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A309748 The number of non-equivalent distinguishing coloring partitions of the path on n vertices (n>=1) with exactly k parts (k>=1). Regular triangle read by rows: the rows are indexed by n, the number of vertices of the path, and the columns are indexed by k, the number of parts. 7

%I #42 Nov 05 2019 05:59:52

%S 1,0,1,0,1,1,0,4,4,1,0,6,14,6,1,0,16,49,37,9,1,0,28,154,182,76,12,1,0,

%T 64,496,876,542,142,16,1,0,120,1520,3920,3522,1346,242,20,1,0,256,

%U 4705,17175,21392,11511,2980,390,25,1,0,496,14266,73030,123665,89973,32141,5990,595,30,1

%N The number of non-equivalent distinguishing coloring partitions of the path on n vertices (n>=1) with exactly k parts (k>=1). Regular triangle read by rows: the rows are indexed by n, the number of vertices of the path, and the columns are indexed by k, the number of parts.

%C A vertex-coloring of a graph G is called distinguishing if it is only preserved by the identity automorphism of G. This notion is considered in the subject of symmetry breaking of simple (finite or infinite) graphs. A distinguishing coloring partition of a graph G is a partition of the vertices of G such that it induces a distinguishing coloring for G. We say two distinguishing coloring partitions P1 and P2 of G are equivalent if there is a nontrivial automorphism of G which maps P1 onto P2. Given a graph G, we use the notation psi_k(G) to denote the number of non-equivalent distinguishing coloring partitions of G with at exactly k parts. For n>=1, this sequence gives T(n,k) = psi_k(P_n), i.e., the number of non-equivalent distinguishing coloring partitions of the path P_n on n vertices with exactly k parts.

%C Also, for n > 1 the number of reversible string structures of length n using exactly k different symbols that are not equivalent to their reversal (compare A284949). - _Andrew Howroyd_, Aug 15 2019

%H Andrew Howroyd, <a href="/A309748/b309748.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1275</a>

%H B. Ahmadi, F. Alinaghipour and M. H. Shekarriz, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.12102">Number of Distinguishing Colorings and Partitions</a>, arXiv:1910.12102 [math.CO], 2019.

%H Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz, <a href="/A309748/a309748.txt">GAP Program</a>

%F T(n,k) = A309635(n,k) - A309635(n,k-1) for k > 1.

%F T(n,k) = A284949(n,k) - Stirling2(ceiling(n/2), k) for n > 1. - _Andrew Howroyd_, Aug 15 2019

%e The triangle begins:

%e 1;

%e 0, 1;

%e 0, 1, 1;

%e 0, 4, 4, 1;

%e 0, 6, 14, 6, 1;

%e 0, 16, 49, 37, 9, 1;

%e 0, 28, 154, 182, 76, 12, 1;

%e 0, 64, 496, 876, 542, 142, 16, 1;

%e 0, 120, 1520, 3920, 3522, 1346, 242, 20, 1;

%e 0, 256, 4705, 17175, 21392, 11511, 2980, 390, 25, 1;

%e ...

%e ----

%e For n=4, we can partition the vertices of P_4 into exactly 3 parts in 4 ways such that all these partitions induce distinguishing colorings for P_4 and that all the 4 partitions are non-equivalent. The partitions are as follows:

%e { { 1 }, { 2 }, { 3, 4 } }

%e { { 1 }, { 2, 3 }, { 4 } }

%e { { 1 }, { 2, 4 }, { 3 } }

%e { { 1, 4 }, { 2 }, { 3 } }

%o (PARI) \\ Ach is A304972 as square matrix.

%o Ach(n)={my(M=matrix(n, n, i, k, i>=k)); for(i=3, n, for(k=2, n, M[i, k]=k*M[i-2, k] + M[i-2, k-1] + if(k>2, M[i-2, k-2]))); M}

%o T(n)={(matrix(n, n, i, k, stirling(i, k, 2) - 2*stirling((i+1)\2, k, 2)) + Ach(n))/2}

%o { my(A=T(10)); A[1,1]=1; for(n=1, #A, print(A[n, 1..n])) } \\ _Andrew Howroyd_, Sep 18 2019

%Y Columns k=2..4 are A007179, A327610, A327611.

%Y Row sums are A327612(n > 1).

%Y Cf. A284949, A304972, A309635, A309784.

%K nonn,tabl

%O 1,8

%A _Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz_, Aug 15 2019

%E Terms a(56) and beyond from _Andrew Howroyd_, Sep 18 2019

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