Search: id:A120434 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A120434 %S A120434 2,4,2,8,14,2,16,66,36,2,32,262,342,82,2,64,946,2416,1436,176,2,128, %T A120434 3222,14394,16844,5364,366,2,256,10562,76908,156190,99560,18654,748,2, %U A120434 512,33734,381566,1242398,1378310,528818,61946,1514,2 %N A120434 Triangle read by rows: counts permutations by number of big descents. %C A120434 A big descent in a permutation (x_1,x_2,...,x_n) is a position i such that x_i - x_(i+1) >= 2. T(n,k) is the number of permutations on [n] with k big descents. The mean number of big descents in permutations on [n] is (n-1)(n-2)/(2n). For S(n,k):=number of permutations on [n] with k small descents, that is, indices i such that x_i - x_(i+1) = 1, the gf Sum_{n>=0,k>=0}S(n+1,k) x^n/n! y^k is 1/(E^(x(1 - y))*(1 - x)^2). %C A120434 T(n,k) is also the number of recursive trees with n+1 vertices and k+2 leaves. (A recursive tree on n vertices is a rooted tree with the vertices labeled 1, 2, ... n, such that the root is labeled 1 and every path starting at the root is increasing with respect to the labels.) - Taral Guldahl Seierstad (seiersta(AT)informatik.hu-berlin.de), Oct 12 2006 %C A120434 In the comment by T. G. Seierstad, the term "leaf" means "vertex incident with exactly one edge." Thus if the root has only one child, the root is a leaf. T(n,k) is the number of trees rooted at 0 on vertex set {0,1,2,...,n} that contain k+1 leaves (here a leaf is a vertex with no children) and such that, for i = 0,1,...,n-1, there is exactly one vertex larger than i incident with i. For example, T(3,0) = 4 counts {0->1->2->3}, {0->1->3->2}, {0->2->3->1}, {0->3->2->1} and T(3,1) = 2 counts {0->2->1,2->3}, {0->3->1,3->2} (the arrows indicate edges directed away from the root). - David Callan (callan(AT)stat.wisc.edu), Feb 01 2007 %C A120434 Contribution from Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Sep 19 2008: (Start) %C A120434 If we divide the entries of this array by 2 and then read the rows in reverse order we obtain the array of 2-restricted Eulerian numbers A144696. %C A120434 Two equivalent interpretations of this array are: %C A120434 A) Define a permutation p in the symmetric group S_n to have an r-excedance at position i, 1 <= i <= n-1, if p(i) >= i+r. This array gives the number of permutations in the symmetric group S_n having k 2-excedances (see the last chapter of [Riordan]). For example, in the symmetric group S_3, the two permutations (3,1,2) and (3,2,1) have a single 2-excedance, while the remaining four permutations have no 2-excedances. Hence T(3,0) = 4 and T(3,1) = 2. The triangle of Eulerian numbers A008292 enumerates permutations by 1-excedances (with an offset of 1 in the column indexing). %C A120434 B) T(n,k) gives the number of permutations in the group S_(n+1) starting with a 2 and having k+1 descents [Conger]. For example, in the symmetric group S_4, the permutations (2,1,4,3) and (2,4,3,1) start with a 2 and have two descents so T(3,1) = 2, while the four permutations (2,1,3,4), (2,3,1,4), (2,3,4,1) and (2,4,1,3) start with a 2 and have a single descent giving T(3,0) = 4. %C A120434 (End) %D A120434 J. Riordan, An introduction to combinatorial analysis, J.Wiley, 1958. [From Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Sep 19 2008] %H A120434 Mark Conger. - A refinement of the Eulerian polynomials and the joint distribution of pi(1) and Des(pi) in