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Let M be an infinite lower triangular bidiagonal matrix with (1,3,5,7,...) in the main diagonal and (1,1,1,...) in the subdiagonal. n-th row = M^n * [1,0,0,0,...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 13 2009

From Peter Bala, Aug 08 2011: (Start)

A type B_n set partition is a partition P of the set {1, 2, ..., n, -1, -2, ..., -n} such that for any block B of P, -B is also a block of P, and there is at most one block, called a zero-block, satisfying B = -B. We call (B, -B) a block pair of P if B is not a zero-block. Then T(n,k) is the number of type B_n set partitions with k block pairs. See [Wang].

For example, T(2,1) = 4 since the B_2 set partitions with 1 block pair are {1,2}{-1,-2}, {1,-2}{-1,2}, {1,-1}{2}{-2} and {2,-2}{1}{-1} (the last two partitions contain a zero block).

(End)

Exponential Riordan array [exp(x), (1/2)*(exp(2*x) - 1)]. Triangle of connection constants for expressing the monomial polynomials x^n as a linear combination of the basis polynomials (x-1)*(x-3)*...*(x-(2*k-1)) of A039757. An example is given below. Inverse array is A039757. Equals matrix product A008277 * A122848. - Peter Bala, Jun 23 2014

T(n, k) also gives the (dimensionless) volume of the multichoose(k+1, n-k) = binomial(n, k) polytopes of dimension n-k with side lengths from the set {1, 3, ..., 1+2*k}. See the column g.f.s and the complete homogeneous symmetric function formula for T(n, k) below. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 26 2017

T(n, k) is the number of k-dimensional subspaces (i.e., sets of fixed points like rotation axes and symmetry planes) of the n-cube. See "Sets of fixed points..." in LINKS section. - Tilman Piesk, Oct 26 2019

Apart from signs and offset, same as A028246. - Joerg Arndt, Nov 06 2016

Triangle T(n,k), read by rows, given by (1,0,2,0,3,0,4,0,5,0,6,0,7,0,8,0,9,...) DELTA (-1,-1,-2,-2,-3,-3,-4,-4,-5,-5,-6,-6,...) where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Nov 05 2011

The "Stirling-Bernoulli transform" maps a sequence b_0, b_1, b_2, ... to a sequence c_0, c_1, c_2, ..., where if B has o.g.f. B(x), c has e.g.f. exp(x)*B(1 - exp(x)). More explicity, c_n = Sum_{k = 0..n} A163626(n,k)*b_k. - Philippe Deléham, May 26 2015

Row sums of absolute values of terms give A000629. - Yahia DJEMMADA, Aug 16 2016

This is the triangle of connection constants for expressing the monomial polynomials (-x)^n as a linear combination of the basis polynomials {binomial(x+n,n)}n>=0, that is, (-x)^n = Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n,k)*binomial(x+k,k). Cf. A145901. - Peter Bala, Jun 06 2019

Row sums for n > 0 are zero. - Shel Kaphan, May 14 2024

The Akiyama-Tanigawa algorithm applied to a sequence yields the same result as the Stirling-Bernoulli Transform applied to the same sequence. See Philippe Deléham's comment of May 26 2015. - Shel Kaphan, May 16 2024

T(n,k) is the number of positroid cells of the totally nonnegative Grassmannian G+(k,n) (cf. Postnikov/Williams). It is the triangle of the h-vectors of the stellahedra. - Tom Copeland, Oct 10 2014

See A248727 for a simple transformation of the row polynomials of this entry that produces the umbral compositional inverses of the polynomials of A074909, related to the face polynomials of the simplices. - Tom Copeland, Jan 21 2015

From Tom Copeland, Jan 24 2015: (Start)

The reciprocal of this entry's e.g.f. is [t e^(-xt) - e^(-x)] / (t-1) = 1 - (1+t) x + (1+t+t^2) x^2/2! - (1+t+t^2+t^3) x^3/3! + ... = e^(q.(0;t)x), giving the base sequence (q.(0;t))^n = q_n(0;t) = (-1)^n [1-t^(n+1)] / (1-t) for the umbral compositional inverses (q.(0;t)+z)^n = q_n(z;t) of the Appell polynomials associated with this entry, p_n(z;t) below, i.e., q_n(p.(z;t)) = z^n = p_n(q.(z;t)), in umbral notation. The relations in A133314 then apply between the two sets of base polynomials. (Inserted missing index in a formula - Mar 03 2016.)

