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Coefficients are listed in Abramowitz and Stegun order (A036036).

Given an invertible function f(t) analytic about t=0 (or a formal power series) with f(0)=0 and Df(0) not equal to 0, form h(t) = t / f(t) and let h_n denote the coefficient of t^n in h(t).

Lagrange inversion gives the compositional inverse about t=0 as g(t) = Sum_{j>=1} ( t^j * (1/j) * Sum_{permutations s with s(1) + s(2) + ... + s(j) = j - 1} h_s(1) * h_s(2) * ... * h_s(j) ) = t * T(1,1) * h_0 + Sum_{j>=2} ( t^j * Sum_{k=1..(# of partitions for j-1)} T(j,k) * H(j-1,k ; h_0,h_1,...) ), where H(j-1,k ; h_0,h_1,...) is the k-th partition for h_1 through h_(j-1) corresponding to n=j-1 on page 831 of Abramowitz and Stegun (ordered as in A&S) with (h_0)^(j-m)=(h_0)^(n+1-m) appended to each partition subsumed under n and m of A&S.

Denoting h_n by (n') for brevity, to 8th order in t,

g(t) = t * (0')

+ t^2 * [ (0') (1') ]

+ t^3 * [ (0')^2 (2') + (0') (1')^2 ]

+ t^4 * [ (0')^3 (3') + 3 (0')^2 (1') (2') + (0') (1')^3 ]

+ t^5 * [ (0')^4 (4') + 4 (0')^3 (1') (3') + 2 (0')^3 (2')^2 + 6 (0')^2 (1')^2 (2') + (0') (1')^4 ]

+ t^6 * [ (0')^5 (5') + 5 (0')^4 (1') (4') + 5 (0')^4 (2') (3') + 10 (0')^3 (1')^2 (3') + 10 (0')^3 (1') (2')^2 + 10 (0')^2 (1')^3 (2') + (0') (1')^5 ]

+ t^7 * [ (0')^6 (6') + 6 (0')^5 (1') (5') + 6 (0')^5 (2') (4') + 3 (0')^5 (3')^2 + 15 (0')^4 (1')^2 (4') + 30 (0')^4 (1') (2') (3') + 5 (0')^4 (2')^3 + 20 (0')^3 (1')^3 (3') + 30 (0')^3 (1')^2 (2')^2 + 15 (0')^2 (1')^4 (2') + (0') (1')^6]

+ t^8 * [ (0')^7 (7') + 7 (0')^6 (1') (6') + 7 (0')^6 (2') (5') + 7 (0')^6 (3') (4') + 21 (0')^5 (1')^2* (5') + 42 (0')^5 (1') (2') (4') + 21 (0')^5 (1') (3')^2 + 21 (0')^5 (2')^2 (3') + 35 (0')^4 (1')^3 (4') + 105 (0)^4 (1')^2 (2') (3') + 35 (0')^4 (1') (2')^3 + 35 (0')^3 (1')^4 (3') + 70 (0')^3 (1')^3 (2')^2 + 21 (0')^2 (1')^5 (2') + (0') (1')^7 ]

+ ..., where from the formula section, for example, T(8,1',2',...,7') = 7! / ((8 - (1'+ 2' + ... + 7'))! * 1'! * 2'! * ... * 7'!) are the coefficients of the integer partitions (1')^1' (2')^2' ... (7')^7' in the t^8 term.

A125181 is an extended, reordered version of the above sequence, omitting the leading 1, with alternate interpretations.

If the coefficients of partitions with the same exponent for h_0 are summed within rows, A001263 is obtained, omitting the leading 1.

From identification of the elements of the inversion with those on page 25 of the Ardila et al. link, the coefficients of the irregular table enumerate non-crossing partitions on [n]. - Tom Copeland, Oct 13 2014

From Tom Copeland, Oct 28-29 2014: (Start)

Operating with d/d(1') = d/d(h_1) on the n-th partition polynomial Prt(n;h_0,h_1,..,h_n) in square brackets above associated with t^(n+1) generates n * Prt(n-1;h_0,h_1,..,h_(n-1)); therefore, the polynomials are an Appell sequence of polynomials in the indeterminate h_1 when h_0=1 (a special type of Sheffer sequence).

