Stirling2 triangle with scaled diagonals (powers of 4).

OEIS matches ?

• A004213: row sums, 15 terms agree OEIS nonn (row-sum match: finite agreement only) · view at the OEIS

OEIS submission text ?

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Triangle begins:
  0:      16,         12,           1;
  1:      64,        112,          24,           1;
  2:     256,        960,         400,          40,           1;
  3:    1024,       7936,        5760,        1040,          60,          1;
  4:    4096,      64512,       77056,       22400,        2240,         84,         1;
  5:   16384,     520192,      989184,      435456,       67200,       4256,       112,        1;
  6:   65536,    4177920,    12390400,     7956480,     1779456,     169344,      7392,      144,       1;
  7:  262144,   33488896,   152862720,   139694080,    43545600,    5843712,    376320,    12000,     180,     1;
  8: 1048576,  268173312,  1867841536,  2387968000,  1010606080,  183794688,  16380672,   760320,   18480,   220,   1;
  9: 4194304, 2146435072, 22682271744, 40075329536, 22600089600, 5421678592, 642453504, 40710912, 1425600, 27280, 264, 1;

The row polynomials satisfy P(n,x) = (4+x)*P(n-1,x) + 4*x*d/dx P(n-1,x) for n >= 1, with P(0,x) = 16 + 12*x + x^2.

P[0, x_] := 16 + 12*x + x^2;
P[n_, x_] := P[n, x] = Expand[(4 + x)*P[n - 1, x] + 4*x*D[P[n - 1, x], x]];
Table[CoefficientList[P[n, x], x], {n, 0, 9}] // Flatten

P(N) = {my(v = vector(N + 1)); v[1] = 16 + 12*x + x^2; for(n = 1, N, my(i = n + 1); v[i] = (4 + x)*v[i - 1] + 4*x*deriv(v[i - 1], x)); 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)

Proved properties

• Real-rooted. Every row P_n, n >= 0, is zero or real-rooted with all roots in (-inf, 0)
  Every polynomial of the sequence has only real roots, inside the stated interval.
  by the cited steps: e-6592d91fe2aba204
• Coefficients of one sign. Every nonzero row, n >= 0: the coefficients of P_n 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-6592d91fe2aba204
• Hadamard kernel (Malo). Rows P_n, n >= 0, are Hadamard kernels (preserve real-rootedness)
  Multiplying the coefficients of any real-rooted polynomial termwise by those of a row (Hadamard product) gives a real-rooted polynomial again.
  derived from the cited steps by a stated theorem: e-6592d91fe2aba204
• Interlacing of consecutive rows. Rows P_(m-1), P_m interlace (weak, previous interlaces next) for every m >= 1
  The roots of consecutive polynomials alternate on the real line.
  by the cited steps: e-6592d91fe2aba204
• Basis map preserves real-rootedness. Basis map u^k -> P_k sends roots in (-inf, 4] to roots in (-inf, 0]: source (-inf, a + b h + kappa m] = (-inf, 4] with m = 0, target (-inf, 0]
  The linear map sending x^k to the k-th polynomial of the sequence turns polynomials with roots in one interval into real-rooted ones.
  by the cited steps: e-ce9657deb3567cce

Proof chains

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

• basis_map_theorem e-ce9657deb3567cce root: theorem check

  Ray basis map theorem [MW08, Thm 2] polytool RealRooted rayBasisMap_maps_realRootedIn_iff ?

• theorem_check liu_wang e-6592d91fe2aba204 root: theorem check

  Liu–Wang theorem [LW07, Thm 2.1, Cor 2.4] ?

Used in 2 proof steps

• e-4d98a7f5f8c29383 obreschkoff_combination → obreschkoff_combination of Stirling2 triangle with scaled diagonals (powers of 4).
• e-4d98a7f5f8c29383 obreschkoff_combination → obreschkoff_combination of Stirling2 triangle with scaled diagonals (powers of 4).

Related sequences ?

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
2. [MW08] Shi-Mei Ma and Yi Wang. q-Eulerian polynomials and polynomials with only real zeros. The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 15(1):Research Paper 17, January 2008. doi:10.37236/741