A246117 Number of parity preserving permutations of the set {1,2,...,n} with exactly k cycles.

1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 2, 5, 4, 1, 0, 4, 12, 13, 6, 1, 0, 12, 40, 51, 31, 9, 1, 0, 36, 132, 193, 144, 58, 12, 1, 0, 144, 564, 904, 769, 376, 106, 16, 1, 0, 576, 2400, 4180, 3980, 2273, 800, 170, 20, 1, 0, 2880, 12576, 23300, 24080, 15345, 6273, 1650, 270, 25, 1

Offset

1,9

Comments

An analog of the Stirling numbers of the first kind, A008275.

A permutation p of the set {1,2,...,n} is called a parity-preserving permutation if p(i) = i (mod 2) for i = 1,2,...,n. The set of all such permutations forms a subgroup of order A010551 of the symmetric group on n letters. This triangle gives the number of parity preserving permutations of the set {1,2,...,n} with exactly k cycles. An example is given below.

If we write a parity-preserving permutation p in one line notation as ( p(1) p(2) p(3)... p(n) ) then the first entry p(1) is odd and thereafter the entries alternate in parity. Thus the permutation p belongs to the set of parity-alternate permutations studied by Tanimoto.

The row generating polynomials form the polynomial sequence x, x^2, x^2*(x + 1), x^2*(x + 1)^2, x^2*(x + 1)^2*(x + 2), x^2*(x + 1)^2*(x + 2)^2, .... Except for differences in offset, this triangle is the Galton array G(floor(n/2),1) in the notation of Neuwirth with inverse array G(-floor(k/2),1). See A246118 for the unsigned version of the inverse array.

From Peter Bala, Apr 12 2018: (Start)

In the cycle decomposition of a parity preserving permutation, the entries in a given cycle are either all even or all odd. Define T(n,k,i), 1 <= i <= k-1, (a refinement of the table number T(n,k)) to be the number of parity preserving permutations of the set {1,2,...,n} with exactly k cycles and with i of the cycles having all even entries. Clearly, T(n,k) = Sum_{i = 1..k-1} T(n,k,i).

A simple combinatorial argument (cf. Dzhumadil'daev and Yeliussizov, Proposition 5.3) gives the recurrences

T(2*n,k,i) = T(2n-1,k-1,i-1) + (n-1)*T(2*n-1,k,i) and

T(2*n+1,k,i) = T(2*n,k-1,i) + n*T(2*n,k,i).

The solution to these recurrences for n >= 1 is T(2*n,k,i) = S1(n,i)*S1(n,k-i) and T(2*n+1,k,i) = S1(n,i)*S1(n+1,k-i), where S1(n,k) = |A008275(n,k)| denotes the (unsigned) Stirling cycle numbers of the first kind. Kotesovec's formula for T(n,k) below follows immediately from this. Cf. A274310. (End)

Triangle of allowable Stirling numbers of the first kind (with a different offset). See Cai and Readdy, Table 4. - Peter Bala, Apr 14 2018

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..66.

Y. Cai and M. Readdy, Negative q-Stirling numbers, arXiv:1506.03249 [math.CO], 2015.

A. Dzhumadil'daev and D. Yeliussizov, Walks, partitions, and normal ordering, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 22(4) (2015), #P4.10.

E. Neuwirth, Recursively defined combinatorial functions: Extending Galton's board, Discrete Math. 239 (2001) 33-51.

Shinji Tanimoto, Alternate Permutations and Signed Eulerian Numbers, arXiv:math/0612135 [math.CO], 2006; Ann. Comb. 14 (2010), 355.

Formula

Recurrence equations: T(1,1) = 1, T(n,1) = 0 for n >= 2; T(n,k) = 0 for k > n; otherwise T(n+1,k) = floor(n/2)*T(n,k) + T(n,k-1).

Row generating polynomials R(n,x): R(2*n,x) = ( x*(x + 1)*...*(x + n - 1) )^2; R(2*n + 1,x) = R(2*n,x)*(x + n) with the convention R(0,x) = 1.

Row sums: A010551; Column 3: A203151;

First subdiagonal: A002620; 2nd subdiagonal: A203246.

T(n,k) = (-1)^(n-k) * sum_{j=1..k-1} Stirling1(floor((n+1)/2),j) * Stirling1(floor(n/2),k-j), for k>1. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 09 2015

Example

Triangle begins
n\k| 1   2    3    4    5   6   7   8
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
1  | 1
2  | 0   1
3  | 0   1    1
4  | 0   1    2    1
5  | 0   2    5    4    1
6  | 0   4   12   13    6   1
7  | 0  12   40   51   31   9   1
8  | 0  36  132  193  144  58  12  1
...
n = 5: The 12 parity-preserving permutations of S_5 and their cycle structure are shown in the table below.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Parity-preserving      Cycle structure     # cycles
permutation
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
54123                   (153)(24)              2
34521                   (135)(24)              2
34125                   (13)(24)(5)            3
14523                   (1)(24)(35)            3
32541                   (135)(2)(4)            3
52143                   (153)(2)(4)            3
54321                   (15)(24)(3)            3
32145                   (13)(2)(4)(5)          4
14325                   (1)(24)(3)(5)          4
12543                   (1)(2)(35)(4)          4
52341                   (15)(2)(3)(4)          4
12345                   (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)        5
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
This gives row 5 as [2, 5, 4, 1] with generating function 2*x^2 + 5*x^3 + 4*x^4 + x^5 = ( x*(x + 1) )^2 * (x + 2).

Maple

A246117 := proc(n, k)
    if n = k then
        1;
    elif k <= 1 or k > n then
        0;
    else
        floor((n-1)/2)*procname(n-1, k)+procname(n-1, k-1) ;
    end if;
end proc:
seq(seq(A246117(n, k), k=1..n), n=1..8) ; # R. J. Mathar, Oct 01 2016

Mathematica

Flatten[{1, Rest[Table[Table[(-1)^(n-k) * Sum[StirlingS1[Floor[(n+1)/2], j] * StirlingS1[Floor[n/2], k-j], {j, 1, k-1}], {k, 1, n}], {n, 1, 12}]]}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 09 2015 *)

Crossrefs

A002620 (1st subdiagonal), A008275, A010551 (row sums and column k = 2), A125300, A203151 (column k = 3), A203246 (2nd subdiagonal), A246118 (unsigned matrix inverse).

Cf. A187235, A274310.

Sequence in context: A292892 A074142 A059084 * A295688 A355610 A355609

Adjacent sequences: A246114 A246115 A246116 * A246118 A246119 A246120

Keyword

nonn,easy,tabl

Author

Peter Bala, Aug 14 2014

Status

approved