Consequently, umbrally, [Prt(.;1,x,h_2,..) + y]^n = Prt(n;1,x+y,h_2,..); that is, Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * Prt(k;1,x,h_2,..) * y^(n-k) = Prt(n;1,x+y,h_2,..).

Or, e^(x*z) * exp[Prt(.;1,0,h_2,..) * z] = exp[Prt(.;1,x,h_2,..) * z]. Then with x = h_1 = -(1/2) * d^2[f(t)]/dt^2 evaluated at t=0, the formal Laplace transform from z to 1/t of this expression generates g(t), the comp. inverse of f(t), when h_0 = 1 = df(t)/dt eval. at t=0.

I.e., t / (1 - t*(x + Prt(.;1,0,h_2,..))) = t / (1 - t*Prt(.;1,x,h_2,..)) = g(t), interpreted umbrally, when h_0 = 1.

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Connections to and between arrays associated to the Catalan (A000108 and A007317), Riordan (A005043), Fibonacci (A000045), and Fine (A000957) numbers and to lattice paths, e.g., the Motzkin, Dyck, and Łukasiewicz, can be made explicit by considering the inverse in x of the o.g.f. of A104597(x,-t), i.e., f(x) = P(Cinv(x),t-1) = Cinv(x) / (1 + (t-1)*Cinv(x)) = x*(1-x) / (1 + (t-1)*x*(1-x)) = (x-x^2) / (1 + (t-1)*(x-x^2)), where Cinv(x) = x*(1-x) is the inverse of C(x) = (1 - sqrt(1-4*x)) / 2, a shifted o.g.f. for the Catalan numbers, and P(x,t) = x / (1+t*x) with inverse Pinv(x,t) = -P(-x,t) = x / (1-t*x). Then h(x,t) = x / f(x,t) = x * (1+(t-1)Cinv(x)) / Cinv(x) = 1 + t*x + x^2 + x^3 + ..., i.e., h_1=t and all other coefficients are 1, so the inverse of f(x,t) in x, which is explicitly in closed form finv(x,t) = C(Pinv(x,t-1)), is given by A091867, whose coefficients are sums of the refined Narayana numbers above obtained by setting h_1=(1')=t in the partition polynomials and all other coefficients to one. The group generators C(x) and P(x,t) and their inverses allow associations to be easily made between these classic number arrays. - Tom Copeland, Nov 03 2014

From Tom Copeland, Nov 10 2014: (Start)

Inverting in x with t a parameter, let F(x;t,n) = x - t*x^(n+1). Then h(x) = x / F(x;t,n) = 1 / (1-t*x^n) = 1 + t*x^n + t^2*x^(2n) + t^3*x^(3n) + ..., so h_k vanishes unless k = m*n with m an integer in which case h_k = t^m.

Finv(x;t,n) = Sum_{j>=0} {binomial((n+1)*j,j) / (n*j + 1)} * t^j * x^(n*j + 1), which gives the Catalan numbers for n=1, and the Fuss-Catalan sequences for n>1 (see A001764, n=2). [Added braces to disambiguate the formula. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 20 2015]

This relation reveals properties of the partitions and sums of the coefficients of the array. For n=1, h_k = t^k for all k, implying that the row sums are the Catalan numbers. For n = 2, h_k for k odd vanishes, implying that there are no blocks with only even-indexed h_k on the even-numbered rows and that only the blocks containing only even-sized bins contribute to the odd-row sums giving the Fuss-Catalan numbers for n=2. And so on, for n > 2.

These relations are reflected in any combinatorial structures enumerated by this array and the partitions, such as the noncrossing partitions depicted for a five-element set (a pentagon) in Wikipedia.

