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A056329 Number of reversible string structures with n beads using exactly five different colors. 0
0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 9, 76, 542, 3523, 21393, 123680, 690550, 3756151, 20042589, 105394296, 548123982, 2826435403, 14479204833, 73794961960, 374603884910, 1895632969351, 9568915372269, 48208452866816 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,6

COMMENTS

A string and its reverse are considered to be equivalent. Permuting the colors will not change the structure.

REFERENCES

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

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..23.

FORMULA

a(n) = A056324(n)-A056323(n).

Empirical G.f.: -x^5*(70*x^5-102*x^4+22*x^3+7*x^2-4*x+1) / ((x-1)*(2*x-1)*(2*x+1)*(3*x-1)*(4*x-1)*(5*x-1)*(2*x^2-1)*(5*x^2-1)). [Colin Barker, Nov 25 2012]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A056312.

Sequence in context: A161736 A226180 A056339 * A190982 A082677 A185818

Adjacent sequences:  A056326 A056327 A056328 * A056330 A056331 A056332

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

STATUS

approved

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