OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Can be understood as a convolution matrix or as a sequence-to-triangle transformation similar to the partial Bell polynomials defined as: S -> T(n, k, S) = Sum_{j=0..n-k+1} C(n-1,j-1)*S(j)*T(n-j,k-1,S) if k != 0 else S(0)^n. Here S(n) = n!. The case S(n) = n gives the triangle of idempotent numbers A059297 and the case S(n) = 1 for all n leads to A256894.
EXAMPLE
Triangle starts:
1;
1, 1;
1, 3, 1;
1, 11, 7, 1;
1, 49, 47, 13, 1;
1, 261, 341, 139, 21, 1;
MAPLE
# Implemented as a sequence transformation acting on f: n -> n!.
F := proc(n, k, f) option remember; `if`(k=0, f(0)^n,
add(binomial(n-1, j-1)*f(j)*F(n-j, k-1, f), j=0..n-k+1)) end:
for n from 0 to 7 do seq(F(n, k, j->j!), k=0..n) od;
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Peter Luschny, Apr 28 2015
STATUS
approved