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A122753 A Bezier transform applied to Stirling numbers of the second kind to produce a new triangular array similar to A088996 for Stirling numbers of the first kind. 1
1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 4, -5, 1, 0, 1, 11, -14, 1, 2, 0, 1, 26, -24, -29, 36, -9, 0, 1, 57, 1, -244, 281, -104, 9, 0, 1, 120, 225, -1259, 1401, -454, -83, 50, 0, 1, 247, 1268, -5081, 4621, 911, -3422, 1723, -267, 0, 1, 502, 5278, -16981, 5335, 30871, -44260, 24739, -5897, 413 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,12

COMMENTS

The similarity of the Steinbach polynomials/ triangular array to Stirling numbers made me realize that the Bezier transform would work on Stirling numbers as well. A088996 comes up from a Bezier transform of Stirling numbers of the first kind similar to this.

REFERENCES

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972, pp. 824-825.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, "Stirling Number of the Second Kind." http://mathworld.wolfram.com/StirlingNumberoftheSecondKind.html

Peter Steinbach, "Golden Fields: A Case for the Heptagon", Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 1, Feb. 1997.

LINKS

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].

FORMULA

T(n,m)=StirlingS2[m, n] Bezier transform: T'(n,m)=CoefficientList[Sum[StirlingS2[m, n]*x^n*(1 - x)^(m - n), {n, 0, m}], x]

EXAMPLE

1

0, 1

0, 1

0, 1, 1,-1

0, 1, 4,-5, 1

0, 1, 11, -14, 1, 2

0, 1, 26, -24, -29, 36, -9

MATHEMATICA

a = Table[CoefficientList[Sum[StirlingS2[m, n]*x^n*(1 - x)^(m - n), {n, 0, m}], x], {m, 0, 10}]; Flatten[a]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A088996, A122610.

Sequence in context: A132022 A200013 A178219 * A016714 A113950 A121906

Adjacent sequences:  A122750 A122751 A122752 * A122754 A122755 A122756

KEYWORD

sign,tabl,uned

AUTHOR

Roger Bagula and Gary Adamson (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 21 2006

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