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A022812
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Number of terms in n-th derivative of a function composed with itself 4 times.
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6
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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, 37519159, 53101687, 74792210
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OFFSET
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0,3
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REFERENCES
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W. C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu), Derivatives of self-compositions of functions, preprint, 1997.
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FORMULA
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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).
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MATHEMATICA
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b[n_, i_, k_] := b[n, i, k] = If[n < k, 0, If[n == 0, 1, If[i < 1, 0, Sum[b[n - i*j, i - 1, k - j], {j, 0, Min[n/i, k]}]]]];
a[n_, k_] := a[n, k] = If[k == 1, 1, Sum[b[n, n, i]*a[i, k-1], {i, 0, n}]];
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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Winston C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu)
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STATUS
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approved
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