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A045829
Catafusenes (see reference for precise definition).
2
0, 0, 0, 1, 12, 94, 612, 3605, 19992, 106644, 554184, 2827902, 14244120, 71073860, 352180920, 1736103460, 8525167680, 41741310400, 203929367040, 994680578505, 4845761001756, 23586190895078, 114731538098100, 557859491227841
OFFSET
1,5
COMMENTS
The sequence without the initial 0's is the 4-fold convolution of A002212(n), n = 1,2,... . - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 13 2004
The 2-fold convolution of A045445 (apart from zeros). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 01 2019
LINKS
S. J. Cyvin, B. N. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll, and E. Brendsdal, Enumeration and classification of certain polygonal systems representing polycyclic conjugated hydrocarbons: annelated catafusenes, J. Chem. Inform. Comput. Sci., 34 (1994), 1174-1180; see Table 4 (p. 1177).
Asamoah Nkwanta, Lattice paths and RNA secondary structures, DIMACS Series in Discrete Math. and Theoretical Computer Science, 34, 1997, 137-147.
Asamoah Nkwanta, Predicting RNA secondary structures: A lattice walk approach to modeling sequences within the HIV-1 RNA structure, slides of a talk given in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006. [The slides may not necessarily contain this sequence, but they give the background for the above paper in the DIMACS book.]
FORMULA
G.f.: (z*M)^4, where M = (1 - 3*z - sqrt(1-6*z+5*z^2))/(2*z^2). - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 13 2004
a(n) ~ 2 * 5^(n + 1/2) / (sqrt(Pi) * n^(3/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 29 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Mar 13 2004
STATUS
approved