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A320644
Number of chiral pairs of color patterns (set partitions) in a cycle of length n using exactly 4 colors (subsets).
5
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 17, 84, 388, 1586, 6405, 24927, 96404, 368641, 1407515, 5357974, 20403120, 77699323, 296229485, 1130614092, 4321324766, 16539645539, 63397442097, 243352167691, 935420468092, 3600493932070, 13876442107403, 53546144395718, 206864753332164, 800067806813323, 3097590602034137, 12004772596768984, 46568647645538594, 180809553280920680
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Two color patterns are the same if the colors are permuted. A chiral cycle is different from its reverse.
Adnk[d,n,k] in Mathematica program is coefficient of x^k in A(d,n)(x) in Gilbert and Riordan reference.
There are nonrecursive formulas, generating functions, and computer programs for A056297 and A304974, which can be used in conjunction with the first formula.
LINKS
E. N. Gilbert and J. Riordan, Symmetry types of periodic sequences, Illinois J. Math., 5 (1961), 657-665.
FORMULA
a(n) = (A056297(n) - A304974(n)) / 2 = A056297(n) - A056359(n) = A056359(n) - A304974(n).
a(n) = -Ach(n,k)/2 + (1/2n)*Sum_{d|n} phi(d)*A(d,n/d,k), where k=4 is number of colors or sets, Ach(n,k) = [n>=0 & n<2 & n==k] + [n>1]*(k*Ach(n-2,k)+Ach(n-2,k-1)+Ach(n-2,k-2)), and A(d,n,k) = [n==0 & k==0] + [n>0 & k>0]*(k*A(d,n-1,k) + Sum_{j|d} A(d,n-1,k-j)).
EXAMPLE
For a(6)=2, the chiral pairs are AABACD-AABCAD and AABCBD-AABCDC.
MATHEMATICA
Ach[n_, k_] := Ach[n, k] = If[n<2, Boole[n==k && n>=0], k Ach[n-2, k] + Ach[n-2, k-1] + Ach[n-2, k-2]] (* A304972 *)
Adnk[d_, n_, k_] := Adnk[d, n, k] = If[n>0 && k>0, Adnk[d, n-1, k]k + DivisorSum[d, Adnk[d, n-1, k-#] &], Boole[n==0 && k==0]]
k=4; Table[DivisorSum[n, EulerPhi[#]Adnk[#, n/#, k]&]/(2n) - Ach[n, k]/2, {n, 40}]
CROSSREFS
Column 4 of A320647.
Cf. A056297 (oriented), A056359 (unoriented), A304974 (achiral).
Sequence in context: A079889 A053786 A181546 * A081744 A372189 A219757
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert A. Russell, Oct 18 2018
STATUS
approved