OFFSET
0,8
COMMENTS
a(n) = number of nonisomorphic n-element posets P such that if 1<=i<=n-1, then P has exactly 3 order ideals of cardinality i.
REFERENCES
R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics, Cambridge, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., 2012, Exercise 3.35c, p. 359.
LINKS
Stefano Spezia, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..2400
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,2,0,-2,-3).
MAPLE
g := x^3*(x^5+x^4-x^3-x^2-2*x+1)/((x+1)*(3*x^4-x^3+x^2-3*x+1)): gser := series(g, x = 0, 45): seq(coeff(gser, x, n), n = 0 .. 40);
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[x^3*(1 - 2 x - x^2 - x^3 + x^4 + x^5)/((1 + x) (1 - 3 x + x^2 - x^3 + 3 x^4)), {x, 0, 30}], x] (* Wesley Ivan Hurt, Oct 28 2014 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Emeric Deutsch, Oct 28 2014
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(32) onward from Stefano Spezia, Jan 10 2026
STATUS
approved
