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A056421
Number of primitive (period n) step cyclic shifted sequences using a maximum of four different symbols.
2
4, 6, 16, 45, 72, 404, 456, 2550, 5144, 26880, 38568, 367170, 431776, 3202964, 8993712, 33857520, 63177816, 636456776, 803796696, 6886253964, 17456593904, 79965511980, 139069427016, 1466861335900
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
See A056371 for an explanation of step shifts. Under step cyclic shifts, abcde, bdace, bcdea, cdeab and daceb etc. are equivalent.
REFERENCES
M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [See A056391 for pdf file of Chap. 2]
FORMULA
Sum mu(d)*A056412(n/d) where d|n.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A227178 A165799 A231998 * A032295 A072279 A038236
KEYWORD
nonn
STATUS
approved