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%I #11 Jan 01 2023 17:58:57
%S 1,1,2,8,28,108,524,2608,14176,86576,550672,3782496,27843880,
%T 214071392,1751823600,15041687664,134843207240,1269731540864,
%U 12427331494304,126619822952928,1341762163389920,14712726577081248,167209881188545344,1963715680476759040,23794190474350155856
%N Number of multisets of multisets, each of odd size, whose multiset union is a size-n multiset covering an initial interval.
%H Andrew Howroyd, <a href="/A356933/b356933.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500</a>
%H Gus Wiseman, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR-C_picqWlu0KOguRGWaPjhS2HY7m43aGXGDcolDh4Qtyy-pu2lkq5mbHAbiMSyQoiIESG2mCGtc2j/pub">Counting and ranking classes of multiset partitions related to gapless multisets</a>
%e The a(4) = 28 multiset partitions:
%e {1}{111} {1}{112} {1}{123} {1}{234}
%e {1}{1}{1}{1} {1}{122} {1}{223} {2}{134}
%e {1}{222} {1}{233} {3}{124}
%e {2}{111} {2}{113} {4}{123}
%e {2}{112} {2}{123} {1}{2}{3}{4}
%e {2}{122} {2}{133}
%e {1}{1}{1}{2} {3}{112}
%e {1}{1}{2}{2} {3}{122}
%e {1}{2}{2}{2} {3}{123}
%e {1}{1}{2}{3}
%e {1}{2}{2}{3}
%e {1}{2}{3}{3}
%t sps[{}]:={{}};sps[set:{i_,___}]:=Join@@Function[s,Prepend[#,s]&/@sps[Complement[set,s]]]/@Cases[Subsets[set],{i,___}];
%t mps[set_]:=Union[Sort[Sort/@(#/.x_Integer:>set[[x]])]&/@sps[Range[Length[set]]]];
%t allnorm[n_]:=If[n<=0,{{}},Function[s,Array[Count[s,y_/;y<=#]+1&,n]]/@Subsets[Range[n-1]+1]];
%t Table[Length[Select[Join@@mps/@allnorm[n],OddQ[Times@@Length/@#]&]],{n,0,5}]
%o (PARI)
%o EulerT(v)={Vec(exp(x*Ser(dirmul(v,vector(#v,n,1/n))))-1, -#v)}
%o R(n,k) = {EulerT(vector(n, j, if(j%2 == 1, binomial(j+k-1, j))))}
%o seq(n) = {concat([1], sum(k=1, n, R(n, k)*sum(r=k, n, binomial(r, k)*(-1)^(r-k)) ))} \\ _Andrew Howroyd_, Jan 01 2023
%Y A000041 counts integer partitions, strict A000009.
%Y A000670 counts patterns, ranked by A333217, necklace A019536.
%Y A011782 counts multisets covering an initial interval.
%Y Cf. A055887, A063834, A072233, A270995, A304969, A349050, A349055.
%Y Odd-size multisets are counted by A000302, A027193, A058695, ranked by A026424.
%Y Other conditions: A034691, A116540, A255906, A356937, A356942.
%Y Other types: A050330, A356932, A356934, A356935.
%K nonn
%O 0,3
%A _Gus Wiseman_, Sep 08 2022
%E Terms a(9) and beyond from _Andrew Howroyd_, Jan 01 2023