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A002059 Number of partitions of a n-gon into (n-4) parts.
(Formerly M3130 N1269)
2
3, 32, 225, 1320, 7007, 34944, 167076, 775200, 3517470, 15690048, 69052555, 300638520, 1297398375, 5557977600, 23663585880, 100222246080, 422559514170, 1774647576000, 7427639542050, 30994292561232, 128989359164358 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

6,1

COMMENTS

Second subdiagonal of the table of values of V(r,k) on page 240.

REFERENCES

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

A. Cayley, On the partitions of a polygon, Proc. London Math. Soc., 22 (1891), 237-262

A. Cayley, On the partitions of a polygon, Collected Mathematical Papers. Vols. 1-13, Cambridge Univ. Press, London, 1889-1897, Vol. 13, pp. 93ff.

FORMULA

a(n) = (n-3) * binomial(2n-6,n) - Gill Barequet, Nov 09 2011

9*n*(n-6)*a(n) +2*(-17n^2+90n-133)*a(n-2) -4*(n-4)(2n-9)*a(n-2)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 26 2011

G.f. 64*x^6*(2*x+3*sqrt(1-4x))/( (1+sqrt(1-4x))^6 * (1-4x)^(3/2)). - R. J. Mathar, Nov 27 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A002058, A002060.

Sequence in context: A119940 A004256 A183457 * A028447 A081012 A187919

Adjacent sequences:  A002056 A002057 A002058 * A002060 A002061 A002062

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

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