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From Tom Copeland, Nov 12 2014: (Start)

An Appell sequence possesses an umbral inverse sequence (cf. A249548). The partition polynomials here, Prt(n;1,h_1,...), are an Appell sequence in the indeterminate h_1=u, so have an e.g.f. exp[Prt(.;1,u,h_2...)*t] = e^(u*t) * exp[Prt(.;1,0,h2,...)*t] with umbral inverses with an e.g.f e^(-u*t) / exp[Prt(.;1,0,h2,...)*t]. This makes contact with the formalism of A133314 (cf. also A049019 and A019538) and the signed, refined face partition polynomials of the permutahedra (or their duals), which determine the reciprocal of exp[Prt(.,0,u,h2...)*t] (cf. A249548) or exp[Prt(.;1,u,h2,...)*t], forming connections among the combinatorics of permutahedra and the noncrossing partitions, Dyck paths and trees (cf. A125181), and many other important structures isomorphic to the partitions of this entry, as well as to formal cumulants through A127671 and algebraic structures of Lie algebras. (Cf. relationship of permutahedra with the Eulerians A008292.)

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From Tom Copeland, Nov 24 2014: (Start)

The n-th row multiplied by n gives the number of terms in the homogeneous symmetric monomials generated by [x(1) + x(2) + ... + x(n+1)]^n under the umbral mapping x(m)^j = h_j, for any m. E.g., [a + b + c]^2 = [a^2 + b^2 + c^2] + 2 * [a*b + a*c + b*c] is mapped to [3 * h_2] + 2 * [3 * h_1^2], and 3 * A134264(3) = 3 *(1,1)= (3,3) the number of summands in the two homogeneous polynomials in the square brackets. For n=3, [a + b + c + d]^3 = [a^3 + b^3 + ...] + 3 [a*b^2 + a*c^2 + ...] + 6 [a*b*c + a*c*d + ...] maps to [4 * h_3] + 3 [12 * h_1 * h_2] + 6 [4 * (h_1)^3], and the number of terms in the brackets is given by 4 * A134264(4) = 4 * (1,3,1) = (4,12,4).

The further reduced expression is 4 h_3 + 36 h_1 h_2 + 24 (h_1)^3 = A248120(4) with h_0 = 1. The general relation is n * A134264(n) = A248120(n) / A036038(n-1) where the arithmetic is performed on the coefficients of matching partitions in each row n.

Abramowitz and Stegun give combinatorial interpretations of A036038 and relations to other number arrays.

This can also be related to repeated umbral composition of Appell sequences and topology with the Bernoulli numbers playing a special role. See the Todd class link.

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These partition polynomials are dubbed the Voiculescu polynomials on page 11 of the He and Jejjala link. - Tom Copeland, Jan 16 2015

See page 5 of the Josuat-Verges et al. reference for a refinement of these partition polynomials into a noncommutative version composed of nondecreasing parking functions. - Tom Copeland, Oct 05 2016

(Per Copeland's Oct 13 2014 comment.) The number of non-crossing set partitions whose block sizes are the parts of the n-th integer partition, where the ordering of integer partitions is first by total, then by length, then lexicographically by the reversed sequence of parts. - Gus Wiseman, Feb 15 2019

With h_0 = 1 and the other h_n replaced by suitably signed partition polynomials of A263633, the refined face partition polynomials for the associahedra of normalized A133437 with a shift in indices are obtained (cf. In the Realm of Shadows). - Tom Copeland, Sep 09 2019

Number of primitive parking functions associated to each partition of n. See Lemma 3.8 on p. 28 of Rattan. - Tom Copeland, Sep 10 2019

With h_n = n + 1, the d_k (A006013) of Table 2, p. 18, of Jong et al. are obtained, counting the n-point correlation functions in a quantum field theory. - Tom Copeland, Dec 25 2019

By inspection of the diagrams on Robert Dickau's website, one can see the relationship between the monomials of this entry and the connectivity of the line segments of the noncrossing partitions. - Tom Copeland, Dec 25 2019

Speicher has examples of the first four inversion partition polynomials on pp. 22 and 23 with his k_n equivalent to h_n = (n') here with h_0 = 1. Identifying z = t, C(z) = t/f(t) = h(t), and M(z) = f^(-1)(t)/t, then statement (3), on p. 43, of Theorem 3.26, C(z M(z)) = M(z), is equivalent to substituting f^(-1)(t) for t in t/f(t), and statement (4), M(z/C(z)) = C(z), to substituting f(t) for t in f^(-1)(t)/t. - Tom Copeland, Dec 08 2021

