T(n,k) = (1/3!)*Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(n+1,k-j)*(j+1)^(n-2)*(j+2)*(j+3);
T(n,n-k) = (1/3!)*Sum_{j = 3..k} (-1)^(k-j)*binomial(n+1,k-j)*j^(n-2)*(j-1)*(j-2).
Recurrence relation:
T(n,k) = (k+1)*T(n-1,k) + (n-k)*T(n-1,k-1) with boundary conditions T(n,0) = 1 for n >= 3, T(3,k) = 0 for k >= 1. Special cases: T(n,n-3) = 3^(n-3); T(n,n-4) =
A086443 (n-2).
E.g.f. (with suitable offsets): (1/3)*((1 - x)/(1 - x*exp(t - t*x)))^3 = 1/3 + x*t + (x + 3*x^2)*t^2/2! + (x + 10*x^2 + 9*x^3)*t^3/3! + ... .
The row generating polynomials R_n(x) satisfy the recurrence R_(n+1)(x) = (n*x+1)*R_n(x) + x*(1-x)*d/dx(R_n(x)) with R_3(x) = 1. It follows that the polynomials R_n(x) for n >= 4 have only real zeros (apply Corollary 1.2. of [Liu and Wang]).
The (n+2)-th row generating polynomial = (1/3!)*Sum_{k = 1..n} (k+2)!*Stirling2(n,k)*x^(k-1)*(1-x)^(n-k).
For n >= 3,
(1/3)*(x*d/dx)^(n-2) (1/(1-x)^3) = (x/(1-x)^(n+1)) * Sum_{k = 0..n-3} T(n,k)*x^k,
(1/3)*(x*d/dx)^(n-2) (x^3/(1-x)^3) = (1/(1-x)^(n+1)) * Sum_{k = 3..n} T(n,n-k)*x^k,
(1/(1-x)^(n+1)) * Sum_{k = 0..n-3} T(n,k)*x^k = (1/3!) * Sum_{m >= 0} (m+1)^(n-2)*(m+2)*(m+3)*x^m,
(1/(1-x)^(n+1)) * Sum_{k = 3..n} T(n,n-k)*x^k = (1/3!) * Sum_{m >= 3} m^(n-2)*(m-1)*(m-2)*x^m.
Worpitzky-type identities:
Sum_{k = 0..n-3} T(n,k)* binomial(x+k,n) = (1/3!)*x^(n-2)*(x-1)*(x-2);
Sum_{k = 3..n} T(n,n-k)* binomial(x+k,n) = (1/3!)*(x+1)^(n-2)*(x+2)*(x+3).
Relation with Stirling numbers (Frobenius-type identities):
T(n+2,k-1) = (1/3!) * Sum_{j = 0..k} (-1)^(k-j)* (j+2)!* binomial(n-j,k-j)*Stirling2(n,j) for n,k >= 1;
T(n+2,k-1) = (1/3!) * Sum_{j = 0..n-k} (-1)^(n-k-j)* (j+2)!* binomial(n-j,k)*S(3;n+3,j+3) for n,k >= 1 and
T(n+3,k) = (1/3!) * Sum_{j = 0..n-k} (-1)^(n-k-j)*(j+3)!* binomial(n-j,k)*S(3;n+3,j+3) for n,k >= 0, where S(3;n,k) denotes the 3-Stirling numbers
A143495(n,k).
The row polynomials of this array are related to the 2-Eulerian polynomials (see
A144696). For example, (1/3)*x*d/dx (x^3*(1 + 7*x + 4*x^2)/(1-x)^5) = x^3*(1 + 10*x + 9*x^2)/(1-x)^6 and (1/3)*x*d/dx (x^3*(1 + 18*x + 33*x^2 + 8*x^3)/(1-x)^6) = x^3*(1 + 25*x + 67*x^2 + 27*x^3)/(1-x)^7.
For n >=3, the shifted row polynomial t*R(n,t) = (1/3)*D^(n-2)(f(x,t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1-t)*(1+x)*d/dx and f(x,t) = (1+x*t/(t-1))^(-3). -
Peter Bala, Apr 22 2012
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