S_n. [From Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Sep 19 2008] %H A120434 D. Foata, M. Schutzenberger. - Theorie Geometrique des Polynomes Euleriens, Lecture Notes in Math., no.138, Springer Verlag 1970. [From Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Sep 19 2008] %F A120434 T(n,k) = Sum_{j,0,k}(-1)^j (k+1-j) bin[n+1,j] (k+2-j)^(n-1). The generating function F(x,y):=Sum_{n>=0,k>=0}T(n+2,k) x^n/n! y^k is given by F(x, y) = 2E^(2x(1-y)) G(x,y)^3 where G(x,y):=(1 - y)/(1 - E^(x(1 - y)) y) is 1 + Sum_{n>=1,k>=1}a(n,k) x^n/n!*y^k and a(n,k) are the Eulerian numbers A008292. Note the offsets S(n+1) and T(n+2) in the definition of their gf's. A recurrence is given in the Mathematica code below. %F A120434 Contribution from Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Sep 19 2008: (Start) %F A120434 The e.g.f. has the form (A(x,t))^2 = 1 + 2*t + (4 + 2*x)*t^2/2! + (8 + 14*x + 2*x^2)*t^3/3! + ..., where A(x,t) = (1 - x)/(exp(t*x - t) - x) = 1 + t + (1 + x)*t^2/2! + (1 + 4x + x^2)*t^3/3! + ... is the e.g.f. for the Eulerian numbers A008292. %F A120434 Define the row polynomials R(n,x) := sum {k = 0..n-2} T(n,k)*x^k. Then x^2*R(n,x) = A(n,x) + (x-1)*A(n-1,x), where the A(n,x) are the Eulerian polynomials. For example, when n = 4, R(4,x) = 1/x^2*{(x + 11*x^2 + 11*x^3 + x^4) +(x-1)(x + 4*x^2 + x^3)} = 8 + 14*x + 2*x^2. %F A120434 The row polynomials are also related to the Eulerian polynomials via differentiation. For example, d/dx[(1 + 4*x + x^2)/(1-x)^4] = (8 + 14*x + 2*x^2)/(1-x)^5 and d/dx[(1 + 11*x + 11*x^2 + x^3)/(1-x)^5] = (16 + 66*x + 36*x^2 + 2*x^3)/(1-x)^6. %F A120434 Let p be a permutation in the symmetric group S_n. Let cyc(p) denote the number of cycles of p. Let exc(p) denote the number of excedances of p. Then R(n+1,x) = sum {p in S_n} 2^cyc(p)*x^exc(p) ([Foata & Schutzenberger p.40]. For example, for n = 2, the identity permutation (1,2) has 2 cycles and no excedances and so contributes 4 to the sum, while the transposition (2,1) has a single cycle and one excedance and contributes 2*x to the sum; hence R(3,x) = 4 + 2*x. Also R(n+1, x) = sum {k = 1..n} (k+1)!*Stirling2(n,k)*(x-1)^(n-k) for n = 1,2, ... (see [Riordan p.214]). %F A120434 Worpitzky type identities: %F A120434 sum {k = 0..n-2} T(n,k)*binomial(x+k,n) = x*(x-1)^(n-1); %F A120434 sum {k = 0..n-2} T(n,n-2-k)*binomial(x+k,n) = (x-1)*x^(n-1). %F A120434 (End) %e A120434 Table begins %e A120434 \ k..0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5 %e A120434 n %e A120434 2 |..2 %e A120434 3 |..4.....2 %e A120434 4 |..8....14.....2 %e A120434 5 |.16....66....36.....2 %e A120434 6 |.32...262...342....82.....2 %e A120434 7 |.64...946..2416..1436...176.....2 %e A120434 The permutation (5,1,4,2,3) has big descents at i=1 and i=3. T(3,1)=2 counts (3,1,2) and (2,3,1). %t A120434 a[0,0] = 1; a[1,0] = 1; a[n_,k_]/;n<=1 && k>=1 := 0 a[n_,k_]/;k>=n-1> =1 || k<0 := 0 a[n_,k_]/;0<=k<=n-2 := a[n,k] = (k+1)Sum[a[i,k],{i, 0,n-1}] + Sum[(i-k)a[i,k-1],{i,n-1}] Table[a[n,k],{n,0,10},{k,0, Max[0,n-2]}] %Y A120434 Column k=1 is twice A066810. See A010027 for small descents. %Y A120434 Sequence in context: A114593 A114655 A051288 this_sequence A008303 A058942 A072866 %Y A120434 Adjacent sequences: A120431 A120432 A120433 this_sequence A120435 A120436 A120437 %K A120434 nonn,tabl %O A120434 2,1 %A A120434 David Callan (callan(AT)stat.wisc.edu), Jul 14 2006, Sep 25 2006 Search completed in 0.002 seconds