A049444: Generalized Stirling number triangle of first kind read by rows: T(n, k) = [x^k] Product_{m=1..n} (x - m - r), with r = 1.

A028338 → x ↦ −2x+3

A049444 only rational roots

Proved for all n: all roots real, in [3/2, ∞) · alternating coefficient signs · interlacing (weak) what this means

Recurrence from OEIS A049444
\(P_{n}(x) = \left(-1 + x - n\right)\,P_{n-1}(x)\)
\(P_{0}(x) = 1\)

Rows ?

nx0x1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10x11x12x13x14Pn(1)
011
1-21-1
26-512
3-2426-91-6
4120-15471-14124
5-7201044-580155-201-120
65040-80285104-1665295-271720
7-4032069264-4886018424-4025511-351-5040
8362880-663696509004-21467654649-8624826-44140320
9-36288006999840-57537362655764-761166140889-168841266-541-362880
1039916800-8062704070290936-3496714011028590-2310945326613-308101860-6513628800
11-4790016001007441280-924118272489896616-16731022038759930-6230301696333-531302640-771-39916800
126227020800-1357573824013020978816-72927742802664929476-671189310119753843-152826301387023-874503641-901479001600
13-87178291200196287356160-195869441664115119818736-4460178694412061579816-2347743112333710663-347009522611323-1384244901-1041-6227020800
141307674368000-30314886336003134328981120-1922666722704784146622896-22552548418447277726496-7353403057854224943-738707974687683-2119396461-119187178291200

Generated b-files: A049444, A133942 (row sums) ?

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Technical details
Node id
n-25dfcdb2c8790bf0 · revision 1 · JSON
Definition source
oeis_catalog:A049444
Fingerprint
f6-de4bca8fd9338268

Observed on the stored rows ?

  • Degrees: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (affine: slope 1, intercept 0)
  • Palindromic rows: no
  • γ-positive (gamma_positive): no
  • Nonnegative coefficients (nonn): no
  • Only rational roots (rr_by_factors: every nonzero row is a product of linear factors over ℚ): yes

OEIS matches ?

A generated b-file is computed from the node's definition along the row alignment of its OEIS link and starts at the entry's offset. It is an identification on a finite prefix, not a proof that the node and the OEIS entry agree for every n.

OEIS submission text ?

Fields to paste into an OEIS submission: the example %e, the formula %F and programs %t (Mathematica) and %o (PARI/GP) that list the same rows. For an OEIS link the row numbers, the offset and the orientation are those of the entry, as matched; the matched terms were compared with the published ones, which identifies the node with the entry on a finite prefix, not for every n. The PARI/GP program is not machine-checked here.

The atlas's own rows: n = 0, …, ascending powers of x
%e Example
Triangle begins:
  0:        1;
  1:       -2,       1;
  2:        6,      -5,        1;
  3:      -24,      26,       -9,       1;
  4:      120,    -154,       71,     -14,       1;
  5:     -720,    1044,     -580,     155,     -20,      1;
  6:     5040,   -8028,     5104,   -1665,     295,    -27,      1;
  7:   -40320,   69264,   -48860,   18424,   -4025,    511,    -35,    1;
  8:   362880, -663696,   509004, -214676,   54649,  -8624,    826,  -44,   1;
  9: -3628800, 6999840, -5753736, 2655764, -761166, 140889, -16884, 1266, -54, 1;
%F Formula
The row polynomials satisfy P(n,x) = -(n+1-x)*P(n-1,x) for n >= 1, with P(0,x) = 1.
%t Mathematica
P[0, x_] := 1;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[-(n + 1 - x)*P[n - 1, x]];
Table[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], {n, 0, 9}] // Flatten
%o PARI/GP
P(N) = {my(v = vector(N + 1)); v[1] = 1; for(n = 1, N, my(i = n + 1); v[i] = -(n + 1 - x)*v[i - 1]); v};
row(n, p) = {my(c = Vecrev(p)); c};
T(N) = {my(v = P(N)); concat(vector(#v, i, row(i - 1, v[i])))};
T(9)

Generated with polytool c48629374597.

A049444: triangle, offset 0, from the row P0
%e Example
Triangle begins:
  0:        1;
  1:       -2,       1;
  2:        6,      -5,        1;
  3:      -24,      26,       -9,       1;
  4:      120,    -154,       71,     -14,       1;
  5:     -720,    1044,     -580,     155,     -20,      1;
  6:     5040,   -8028,     5104,   -1665,     295,    -27,      1;
  7:   -40320,   69264,   -48860,   18424,   -4025,    511,    -35,    1;
  8:   362880, -663696,   509004, -214676,   54649,  -8624,    826,  -44,   1;
  9: -3628800, 6999840, -5753736, 2655764, -761166, 140889, -16884, 1266, -54, 1;
%F Formula
The row polynomials satisfy P(n,x) = -(n+1-x)*P(n-1,x) for n >= 1, with P(0,x) = 1.
%t Mathematica
P[0, x_] := 1;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[-(n + 1 - x)*P[n - 1, x]];
Table[PadRight[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], n + 1], {n, 0, 9}] // Flatten
%o PARI/GP
P(N) = {my(v = vector(N + 1)); v[1] = 1; for(n = 1, N, my(i = n + 1); v[i] = -(n + 1 - x)*v[i - 1]); v};
row(n, p) = {my(c = Vecrev(p)); c = concat(c, vector(n + 1 - #c)); c};
T(N) = {my(v = P(N)); concat(vector(#v, i, row(i - 1, v[i])))};
T(9)

Generated with polytool c48629374597.

Proved properties

  • Real-rooted. Every row P_n, n >= 0, is zero or real-rooted with all roots in [3/2, +inf)
    Every polynomial of the sequence has only real roots, inside the stated interval.
    by the cited steps: e-435b07172be58365
  • Coefficients of one sign. Every nonzero row, n >= 0: the coefficients of P_n(-x) have one sign
    All coefficients of each polynomial have the same sign (after x -> -x when alternating).
    derived from the cited steps by a stated theorem: e-435b07172be58365
  • Interlacing of consecutive rows. Rows P_(m-1), P_m interlace (weak, unordered) for every m >= 1
    The roots of consecutive polynomials alternate on the real line.
    by the cited steps: e-435b07172be58365

Proof chains

1 incoming proof step. Each step is expanded back to the roots of the proof DAG, the theorem checks of a node's own rule. JSON

Used in 2 proof steps

No candidate equalities or related sequences.

References

  1. [LW07] Lily L. Liu and Yi Wang. A unified approach to polynomial sequences with only real zeros. Advances in Applied Mathematics, 38(4):542–560, May 2007. doi:10.1016/j.aam.2006.02.003