A006079 Number of asymmetric planted projective plane trees with n+1 nodes; bracelets (reversible necklaces) with n black beads and n-1 white beads. (Formerly M3515)

1, 1, 0, 1, 4, 16, 56, 197, 680, 2368, 8272, 29162, 103544, 370592, 1335504, 4844205, 17672400, 64810240, 238795040, 883585406, 3281967832, 12232957152, 45740929104, 171529130786, 644950721584, 2430970600576, 9183671335776, 34766765428852, 131873955816880

Offset

1,5

Comments

"DHK[ n ](2n-1)" (bracelet, identity, unlabeled, n parts, evaluated at 2n) transform of 1,1,1,1,...

For n > 2, half the number of asymmetric Dyck (n-1)-paths. E.g., the two asymmetric 3-paths are UDUUDD and UUDDUD, so a(4) = 2/2 = 1. - David Scambler, Aug 23 2012

References

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200

C. G. Bower, Transforms (2).

Z. M. Himwich and N. A. Rosenberg, Roadblocked monotonic paths and the enumeration of coalescent histories for non-matching caterpillar gene trees and species trees, arXiv:1901.04465 [qbio.PE], 2019; Adv. Appl. Math. 113 (2020), 101939. (Table 1 shows twice this sequence.)

P. K. Stockmeyer, The charm bracelet problem and its applications, pp. 339-349 of Graphs and Combinatorics (Washington, Jun 1973), Ed. by R. A. Bari and F. Harary. Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 406. Springer-Verlag, 1974.

P. J. Stockmeyer, The charm bracelet problem and its applications, pp. 339-349 of Graphs and Combinatorics (Washington, Jun 1973), Ed. by R. A. Bari and F. Harary. Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 406. Springer-Verlag, 1974. [Scanned annotated and corrected copy]

Index entries for sequences related to bracelets

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Formula

Let c(x) = (1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x) = g.f. for Catalan numbers (A000108), let d(x) = x/(1-x-x^2*c(x^2)) = g.f. for A001405. Then g.f. for the asymmetric planted projective plane trees sequence is (x*c(x)-d(x))/2 (the initial terms from this version are slightly different).

a(n+1) = (CatalanNumber(n) - binomial(n,floor(n/2)))/2 (for n>=3). - David Callan, Jul 14 2006

Example

For the asymmetric planted projective plane trees sequence we have a(5) = 4, a(6) = 16, a(7) = 56, ...

Mathematica

a[1] = a[2] = 1; a[n_] := (CatalanNumber[n-1] - Binomial[n-1, Floor[(n-1)/2]])/2; Table[ a[n], {n, 1, 26}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 09 2012, after David Callan *)

Prog

(Magma) [1, 1] cat [(Catalan(n) - Binomial(n, Floor(n/2)))/2: n in [2..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 16 2015

Crossrefs

Cf. A000029, A000031, A006080, A006081, A006082.

Equals half the difference of A000108 and A001405.

Sequence in context: A333107 A255301 A097128 * A218263 A290908 A201619

Adjacent sequences: A006076 A006077 A006078 * A006080 A006081 A006082

Keyword

nonn,nice,easy

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Extensions

Alternative description and more terms from Christian G. Bower

Status

approved