The associated o.g.f. for the umbral inverses is Og(x) = x / (1-x q.(0:t)) = x / [(1+x)(1+tx)] = x / [1+(1+t)x+tx^2]. Applying A134264 to h(x) = x / Og(x) = 1 + (1+t) x + t x^2 leads to an o.g.f. for the Narayana polynomials A001263 as the comp. inverse Oginv(x) = [1-(1+t)x-sqrt[1-2(1+t)x+((t-1)x)^2]] / (2xt). Note that Og(x) gives the signed h-polynomials of the simplices and that Oginv(x) gives the h-polynomials of the simplicial duals of the Stasheff polynomials, or type A associahedra. Contrast this with A248727 = A046802 * A007318, which has o.g.f.s related to the corresponding f-polynomials. (End)

The Appell polynomials p_n(x;t) in the formulas below specialize to the Swiss-knife polynomials of A119879 for t = -1, so the Springer numbers A001586 are given by 2^n p_n(1/2;-1). - Tom Copeland, Oct 14 2015

The row polynomials are the h-polynomials associated to the stellahedra, whose f-polynomials are the row polynomials of A248727. Cf. page 60 of the Buchstaber and Panov link. - Tom Copeland, Nov 08 2016

The row polynomials are the h-polynomials of the stellohedra, which enumerate partial permutations according to descents. Cf. Section 10.4 of the Postnikov-Reiner-Williams reference. - Lauren Williams, Jul 05 2022

From p. 60 of the Buchstaber and Panov link, S = P * C / T where S, P, C, and T are the bivariate e.g.f.s of the h vectors of the stellahedra, permutahedra, hypercubes, and (n-1)-simplices, respectively. - Tom Copeland, Jan 09 2017

The number of Le-diagrams of type (k, n) this means the diagram uses the bounding box size k x (n-k), equivalently the number of Grassmann necklaces of type (k, n) and also the number of decorated permutations with k anti-exceedances. - Thomas Scheuerle, Dec 29 2024

The Coxeter group of type B_n may be realized as the group of n X n matrices with exactly one nonzero entry in each row and column, that entry being either +1 or -1. The order of the group is 2^n*n!. The orbit of the point (1,2,...,n) (or any sufficiently generic point (x_1,...,x_n)) under the action of this group is a set of 2^n*n! distinct points whose convex hull is defined to be the permutohedron of type B_n. The rows of this table are the f-vectors of the simplicial complexes dual to these type B permutohedra. Some examples are given in the Example section below. See A060187 for the corresponding table of h-vectors of type B permutohedra.

This is the (unsigned) triangle of connection constants between the polynomial sequences (2*x + 1)^n, n >= 0, and binomial(x+k,k), k >= 0. For example, (2*x + 1)^2 = 8*binomial(x+2,2) - 8*binomial(x+1,1) + 1 and (2*x + 1)^3 = 48*binomial(x+3,3) - 72*binomial(x+2,2) + 26*binomial(x+1,1) - 1. Cf. A163626. - Peter Bala, Jun 06 2019

Let Q(m, n) = Sum_(k=0..n-1) (-1)^k * binomial(n, k) * (n-k)^m. Then Q(m,n) is the numerator of the probability P(m,n) = Q(m,n)/n^m of seeing each card at least once if m >= n cards are drawn with replacement from a deck of n cards, written in a two-dimensional array read by antidiagonals with Q(m,m) as first row and Q(m,1) as first column.

The sequence is given as a matrix with the first row containing the cases #draws = size_of_deck. The second row contains #draws = 1 + size_of_deck. If "mn" indicates m cards drawn from a deck with n cards then the locations in the matrix are:

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 ...

21 32 43 54 65 76 87 ...

31 42 53 64 75 86 97 ...

41 52 63 74 85 .. .. ...

read by antidiagonals ->:

11, 22, 21, 33, 32, 31, 44, 43, 42, 41, 55, 54, 53, 52, ....

The probabilities are given by Q(m,n)/n^m:

.(m,n):.....11..22..21..33..32..31..44..43..42..41...55...54..53..52..51

.....Q:......1...2...1...6...6...1..24..36..14...1..120..240.150..30...1

...n^m:......1...4...1..27...8...1.256..81..16...1.3125.1024.243..32...1

%.Success:.100..50.100..22..75.100...9..44..88.100....4...23..62..94.100

P(n,n) = n!/n^n which can be approximated by sqrt(Pi*(2n+1/3))/e^n (Gosper's approximation to n!).

