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A024430 Let A(0) = 1, B(0) = 0; A(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*B(k), B(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*A(k); entry gives A sequence (cf. A024429). 12
1, 0, 1, 3, 8, 25, 97, 434, 2095, 10707, 58194, 338195, 2097933, 13796952, 95504749, 692462671, 5245040408, 41436754261, 340899165549, 2915100624274, 25857170687507, 237448494222575, 2253720620740362, 22078799199129799, 222987346441156585 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

Number of partitions of an n-element set into an even number of classes.

REFERENCES

L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 226, 5th line of table.

A. Fekete and others, Problem 10791, Amer. Math. Monthly, 108 (No. 2, 2001), 177-178.

L. Lovasz, Combinatorial Problems and Exercises, North-Holland, 1993, pp. 15, 148.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n) = S(n, 2) + S(n, 4) + ... + S(n, 2k), where k = [ n/2 ], S(i, j) are Stirling numbers of second kind.

E.g.f.: cosh(exp(x)-1) - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jan 28, 2001

a(n) = (A000110(n) + A000587(n)) / 2. - Peter Luschny, Apr 25 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A024429, A121867, A121868, A000110, A000587.

Sequence in context: A130522 A006219 A009268 * A182927 A012408 A184325

Adjacent sequences:  A024427 A024428 A024429 * A024431 A024432 A024433

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu)

EXTENSIONS

Description changed by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jun 14 2003 and again Sep 05 2006

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