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A317784
Number of ascent sequences of length n avoiding the pattern 0000.
2
1, 1, 2, 5, 14, 47, 180, 773, 3701, 19488, 111890, 695786, 4656185, 33356828, 254675642, 2063984616, 17694054723, 159958176316, 1520689121858, 15165205111010
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
Paul Duncan and Einar Steingrimsson, Pattern avoidance in ascent sequences, arXiv:1109.3641 [math.CO], 2011.
FORMULA
a(n) <= A022493(n) with equality only for n < 4.
MAPLE
b:= proc(n, i, t, p) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1, add(
`if`(coeff(p, x, j)=3, 0, b(n-1, j, t+
`if`(j>i, 1, 0), p+x^j)), j=1..t+1))
end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0$3):
seq(a(n), n=0..12);
MATHEMATICA
b[n_, i_, t_, p_, k_]:=b[n, i, t, p, k]=If[n==0, 1, Sum[If[Coefficient[p, x, j]==k, 0, b[n-1, j, t+If[j>i, 1, 0], p+x^j, k]], {j, 1, t+1}]]; a[n_]:=b[n, 0, 0, 0, Min[n, 3]];
Table[Print["a(", n, ") = ", a[n]]; a[n], {n, 0, 15}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Feb 12 2020 *)
CROSSREFS
Column k=3 of A294220.
Cf. A022493.
Sequence in context: A115276 A343664 A327702 * A096402 A007268 A326898
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Aug 06 2018
EXTENSIONS
a(18) from Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 20 2018
a(19) from Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 23 2018
STATUS
approved