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A058127 Triangle read by rows: T(j,k) is the number of acyclic functions from {1,...,j} to {1,...,k}. For n >= 1, a(n) = (k-j)*k^(j-1), where k is such that C(k,2) < n <= C(k+1,2) and j = (n-1) mod C(k,2). Alternatively, table T(k,j) read by antidiagonals with k >= 1, 0 <= j <= k: T(k,j) = number of acyclic-function digraphs on k vertices with j vertices of outdegree 1 and (k-j) vertices of outdegree 0; T(k,j) = (k-j)*k^(j-1). 7
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 8, 16, 1, 4, 15, 50, 125, 1, 5, 24, 108, 432, 1296, 1, 6, 35, 196, 1029, 4802, 16807, 1, 7, 48, 320, 2048, 12288, 65536, 262144, 1, 8, 63, 486, 3645, 26244, 177147, 1062882, 4782969, 1, 9, 80, 700, 6000, 50000, 400000, 3000000, 20000000, 100000000 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
An acyclic function f from domain D={1,...,j} to codomain C={1,...,k} is a function such that, for every subset A of D, f(A) does not equal A. Equivalently, an acyclic function f "eventually sends" under successive composition all elements of D to {j+1,...,k}. An acyclic-function digraph G is a labeled directed graph that satisfies (i) all vertices have outdegree 0 or 1; (ii) if vertex x has outdegree 0 and vertex y has outdegree 1, then x > y; (iii) G has no cycles and no loops. There is a one-to-one correspondence between acyclic functions from D to C and acyclic-function digraphs with j vertices of outdegree 1 and j-k vertices of outdegree 0.
n-th row of the triangle is the n-th iterate of "perform binomial transform operation" (bto) on current row to get next row, extracting the leftmost n terms for n-th row (i.e., all terms left of the zero). First row is (bto): [1, -1, 0, 0, 0, ...]. 5th row is 1, 4, 15, 50, 125, since (bto) performed 5 times iteratively on [1, -1, 0, 0, 0, ...] = 1, 4, 15, 50, 125, 0, -31, ... - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 30 2005
T(k,j) can be shown to be equal to the number of spanning trees of the complete graph on k vertices that contain a specific subtree with k-j-1 edges. - John L. Chiarelli, Oct 04 2016
T(k-1, j-1) is also the number of parking functions with j cars and k spots (see Theorem 2.2 in Kenyon and Yin). - Stefano Spezia, Apr 09 2021
LINKS
Richard Kenyon and Mei Yin, Parking functions: From combinatorics to probability, arXiv:2103.17180 [math.CO] (2021).
Henri Mühle, Ballot-Noncrossing Partitions, Proceedings of the 31st Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (Ljubljana), Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire (2019) Vol. 82B, Article #7.
Jim Pitman and Richard P. Stanley, A polytope related to empirical distributions, plane trees, parking functions, and the associahedron, Discrete Comput. Geom. 27: 603-634 (2002).
FORMULA
For fixed m = k-j, a(n) = T(k, j) = T(m+j, j) = m*(m+j)^(j-1). Exponential generating function g for T(m+j, j) = m*(m+j)^(j-1) is given by g(t) = exp(-m*W(-t)), where W denotes the principal branch of Lambert's W function. Lambert's W function satisfies W(t)*exp(W(t)) = t for t >= -exp(-1).
T(n, k) = Sum_{i=0..k} T(n-1, i) * binomial(k, i) if k < n. - Michael Somos, Sep 20 2017
EXAMPLE
a(6) = T(3,2) = 3 because there are 3 acyclic functions from {1,2} to {1,2,3}: {(1,2),(2,3)}, {(1,3),(2,3)} and {(1,3),(2,1)}.
Triangle begins:
1;
1, 1;
1, 2, 3;
1, 3, 8, 16;
1, 4, 15, 50, 125;
1, 5, 24, 108, 432, 1296;
1, 6, 35, 196, 1029, 4802, 16807;
1, 7, 48, 320, 2048, 12288, 65536, 262144;
...
MAPLE
T := proc(n, k) (n-k)*n^(k-1) end; seq(print(seq(T(n, k), k=0..n-1)), n=1..9); # Peter Luschny, Jan 14 2009
MATHEMATICA
t[n_, k_] := (n-k)*n^(k-1); Table[t[n, k], {n, 1, 10}, {k, 0, n-1}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 03 2013 *)
PROG
(Magma) /* As triangle */ [[(n-k)*n^(k-1): k in [0..n-1]]: n in [1.. 10]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 11 2017
(PARI) {T(n, k) = if( k<0 || k>n, 0, n==0, 1, (n-k) * n^(k-1))}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 20 2017 */
CROSSREFS
The sum of antidiagonals is A058128. The sequence b(n) = T(n, n-1) for n >= 1 is A000272, labeled trees on n nodes.
The sequence c(n) = T(n, n-2) for n >= 2 is A007334(n). The sequence d(n) = T(n, n-3) for n >= 3 is A089463(n-3,0). - Peter Luschny, Apr 22 2009
Sequence in context: A300866 A130477 A226513 * A244490 A133935 A139633
KEYWORD
nice,nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
Dennis P. Walsh, Nov 14 2000
EXTENSIONS
a(32) corrected by T. D. Noe, Jan 25 2008
STATUS
approved

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