Let P[n] be the set of all n-permutations. Build a superset Q[n] of P[n] composed of n-permutations in which some (possibly all or none) ascents have been designated. An ascent in a permutation s[1]s[2]...s[n] is a pair of consecutive elements s[i],s[i+1] such that s[i] < s[i+1]. As a triangular array read by rows T(n,k) is the number of elements in Q[n] that have exactly k distinguished ascents, n >= 1, 0 <= k <= n-1. Row sums are A000670. E.g.f. is y/(1+y-exp(y*x)). For example, T(3,1)=6 because there are four 3-permutations with one ascent, with these we would also count 1->2 3, and 1 2->3 where exactly one ascent is designated by "->". (After Flajolet and Sedgewick.) - Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 13 2012

Sum_(k=1..n) Q(n, k)*binomial(x, k) = x^n such that Sum_{k=1..n} Q(n, i)*binomial(x+1,i+1) = Sum_{k=1..x} k^n. - David A. Corneth, Feb 17 2014

A141618(n,n-k+1) = a(n,k) * C(n,k-1) / k. - Tom Copeland, Oct 25 2014

See A074909 and above g.f.s below for associations among this array and the Bernoulli polynomials and their umbral compositional inverses. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2014

For connections to toric varieties and Eulerian polynomials (in addition to those noted below), see the Dolgachev and Lunts and the Stembridge links in A019538. - Tom Copeland, Dec 31 2015

See A008279 for a relation between the e.g.f.s enumerating the faces of permutahedra (this entry) and stellahedra. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016

From the Hasan and Franco and Hasan papers: The m-permutohedra for m=1,2,3,4 are the line segment, hexagon, truncated octahedron and omnitruncated 5-cell. The first three are well-known from the study of elliptic models, brane tilings and brane brick models. The m+1 torus can be tiled by a single (m+2)-permutohedron. Relations to toric Calabi-Yau Kahler manifolds are also discussed. - Tom Copeland, May 14 2020

Row sums have e.g.f. exp(x)*sech(x) (signed version of A009006). Inverse of masked Pascal triangle A119467. Transforms the sequence with e.g.f. g(x) to the sequence with e.g.f. g(x)*sech(x).

Coefficients of the Swiss-Knife polynomials for the computation of Euler, tangent and Bernoulli number (triangle read by rows). Another version in A153641. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 26 2013

Relations to Green functions and raising/creation and lowering/annihilation/destruction operators are presented in Hodges and Sukumar and in Copeland's discussion of this sequence and 2020 pdf. - Tom Copeland, Jul 24 2020

The name derives from a proposition by Donald Knuth, who describes the setup of a "girls and boys parade" as follows: "There are m girls {g_1, ..., g_m} and n boys {b_1, ..., b_n}, where g_i is younger than g_{i+1} and b_j is younger than b_{j+1}, but we know nothing about the relative ages of g_i and b_j. In how many ways can they all line up in a sequence such that no girl is directly preceded by an older girl and no boy is directly preceded by an older boy?" [Our notation: A <- D, n <- m, k <- n].

In A344920, the Worpitzky transform is defined as a sequence-to-sequence transformation WT := A -> B, where B(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A163626(n, k)*A(k). (If A(n) = 1/(n + 1) then B(n) are the Bernoulli numbers (with B(1) = 1/2.)) The rows of the array are the Worpitzky transforms of the powers up to the sign (-1)^k.

The array rows are recursively generated by applying the Akiyama-Tanigawa algorithm to the powers (see the Python implementation below). In this way the array becomes the image of A004248 under the AT-transformation when applied to the rows of A004248. This makes the array closely linked to A344499, which is generated in the same way, but applied to the columns of A004248.

Conjecture: Row n + 1 is row 2^n in table A136301, where a probabilistic interpretation is given (see the link to Parsonnet's paper below).

The relation of this triangle to A143494 given in the Formula section leads to the following combinatorial interpretation: T(n,k) gives the number of partitions of the set {1,2,...,n+2} into k + 2 blocks where 1 and 2 belong to two distinct blocks and the remaining k blocks are labeled from a fixed set of k labels. - Peter Bala, Jul 10 2014

Also, the number of distinct k-level fuzzy subsets of a set consisting of n elements ordered by set inclusion. - Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra, Mar 16 2020

"Standard order" here means as produced by Maple's "sort" command.

From Petros Hadjicostas, May 27 2020: (Start)

According to the Maple help files for the "sort" command, polynomials in multiple variables are "sorted in total degree with ties broken by lexicographic order (this is called graded lexicographic order)."

