OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
This sequence and its companion sequences B(n) = A143816(n) and C(n) = A143817(n) may be viewed as generalizations of the Bell numbers A000110. Define a sequence R(n) of real numbers by R(n) = Sum_{k >= 0} (3*k)^n/(3*k)! for n = 0, 1, 2, .... It is easy to verify that this sequence satisfies the recurrence relation u(n+3) = 3*u(n+2) - 2*u(n+1) + Sum_{i = 0..n} binomial(n, i)*3^(n-i)*u(i). Hence R(n) is an integral linear combination of R(0), R(1) and R(2). Some examples are given below.
To find the precise form of the linear relation define two other sequences of real numbers by S(n) = Sum_{k >= 0} (3*k+1)^n/(3*k+1)! and T(n) = Sum_{k >= 0} (3*k+2)^n/(3*k+2)! for n = 0, 1, 2, .... Both S(n) and T(n) satisfy the above recurrence. Then by means of the identities S(n+1) = Sum_{i = 0..n} binomial(n, i)*R(i), T(n+1) = Sum_{i = 0..n} binomial(n, i)*S(i) and R(n+1) = Sum_{i = 0..n} binomial(n, i)*T(i) we obtain the result R(n) = A(n)*R(0) + (B(n) - C(n))*R(1) + C(n)*R(2) = A(n)*R(0) + B(n)*R(1) + C(n)*(R(2) - R(1)) (with corresponding expressions for S(n) and T(n)). This generalizes the Dobinski's relation for the Bell numbers Sum_{k >= 0} k^n/k! = A000110(n)*exp(1).
Some examples of R(n) as a linear combination of R(0), R(1) and R(2) - R(1) are given below. The decimal expansions of R(0) = 1 + 1/3! + 1/6! + 1/9! + ..., R(2) - R(1) = 1/1! + 1/4! + 1/7! + ... and R(1) = 1/2! + 1/5! + 1/8! + ... may be found in A143819, A143820 and A143821 respectively. Compare with A143628 through A143631.
For n > 0, the number of partitions of {1,2,...,n} into 3,6,9,... classes. - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010
LINKS
Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..576
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Bell Polynomial.
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..floor(n/3)} Stirling2(n, 3*k).
Let w = exp(2*Pi*i/3) and set F(x) = (exp(x) + exp(w*x) + exp(w^2*x))/3 = 1 + x^3/3! + x^6/6! + ... . Then the e.g.f. for the sequence is F(exp(x) - 1).
E.g.f. is B(A(x)) where A(x) = exp(x) - 1 and B(x) = 1/3 (exp(x) + 2 exp(-x/2) Cos[(Sqrt[3] x)/2]). - Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010
a(n) = ( Bell_n(1) + Bell_n(w) + Bell_n(w^2) )/3, where Bell_n(x) is n-th Bell polynomial and w = exp(2*Pi*i/3). - Seiichi Manyama, Oct 13 2022
EXAMPLE
R(n) as a linear combination of R(i),
i = 0..2.
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..R(n)..|.....R(0)....R(1)....R(2)..
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..R(3)..|.......1......-2.......3...
..R(4)..|.......6......-5.......7...
..R(5)..|......25......-5......16...
..R(6)..|......91......20......46...
..R(7)..|.....322.....149.....203...
..R(8)..|....1232.....552....1178...
..R(9)..|....5672.....991....7242...
..R(10).|...32202...-3799...43786...
...
Column 2 of the above table is A143818.
R(n) as a linear combination of R(0),R(1)
and R(2) - R(1).
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..R(n)..|.....R(0).....R(1)...R(2)-R(1)
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..R(3)..|.......1........1........3....
..R(4)..|.......6........2........7....
..R(5)..|......25.......11.......16....
..R(6)..|......91.......66.......46....
..R(7)..|.....322......352......203....
..R(8)..|....1232.....1730.....1178....
..R(9)..|....5672.....8233.....7242....
..R(10).|...32202....39987....43786....
...
MAPLE
# (1)
M:=24: a:=array(0..100): b:=array(0..100): c:=array(0..100):
a[0]:=1: b[0]:=0: c[0]:=0:
for n from 1 to M do
b[n]:=add(binomial(n-1, k)*a[k], k=0..n-1);
c[n]:=add(binomial(n-1, k)*b[k], k=0..n-1);
a[n]:=add(binomial(n-1, k)*c[k], k=0..n-1);
end do:
A143815:=[seq(a[n], n=0..M)];
# (2)
seq(add(Stirling2(n, 3*i), i = 0..floor(n/3)), n = 0..24);
# third Maple program:
b:= proc(n, t) option remember; `if`(n=0, irem(t, 2),
add(b(n-j, irem(t+1, 3))*binomial(n-1, j-1), j=1..n))
end:
a:= n-> b(n, 1):
seq(a(n), n=0..25); # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 20 2018
MATHEMATICA
a = Exp[x] - 1; f[x_] := 1/3 (E^x + 2 E^(-x/2) Cos[(Sqrt[3] x)/2]); CoefficientList[Series[f[a], {x, 0, 20}], x]*Table[n!, {n, 0, 20}] [Geoffrey Critzer, Mar 05 2010]
PROG
(PARI) Bell_poly(n, x) = exp(-x)*suminf(k=0, k^n*x^k/k!);
a(n) = my(w=(-1+sqrt(3)*I)/2); round(Bell_poly(n, 1)+Bell_poly(n, w)+Bell_poly(n, w^2))/3; \\ Seiichi Manyama, Oct 13 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Sep 03 2008
STATUS
approved