A067997 Number of (unordered) ways of making change for n cents using coins of 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 cents (all historical U.S.A. coinage denominations up to 100 cents).

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 17, 25, 35, 48, 64, 85, 110, 141, 178, 222, 275, 337, 409, 493, 589, 702, 830, 977, 1144, 1333, 1549, 1792, 2065, 2372, 2714, 3100, 3528, 4005, 4534, 5119, 5769, 6485, 7273, 8140, 9089, 10135, 11276, 12524, 13885, 15366, 16983, 18738

Offset

0,2

Comments

The U.S.A. issued the following unusual denomination coins during the 18th and 19th centuries: 1/2-cent pieces, 1793-1857; 2-cent pieces, 1864-1873; 3-cent pieces, 1851-1889; and 20-cent pieces, 1875-1878. This sequence is also the number of ways of making change for n cents using coins of 1 (two types, say, old pre-1858 "large cents" and 1856-to-present "small cents"), 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 cents. For present purposes, one of the two types of 1-cent piece is actually taken to be two 1/2-cent pieces.

References

R. S. Yeoman, A Guide Book of United States Coins, Ed. Kenneth Bressett, 53rd Edition (2000). New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. pp. 72-77, 92-93, 104-106, 135. (also known as The Official Red Book of United States Coins)

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..46.

Ron Guth, Your Online Reference For U.S. Coins

Mitch Hight, United States Coinage History

Clint Leland, U.S. Coins Quantities Minted

Index entries for sequences related to making change.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, order 217.

Formula

G.f.: 1/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)*(1-x^3)*(1-x^5)*(1-x^10)*(1-x^20)*(1-x^25)*(1-x^50)*(1-x^100))

Example

a(2)=4 because change can be made for 2 cents in these 4 ways: (1) 4 1/2-cent coins, (2) 2 1/2-cent, 1 1-cent, (3) 2 1-cent, (4) 1 2-cent coin.

Mathematica

CoefficientList[ Series[1 / ((1 - x)^2(1 - x^2)(1 - x^3)(1 - x^5)(1 - x^10)(1 - x^20)(1 - x^25)(1 - x^50)(1 - x^100)), {x, 0, 50} ], x]

Prog

(PARI) a(n)=polcoeff(1/((1-x)^2*(1-x^2)*(1-x^3)*(1-x^5)*(1-x^10)*(1-x^20)*(1-x^25)*(1-x^50)*(1-x^100)+x*O(x^n)), n)

Crossrefs

Cf. A067996, A067995, A001314 (two kinds of nickels), A028291 (analog for 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5 only, or 1(two types), 2, 3, 5 only).

Sequence in context: A266901 A117649 A028291 * A175491 A034379 A007000

Adjacent sequences: A067994 A067995 A067996 * A067998 A067999 A068000

Keyword

easy,nonn

Author

Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 08 2002

Status

approved