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A006932 Number of permutations of [n] with at least one strong fixed point (a permutation p of {1,2,...,n} is said to have j as a strong fixed point if p(k)<j for k<j and p(k)>j for k>j).
(Formerly M2862)
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1, 1, 3, 10, 43, 223, 1364, 9643, 77545, 699954, 7013079, 77261803, 928420028, 12085410927, 169413357149, 2544367949634, 40758600588283, 693684669653911, 12499734669634036, 237734433597317987, 4759174459355303521 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

REFERENCES

Problem E3467, Amer. Math. Monthly, 100 (1993), 800-801.

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Stanley, R. P., Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1 (1986), p. 49.

K. Wayland, personal communication.

LINKS

V. Strehl, The average number of splitters in a random permutation [Unpublished; included here with the author's permission.]

MAPLE

t1 := sum(n!*x^n, n=0..100): F := series(t1/(1+x*t1), x, 100): for i from 1 to 40 do printf(`%d, `, i!-coeff(F, x, i)) od:

MATHEMATICA

m = 22; s = Sum[n!*x^n, {n, 0, m}]; Range[0, m-1]! - CoefficientList[Series[s/(1+x*s), {x, 0, m}], x][[1;; m]] // Rest (* From Jean-François Alcover, Apr 28 2011, after Maple code *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A052186.

Sequence in context: A030833 A157313 A030971 * A001040 A162286 A032269

Adjacent sequences:  A006929 A006930 A006931 * A006933 A006934 A006935

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms and Maple code from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), Mar 13 2000

Edited by Emeric Deutsch, Oct 29 2008

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