A241868 Number of compositions of n such that the smallest part has multiplicity eight.

1, 0, 9, 9, 54, 99, 309, 684, 1720, 3909, 9036, 20178, 44676, 97191, 209151, 444498, 935002, 1947729, 4021429, 8234244, 16732173, 33758283, 67656843, 134751630, 266817214, 525411981, 1029271671, 2006453683, 3893241810, 7521104292, 14468931402, 27724579185

Offset

8,3

Links

Joerg Arndt and Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 8..1000

Formula

a(n) ~ n^8 * ((1+sqrt(5))/2)^(n-17) / (5^(9/2) * 8!). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 02 2014

Maple

b:= proc(n, s) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1,
      `if`(n<s, 0, expand(add(b(n-j, s)*x, j=s..n))))
    end:
a:= proc(n) local k; k:= 8;
      add((p->add(coeff(p, x, i)*binomial(i+k, k),
       i=0..degree(p)))(b(n-j*k, j+1)), j=1..n/k)
    end:
seq(a(n), n=8..40);

Mathematica

b[n_, s_] := b[n, s] = If[n == 0, 1, If[n < s, 0, Expand[Sum[b[n - j, s]*x, {j, s, n}]]]]; a[n_] := With[{k = 8}, Sum[Function[{p}, Sum[Coefficient[p, x, i]*Binomial[i + k, k], {i, 0, Exponent[p, x]}]][b[n - j*k, j + 1]], {j, 1, n/k}]]; Table[a[n], {n, 8, 40}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 09 2015, after Maple *)

Crossrefs

Column k=8 of A238342.

Sequence in context: A371374 A339324 A145971 * A243125 A270008 A255743

Adjacent sequences: A241865 A241866 A241867 * A241869 A241870 A241871

Keyword

nonn

Author

Joerg Arndt and Alois P. Heinz, Apr 30 2014

Status

approved