OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
A(k,n) is the number of sequences (X_1, X_2, ..., X_k) of subsets of the set {1, 2, ..., n} such that intersect_{j=1..k} X_j = null.
REFERENCES
Richard P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 1, Second edition, 2012, p. 14 (Example 1.1.16).
LINKS
L. Edson Jeffery, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..45
EXAMPLE
Array A begins:
1 3 7 15 31 63
1 9 49 225 961 3969
1 27 343 3375 29791 250047
1 81 2401 50625 923521 15752961
1 243 16807 759375 28629151 992436543
1 729 117649 11390625 887503681 62523502209
1 2187 823543 170859375 27512614111 3938980639167
1 6561 5764801 2562890625 852891037441 248155780267521
1 19683 40353607 38443359375 26439622160671 15633814156853823
MATHEMATICA
(* Array *)
a[k_, n_] := (2^k - 1)^n; Grid[Table[a[k, n], {n, 12}, {k, 12}]]
(* Array antidiagonals flattened *)
Flatten[Table[(2^k - 1)^(n - k + 1), {n, 12}, {k, n}]]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
L. Edson Jeffery, Aug 22 2014
STATUS
approved