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A056324 Number of reversible string structures with n beads using a maximum of five different colors. 3
1, 2, 4, 11, 32, 116, 455, 1993, 9134, 43580, 211659, 1041441, 5156642, 25640456, 127773475, 637624313, 3184387574, 15910947980, 79521737939, 397510726681, 1987259550002, 9935420646296, 49674470817195 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

A string and its reverse are considered to be equivalent. Permuting the colors will not change the structure. Thus aabc, cbaa and bbac are all considered to be identical.

REFERENCES

M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

FORMULA

Use de Bruijn's generalization of Polya's enumeration theorem as discussed in reference.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A032122.

Sequence in context: A148171 A113774 A124504 * A056325 A103293 A123418

Adjacent sequences:  A056321 A056322 A056323 * A056325 A056326 A056327

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Marks R. Nester (nesterm(AT)dpi.qld.gov.au)

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