OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
a(n)=( A000073(k+2) )^2 if n=2k, a(n)=0 otherwise.
REFERENCES
D. H. Lehmer, Permutations with strongly restricted displacements. Combinatorial theory and its applications, II (Proc. Colloq., Balatonfured, 1969), pp. 755-770. North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1970.
LINKS
Vladimir Baltic, On the number of certain types of strongly restricted permutations, Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics Vol. 4, No 1 (2010), 119-135
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 6, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, -1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 2*a(n-2)+3*a(n-4)+6*a(n-6)-a(n-8)-a(n-12).
G.f.: -(x^6+x^4+x^2-1)/(x^12+x^8-6*x^6-3*x^4-2*x^2+1)
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 6, 0, -1, 0, 0, 0, -1}, {1, 0, 1, 0, 4, 0, 16, 0, 49, 0, 169, 0}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Nov 03 2015 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Vladimir Baltic, Feb 17 2003
STATUS
approved