A001721 Generalized Stirling numbers. (Formerly M4803 N2052)

1, 11, 107, 1066, 11274, 127860, 1557660, 20355120, 284574960, 4243508640, 67285058400, 1131047366400, 20099588140800, 376612896038400, 7422410595801600, 153516757766400000, 3325222830101760000, 75283691519393280000, 1778358268603445760000

Offset

0,2

Comments

The asymptotic expansion of the higher order exponential integral E(x,m=2,n=5) ~ exp(-x)/x^2*(1 - 11/x + 107/x^2 - 1066/x^3 + 11274/x^4 - 127860/x^5 + 1557660/x^6 - ... ) leads to the sequence given above. See A163931 and A028421 for more information. - Johannes W. Meijer, Oct 20 2009

References

N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100

D. S. Mitrinovic and R. S. Mitrinovic, Tableaux d'une classe de nombres reliés aux nombres de Stirling, Univ. Beograd. Publ. Elektrotehn. Fak. Ser. Mat. Fiz. No. 77 1962, 77 pp.

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n+k)*binomial(k+1, 1)*5^k*Stirling1(n+1, k+1). - Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004

a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k*binomial(-5,k)/(n-k). - Milan Janjic, Dec 14 2008

a(n) = n!*[4]h(n), where [k]h(n) denotes the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers from 0 to n. With offset 1. - Gary Detlefs, Jan 04 2011

E.g.f.: (1 + 5*log(1/(1-x)))/(1 - x)^6. - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jan 23 2017

Mathematica

f[k_] := k + 4; t[n_] := Table[f[k], {k, 1, n}]; a[n_] := SymmetricPolynomial[n - 1, t[n]]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 16}] (* Clark Kimberling, Dec 29 2011 *)

Crossrefs

Related to n!*(the k-th successive summation of the harmonic numbers): k=0..A000254, k=1..A001705,k= 2..A001711, k=3..A001716, k=4..A001721, k=5..A051524, k=6..A051545, k=7..A051560, k=8..A051562, k=9..A051564.

Sequence in context: A224717 A163413 A287835 * A193308 A080158 A156935

Adjacent sequences: A001718 A001719 A001720 * A001722 A001723 A001724

Keyword

nonn

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

More terms from Borislav Crstici (bcrstici(AT)etv.utt.ro), Jan 26 2004

Status

approved