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A022812 Number of terms in n-th derivative of a function composed with itself 4 times. 4
1, 1, 4, 10, 26, 55, 121, 237, 468, 867, 1597, 2821, 4952, 8421, 14206, 23439, 38324, 61570, 98112, 154111, 240197, 370015, 565802, 856664, 1288366, 1921016, 2846572, 4186730, 6122369, 8893904, 12851713, 18460961, 26388354 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

REFERENCES

W. C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu), Derivatives of self-compositions of functions, preprint, 1997.

FORMULA

If a(n, m) = number of terms in m-derivative of a function composed with itself n times, p(n, k) = number of partitions of n into k parts, then a(n, m)=sum{i=0..m}p(m, i)a(n-1, i).

CROSSREFS

Cf. A008778, A022811-A022818, A024207-A024210. First column of A039806.

Sequence in context: A145775 A001214 A200455 * A192306 A000293 A000294

Adjacent sequences:  A022809 A022810 A022811 * A022813 A022814 A022815

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Winston C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu)

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