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A352737 Number of oriented two-component rational links (or two-bridge links) with crossing number n (a chiral pair is counted as two distinct ones). 0
2, 0, 4, 2, 10, 10, 30, 42, 102, 170, 374, 682, 1430, 2730, 5590, 10922, 22102, 43690, 87894, 174762, 350550, 699050, 1400150, 2796202, 5596502, 11184810, 22377814, 44739242, 89494870, 178956970, 357946710, 715827882, 1431721302, 2863311530, 5726754134, 11453246122 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
The formula has been proved.
REFERENCES
Yuanan Diao, