The number of inequivalent optimal covering codes.
Let G be a group generated by r elements . Among the reduced words in of length n some, say , represent the identity element of the group G. It has been shown in a combinatorial way that the 2nth root of has a limit, called the cogrowth exponent with respect to the generators . We show by analytic methods that the numbers vary regularly, i.e. the ratio is also convergent. Moreover, we derive new precise information on the domain of holomorphy of γ(z), the generating function associated...
Infinite lower triangular matrices of generalized Schröder numbers are used to construct a two-parameter class of invertible sequence transformations. Their inverses are given by triangular matrices of coordination numbers. The two-parameter class of Schröder transformations is merged into a one-parameter class of stretched Riordan arrays, the left-inverses of which consist of matrices of crystal ball numbers. Schröder and inverse Schröder transforms of important sequences are calculated.