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A001286
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Lah numbers: (n-1)*n!/2.
(Formerly M4225 N1766)
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53
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1, 6, 36, 240, 1800, 15120, 141120, 1451520, 16329600, 199584000, 2634508800, 37362124800, 566658892800, 9153720576000, 156920924160000, 2845499424768000, 54420176498688000, 1094805903679488000, 23112569077678080000
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OFFSET
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2,2
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COMMENTS
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Sum((-1)^i * i^(n+1) * binomial( n, i), i=0..n) = (-1)^n * n * (n+1)! /2. - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 26 2000
Number of surjections from {1,...,n} to {1,....,n-1}. - Benoit Cloitre, Dec 05 2003
a(n+1)=(-1)^(n+1)*det(M_n) where M_n is the n X n matrix M_(i,j)=max(i*(i+1)/2,j*(j+1)/2). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 03 2004
First Eulerian transform of 0,1,2,3,4,... . - Ross La Haye, Mar 05 2005
With offset 0 : determinant of the n X n matrix m(i,j)=(i+j+1)!/i!/j!. - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 11 2005
These numbers arise when expressing n(n+1)(n+2)..(n+k)[n+(n+1)+(n+2)+..+(n+k)] as sums of squares: n(n+1)[n+(n+1)] = 6(1+4+9+16+ .. + n^2), n(n+1)(n+2)[n+(n+1)+(n+2)]=36(1+(1+4)+(1+4+9)+..+(1+4+9+16+ .. + n^2)), n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)[n+(n+1)+(n+2)+(n+3)]= 240(....), ... . - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Oct 16 2006
a(n) = number of edges in the Hasse diagram for the weak Bruhat order on the symmetric group S_n. For permutations p,q in S_n, q covers p in the weak Bruhat order if p,q differ by an adjacent transposition and q has one more inversion than p. Thus 23514 covers 23154 due to the transposition that interchanges the third and fourth entries. Cf. A002538 for the strong Bruhat order. - David Callan, Nov 29 2007
a(n) is also the number of excedances in all permutations of {1,2,...,n} (an excedance of a permutation p is a value j such p(j)>j). Proof: j is exceeded (n-1)! times by each of the numbers j+1, j+2, ..., n; now, Sum[(n-j)(n-1)!,j=1..n)=n!(n-1)/2. Example: a(3)=6 because the number of excedances of the permutations 123, 132, 312, 213, 231, 321 are 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, respectively. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 15 2008
(-1)^(n+1)*a(n) is the determinant of the n X n matrix whose (i,j)-th element is 0 for i = j, is j-1 for j>i, and j for j < i. - Michel Lagneau, May 04 2010
Row sums of the triangle in A030298. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 29 2012
a(n) is the total number of ascents (descents) over all n-permutations. a(n) = Sum_{k=1,...,n} A008292(n,k)*k. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jan 06 2013
For m>=4, a(m-2) is the number of Hamiltonian cycles in a simple graph with m vertices which is complete, except for one edge. Proof: think of distinct round-table seatings of m persons such that persons "1" and "2" may not be neighbors; the count is (m-3)(m-2)!/2. See also A001710. - Stanislav Sykora, Jun 17 2014
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REFERENCES
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A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, p. 90, ex. 4.
L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 156.
A. P. Prudnikov, Yu. A. Brychkov and O.I. Marichev, "Integrals and Series", Volume 1: "Elementary Functions", Chapter 4: "Finite Sums", New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986-1992.
J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 44.
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).
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LINKS
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..100
INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 399
Milan Janjic, Enumerative Formulas for Some Functions on Finite Sets
Sandi Klavžar, Uroš Milutinović and Ciril Petr, Hanoi graphs and some classical numbers, Expo. Math. 23 (2005), no. 4, 371-378.
S. Lehr, J. Shallit and J. Tromp, On the vector space of the automatic reals, Theoret. Comput. Sci. 163 (1996), no. 1-2, 193-210.
P. A. Piza, Kummer numbers, Mathematics Magazine, 21 (1947/1948), 257-260.
P. A. Piza, Kummer numbers, Mathematics Magazine, 21 (1947/1948), 257-260. [Annotated scanned copy]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Permutation Ascent
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FORMULA
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E.g.f.: x^2/[2(1-x)^2]. - Ralf Stephan, Apr 02 2004
Row sums of table A051683. - Alford Arnold, Sep 29 2006
5th binomial transform of A135218: (1, 1, 1, 25, 25, 745, 3145,...). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 23 2007
If we define f(n,i,x)= sum(sum(binomial(k,j)*stirling1(n,k)*stirling2(j,i)*x^(k-j),j=i..k),k=i..n) then a(n)=(-1)^n*f(n,2,-2), (n>=2). - Milan Janjic, Mar 01 2009
a(n) = A000217(n-1)*A000142(n-1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 15 2010
a(n) = (n+1)!*sum(1/(k^2+3*k+2),k=1..n-1). - Gary Detlefs, Sep 14 2011
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EXAMPLE
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a(10) = (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)*(1*2*3*4*5*6*7*8*9) = 16329600. - Reinhard Zumkeller, May 15 2010
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MAPLE
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a:=n->sum(j*n!, j=0..n): seq(a(n), n=0..19); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 01 2006
seq(sum(mul(j, j=3..n), k=2..n), n=2..21); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 01 2007
a:=n->sum(k*mul(k, k=1..n), k=1..n):seq(a(n), n=1...19); # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 11 2008
G(x):=x^2/(1-x)^2: f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 20 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1], x) od: x:=0: seq(f[n]/2, n=2..20); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 01 2009
with(combinat):seq(n/2*numbperm(n+1, n), n=1..19); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 17 2009
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MATHEMATICA
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lst={}; s=0; Do[s=s+n; AppendTo[lst, n!*s], {n, 30}]; lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Sep 07 2008 *)
Table[Sum[n!, {i, 2, n}]/2, {n, 2, 20}] (* Zerinvary Lajos, Jul 12 2009 *)
nn=20; With[{a=Accumulate[Range[nn]], t=Range[nn]!}, Times@@@Thread[{a, t}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 26 2013 *)
Table[(n - 1) n! / 2, {n, 2, 30}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 09 2016 *)
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PROG
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(Sage) [(n-1)*factorial(n)/2 for n in xrange(2, 21)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 16 2009
(Haskell)
a001286 n = sum[1..n-1] * product [1..n-1]
-- _Reinhard Zumkeler_, Aug 01 2011
(Maxima) A001286(n):=(n-1)*n!/2$
makelist(A001286(n), n, 1, 30); /* Martin Ettl, Nov 03 2012 */
(PARI) a(n)=(n-1)*n!/2 \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Nov 20 2012
(MAGMA) [(n-1)*Factorial(n)/2: n in [2..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 09 2016
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A001710, A052609, A062119, A075181, A060638, A060608, A060570, A060612, A135218, A019538, A053495, A051683, A213168.
A002868 is an essentially identical sequence.
Column 2 of |A008297|.
Third column (m=2) of triangle |A111596(n, m)|: matrix product of |S1|.S2 Stirling number matrices.
Sequence in context: A066053 A153824 A180119 * A181964 A199422 A049431
Adjacent sequences: A001283 A001284 A001285 * A001287 A001288 A001289
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane
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STATUS
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approved
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