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A098124
Number of compositions of n in which the largest part is equal to the number of parts.
16
1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 30, 54, 92, 160, 282, 492, 859, 1490, 2570, 4428, 7627, 13098, 22421, 38290, 65265, 111018, 188475, 319380, 540266, 912397, 1538371, 2589858, 4353820, 7309362, 12255474, 20523307, 34328731, 57357184, 95733131, 159626049
OFFSET
1,3
FORMULA
G.f.: Sum_{k>=1} ((x^(k+1)-x)^k - (x^k-x)^k)/(x-1)^k.
EXAMPLE
a(7)=10 because we have 223, 232, 322, 133, 313, 331, 1114, 1141, 1411 and 4111.
MAPLE
G:=sum(((x^(k+1)-x)^k-(x^k-x)^k)/(x-1)^k, k=1..25):Gser:=series(G, x=0, 45):seq(coeff(Gser, x^n), n=1..42); # Emeric Deutsch, Apr 16 2005
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A329101 A024866 A076058 * A020992 A025110 A075346
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 25 2004
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Apr 16 2005
STATUS
approved