OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
|a(n,k)| = number of partitions of {1..n} into k lists, where a list means an ordered subset.
Let N be a Poisson random variable with parameter (mean) lambda, and Y_1,Y_2,... independent exponential(theta) variables, independent of N, so that their density is given by (1/theta)*exp(-x/theta), x > 0. Set S=Sum_{i=1..N} Y_i. Then E(S^n), i.e., the n-th moment of S, is given by (theta^n) * L_n(lambda), n >= 0, where L_n(y) is the Lah polynomial Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n,k)| * y^k. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 09 2010
For y = lambda > 0, formula 2) for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) dated Feb 02 2010 can be restated as follows: L_n(lambda) is the n-th ascending factorial moment of the Poisson distribution with parameter (mean) lambda. - Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 10 2010
See A111596 for an expression of the row polynomials in terms of an umbral composition of the Bell polynomials and relation to an inverse Mellin transform and a generalized Dobinski formula. - Tom Copeland, Nov 21 2011
Also the Bell transform of the sequence (-1)^(n+1)*(n+1)! without column 0. For the definition of the Bell transform see A264428. - Peter Luschny, Jan 28 2016
Named after the Slovenian mathematician and actuary Ivo Lah (1896-1979). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 13 2021
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John Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 44.
S. Gill Williamson, Combinatorics for Computer Science, Computer Science Press, 1985; see p. 176.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Rows n=1..100 of triangle, flattened
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P. Blasiak, K. A. Penson, and A. I. Solomon, The general boson normal ordering problem, arXiv:quant-ph/0402027, 2004.
Tom Copeland, Generators, Inversion, and Matrix, Binomial, and Integral Transforms, 2015.
Tom Copeland, Lagrange a la Lah, 2011.
Siad Daboul, Jan Mangaldan, Michael Z. Spivey, and Peter J. Taylor, The Lah Numbers and the n-th Derivative of exp(1/x), Math. Mag., Vol. 86, No. 1 (2013), pp. 39-47.
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FORMULA
a(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*A007318(n-1, m-1)/m!, n >= m >= 1.
a(n+1, m) = (n+m)*a(n, m)+a(n, m-1), a(n, 0) := 0; a(n, m) := 0, n < m; a(1, 1)=1.
a(n, m) = ((-1)^(n-m+1))*L(1, n-1, m-1) where L(1, n, m) is the triangle of coefficients of the generalized Laguerre polynomials n!*L(n, a=1, x). These polynomials appear in the radial l=0 eigen-functions for discrete energy levels of the H-atom.
|a(n, m)| = Sum_{k=m..n} |A008275(n, k)|*A008277(k, m), where A008275 = Stirling numbers of first kind, A008277 = Stirling numbers of second kind. - Wolfdieter Lang
If L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k (a Lah polynomial) then the e.g.f. for L_n(y) is exp(x*y/(1-x)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Jan 06 2001
E.g.f. for the k-th column (unsigned): x^k/(1-x)^k/k!. - Vladeta Jovovic, Dec 03 2002
a(n, k) = (n-k+1)!*N(n, k) where N(n, k) is the Narayana triangle A001263. - Philippe Deléham, Jul 20 2003
From Shai Covo (green355(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 02 2010: (Start)
We have the following expressions for the Lah polynomial L_n(y) = Sum_{k=0..n} |a(n, k)|*y^k -- exact generalizations of results in A000262 for A000262(n) = L_n(1):
1) L_n(y) = y*exp(-y)*n!*M(n+1,2,y), n >= 1, where M (=1F1) is the confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind;
2) L_n(y) = exp(-y)* Sum_{m>=0} y^m*[m]^n/m!, n>=0, where [m]^n = m*(m+1)*...*(m+n-1) is the rising factorial;
3) L_n(y) = (2n-2+y)L_{n-1}(y)-(n-1)(n-2)L_{n-2}(y), n>=2;
4) L_n(y) = y*(n-1)!*Sum_{k=1..n} (L_{n-k}(y) k!)/((n-k)! (k-1)!), n>=1. (End)
The row polynomials are given by D^n(exp(-x*t)) evaluated at x = 0, where D is the operator (1-x)^2*d/dx. Cf. A008277 and A035342. - Peter Bala, Nov 25 2011
n!C(-xD,n) = Lah(n,:xD:) where C(m,n) is the binomial coefficient, xD= x d/dx, (:xD:)^k = x^k D^k, and Lah(n,x) are the row polynomials of this entry. E.g., 2!C(-xD,2)= 2 xD + x^2 D^2. - Tom Copeland, Nov 03 2012
From Tom Copeland, Sep 25 2016: (Start)
The Stirling polynomials of the second kind A048993 (A008277), i.e., the Bell-Touchard-exponential polynomials B_n[x], are umbral compositional inverses of the Stirling polynomials of the first kind signed A008275 (A130534), i.e., the falling factorials, (x)_n = n! binomial(x,n); that is, umbrally B_n[(x).] = x^n = (B.[x])_n.
