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A049056 Number of minimal ordered covers of a labeled n-set. 2
1, 1, 3, 19, 207, 3691, 103263, 4415419, 283796607, 27094905451, 3813398797023, 786844659227419, 237151202183603007, 104128385332221915211, 66478899089080159079583, 61624041121329496987905019 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

REFERENCES

R. J. Clarke, Covering a set by subsets, Discrete Math., 81 (1990), 147-152.

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100

FORMULA

E.g.f.: Sum((exp(x)-1)^n*exp(x*(2^n-n-1)), n=0..infinity), cf. A046165. - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 01 2005

MATHEMATICA

a[0] = 1; a[n_] := Sum[ (-1)^i*Binomial[k, i]*(2^k-1-i)^n, {k, 0, n}, {i, 0, k} ]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 15}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 27 2012, after Michael Somos *)

PROG

(PARI) {a(n)=sum(k=0, n, sum(i=0, k, (-1)^i*binomial(k, i)*(2^k-1-i)^n))} /* Michael Somos, Oct 16 2006 */

CROSSREFS

Row sums of A049055.

Sequence in context: A052886 A180563 A079144 * A204262 A165356 A000275

Adjacent sequences:  A049053 A049054 A049055 * A049057 A049058 A049059

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane, Michael Somos

STATUS

approved

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