OFFSET
8,2
REFERENCES
See A000771.
FORMULA
G.f.: x^8/product_{k=1..8} (1-k*x).
E.g.f.: ((exp(x)-1)^8)/8!.
a(n) = det(|s(i+8,j+7)|, 1 <= i,j <= n-8), where s(n,k) are Stirling numbers of the first kind. - Mircea Merca, Apr 06 2013
MATHEMATICA
lst={}; Do[f=StirlingS2[n, 8]; AppendTo[lst, f], {n, 8, 5!}]; lst (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Sep 27 2008 *)
CoefficientList[Series[1/((1 - x) (1 - 2 x) (1 - 3 x) (1 - 4 x) (1 - 5 x) (1 - 6 x) (1 - 7 x) (1 - 8 x)), {x, 0, 25}], x] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jun 20 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved