A001423 Number of semigroups of order n, considered to be equivalent when they are isomorphic or anti-isomorphic (by reversal of the operator). (Formerly M3550 N1438)

1, 1, 4, 18, 126, 1160, 15973, 836021, 1843120128, 52989400714478, 12418001077381302684

Offset

0,3

References

David Nacin, "Puzzles, Parity Maps, and Plenty of Solutions", Chapter 15, The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Volume 3 (2019), Jennifer Beineke & Jason Rosenhouse, eds. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, p. 245.

R. J. Plemmons, There are 15973 semigroups of order 6, Math. Algor., 2 (1967), 2-17; 3 (1968), 23.

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).

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..10.

A. de Vries, Formal Languages: An Introduction

Andreas Distler, Classification and Enumeration of Finite Semigroups, A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD, University of St Andrews (2010).

Andreas Distler and Tom Kelsey, The Monoids of Order Eight and Nine, in Intelligent Computer Mathematics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5144/2008, Springer-Verlag. [From N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 10 2009]

A. Distler and T. Kelsey, The semigroups of order 9 and their automorphism groups, arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.6023 [math.CO], 2013.

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H. Juergensen and P. Wick, Die Halbgruppen von Ordnungen <= 7, annotated and scanned copy.

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N. J. A. Sloane, Overview of A001329, A001423-A001428, A258719, A258720.

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Index entries for sequences related to semigroups

Formula

a(n) = (A027851(n) + A029851(n))/2.

Crossrefs

Cf. A001426, A023814, A058107, A058123, A151823.

Sequence in context: A359460 A073511 A108704 * A308351 A291335 A158341

Adjacent sequences: A001420 A001421 A001422 * A001424 A001425 A001426

Keyword

nonn,hard,more,nice

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

a(9) added by Andreas Distler, Jan 12 2011

a(10) from Distler et al. 2012, added by Andrey Zabolotskiy, Nov 08 2018

Status

approved