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A320935
Number of chiral pairs of color patterns (set partitions) for a row of length n using 5 or fewer colors (subsets).
4
0, 0, 1, 4, 20, 86, 400, 1852, 8868, 42892, 210346, 1038034, 5150110, 25623486, 127740880, 637539592, 3184224728, 15910524632, 79520923966, 397508610454, 1987255480650, 9935410066186, 49674450471460, 248364429410332, 1241798688445588, 6208922948527572, 31044403310614786
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
Two color patterns are equivalent if the colors are permuted.
A chiral row is not equivalent to its reverse.
There are nonrecursive formulas, generating functions, and computer programs for A056272 and A305751, which can be used in conjunction with the first formula.
FORMULA
a(n) = (A056272(n) - A305751(n))/2.
a(n) = A056272(n) - A056324(n).
a(n) = A056324(n) - A305751(n).
a(n) = A122746(n-2) + A320526(n) + A320527(n) + A320528(n).
a(n) = Sum_{j=1..k} (S2(n,j) - Ach(n,j)) / 2, where k=5 is the maximum number of colors, S2 is the Stirling subset number A008277, and 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)).
G.f.: x^3*(1 - 7*x + 10*x^2 + 18*x^3 - 49*x^4 + 25*x^5)/((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)*(1 - 3*x)*(1 - 5*x)*(1 - 5*x^2)*(1 - 2*x^2)). - Bruno Berselli, Oct 31 2018
EXAMPLE
For a(4)=4, the chiral pairs are AAAB-ABBB, AABA-ABAA, AABC-ABCC, and ABAC-ABCB.
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{11, -34, -16, 247, -317, -200, 610, -300}, {0, 0, 1, 4, 20, 86, 400, 1852}, 40] (* or *)
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=5; Table[Sum[StirlingS2[n, j]-Ach[n, j], {j, k}]/2, {n, 40}]
CROSSREFS
Column 5 of A320751.
Cf. A056272 (oriented), A056324 (unoriented), A305751 (achiral).
Sequence in context: A262768 A250003 A343361 * A320936 A320937 A196953
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Robert A. Russell, Oct 27 2018
STATUS
approved