An operational definition of the Bell polynomials is (xD_x)^n = B_n[:xD:], where, by definition, (:xD_x:)^n = x^n D_x^n, so (B.[:xD_x:])_n = (xD_x)_n = :xD_x:^n = x^n (D_x)^n.
Let y = 1/x, then D_x = -y^2 D_y; xD_x = -yD_y; and P_n(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_n = (-1)^n (1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n, the row polynomials of this entry in operational form, e.g., P_3(:yD_y:) = (-yD_y)_3 = (-yD_y) (yD_y-1) (yD_y-2) = (-1)^3 (1/y)^3 (y^2 D_y)^3 = -( 6 :yD_y: + 6 :yD_y:^2 + :yD_y:^3 ) = - ( 6 y D_y + 6 y^2 (D_y)^2 + y^3 (D_y)^3).
Therefore, P_n(y) = e^(-y) P_n(:yD_y:) e^y = e^(-y) (-1/y)^n (y^2 D_y)^n e^y = e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = P_n(1/x) and P_n(x) = e^(-1/x) x^n (D_x)^n e^(1/x) = e^(-1/x) (:x D_x:)^n e^(1/x). (Cf. also A094638.) (End)
EXAMPLE
|a(2,1)| = 2: (12), (21); |a(2,2)| = 1: (1)(2). |a(4,1)| = 24: (1234) (24 ways); |a(4,2)| = 36: (123)(4) (6*4 ways), (12)(34) (3*4 ways); |a(4,3)| = 12: (12)(3)(4) (6*2 ways); |a(4,4)| = 1: (1)(2)(3)(4) (1 way).
Triangle:
-1;
2, 1;
-6, -6, -1;
24, 36, 12, 1;
-120, -240, -120, -20, -1; ...
MAPLE
A008297 := (n, m) -> (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1, m-1)/m!;
MATHEMATICA
a[n_, m_] := (-1)^n*n!*Binomial[n-1, m-1]/m!; Table[a[n, m], {n, 1, 10}, {m, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 12 2012, after Maple *)
PROG
(Sage)
def A008297_triangle(dim): # computes unsigned T(n, k).
M = matrix(ZZ, dim, dim)
for n in (0..dim-1): M[n, n] = 1
for n in (1..dim-1):
for k in (0..n-1):
M[n, k] = M[n-1, k-1]+(2+2*k)*M[n-1, k]+((k+1)*(k+2))*M[n-1, k+1]
return M
A008297_triangle(9) # Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2012
(Haskell)
a008297 n k = a008297_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
a008297_row n = a008297_tabl !! (n-1)
a008297_tabl = [-1] : f [-1] 2 where
f xs i = ys : f ys (i + 1) where
ys = map negate $
zipWith (+) ([0] ++ xs) (zipWith (*) [i, i + 1 ..] (xs ++ [0]))
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 30 2014
(PARI) T(n, m) = (-1)^n*n!*binomial(n-1, m-1)/m!
for(n=1, 9, for(m=1, n, print1(T(n, m)", "))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 09 2016
(Perl) use bigint; use ntheory ":all"; my @L; for my $n (1..9) { push @L, map { stirling($n, $_, 3)*(-1)**$n } 1..$n; } say join(", ", @L); # Dana Jacobsen, Mar 16 2017
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