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A209081
Floor(A152170(n)/n^n). Floor of the expected value of the cardinality of the image of a function from [n] to [n].
1
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 24, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 29, 29, 30, 31, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 36, 37, 38
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
From the first commentary of A152170, a(n)= floor(A152170(n)/n^n) = floor((n(n^n-(n-1)^n))/n^n) = floor(n-(n-1)^n/n^(n-1)).
FORMULA
a(n) = floor(n-(n-1)^n/n^(n-1)).
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 1 because the image of a function from [1] to [1] has one value. a(2) = 1 since we can consider functions with domain {x,y}, and image {X,Y}. We can have f(x)=X, f(y)=X; f(x)=X, f(y)=Y; f(x)=Y, f(y)=Y; f(x)=Y, f(y)=X.
The sum of the cardinalities of the images divided by the number of functions is (1+2+1+2)/4 = 1.5. Floor(1.5)=1.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A152170.
Sequence in context: A280814 A319433 A253671 * A248610 A168581 A024699
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Washington Bomfim, Mar 05 2012
STATUS
approved