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A076616
Number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} that result in a binary search tree (when elements of the permutation are inserted in that order) of height n-1 (i.e., the second largest possible height).
7
0, 0, 0, 2, 16, 64, 208, 608, 1664, 4352, 11008, 27136, 65536, 155648, 364544, 843776, 1933312, 4390912, 9895936, 22151168, 49283072, 109051904, 240123904, 526385152, 1149239296, 2499805184, 5419040768, 11710496768, 25232932864, 54223962112, 116232552448
OFFSET
0,4
FORMULA
G.f.: 2*(4*x^2-2*x-1)*x^3/(2*x-1)^3. - Alois P. Heinz, Sep 20 2011
From Colin Barker, May 16 2016: (Start)
a(n) = 2^(n-3)*(n^2-n-4) for n>2.
a(n) = 6*a(n-1)-12*a(n-2)+8*a(n-3) for n>5.
(End)
From Alois P. Heinz, May 31 2022: (Start)
a(n) = 2 * A100312(n-3) for n>=3.
a(n) = 16 * A049611(n-3) = 16 * A084851(n-4) for n>=4. (End)
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 2 because only the permutations (2,1,3) and (2,3,1) result in a search tree of height 2 (notice we count empty external nodes in determining the height). The largest such trees are of height 3.
MAPLE
a:= n-> max(-(<<0|1|0>, <0|0|1>, <8|-12|6>>^n. <<1/2, 1, 1>>)[1$2], 0):
seq(a(n), n=0..40); # Alois P. Heinz, Sep 20 2011
PROG
(PARI) concat(vector(3), Vec(2*x^3*(1+2*x-4*x^2)/(1-2*x)^3 + O(x^50))) \\ Colin Barker, May 16 2016
CROSSREFS
Lower diagonal of A195581 or of A244108.
Sequence in context: A061608 A212899 A127276 * A222381 A110048 A094505
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Jeffrey Shallit, Oct 22 2002
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Alois P. Heinz, Sep 20 2011
STATUS
approved