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A134954 Number of "hyperforests" on n labeled nodes, i.e., hypergraphs that have no cycles, assuming that each edge contains at least two vertices. 40
1, 1, 2, 8, 55, 562, 7739, 134808, 2846764, 70720278, 2021462055, 65365925308, 2359387012261, 94042995460130, 4102781803365418, 194459091322828280, 9950303194613104995, 546698973373090998382, 32101070021048906407183, 2006125858248695722280564 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
The part of the name "assuming that each edge contains at least two vertices" is ambiguous. It may mean that not all n vertices have to be covered by some edge of the hypergraph, i.e., it is not necessarily a spanning hyperforest. However it is common to represent uncovered vertices as singleton edges, as in my example. - Gus Wiseman, May 20 2018
REFERENCES
D. E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Generating All Combinations and Partitions Fascicle 3, Section 7.2.1.4. Generating all partitions. Page 38, Algorithm H. - Washington Bomfim, Sep 25 2008
LINKS
N. J. A. Sloane, Transforms
FORMULA
Exponential transform of A030019. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 30 2008
Binomial transform of A304911. - Gus Wiseman, May 20 2018
a(n) = Sum of n!*Product_{k=1..n} (A030019(k)/k!)^c_k / (c_k)! over all the partitions of n, c_1 + 2c_2 + ... + nc_n; c_1, c_2, ..., c_n >= 0. - Washington Bomfim, Sep 25 2008
a(n) ~ exp((n+1)/LambertW(1)) * n^(n-2) / (sqrt(1+LambertW(1)) * exp(2*n+2) * (LambertW(1))^n). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 26 2014
EXAMPLE
From Gus Wiseman, May 20 2018: (Start)
The a(3) = 8 labeled spanning hyperforests are the following:
{{1,2,3}}
{{1,3},{2,3}}
{{1,2},{2,3}}
{{1,2},{1,3}}
{{3},{1,2}}
{{2},{1,3}}
{{1},{2,3}}
{{1},{2},{3}}
(End)
MAPLE
b:= proc(n) option remember; add(Stirling2(n-1, i) *n^(i-1), i=0..n-1) end: B:= proc(n) x-> add(b(k) *x^k/k!, k=0..n) end: a:= n-> coeff(series(exp(B(n)(x)), x, n+1), x, n) *n!: seq(a(n), n=0..30); # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 09 2008
MATHEMATICA
b[n_] := b[n] = Sum[StirlingS2[n-1, i]*n^(i-1), {i, 0, n-1}]; B[n_][x_] := Sum[b[k] *x^k/k!, {k, 0, n}]; a[0]=1; a[n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ Exp[B[n][x]], {x, 0, n}] *n!; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 13 2015, after Alois P. Heinz *)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A183282 A139016 A367753 * A087422 A081667 A117496
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Don Knuth, Jan 26 2008
STATUS
approved

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