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Numerator of Cotesian number C(n,0).
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%I #6 Jan 16 2013 09:08:33

%S 0,1,1,1,7,19,41,751,989,2857,16067,434293,1364651,8181904909,

%T 90241897,5044289,15043611773,5026792806787,203732352169,

%U 69028763155644023,1145302367137,1022779523247467,396760150748100749,750218743980105669781,35200969735190093

%N Numerator of Cotesian number C(n,0).

%D Charles Jordan, Calculus of Finite Differences, Chelsea 1965, p. 513.

%e 0, 1/2, 1/6, 1/8, 7/90, 19/288, 41/840, 751/17280, 989/28350, 2857/89600, 16067/598752, 434293/17418240, 1364651/63063000, 8181904909/402361344000, ... = A100620/A100621 = A002177/A002176 (the latter is not in lowest terms)

%p (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;

%t 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 *)

%Y See A002176 for further references. A diagonal of A100640/A100641.

%K nonn,frac

%O 0,5

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Dec 04 2004