OFFSET
0,5
REFERENCES
Charles Jordan, Calculus of Finite Differences, Chelsea 1965, p. 513.
EXAMPLE
MAPLE
(This defines the Cotesian numbers C(n, i)) with(combinat); C:=proc(n, i) if i=0 or i=n then RETURN( (1/n!)*add(n^a*stirling1(n, a)/(a+1), a=1..n+1) ); fi; (1/n!)*binomial(n, i)* add( add( n^(a+b)*stirling1(i, a)*stirling1(n-i, b)/((b+1)*binomial(a+b+1, b+1)), b=1..n-i+1), a=1..i+1); end;
MATHEMATICA
cn[n_, 0] := Sum[n^j*StirlingS1[n, j]/(j + 1), {j, 1, n + 1}]/n!; cn[n_, n_] := cn[n, 0]; cn[n_, k_] := 1/n!*Binomial[n, k]*Sum[n^(j + m)*StirlingS1[k, j]*StirlingS1[n - k, m]/((m + 1)*Binomial[j + m + 1, m + 1]), {m, 1, n}, {j, 1, k + 1}]; Table[cn[n, 0] // Numerator, {n, 0, 24}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 16 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,frac
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 04 2004
STATUS
approved