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A008970 Triangle T(n,k) = P(n,k)/2, n >= 2, 1<=k<n, of one-half of number of permutations of 1..n such that the differences have k runs with the same signs. 11
1, 1, 2, 1, 6, 5, 1, 14, 29, 16, 1, 30, 118, 150, 61, 1, 62, 418, 926, 841, 272, 1, 126, 1383, 4788, 7311, 5166, 1385, 1, 254, 4407, 22548, 51663, 59982, 34649, 7936, 1, 510, 13736, 100530, 325446, 553410, 517496, 252750, 50521, 1, 1022, 42236 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,3

REFERENCES

L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 261, #13, P_{n,k}.

F. N. David, M. G. Kendall and D. E. Barton, Symmetric Function and Allied Tables, Cambridge, 1966, p. 260, Table 7.2.1.

LINKS

M. Bona and R. Ehrenborg, [math/9902020] A combinatorial proof of the log-concavity of the numbers of permutations with k runs

FORMULA

Let P(n, k) = number of permutations of [1..n] with k "sequences". Note that A008970 gives P(n, k)/2. Then g.f.: Sum_{n, k} P(n, k)*u^k*t^n/n! = (1+u)^(-1)*((1-u)*(1-sin(v+t*cos(v))-1) where u = sin v.

P(n, 1)=2, P(n, k) = k*P(n-1, k) + 2*P(n-1, k-1) + (n-k)*P(n-1, k-2).

EXAMPLE

1; 1,2; 1,6,5; 1,14,29,16; ...

CROSSREFS

Diagonals give A000352, A000486, A000506, A000111, A000708, A091303. A059427 gives triangle of P(n, k).

Sequence in context: A108767 A046817 A193817 * A055896 A193723 A159965

Adjacent sequences:  A008967 A008968 A008969 * A008971 A008972 A008973

KEYWORD

tabl,nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Feb 01 2001

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