Matrices and INVERTi of m-tuple Factorials
Paul D. Hanna
pauldhanna at juno.com
Fri Jun 3 07:03:55 CEST 2005
Dear Seqfans,
I would like to share with you a family of interesting triangular
matrices
and associated sequences.
Some of the properties of these matrices are:
o column sequences involve the INVERTi of m-tuple factorials, such as
double and triple factorials;
o the matrix inverse is simple, with secondary diagonal={m,2m,3m,4m,...};
o the matrix powers of the triangles have interesting patterns;
o an integer matrix logarithm exists (which I find quite unexpected).
The following examples involve m-tuple factorials for m=1,2,3,
respectively.
Case m=1:
http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A104980
Case m=2:
http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A105615
Case m=3:
http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A107717
The pattern can be generalized to other triangles and sequences for m>3;
and if anyone finds these interesting, they are welcome to submit cases
for m=4 (INVERTi of quadruple factorials) or higher
(note: the pattern continues for negative m as well).
I believe that several of the sequences generated by the matrix
formulation
are significant and will be found to have combinatorial interpretations.
Regards,
Paul
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