OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..399
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Lambert W-Function.
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-k+1)^(k-1) * Stirling2(n,k).
E.g.f.: A(x) = exp( LambertW(exp(x) - 1) ).
G.f.: Sum_{k>=0} (-k+1)^(k-1) * x^k/Product_{j=1..k} (1 - j*x).
a(n) ~ -(-1)^n * sqrt(exp(1) - 1) * n^(n-1) / (exp(n+1) * (1 - log(exp(1) - 1))^(n - 1/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 05 2021
MAPLE
b:= proc(n, m) option remember; `if`(n=0,
(1-m)^(m-1), m*b(n-1, m)+b(n-1, m+1))
end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0):
seq(a(n), n=0..24); # Alois P. Heinz, Jul 29 2022
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Sum[If[k == 1, 1, (-k + 1)^(k - 1)]*StirlingS2[n, k], {k, 0, n}]; Array[a, 21, 0] (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 23 2021 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n, (-k+1)^(k-1)*stirling(n, k, 2));
(PARI) my(N=20, x='x+O('x^N)); Vec(serlaplace(exp(lambertw(exp(x)-1))))
(PARI) my(N=20, x='x+O('x^N)); Vec(sum(k=0, N, (-k+1)^(k-1)*x^k/prod(j=1, k, 1-j*x)))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Nov 22 2021
STATUS
approved