OFFSET
4,1
LINKS
Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 4..200
FORMULA
a(n) ~ (exp(-11/6) - exp(-25/12)) * n^n. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 21 2014
MAPLE
with(combinat):
b:= proc(n, i) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1, `if`(i>n, 0,
add((i-1)!^j*multinomial(n, n-i*j, i$j)/j!*
b(n-i*j, i+1), j=0..n/i)))
end:
A:= (n, k)-> add(binomial(n-1, j-1)*n^(n-j)*b(j, k), j=0..n):
a:= n-> A(n, 4) -A(n, 5):
seq(a(n), n=4..25);
MATHEMATICA
multinomial[n_, k_List] := n!/Times @@ (k!);
b[n_, i_] := b[n, i] = If[n==0, 1, If[i>n, 0, Sum[(i - 1)!^j multinomial[n, Join[{n - i*j}, Table[i, {j}]]]/j! b[n - i*j, i + 1], {j, 0, n/i}]]];
A[n_, k_] := Sum[Binomial[n - 1, j - 1] n^(n - j) b[j, k], {j, 0, n}];
a[n_] := A[n, 4] - A[n, 5];
a /@ Range[4, 25] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 28 2020, after Alois P. Heinz *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Aug 18 2014
STATUS
approved