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A056499
Number of primitive (period n) periodic palindromes using exactly three different symbols.
2
0, 0, 0, 3, 6, 21, 36, 90, 150, 339, 540, 1149, 1806, 3765, 5790, 11880, 18150, 36894, 55980, 113145, 170970, 344541, 519156, 1043190, 1569744, 3149979, 4733670, 9488409, 14250606, 28544205, 42850116, 85786560, 128746410, 257672355, 386634018, 773623116, 1160688606
OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
For example, aaabbb is not a (finite) palindrome but it is a periodic palindrome.
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]
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{d|n} mu(d)*A056489(n/d).
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A327878.
Sequence in context: A050611 A270510 A300891 * A056489 A015649 A297189
KEYWORD
nonn
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(32) and beyond from Andrew Howroyd, Sep 28 2019
STATUS
approved