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A320746
Number of chiral pairs of color patterns (set partitions) in a cycle of length n using 6 or fewer colors (subsets).
3
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 34, 190, 996, 5070, 26454, 139484, 749742, 4082481, 22509626, 125231540, 702004040, 3958071545, 22423227634, 127524417922, 727617119592, 4163076477731, 23876455868772, 137228326265794, 790200053665362, 4557942281943078, 26331297198477874, 152331940294133402, 882422871962784662, 5117852332008063806, 29715786649820358328, 172720006045619486686, 1004904748993330281274, 5852047136464153694312
OFFSET
1,6
COMMENTS
Two color patterns are equivalent if the colors are permuted.
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 A056294 and A305752, 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) = (A056294(n) - A305752(n)) / 2 = A056294(n) - A056356(n) = A056356(n) - A305752(n).
a(n) = Sum_{j=1..k} -Ach(n,j)/2 + (1/2n)*Sum_{d|n} phi(d)*A(d,n/d,j), where k=6 is the maximum number of colors, 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)).
a(n) = A059053(n) + A320643(n) + A320644(n) + A320645(n) + A320646(n).
EXAMPLE
For a(6)=6, the chiral pairs are AAABBC-AAABCC, AABABC-AABCAC, AABACB-AABCAB, AABACC-AABBAC, AABACD-AABCAD, and AABCBD-AABCDC.
MATHEMATICA
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]]
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 *)
k=6; Table[Sum[(DivisorSum[n, EulerPhi[#] Adnk[#, n/#, j]&]/n - Ach[n, j])/2, {j, k}], {n, 40}]
CROSSREFS
Column 6 of A320742.
Cf. A056294 (oriented), A056356 (unoriented), A305752 (achiral).
Sequence in context: A085351 A125343 A163350 * A320749 A052264 A049608
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert A. Russell, Oct 21 2018
STATUS
approved