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A024207 Number of terms in n-th derivative of a function composed with itself 7 times. 14

%I #20 Jul 19 2018 12:14:56

%S 1,1,7,28,105,322,952,2541,6539,15833,37148,83594,183289,389520,

%T 809820,1643375,3272797,6390745,12279337,23208483,43252360,79483096,

%U 144265338,258673983,458747540,804877837,1398356706,2406328974,4104352128,6940717598,11643270856

%N Number of terms in n-th derivative of a function composed with itself 7 times.

%D W. C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu), Derivatives of self-compositions of functions, preprint, 1997.

%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A024207/b024207.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H W. C. Yang, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0012-365X(99)00412-4">Derivatives are essentially integer partitions</a>, Discrete Mathematics, 222(1-3), July 2000, 235-245.

%F If a(n,m) = number of terms in m-derivative of a function composed with itself n times, p(n,k) = number of partitions of n into k parts, then a(n,m) = sum_{i=0..m} p(m,i)*a(n-1,i).

%t b[n_, i_, k_] := b[n, i, k] = If[n < k, 0, If[n == 0, 1, If[i < 1, 0, Sum[b[n - i*j, i - 1, k - j], {j, 0, Min[n/i, k]}]]]];

%t a[n_, k_] := a[n, k] = If[k == 1, 1, Sum[b[n, n, i]*a[i, k-1], {i, 0, n}]];

%t a[n_] := a[n, 7];

%t Table[a[n], {n, 0, 30}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Apr 28 2017, after _Alois P. Heinz_ *)

%Y Cf. A008778, A022811-A022817, A024208-A024210. First column of A050301.

%Y Column k=7 of A022818.

%K nonn

%O 0,3

%A Winston C. Yang (yang(AT)math.wisc.edu)

%E More terms from _Alois P. Heinz_, Aug 18 2012

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