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A000702
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a(n) = number of conjugacy classes in the alternating group A_n.
(Formerly M2307 N0910)
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8
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1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 18, 24, 31, 43, 55, 72, 94, 123, 156, 200, 254, 324, 408, 513, 641, 804, 997, 1236, 1526, 1883, 2308, 2829, 3451, 4209, 5109, 6194, 7485, 9038, 10871, 13063, 15654, 18738, 22365, 26665, 31716, 37682, 44669, 52887, 62494, 73767
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OFFSET
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2,2
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REFERENCES
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Girse, Robert D.; The number of conjugacy classes of the alternating group. Nordisk Tidskr. Informationsbehandling (BIT) 20 (1980), no. 4, 515-517.
M. Osima, On the irreducible representations of the symmetric group, Canad. J. Math., 4 (1952), 381-384.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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LINKS
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=2..1000
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Alternating Group.
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FORMULA
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a(n) = (p(n) + 3Q(n))/2 where p(n) denotes the number of unrestricted partitions of n (A000041) and Q(n) the number of partitions of n into distinct odd parts (A000700) [Denes-Erdos-Turan]
a(n) = 2p(n) + 3*Sum_{r>=1} (-1)^r*p(n-2r^2). [Girse]
Sum_{r>=0} (-1)^r*a(n-(3r^2 +- r)/2) = 3(-1)^t if n = 2t^2 or 0 otherwise, where p(u) and a(u) are taken as 0 unless u is a nonnegative integer and t = 1,2,3,... [Girse]
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MATHEMATICA
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p = PartitionsP; q[n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ Product[ 1+x^(2k+1), {k, 0, n}], {x, 0, n}]; a[n_] := (p[n] + 3*q[n])/2; Table[a[n], {n, 2, 48}] (* From Jean-François Alcover, Feb 22 2012, after first formula *)
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PROG
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(MAGMA) [ NumberOfClasses(Alt(n)) : n in [2..10] ]; /* A useful example of MAGMA code, but it is better to use one of the formulae as below: */ A000702:= func< n | 2*NumberOfPartitions(n)+3*(&+[(-1)^r*NumberOfPartitions(n-2*r^2): r in [1..Isqrt(n div 2)]]) >; [A000702(n): n in [2..48]]; // Jason Kimberley, Feb 01 2011.
(PARI) default(seriesprecision, 99);
Vec((1/eta(x)+3*eta(x^2)^2/(eta(x)*eta(x^4)))/2-(2+2*x)) /* Joerg Arndt, Feb 2 2011 */
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A073584.
Sequence in context: A067530 A082922 A036971 * A067526 A101760 A165713
Adjacent sequences: A000699 A000700 A000701 * A000703 A000704 A000705
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice,easy
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane.
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STATUS
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approved
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