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A000248
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Expansion of e.g.f. exp(x*exp(x)).
(Formerly M2857 N1148)
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104
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1, 1, 3, 10, 41, 196, 1057, 6322, 41393, 293608, 2237921, 18210094, 157329097, 1436630092, 13810863809, 139305550066, 1469959371233, 16184586405328, 185504221191745, 2208841954063318, 27272621155678841, 348586218389733556, 4605223387997411873
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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Number of forests with n nodes and height at most 1.
Equivalently, number of idempotent mappings f from a set of n elements into itself (i.e., satisfying f o f = f). - Robert FERREOL, Oct 11 2007
In other words, a(n) = number of idempotents in the full semigroup of maps from [1..n] to itself. [Tainiter]
a(n) is the number of ways to select a set partition of {1,2,...,n} and then designate one element in each block (cell) of the partition.
Let set B have cardinality n. Then a(n) is the number of functions f:D->C over all partitions {D,C} of B. See the example in the Example Section below. We note that f:empty set->B is designated as the null function, whereas f:B->empty set is undefined unless B itself is empty. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 05 2013
In physics, a(n) would be interpreted as the number of projection operators P on S_n, i.e., ones satisfying P^2 = P. Example: a particle with a half-integer spin s has a spin space with 2s+1 base states which admits a(2s+1) linear projection operators (including the identity). These are important because they satisfy the operator identity exp(zU) = 1+(exp(z)-1)*U, valid for any complex z. - Stanislav Sykora, Nov 03 2016
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REFERENCES
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L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 91.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge, Vol. 2, 1999; see Problem 5.32(d).
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LINKS
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Xing Gao and William F. Keigher, Interlacing of Hurwitz series, Communications in Algebra, 45:5 (2017), 2163-2185, DOI: 10.1080/00927872.2016.1226885. See Ex. 2.13.
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FORMULA
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G.f.: G(0) where G(k) = 1 - x*(-1+2*k*x)^(2*k+1)/((x-1+2*k*x)^(2*k+2) - x*(x-1+2*k*x)^(4*k+4)/(x*(x-1+2*k*x)^(2*k+2) - (2*x-1+2*k*x)^(2*k+3)/G(k+1))) (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 26 2013
E.g.f.: 1 + x/(1+x)*(G(0) - 1) where G(k) = 1 + exp(x)/(k+1)/(1-x/(x+(1)/G(k+1))) (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Feb 04 2013
Recurrence: a(0)=1, a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n-1,k-1)*k*a(n-k). - James East, Mar 30 2014
Asymptotics (Harris and Schoenfeld, 1968): a(n) ~ sqrt((r+1)/(2*Pi*(n+1)*(r^2+3*r+1))) * n! * exp((n+1)/(r+1)) / r^n, where r is the root of the equation r*(r+1)*exp(r) = n+1. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 13 2014
More precise asymptotics: a(n) ~ n^(n + 1/2) / (sqrt(1 + 3*r + r^2) * exp(n - r*exp(r) + r/2) * r^(n + 1/2)), where r = 2*w - 1/(2*w) + 5/(8*w^2) - 19/(24*w^3) + 209/(192*w^4) - 763/(480*w^5) + 4657/(1920*w^6) - 6855/(1792*w^7) + 199613/(32256*w^8) + ... and w = LambertW(sqrt(n)/2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 20 2023
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EXAMPLE
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a(3)=10 since, for B={1,2,3}, we have 10 functions: 1 function of the type f:empty set->B; 6 functions of the type f:{x}->B\{x}; and 3 functions of the type f:{x,y}->B\{x,y}. - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 05 2013
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MAPLE
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a:= proc(n) option remember; if n=0 then 1 else add(binomial(n-1, j) *(j+1) *a(n-1-j), j=0..n-1) fi end: seq(a(n), n=0..20); # Zerinvary Lajos, Mar 28 2009
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MATHEMATICA
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CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x Exp[x]], {x, 0, 20}], x]*Table[n!, {n, 0, 20}]
a[0] = 1; a[1] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = a[n - 1] + Sum[(Binomial[n - 1, j] + (n - 1) Binomial[n - 2, j]) a[j], {j, 0, n - 2}]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 20}] (* David Callan, Oct 04 2013 *)
Flatten[{1, Table[Sum[Binomial[n, k]*(n-k)^k, {k, 0, n}], {n, 1, 20}]}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Jul 13 2014 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n)=sum(k=0, n, binomial(n, k)*(n-k)^k); \\ Paul D. Hanna, Jun 26 2009
(PARI) x='x+O('x^66); Vec(serlaplace(exp(x*exp(x)))) \\ Joerg Arndt, Oct 06 2013
(Sage) # uses[bell_matrix from A264428]
B = bell_matrix(lambda k: k+1, 20)
print([sum(B.row(n)) for n in range(20)]) # Peter Luschny, Sep 03 2019
(Magma) m:=25; R<x>:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), m); b:=Coefficients(R!(Exp(x*Exp(x)))); [Factorial(n-1)*b[n]: n in [1..m]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 01 2020
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn,nice
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AUTHOR
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EXTENSIONS
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In view of the multiple appearances of this sequence, I replaced the definition with the simple exponential generating function. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 16 2018
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STATUS
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approved
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