OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Whenever the formula generates a zero, it is changed to a one in the sequence. - Harvey P. Dale, Sep 06 2013
LINKS
Laradji, A. and Umar, A. Combinatorial results for semigroups of order-preserving partial transformations, Journal of Algebra 278, (2004), 342-359.
Laradji, A. and Umar, A. Combinatorial results for semigroups of order-decreasing partial transformations, J. Integer Seq. 7 (2004), 04.3.8
FORMULA
G(n,k) = binomial(n,k)*binomial(2*k-2,k-1), n >= k > 0.
EXAMPLE
G(3,2)=6 because there are exactly 6 order-preserving partial transformations (on a 3-element chain) of both width and waist equal to 2, namely: (1,2)->(1,2),(1,2)->(2,2),(1,3)->(1,2),(1,3)->(2,2),(2,3)->(1,2),(2,3)->(2,2)
1;
1,1;
1,2,2;
1,3,6,6;
1,4,12,24,20;
1,5,20,60,100,70;
1,6,30,120,300,420,252;
1,7,42,210,700,1470,1764,924;
1,8,56,336,1400,3920,7056,7392,3432;
MAPLE
A110858 := proc(n, k) if k = 0 then 1; else binomial(n, k)*binomial(2*k-2, k-1) ; end if; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Jun 20 2011
MATHEMATICA
Flatten[Table[Binomial[n, k]Binomial[2k-2, k-1], {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}]/.{0->1}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 04 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
Abdullahi Umar, Aug 25 2008
STATUS
approved