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A006925
Number of connected trivalent graphs with 2n nodes and girth exactly 5.
(Formerly M1879)
16
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 8, 48, 450, 5751, 90553, 1612905, 31297357, 652159389, 14499780660, 342646718608
OFFSET
0,7
REFERENCES
CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 1996, p. 647.
Gordon Royle, personal communication.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
FORMULA
a(n) = A014372(n) - A014374(n).
CROSSREFS
Connected k-regular simple graphs with girth exactly 5: this sequence (k=3), A184945 (k=4), A184955 (k=5).
Connected 3-regular simple graphs with girth exactly g: A198303 (triangle); specified g: A006923 (g=3), A006924 (g=4), this sequence
(g=5), A006926 (g=6), A006927 (g=7).
Connected 3-regular simple graphs with girth at least g: A002851 (g=3), A014371 (g=4), A014372 (g=5), A014374 (g=6), A014375 (g=7), A014376 (g=8).
Sequence in context: A112541 A052667 A327904 * A185135 A238805 A005867
KEYWORD
nonn,hard,more
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Definition corrected to include "connected", and "girth at least 5" minus "girth at least 6" formula provided by Jason Kimberley, Dec 12 2009
STATUS
approved