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A056325 Number of reversible string structures with n beads using a maximum of six different colors. 3
1, 2, 4, 11, 32, 117, 467, 2135, 10480, 55091, 301633, 1704115, 9819216, 57365191, 338134521, 2005134639, 11937364184, 71254895955, 426063226937, 2550552314219, 15280103807200, 91588104196415 (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. A056308.

Sequence in context: A113774 A124504 A056324 * A103293 A123418 A123412

Adjacent sequences:  A056322 A056323 A056324 * A056326 A056327 A056328

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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