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A059059
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Card-matching numbers (Dinner-Diner matching numbers).
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1, 0, 0, 0, 6, 36, 0, 324, 0, 324, 0, 36, 12096, 46656, 81648, 93960, 69984, 40824, 11664, 5832, 0, 216, 17927568, 64105344, 109524960, 117863424, 89474544, 49828608, 21352896, 6718464, 1854576, 279936, 69984, 0, 1296
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OFFSET
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0,5
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COMMENTS
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This is a triangle of card matching numbers. Two decks each have n kinds of cards, 3 of each kind. The first deck is laid out in order. The second deck is shuffled and laid out next to the first. A match occurs if a card from the second deck is next to a card of the same kind from the first deck. Triangle T(n,k) is the number of ways of achieving exactly k matches (k=0..3n). The probability of exactly k matches is T(n,k)/(3n)!.
Rows are of length 1,4,7,10,...
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REFERENCES
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F. N. David and D. E. Barton, Combinatorial Chance, Hafner, NY, 1962, Ch. 7 and Ch. 12.
J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, pp. 174-178.
R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics Volume I, Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 71.
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FORMULA
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G.f.: sum(coeff(R(x, n, k), x, j)*(t-1)^j*(n*k-j)!, j=0..n*k) where n is the number of kinds of cards, k is the number of cards of each kind (here k is 3) and R(x, n, k) is the rook polynomial given by R(x, n, k)=(k!^2*sum(x^j/((k-j)!^2*j!))^n (see Stanley or Riordan). coeff(R(x, n, k), x, j) indicates the j-th coefficient on x of the rook polynomial.
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EXAMPLE
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There are 324 ways of matching exactly 2 cards when there are 2 different kinds of cards, 3 of each in each of the two decks so T(2,2)=324.
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MAPLE
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p := (x, k)->k!^2*sum(x^j/((k-j)!^2*j!), j=0..k); R := (x, n, k)->p(x, k)^n; f := (t, n, k)->sum(coeff(R(x, n, k), x, j)*(t-1)^j*(n*k-j)!, j=0..n*k);
for n from 0 to 4 do seq(coeff(f(t, n, 3), t, m), m=0..3*n); od;
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MATHEMATICA
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p[x_, k_] := k!^2*Sum[x^j/((k - j)!^2*j!), {j, 0, k}]; r[x_, n_, k_] := p[x, k]^n; f[t_, n_, k_] := Sum[Coefficient[r[x, n, k], x, j]*(t - 1)^j*(n*k - j)!, {j, 0, n*k}]; Table[ Coefficient[f[t, n, 3], t, m], {n, 0, 4}, {m, 0, 3*n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 21 2013, after Maple *)
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KEYWORD
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nonn,tabf,nice
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AUTHOR
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Barbara Haas Margolius (margolius(AT)math.csuohio.edu)
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approved
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