Given a Laurent series of the form f(z) = 1/z + h_1 + h_2 z + h_3 z^2 + ..., the compositional inverse is f^(-1)(z) = 1/z + Prt(1;1,h_1)/z^2 + Prt(2;1,h_1,h_2)/z^3 + ... = 1/z + h_1/z^2 + (h_1^2 + h_2)/z^3 + (h_1^3 + 3 h_1 h_2 + h_3)/z^4 + (h_1^4 + 6 h_1^2 h_2 + 4 h_1 h_3 + 2 h_2^2 + h_4)/z^5 + ... for which the polynomials in the numerators are the partition polynomials of this entry. For example, this formula applied to the q-expansion of Klein's j-invariant / function with coefficients A000521, related to monstrous moonshine, gives the compositional inverse with the coefficients A091406 (see He and Jejjala). - Tom Copeland, Dec 18 2021

The partition polynomials of A350499 'invert' the polynomials of this entry giving the indeterminates h_n. A multinomial formula for the coefficients of the partition polynomials of this entry, equivalent to the multinomial formula presented in the first four sentences of the formula section below, is presented in the MathOverflow question referenced in A350499. - Tom Copeland, Feb 19 2022

The rows sum to A006318 (Schroeder numbers), the left column is A000108 (Catalan numbers); the next-to-left column is A001700, the alternating sum in each row but the first is 0.

T(n,k) is the number of Schroeder paths (i.e., consisting of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1), H=(2,0) and never going below the x-axis) from (0,0) to (2n,0), having k peaks. Example: T(2,1)=3 because we have UU*DD, U*DH and HU*D, the peaks being shown by *. E.g., T(n,k) = binomial(n,k)*binomial(2n-k,n-1)/n for n>0. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 06 2003

A090181*A007318 as infinite lower triangular matrices. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 14 2008

T(n,k) is also the number of rooted plane trees with maximal degree 3 and k vertices of degree 2 (a node may have at most 2 children, and there are exactly k nodes with 1 child). Equivalently, T(n,k) is the number of syntactically different expressions that can be formed that use a unary operation k times, a binary operation n-k times, and nothing else (sequence of operands is fixed). - Lars Hellstrom (Lars.Hellstrom(AT)residenset.net), Dec 08 2009

Let f(t) = u(t) - u(0) = Sum_{n>=1} u_n * t^n.

If u_1 is not equal to 0, then the compositional inverse for f(t) is given by g(t) = Sum_{j>=1} P(n,t) where, with u_n denoted by (n'),

P(1,t) = (1')^(-1) * [ 1 ] * t

P(2,t) = (1')^(-3) * [ -2 (2') ] * t^2 / 2!

P(3,t) = (1')^(-5) * [ 12 (2')^2 - 6 (1')(3') ] * t^3 / 3!

P(4,t) = (1')^(-7) * [ -120 (2')^3 + 120 (1')(2')(3') - 24 (1')^2 (4') ] * t^4 / 4!

P(5,t) = (1')^(-9) * [ 1680 (2')^4 - 2520 (1') (2')^2 (3') + 360 (1')^2 (3')^2 + 720 (1')^2 (2') (4') - 120 (1')^3 (5') ] * t^5 / 5!

P(6,t) = (1')^(-11) * [ -30240 (2')^5 + 60480 (1') (2')^3 (3') - 20160 (1')^2 (2') (3')^2 - 20160 (1')^2 (2')^2 (4') + 5040 (1')^3 (3')(4') + 5040 (1')^3 (2')(5') - 720 (1')^4 (6') ] * t^6 / 6!

P(7,t) = (1')^(-13) * [ 665280 (2')^6 - 1663200 (1')(2')^4(3') + (1')^2 [907200 (2')^2(3')^2 + 604800 (2')^3(4')] - (1')^3 [60480 (3')^3 + 362880 (2')(3')(4') + 181440 (2')^2(5')] + (1')^4 [20160 (4')^2 + 40320 (3')(5') + 40320 (2')(6')] - 5040 (1')^5(7')] * t^7 / 7!

P(8,t) = (1')^(-15) * [ -17297280 (2')^7 + 51891840 (1')(2')^5(3') - (1')^2 [39916800 (2')^3(3')^2 + 19958400 (2')^4(4')] + (1')^3 [6652800 (2')(3')^3 + 19958400 (2')^2(3')(4') + 6652800 (2')^3(5')] - (1')^4 [1814400 (3')^2(4') + 1814400 (2')(4')^2 + 3628800 (2')(3')(5') + 1814400 (2')^2(6')] + (1')^5 [362880 (4')(5') + 362880 (3')(6') + 362880 (2')(7')] - 40320 (1')^6(8')] * t^8 / 8!

...

See A134685 for more information.

A111785 is obtained from A133437 by dividing through the bracketed terms of the P(n,t) by n! and unsigned A111785 is a refinement of A033282 and A126216. - Tom Copeland, Sep 28 2008

For relation to the geometry of associahedra or Stasheff polytopes (and other combinatorial objects) see the Loday and McCammond links. E.g., P(5,t) = (1')^(-9) * [ 14 (2')^4 - 21 (1') (2')^2 (3') + 6 (1')^2 (2') (4')+ 3 (1')^2 (3')^2 - 1 (1')^3 (5') ] * t^5 is related to the 3-D associahedron with 14 vertices (0-D faces), 21 edges (1-D faces), 6 pentagons (2-D faces), 3 rectangles (2-D faces), 1 3-D polytope (3-D faces). Summing over faces of the same dimension gives A033282 or A126216. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008

A relation between this Lagrange inversion for an o.g.f. and partition polynomials formed from the "refined Lah numbers" A130561 is presented in the link "Lagrange a la Lah" along with umbral binary tree representations.

With f(x,t) = x + t*Sum_{n>=2} u_n*x^n, the compositional inverse in x is related to the velocity profile of particles governed by the inviscid Burgers's, or Hopf, eqn. See A001764 and A086810. - Tom Copeland, Feb 15 2014

Newton was aware of this power series expansion for series reversion. See the Ferraro reference p. 75 eqn. 52. - Tom Copeland, Jan 22 2017

The coefficients of the partition polynomials divided by the associated factorial enumerate the faces of the convex, bounded polytopes called the associahedra, and the absolute value of the sum of the renormalized coefficients gives the Euler characteristic of unity for each polytope; i.e., the absolute value of the sum of each row of the array is either n! (unnormalized) or unity (normalized). In addition, the signs of the faces alternate with dimension, and the coefficients of faces with the same dimension for each polytope have the same sign. - Tom Copeland, Nov 13 2019

With u_1 = 1 and the other u_n replaced by suitably signed partition polynomials of A263633, the partition polynomials enumerating the refined noncrossing partitions of A134264 with a shift in indices are obtained (cf. In the Realm of Shadows). - Tom Copeland, Nov 16 2019

Relations between associahedra and oriented n-simplices are presented by Halvorson and by Street. - Tom Copeland, Dec 08 2019

Let f(x;t,n) = x - t * x^(n+1), giving u_1 = (1') = 1 and u_(n+1) = (n+1) = -t. Then inverting in x with t a parameter gives finv(x;t,n) = Sum_{j>=0} {binomial((n+1)*j,j) / (n*j + 1)} * t^j * x^(n*j + 1), which gives the Catalan numbers for n=1, and the Fuss-Catalan sequences for n>1 (see A001764, n=2). Comparing this with the same result in A134264 gives relations between the faces of associahedra and noncrossing partitions (and other combinatorial constructs related to these inversion formulas and those listed in A145271). - Tom Copeland, Jan 27 2020

From Tom Copeland, Mar 24 2020: (Start)

There is a mapping between the faces of K_n, the associahedron of dimension (n-1), and polygon dissections. The dissecting noncrossing diagonals (i.e., nonintersecting in the interior) form subpolygons. Assign the indeterminate x_k to a subpolygon where k = (number of vertices of the subpolygon) - 1. Multiply the x_k together to form the monomials for the inversion formula.

For the 3-dimensional associahedron K_4, the fundamental polygon is the hexagon, which can be dissected into pentagons, associated to x_4; tetragons, to x_3; and triangles, to x_2; for example, there are six distinguished partitions of the hexagon into one triangle and one pentagon, sharing two vertices, associated to the monomial 6 * x_2 * x_4 since the unshared vertex of the triangle can be moved consecutively from one vertex of the hexagon to the next. This term corresponds to 720 (1')^2 (2') (4') / 5! in P(5,t) above, denumerating the six pentagonal facets of K_4. (End)

A Schroeder path of semilength n is a lattice path in the first quadrant, from the origin to the point (2n,0) and consisting of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H=(2,0).

