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A241698
Number of Carlitz compositions of n with exactly eight descents.
2
34, 273, 1374, 5523, 19085, 59043, 167822, 445485, 1117320, 2671007, 6126303, 13552203, 29036088, 60461206, 122706950, 243312768, 472343731, 899329583, 1681962056, 3094108766, 5605224314, 10010276920, 17640174861, 30699341690, 52802429497, 89820432080
OFFSET
24,1
COMMENTS
No two adjacent parts of a Carlitz composition are equal.
LINKS
MAPLE
b:= proc(n, i) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1,
convert(series(add(`if`(i=j, 0, b(n-j, j)*
`if`(j<i, x, 1)), j=1..n), x, 9), polynom))
end:
a:= n-> coeff(b(n, 0), x, 8):
seq(a(n), n=24..50);
CROSSREFS
Column k=8 of A241701.
Sequence in context: A371403 A081219 A254700 * A159776 A295917 A219927
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Apr 27 2014
STATUS
approved