OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
T(n, k) is the number of relations from an n-element set into a k-element set, n >= 0, 0 <= k <= n.
T(n,k) is the size of the right principal ideal generated by A where A is an n X n matrix over GF(2) having rank k. The right principal ideal of A contains precisely the matrices whose image is contained in the image of A. - Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 25 2022
LINKS
Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1325 (rows n = 0..50, flattened)
Mohammad K. Azarian, Remarks and Conjectures Regarding Combinatorics of Discrete Partial Functions, Int'l Math. Forum (2022) Vol. 17, No. 3, 129-141.
FORMULA
T(n,k) = 2^(n*k).
EXAMPLE
T(3,3) = number of relations from a 3-element set into a 3-element set=2^(3*3)=512.
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1 2
1 4 16
1 8 64 512
1 16 256 4096 65536
1 32 1024 32768 1048576 33554432
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MATHEMATICA
Table[2^(n*k), {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Mohammad K. Azarian, May 10 2021
STATUS
approved