Also number of Schroeder paths of semilength n containing exactly k doublerises but no (2,0) steps at level 0 (n >= 1; 0 <= k <= n-1). Also number of doublerise-bicolored Dyck paths (doublerises come in two colors; also called marked Dyck paths) of semilength n and having k doublerises of a given color (n >= 1; 0 <= k <= n-1). Also number of 12312- and 121323-avoiding matchings on [2n] with exactly k crossings.

Essentially the triangle given by [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,...] DELTA [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2007

Mirror image of triangle A033282. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2007

For relation to Lagrange inversion, or series reversion and the geometry of associahedra, or Stasheff polytopes (and other combinatorial objects), see A133437. - Tom Copeland, Sep 29 2008

First column (k=0) gives the Catalan numbers (A000108). - Alexander Karpov, Jun 10 2018

T(n,k) is the multiplicity of the k-hook representation of the symmetric group in the (n-1)st parking space representation (see Pak and Postnikov, 1995). - Joshua Mundinger, Jul 18 2025

The polygon prior to dissection will have n*(k-2)+2 sides.

In the Harary, Palmer and Read reference these are the sequences called h.

T(n,k) is the number of unoriented polyominoes containing n k-gonal tiles of the hyperbolic regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {k,oo}. Stereographic projections of several of these tilings on the Poincaré disk can be obtained via the Christensson link. For unoriented polyominoes, chiral pairs are counted as one. T(n,2) could represent polyominoes of the Euclidean regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {2,oo}; T(n,2) = 1. - Robert A. Russell, Jan 21 2024

The polygon prior to dissection will have n*(k-2)+2 sides.

In the Harary, Palmer and Read reference these are the sequences called H.

T(n,k) is the number of oriented polyominoes containing n k-gonal tiles of the hyperbolic regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {k,oo}. Stereographic projections of several of these tilings on the Poincaré disk can be obtained via the Christensson link. For oriented polyominoes, chiral pairs are counted as two. T(n,2) could represent polyominoes of the Euclidean regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {2,oo}; T(n,2) = 1. - Robert A. Russell, Jan 21 2024

A 2-composition of n is a nonnegative matrix with two rows, such that each column has at least one nonzero entry and whose entries sum up to n. The length of the 2-composition is the number of columns.

From Tom Copeland, Sep 06 2011: (Start)

R(t,z) = (1-z)^2 / ((1+t)*(1-z)^2-1) = 1/(t - (2*z + 3*z^2 + 4*z^3 + 5*z^4 + ...)) = 1/t + (1/t)^2*2*z + (1/t)^3*(4+3t)*z^2 + (1/t)^4*(8+12*t+4*t^2)*z^3 + ... gives row reversed polynomials of A181289 with G(t,z) = R(1/t,z)/t.

R(t,z) is related to generators for A033282 and A001003 (t=1) and can be umbrally extended to give a partition generator for A133437. (End)

A refined, reverse version of this array is given in A253722. - Tom Copeland, May 02 2015

The infinitesimal generator (infinigen) for the face polynomials of associahedra A086810/A033282, read as decreasing powers, (and for the dual simplicial complex read as increasing powers) can be formed from the row polynomials P(n,t) of this entry. This type of infinigen is presented in A145271 for general sets of binomial Sheffer polynomials. This specific infinigen is presented in analytic form in A086810. Given the column vector of row polynomials V = (P(0,t) = 1, P(1,y) = 2 t, P(2,y) = 3 t + 4 t^2, P(3,y) = 4 t + 12 t^2 + 8 t^3, ...), form the lower triangular matrix M(n,k) = V(n-k,n-k), i.e., diagonally multiply the matrix with all ones on the diagonal and below by the components of V. Form the matrix MD by multiplying A132440^Transpose = A218272 = D (representing derivation of o.g.f.s) by M, i.e., MD = M*D. The non-vanishing component of the first row of (MD)^n * V / (n+1)! is the n-th face polynomial. - Tom Copeland, Dec 11 2015

T is the convolution triangle of the positive integers starting at 2 (see A357368). - Peter Luschny, Oct 19 2022

This is a transform of A046802 treating it as an array of h-vectors, so y is replaced by (y+1) in the e.g.f. for A046802.

