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A024209
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Number of terms in n-th derivative of a function composed with itself 9 times.
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5
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1, 1, 9, 45, 201, 735, 2517, 7785, 22857, 63024, 166819, 422537, 1035971, 2456694, 5672347, 12756334, 28053280, 60371967, 127479247, 264311585, 539102751, 1082474167, 2142579168, 4183251750, 8064722973, 15360809911, 28928858208, 53896616704, 99398216733
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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}]];
a[n_] := a[n, 9];
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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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