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A024430 Let A(0) = 1, B(0) = 0; A(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*B(k), B(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k)*A(k); entry gives A sequence (cf. A024429). +0
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1, 0, 1, 3, 8, 25, 97, 434, 2095, 10707, 58194, 338195, 2097933, 13796952, 95504749, 692462671, 5245040408, 41436754261, 340899165549, 2915100624274, 25857170687507, 237448494222575, 2253720620740362, 22078799199129799, 222987346441156585 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENT

Number of partitions of an n-element set into an even number of classes.

REFERENCES

L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 226, 5th line of table.

A. Fekete and others, Problem 10791, Amer. Math. Monthly, 108 (No. 2, 2001), 177-178.

L. Lovasz, Combinatorial Problems and Exercises, North-Holland, 1993, pp. 15, 148.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n) = S(n, 2) + S(n, 4) + ... + S(n, 2k), where k = [ n/2 ], S(i, j) are Stirling numbers of second kind.

E.g.f.: cosh(exp(x)-1) - njas, Jan 28, 2001

a(n)=sum(stirling2(n,2*i), i=0..n,n>=0 . - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jan 31 2008

MAPLE

with(combinat):seq(sum(stirling2(n, 2*i), i=0..n), n=0..24); - Zerinvary Lajos (zerinvarylajos(AT)yahoo.com), Jan 31 2008

CROSSREFS

Cf. A024429, A121867, A121868.

Sequence in context: A130522 A006219 A009268 this_sequence A012408 A051403 A004205

Adjacent sequences: A024427 A024428 A024429 this_sequence A024431 A024432 A024433

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu)

EXTENSIONS

Description changed by njas, Jun 14 2003 and again Sep 05 2006

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