An e.g.f. for the reversed row polynomials with signs is given by exp(a.(0;t)x) = [e^{(1+t)x} [1+t(1-e^(-x))]]^(-1) = 1 - (1+2t)x + (1+5t+5t^2)x^2/2! + ... . The reciprocal is an e.g.f. for the reversed face polynomials of the simplices A074909, i.e., exp(b.(0;t)x) = e^{(1+t)x} [1+t(1-e^(-x))] = 1 + (1+2t)x +(1+3t+3t^2) x^2/2! + ... , so the relations of A133314 apply between the two sets of polynomials. In particular, umbrally [a.(0;t)+b.(0;t)]^n vanishes except for n=0 for which it's unity, implying the two sets of Appell polynomials formed from the two bases, a_n(z;t) = (a.(0;t)+z)^n and b_n(z;t) = (b.(0;t) + z)^n, are an umbral compositional inverse pair, i.e., b_n(a.(x;t);t)= x^n = a_n(b.(x;t);t). Raising operators for these Appell polynomials are related to the polynomials of A028246, whose reverse polynomials are given by A123125 * A007318. Compare: A248727 = A007318 * A123125 * A007318 and A046802 = A007318 * A123125. See A074909 for definitions and related links. - Tom Copeland, Jan 21 2015

The o.g.f. for the umbral inverses is Og(x) = x / (1 - x b.(0;t)) = x / [(1-tx)(1-(1+t)x)] = x + (1+2t) x^2 + (1+3t+3t^2) x^3 + ... . Its compositional inverse is an o.g.f for signed A033282, the reverse f-polynomials for the simplicial duals of the Stasheff polytopes, or associahedra of type A, Oginv(x) =[1+(1+2t)x-sqrt[1+2(1+2t)x+x^2]] / (2t(1+t)x) = x - (1+2t) x^2 + (1+5t+5t^2) x^3 + ... . Contrast this with the o.g.f.s related to the corresponding h-polynomials in A046802. - Tom Copeland, Jan 24 2015

Face vectors, or coefficients of the face polynomials, of the stellahedra, or stellohedra. See p. 59 of Buchstaber and Panov. - Tom Copeland, Nov 08 2016

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

The row length sequence of this array is [1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,...] = A008619(n+2), n>=0.

The row polynomials p(n,x) := Sum_{m=0..floor((n+1)/2)} a(n,m)*x^m produce, for x = (b-a^2)/a^2 (not 0), the two parameter family of sequences K(a,b; n) := (a^(n+1))*p(n,(b-a^2)/a^2) with g.f. K(a,b; x) := (1-sqrt(1-4*x*(a+x*(b-a^2))))/(2*x).

Some members are: K(1,1; n)=A000108(n) (Catalan), K(1,2; n)=A025227(n-1), K(2,1; n)=A025228(n-1), K(1,3; n)=A025229(n-1), K(3,1; n)=A025230(n-1). For a=b=2..10 the sequences K(a,a; n)/a are A068764-A068772.

The column sequences (without leading 0's) are: A000108 (Catalan), A000984 (central binomial), A002457, 2*A002802, 5*A020918, 14*A020920, 42*A020922, ...

a(n,m) is the number of ways to designate exactly m cherries over all binary trees with n internal nodes. A cherry is an internal node whose descendants are both external nodes. Cf. A091894 which gives the number of binary trees with m cherries. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 24 2020

This irregular triangle is essentially that of A011973 with its diagonals multiplied by the Catalan numbers of A000108. The diagonals of this triangle are then rows of the Pascal matrix A007318 multiplied by the Catalan numbers. - Tom Copeland, Dec 23 2023

Row n has 1+floor(n/2) terms. Row sums are the Riordan numbers (A005043). Column 3 yields A033275; column 4 yields A033276.

Related to the number of certain non-crossing partitions for the root system A_n. Cf. p. 12, Athanasiadis and Savvidou. Diagonals are A033282/A086810. Also see A132081 and A100754.- Tom Copeland, Oct 19 2014