OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Polynomials from A140749/A141412 are linked to Stirling1 (see A048594, A129841, A140749). See also P. Flajolet, X. Gourdon, B. Salvy in, available on Internet, RR-1857.pdf (preprint of unavailable Gazette des Mathematiciens 55, 1993, pp. 67-78; for graph 2 see also X. Gourdon RR-1852.pdf, pp. 64-65). What is the corresponding graph for A152650/A152656 = simplified A009998/A119502 linked, via A152818, to a(n), then Stirling2? - Paul Curtz, Dec 16 2008
Denominators in rational approximations of Lambert W(1). See Ramanujan, Notebooks, volume 2, page 22: "2. If e^{-x} = x, shew that the convergents to x are 1/2, 4/7, 21/37, 148/261, &c." Numerators in A006153. - Michael Somos, Jan 21 2019
Call an element g in a semigroup a group element if g^j = g for some j > 1. Then a(n) is the number of group elements in the semigroup of partial transformations of an n-set. Hence a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A154372(n,k)*k!. - Geoffrey Critzer, Nov 27 2021
REFERENCES
O. Ganyushkin and V Mazorchuk, Classical Finite Transformation Semigroups, Springer, 2009, page 70.
S. Ramanujan, Notebooks, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 1957 Vol. 2, see page 22.
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..411
W. S. Gray and M. Thitsa, System Interconnections and Combinatorial Integer Sequences, in: System Theory (SSST), 2013 45th Southeastern Symposium on, Date of Conference: 11-11 March 2013.
G. Jiraskova and J. Shallit, The state complexity of star-complement-star, arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5353 [cs.FL], 2012. - From N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 21 2012
FORMULA
E.g.f.: 1 / (exp(-x) - x).
a(n) = n!*Sum_{k=0..n} (n-k+1)^k/k!. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 31 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*Stirling2(n, k)*A052820(k). - Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 12 2004
Recurrence: a(n+1) = 1 + Sum_{j=1..n} binomial(n, j)*a(j)*j. - Jon Perry, Apr 25 2005
E.g.f.: 1/(Q(0) - x) where Q(k) = 1 - x/(2*k+1 - x*(2*k+1)/(x - (2*k+2)/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction ). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 04 2013
a(n) ~ n!/((1+c)*c^(n+1)), where c = A030178 = LambertW(1) = 0.5671432904... - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 26 2013
O.g.f.: Sum_{k>=0} k!*x^k/(1 - (k + 1)*x)^(k+1). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Oct 09 2018
a(n) = A006153(n+1)/(n+1). - Seiichi Manyama, Nov 05 2024
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + 2*x + 7*x^2 + 37*x^3 + 261*x^4 + 2301*x^5 + 24343*x^6 + ...
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[1/(Exp[-x]-x), {x, 0, 20}], x]* Range[0, 20]! (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 26 2013 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, n! SeriesCoefficient[ 1 / (Exp[-x] - x), {x, 0, n}]]; (* Michael Somos, Jan 21 2019 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, n! Sum[ (n - k + 1)^k / k!, {k, 0, n}]]; (* Michael Somos, Jan 21 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * polcoeff( 1 / (exp(-x + x * O(x^n)) - x), n))};
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n! * sum(k=0, n, (n-k+1)^k / k!))}; /* Michael Somos, Jan 21 2019 */
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Michael Somos, Jun 23 2002
STATUS
approved