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%I #25 Mar 24 2020 02:53:53
%S 1,1,3,20,252,6435,352716,40116600,9075135300,4116715363800,
%T 3824345300380220,7219428434016265740,27217014869199032015600,
%U 205397724721029574666088520,3136262529306125724764953838760
%N Number of labeled graphs with n nodes and floor(n*(n-1)/4) edges.
%C The expected number of edges of a random graph is n*(n - 1)/4. [See the Cieslik reference.]
%D J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, p. 109.
%H Dietmar Cieslik, <a href="https://math-inf.uni-greifswald.de/storages/uni-greifswald/fakultaet/mnf/mathinf/boldt/pdf-dateien/cieslik-counting-graphs.pdf">Counting Networks</a>.
%H Carlos R. Lucatero, <a href="https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/combinatorial-enumeration-of-graphs">Combinatorial Enumeration of Graphs</a>.
%F a(n) = binomial(binomial(n,2), floor(n*(n-1)/4)).
%e a(4) is 20 because for n=4, floor(n*(n-1)/4) = 3, and there are A000717(4) = 3 graphs with four points and three edges. See figure below or J. Riordan reference.
%e The non-isomorphic graphs with four nodes and three edges along with the corresponding number of labeled graphs are as follows:
%e .
%e *--* *--* *
%e | / | |
%e |/ * | |
%e * *--* *--*--*
%e 4 12 4
%o (PARI) a(n) = binomial(binomial(n,2), n*(n-1)\4);
%Y Cf. A000717 ("unlabeled case"), A084546.
%K nonn
%O 1,3
%A _Washington Bomfim_, Jan 18 2020