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A110698
Kekulé numbers for certain benzenoids of trigonal symmetry.
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9, 104, 3724, 152978, 6772428, 318919354, 15762420826, 808272767014, 42631956711628, 2298618088718378, 126131492134695474, 7020934326396461014, 395480502329858803674, 22501172037539767125398
OFFSET
0,1
REFERENCES
S. J. Cyvin and I. Gutman, Kekulé structures in benzenoid hydrocarbons, Lecture Notes in Chemistry, No. 46, Springer, New York, 1988 (see p. 313).
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = 20*binomial(2n, n)^3 - 18*binomial(2n, n)^2 + 9*binomial(2n, n) - 2.
MAPLE
A110698 :=n->20*binomial(2*n, n)^3-18*binomial(2*n, n)^2+9*binomial(2*n, n)-2; seq(A110698(n), n=0..16);
MATHEMATICA
Table[20*Binomial[2*n, n]^3 - 18*Binomial[2*n, n]^2 + 9*Binomial[2*n, n] - 2, {n, 0, 50}] (* G. C. Greubel, Sep 06 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=0, 25, print1(20*binomial(2n, n)^3 - 18*binomial(2n, n)^2 + 9*binomial(2n, n) - 2, ", ")) \\ G. C. Greubel, Sep 06 2017
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A367447 A081461 A231646 * A012485 A052503 A261428
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Emeric Deutsch, Aug 03 2005
STATUS
approved