, Oct 28 2018: (Start)
a(n) = (A131577(n) + A016116(n)) / 2 = A131577(n) - A122746(n-3) = A122746(n-3) + A016116(n), for set partitions with up to two subsets.
a(n+1) = (A000079(n) + A060546(n)) / 2 = A000079(n) - A122746(n-2) = A122746(n-2) + A060546(n), for two colors that do not permute.
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..k} (S2(n,j) + Ach(n,j)) / 2, where k=2 is the maximum number of colors, S2(n,k) is the Stirling subset number A008277, and Ach(n,k) = [n>=0 & n<2 & n==k] + [n>1]*(k*Ach(n-2,k) + Ach(n-2,k-1) + Ach(n-2,k-2)).
a(n+1) = (k^n + k^ceiling(n/2)) / 2, where k=2 is number of colors we can use. (End)
E.g.f.: (cosh(2*x) + 2*cosh(sqrt(2)*x) + sinh(2*x) + sqrt(2)*sinh(sqrt(2)*x) - 3)/4. - Stefano Spezia, Jun 01 2022

A001861 Expansion of e.g.f. exp(2*(exp(x) - 1)).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 6, 22, 94, 454, 2430, 14214, 89918, 610182, 4412798, 33827974, 273646526, 2326980998, 20732504062, 192982729350, 1871953992254, 18880288847750, 197601208474238, 2142184050841734, 24016181943732414, 278028611833689478, 3319156078802044158, 40811417293301014150
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Comments

Values of Bell polynomials: ways of placing n labeled balls into n unlabeled (but 2-colored) boxes.
First column of the square of the matrix exp(P)/exp(1) given in A011971. - Gottfried Helms, Mar 30 2007
Base matrix in A011971, second power in A078937, third power in A078938, fourth power in A078939. - Gottfried Helms, Apr 08 2007
Equals row sums of triangle A144061. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 09 2008
Equals eigensequence of triangle A109128. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 17 2009
Hankel transform is A108400. - Paul Barry, Apr 29 2009
The number of ways of putting n labeled balls into a set of bags and then putting the bags into 2 labeled boxes. An example is given below. - Peter Bala, Mar 23 2013
The f-vectors of n-dimensional hypercube are given by A038207 = exp[M*B(.,2)] = exp[M*A001861(.)] where M = A238385-I and (B(.,x))^n = B(n,x) are the Bell polynomials (cf. A008277). - Tom Copeland, Apr 17 2014
Moments of the Poisson distribution with mean 2. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, May 17 2016
Exponential self-convolution of Bell numbers (A000110). - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 06 2016

Examples

			a(2) = 6: The six ways of putting 2 balls into bags (denoted by { }) and then into 2 labeled boxes (denoted by [ ]) are
01: [{1,2}] [ ];
02: [ ] [{1,2}];
03: [{1}] [{2}];
04: [{2}] [{1}];
05: [{1} {2}] [ ];
06: [ ] [{1} {2}].
- _Peter Bala_, Mar 23 2013
		

References

  • 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

For boxes of 1 color, see A000110, for 3 colors see A027710, for 4 colors see A078944, for 5 colors see A144180, for 6 colors see A144223, for 7 colors see A144263, for 8 colors see A221159.
First column of A078937.
Equals 2*A035009(n), n>0.
Row sums of A033306, A036073, A049020, and A144061.

Programs

  • Magma
    [&+[2^k*StirlingSecond(n, k): k in [0..n]]: n in [0..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, May 18 2019
  • Maple
    A001861:=n->add(Stirling2(n,k)*2^k, k=0..n); seq(A001861(n), n=0..20); # Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 18 2014
    # second Maple program:
    b:= proc(n, m) option remember;
         `if`(n=0, 2^m, m*b(n-1, m)+b(n-1, m+1))
        end:
    a:= n-> b(n, 0):
    seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Aug 04 2021
  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[StirlingS2[n, k]*2^k, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 21}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Oct 06 2009 *)
    mx = 16; p = 1; Range[0, mx]! CoefficientList[ Series[ Exp[ (Exp[p*x] - p - 1)/p + Exp[x]], {x, 0, mx}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 12 2012 *)
    Table[BellB[n, 2], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 06 2013 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=if(n<0,0,n!*polcoeff(exp(2*(exp(x+x*O(x^n))-1)),n))
    
  • PARI
    {a(n)=polcoeff(sum(m=0, n, 2^m*x^m/prod(k=1,m,1-k*x +x*O(x^n))), n)} /* Paul D. Hanna, Feb 15 2012 */
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = sum(k=0, n, 2^k*stirling(n, k, 2))} \\ Seiichi Manyama, Jul 28 2019
    
  • Sage
    expnums(30, 2) # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 26 2008
    

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k*Stirling2(n, k). - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 20 2001
a(n) = exp(-2)*Sum_{k>=1} 2^k*k^n/k!. - Benoit Cloitre, Sep 25 2003
G.f. satisfies 2*(x/(1-x))*A(x/(1-x)) = A(x) - 1; twice the binomial transform equals the sequence shifted one place left. - Paul D. Hanna, Dec 08 2003
PE = exp(matpascal(5)-matid(6)); A = PE^2; a(n)=A[n,1]. - Gottfried Helms, Apr 08 2007
G.f.: 1/(1-2x-2x^2/(1-3x-4x^2/(1-4x-6x^2/(1-5x-8x^2/(1-6x-10x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). - Paul Barry, Apr 29 2009
O.g.f.: Sum_{n>=0} 2^n*x^n / Product_{k=1..n} (1-k*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Feb 15 2012
a(n) ~ exp(-2-n+n/LambertW(n/2))*n^n/LambertW(n/2)^(n+1/2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 06 2013
G.f.: (G(0) - 1)/(x-1)/2 where G(k) = 1 - 2/(1-k*x)/(1-x/(x-1/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 16 2013
G.f.: 1/Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 + x*k - x - x/(1 - 2*x*(k+1)/Q(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 07 2013
G.f.: ((1+x)/Q(0)-1)/(2*x), where Q(k) = 1 - (k+1)*x - 2*(k+1)*x^2/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, May 03 2013
G.f.: T(0)/(1-2*x), where T(k) = 1 - 2*x^2*(k+1)/( 2*x^2*(k+1) - (1-2*x-x*k)*(1-3*x-x*k)/T(k+1) ); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 24 2013
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A033306(n,k) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*Bell(k)*Bell(n-k), where Bell = A000110 (see Motzkin, p. 170). - Danny Rorabaugh, Oct 18 2015
a(0) = 1 and a(n) = 2 * Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k)*a(k) for n > 0. - Seiichi Manyama, Sep 25 2017 [corrected by Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 12 2020]
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