OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
In general, for m >=0, Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k) * k^m / k! ~ A000587(m) * (-1)^n * exp(-1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 18 2025
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..448
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Bell Polynomial.
Wikipedia, Touchard polynomials
FORMULA
a(0) = 0; a(n) = -n*a(n-1) + n^5.
E.g.f.: B_5(x) * exp(x) / (1+x), where B_n(x) = Bell polynomials.
a(n) ~ -2*(-1)^n * exp(-1) * n!. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 18 2025
MAPLE
f:= proc(n) option remember;
- n*procname(n-1)+n^5
end proc:
f(0):= 0:
seq(f(i), i=0..21); # Robert Israel, May 13 2025
MATHEMATICA
Table[-5*n + 3*n^3 + n^4 - 2*(-1)^n*n*Subfactorial[n-1], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 18 2025 *)
PROG
(PARI) my(N=30, x='x+O('x^N)); concat(0, Vec(serlaplace(sum(k=0, 5, stirling(5, k, 2)*x^k)*exp(x)/(1+x))))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Jan 04 2024
STATUS
approved
