OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
Turning over will not create a new bracelet.
REFERENCES
M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [See A056391 for pdf file of Chap. 2]
FORMULA
From Robert A. Russell, Sep 27 2018: (Start)
a(n) = (k!/4) * (S2(floor((n+1)/2),k) + S2(ceiling((n+1)/2),k)) + (k!/2n) * Sum_{d|n} phi(d) * S2(n/d,k), where k=5 is the number of colors and S2 is the Stirling subset number A008277.
G.f.: (k!/4) * x^(2k-2) * (1+x)^2 / Product_{i=1..k} (1-i x^2) - Sum_{d>0} (phi(d)/2d) * Sum_{j} (-1)^(k-j) * C(k,j) * log(1-j x^d), where k=5 is the number of colors. (End)
EXAMPLE
For a(5)=12, pair up the 24 permutations of BCDE, each with its reverse, such as BCDE-EDCB. Precede the first of each pair with an A, such as ABCDE. These are the 12 arrangements, all chiral. If we precede the second of each pair with an A, such as AEDCB, we get the chiral partner of each. - Robert A. Russell, Sep 27 2018
MATHEMATICA
t[n_, k_] := (For[t1 = 0; d = 1, d <= n, d++, If[Mod[n, d] == 0, t1 = t1 + EulerPhi[d]*k^(n/d)]]; If[EvenQ[n], (t1 + (n/2)*(1 + k)*k^(n/2))/(2*n), (t1 + n*k^((n + 1)/2))/(2*n)]);
T[n_, k_] := Sum[(-1)^i*Binomial[k, i]*t[n, k - i], {i, 0, k - 1}];
a[n_] := T[n, 5];
Array[a, 22] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 05 2017, after Andrew Howroyd *)
k=5; Table[k! DivisorSum[n, EulerPhi[#] StirlingS2[n/#, k]&]/(2n) + k!(StirlingS2[Floor[(n+1)/2], k] + StirlingS2[Ceiling[(n+1)/2], k])/4, {n, 1, 30}] (* Robert A. Russell, Sep 27 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved