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Triangular array of coefficients of polynomials p(n,k) defined in Comments
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%I #11 Jul 01 2016 23:58:35

%S 1,2,2,5,12,9,16,68,112,64,65,420,1125,1375,625,326,2910,11124,21600,

%T 20736,7776,1957,22652,114611,311787,470596,369754,117649,13700,

%U 196872,1254976,4455424,9342976,11468800,7602176,2097152,109601,1895148,14699961,65045025

%N Triangular array of coefficients of polynomials p(n,k) defined in Comments

%C The polynomial p(n,x) is defined as the numerator when the sum 1 + 1/(n*x + 1) + 1/((n*x + 1)(n*x + 2)) + ... + 1/((n*x + 1)(n*x + 2)...(n*x + n - 1)) is written as a fraction with denominator (n*x + 1)(n*x + 2)...(n*x + n - 1).

%C These polynomials occur in connection with factorials of numbers of the form [n/k] = floor(n/k); e.g., Sum_{n >= 0} ([n/k]!^k)/n! = Sum_{n >= 0} (n!^k)*p(k,n)/(k*n + k - 1)!.

%H Clark Kimberling, <a href="/A248664/b248664.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5000</a>

%e The first six polynomials:

%e p(1,x) = 1

%e p(2,x) = 2 (1 + x)

%e p(3,x) = 5 + 12 x + 9x^2

%e p(4,x) = 4 (4 + 17 x + 28 x^2 + 16 x^3)

%e p(5,x) = 5 (13 + 84 x + 225 x^2 + 275 x^3 + 125 x^4)

%e p(6,x) = 2 (163 + 1455 x + 5562 x^2 + 10800 x^3 + 10368 x^4 + 3888 x^5)

%e First six rows of the triangle:

%e 1

%e 2 2

%e 5 12 9

%e 16 68 112 64

%e 65 420 1125 1375 625

%e 326 2910 11124 21600 20736 7776

%t t[x_, n_, k_] := t[x, n, k] = Product[n*x + n - i, {i, 1, k}];

%t p[x_, n_] := Sum[t[x, n, k], {k, 0, n - 1}];

%t TableForm[Table[Factor[p[x, n]], {n, 1, 6}]]

%t c[n_] := c[n] = CoefficientList[p[x, n], x];

%t TableForm[Table[c[n], {n, 1, 10}]] (* A248664 array *)

%t Flatten[Table[c[n], {n, 1, 10}]] (* A248664 sequence *)

%t u = Table[Apply[GCD, c[n]], {n, 1, 60}] (* A248666 *)

%t Flatten[Position[u, 1]] (* A248667 *)

%t Table[Apply[Plus, c[n]], {n, 1, 60}] (* A248668 *)

%t Table[p[x, n] /. x -> -1, {n, 1, 30}] (* A153229 signed *)

%Y Cf. A248665, A248666, A248667, A248668, A248669.

%K nonn,tabl,easy

%O 1,2

%A _Clark Kimberling_, Oct 11 2014