OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Number of separable rooted planar maps with n+1 edges. - Noam Zeilberger, Dec 26 2022
LINKS
W. T. Tutte, A Census of Planar Maps, Canad. J. Math. 15 (1963), 249-271.
FORMULA
a(n) ~ ((48^(n + 1) - 3^(3*n + 1/2)))/(2^(2*n + 1)*sqrt(Pi)*n^(5/2)). - Peter Luschny, Dec 26 2022
D-finite with recurrence -2*(389*n-1012)*(2*n+1)*(n+3)*(n+1)*a(n) +3*(14101*n^4-20062*n^3-56389*n^2+45022*n-6072)*a(n-1) +18*(-20677*n^4+100317*n^3-137223*n^2+14267*n+52524)*a(n-2) +108*(547*n-956)*(3*n-7)*(2*n-3)*(3*n-8)*a(n-3)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 25 2023
MAPLE
a := n -> 2*(3^(n + 1)*(2*n + 2)!/(n + 3)! - (3*n)!/(2*n + 1)!)/(n + 1)!:
seq(a(n), n = 0..20); # Peter Luschny, Dec 26 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 23 2022, following a suggestion from Doron Zeilberger.
STATUS
approved