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1. Description

Sum of nth powers

2. Specification

This unlabelled structure is specified as S in

\displaystyle \left\{ S={\rm Union} \left( {\rm Sequence} \left( Z \right) ,{\rm Sequence} \left( {\rm Union} \left( Z,Z \right) \right) ,{\rm Sequence } \left( {\rm Union} \left( Z,Z,Z \right) \right) ,{\rm Sequence} \left( {\rm Union} \left( Z,Z,Z,Z \right) \right) ,{\rm Sequence} \left( {\rm Union} \left( Z,Z,Z,Z,Z \right) \right) \right) \right\}
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3. Coefficients

3.1. First terms

3.2. Recurrence

\displaystyle \left\{ -120\,f \left( n \right) +154\,f \left( n+1 \right) -71\,f \left( n+2 \right) +14\,f \left( n+3 \right) -f \left( n+4 \right) +24 =0,f \left( 0 \right) =5,f \left( 1 \right) =15,f \left( 2 \right) =55, f \left( 3 \right) =225,f \left( 4 \right) =979 \right\}
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3.3. Closed form

\displaystyle 1+{2}^{n}+{5}^{n}+{3}^{n}+{4}^{n}
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3.4. Asymptotics

4. Ordinary generating function

\displaystyle -{\frac {5+255\,{x}^{2}-450\,{x}^{3}+274\,{x}^{4}-60\,x}{ \left( -1+4\, x \right) \left( -1+x \right) \left( -1+2\,x \right) \left( -1+3\,x \right) \left( -1+5\,x \right) }}
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5. References

EIS A001552

6. Random structure


Search a combinatorial structure by: (firstTerms should be a sequence of integers, separated by commas).

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