OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
A perfect composition of n is one whose sequence of parts contains one composition of every positive integer less than n.
LINKS
Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..20000
A. O. Munagi, Perfect Compositions of Numbers, J. Integer Seq. 23 (2020), art. 20.5.1.
FORMULA
a(1)=1, a(n) = Sum_{k=1..Omega(n+1)} k! * A251683(n+1,k), n>1.
EXAMPLE
a(7) = 11 because the perfect compositions are 1111111, 1222, 2221, 1114, 4111, 124, 142, 214, 241, 412, 421.
For example, 241 generates the compositions of 1,...,6: 1,2,21,4,41,24.
MAPLE
b:= proc(n) option remember; expand(x*(1+add(b(n/d),
d=numtheory[divisors](n) minus {1, n})))
end:
a:= n-> (p-> add(coeff(p, x, i)*i!, i=1..degree(p)))(b(n+1)):
seq(a(n), n=0..100); # Alois P. Heinz, Jan 15 2020
MATHEMATICA
b[n_] := b[n] = x(1+Sum[b[n/d], {d, Divisors[n]~Complement~{1, n}}]);
a[n_] := With[{p = b[n+1]}, Sum[Coefficient[p, x, i] i!, {i, Exponent[p, x]}]];
a /@ Range[0, 100] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 17 2020, after Alois P. Heinz *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Augustine O. Munagi, Dec 30 2019
STATUS
approved