Thus for example, x_1^2*x_3 = x_1*x_1*x_3 > x_1*x_2*x_2 = x_1*x_2^2, while x_1^2*x_4 = x_1*x_1*x_4 > x_1*x_2*x_3. (End)

Row sums are 0 (for n > 1). Numbers of terms in rows are partition numbers A000041.

From Tom Copeland, Nov 06 2015: (Start)

With the formal Taylor series f(x) = 1 + x[1] x + x[2] x^2/2! + ... , the partition polynomials of this entry give d[log(f(x))]/dx = L_1(x[1]) + L_2(x[1], x[2]) x + L_3(...) x^2/2! + ..., and the coefficients of the reduced polynomials with x[n] = t are signed A028246.

The raising operator R = x + d[log(f(D)]/dD = x + L_1(x[1]) + L_2[x[1], x[2]) D + L_3(x[1], x[2], x[3]) D^2/2! + ... with D = d/dx generates an Appell sequence of polynomials, given umbrally by P_n(x[1], ..., x[n]; x) = (x[.] + x)^n = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) x[k] * x^(n-k) = R^n 1 with the e.g.f. f(t)*e^(x*t) = exp[t P.(x[1], ..., x[.]; x)]. P_0 = x[0] = 1.

The umbral compositional inverse Appell sequence is generated by R = x - d[log(f(D))]/dD with e.g.f. e^(x*t)/f(t) = exp[t IP.(x[1], ..., x[.]; x)], so umbrally IP_n(x[1], ..., x[n]; P.(x[1], ..., x[n]; x)) = x^n = P_n(x[1], ..., x[n]; IP.(x[1], ..., x[n]; x)). An unsigned array for the reduced IP_n(x[1], ..., x[n]; x) polynomials with IP_0 = x[0] = 1 and x[n] = -1 for n > 0 is A154921, for which f(t) = 2 - e^t. (End)

From Tom Copeland, Sep 08 2016: (Start)

The Appell formalism allows a matrix representation in the power basis x^n of the raising operator R that incorporates this array's partition polynomials L_n(x[1], ..., x[n]):

VP_(n+1) = VP_n * R = VP_n * XPS^(-1) * MX * XPS, where XPS is the matrix formed from multiplying the n-th diagonal of the Pascal matrix PS of A007318 by the indeterminate x[n], with x[0] = 1 for the main diagonal of ones, i.e., XPS[n,k] = PS[n,k] * x[n-k]; the matrix MX is A129185; the matrix XPS^(-1) is the inverse of XPS, which can be formed by multiplying the diagonals of the Pascal matrix by the partition polynomials IPT(n, x[1], ..., x[n]) of A133314, i.e., XPS^(-1)[n,k] = PS[n,k] * IPT(n-k, x[1], ...); and VP_n is the row vector in the power basis representing the Appell polynomial P_n(x) formed from the basic sequence of moments 1, x[1], x[2], ..., i.e., umbrally P_n(x) = (x[.] + x)^n = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * x[k] * x^(n-k).

Then R = XPS^(-1) * MX * XPS is the Pascal matrix PS with an additional first superdiagonal of ones and the other lower diagonals multiplied by the partition polynomials of this array, i.e., R[n,k] = PS[n,k] * L_{n+1-k}(x[1], ..., x[n+1-k]) except for the first superdiagonal of ones.

Consistently, VP_n = (1, 0, 0, ...) * R^n = (1, 0, 0, ...) * XPS^(-1) * MX^n * XPS = (1, 0, 0, ...) * MX^n * XPS = the n-th row vector of XPS, which is the vector representation of P_n(x) = (x[.] + x)^n with x[0] = 1.

See the Copeland link for the umbral representation R = exp[g.*D] * x * exp[h.*D] that reflects the matrix representations.

The Stirling partition polynomials of the first kind St1_n(a[1], a[2], ..., a[n]) of A036039, the Stirling partition polynomials of the second kind St2_n(b[1], b[2], ..., b[n]) of A036040, and the refined Lah polynomials Lah_n[c[1], c[2], ..., c[n]) of A130561 are Appell sequences in the respective distinguished indeterminates a[1], b[1], and c[1]. Comparing the formulas for their raising operators with that in this entry, L_n(x[1], x[2], ..., x[n]) evaluates to

A) (n-1)! * a[n] for x[n] = St1_n(a[1], a[2], ..., a[n]);

B) b[n] for x[n] = St2_n(b[1], b[2], ..., b[n]);

C) n! * c[n] for x[n] = Lah_n(c[1], c[2], ..., c[n]).

