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A275311
Number of set partitions of [n] with nondecreasing block sizes.
8
1, 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 43, 89, 363, 1096, 4349, 14575, 77166, 265648, 1369284, 6700177, 33526541, 162825946, 1034556673, 5157939218, 33054650345, 206612195885, 1244742654646, 8071979804457, 62003987375957, 381323590616995, 2827411772791596, 22061592185044910
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 3: 123, 1|23, 1|2|3.
a(4) = 7: 1234, 12|34, 13|24, 14|23, 1|234, 1|2|34, 1|2|3|4.
a(5) = 12: 12345, 12|345, 13|245, 14|235, 15|234, 1|2345, 1|23|45, 1|24|35, 1|25|34, 1|2|345, 1|2|3|45, 1|2|3|4|5.
MAPLE
b:= proc(n, i) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1,
add(b(n-j, j)*binomial(n-1, j-1), j=i..n))
end:
a:= n-> b(n, 1):
seq(a(n), n=0..35);
MATHEMATICA
b[n_, i_] := b[n, i] = If[n == 0, 1, Sum[b[n-j, j]*Binomial[n-1, j-1], {j, i, n}]]; a[n_] := b[n, 1]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 35}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 22 2017, translated from Maple *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Jul 22 2016
STATUS
approved