OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Number of set partitions of [n] into blocks of size 2, 3 or 4.
FORMULA
a(n) = (n-1) * a(n-2) + (n-1) * (n-2) * a(n-3) / 2 + (n-1) * (n-2) * (n-3) * a(n-4) / 6.
a(n) ~ 2^(-1 - n/4) * 3^(-n/4) * exp(3/32 - 11*3^(5/4)*n^(1/4)/2^(23/4) + 5*sqrt(3*n)/2^(7/2) + n^(3/4)/6^(1/4) - 3*n/4) * n^(3*n/4) * (1 + 6079*3^(3/4) / (5*2^(49/4)*n^(1/4))). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 21 2025
MATHEMATICA
nmax = 26; CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x^2/2 + x^3/6 + x^4/24], {x, 0, nmax}], x] Range[0, nmax]!
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 0; a[2] = a[3] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = (n - 1) a[n - 2] + (n - 1) (n - 2) a[n - 3]/2 + (n - 1) (n - 2) (n - 3) a[n - 4]/6; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 26}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 21 2025
STATUS
approved