Conversely, from the respective e.g.f.s (added Sep 12 2016)

D) x[n] = St1_n(L_1(x[1])/0!, ..., L_n(x[1], ..., x[n])/(n-1)!);

E) x[n] = St2_n(L_1(x[1]), ..., L_n(x[1], ..., x[n]));

F) x[n] = Lah_n(L_1(x[1])/1!, ..., L_n(x[1], ..., x[n])/n!).

Given only the Appell sequence with no closed form for the e.g.f., the raising operator can be generated using this formalism, as has been partially done for A134264. (End)

For the Appell sequences above, the raising operator is related to the recursion P_(n+1)(x) = x * P_n(x) + Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * L_(n-k+1)(x[1], ..., x[n+k-1]) * P_k(x). For a derivation and connections to formal cumulants (c_n = L_n(x[1], ...)) and moments (m_n = x[n]), see the Copeland link on noncrossing partitions. With x = 0, the recursion reduces to x[n+1] = Sum_{k = 0..n} binomial(n,k) * L_(n-k+1)(x[1], ..., x[n+k-1]) * x[k] with x[0] = 1. This array is a differently ordered version of A127671. - Tom Copeland, Sep 13 2016

With x[n] = x^(n-1), a signed version of A130850 is obtained. - Tom Copeland, Nov 14 2016

See p. 2 of Getzler for a relation to stable graphs called necklaces used in computations for Deligne-Mumford-Knudsen moduli spaces of stable curves of genus 1. - Tom Copeland, Nov 15 2019

For a relation to a combinatorial Faa di Bruno Hopf algebra related to functional composition, as presented by Connes and Moscovici, see Figueroa et al. - Tom Copeland, Jan 17 2020

From Tom Copeland, May 17 2020: (Start)

The e.g.f. of an Appell sequence is f(t) e^(x*t) with f(0) = 1. Given the Laguerre-Polya class function f(t) = e^(-a*t^2 + b*t) Product_m (1 - t/z_m) e^(t/z_m) with a = 0 for simplicity (more generally a >= 0) and b real and where the product runs over all the zeros z_m of f(t) with all zeros real and Sum_m 1/(z_m)^2 convergent, the raising operator of the Appell polynomials is R = x + b - Sum_{k > 0} c_(k+1) D^k with c_k = Sum_m (1/(z_m)^k), i.e., traces of powers of the reciprocals of the zeros. From R in earlier comments, b = L_1(x_1) and otherwise c_k = -L_k(x_1, ..., x_k).

The Laguerre / Turan / de Gua inequalities (Csordas and Williamson and Skovgaard) imply that all the zeros of each Appell polynomial are real and simple and its extrema are local maxima above the x-axis and local minima below and are located above or below the zeros of the next lower degree Appell polynomial. (End)

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 in A036040. (End)

Ignoring signs, these polynomials appear in Schröder in the set of equations (II) on p. 343 and in Stewart's translation on p. 31. - Tom Copeland, Aug 25 2021

The k-th diagonal of |A008275| appears as the k-th column in |A008276| with k-1 leading zeros.

The recurrence, given below, is derived from (d/dx)g1(k,x) - g1(k,x)= x*(d/dx)g1(k-1,x) + g1(k-1,x), k >= 1, with input g(-1,x):=0 and initial condition g1(k,0)=1, k >= 0. This differential recurrence for the e.g.f. g1(k,x) follows from the one for unsigned Stirling1 numbers.

The column sequences start with A000142 (factorials), A001705, A112487- A112491, for m=0,...,5.

The main diagonal gives (2*k-1)!! = A001147(k), k >= 1.

This computation was inspired by the Bender article (see links), where the Stirling polynomials are discussed.

The e.g.f. for the k-th diagonal, k >= 1, of the unsigned Stirling1 triangle |A008275| with k-1 leading zeros is g1(k-1,x) = exp(x)*Sum_{m=0..k-1} a(k,m)*(x^(k-1+m))/(k-1+m)!.

a(k,n) = number of lists with entries from [n] such that (i) each element of [n] occurs at least once and at most twice, (ii) for each i that occurs twice, all entries between the two occurrences of i are > i, and (iii) exactly k elements of [n] occur twice. Example: a(1,2)=5 counts 112, 121, 122, 211, 221, and a(2,2)=3 counts 1122,1221,2211. - David Callan, Nov 21 2011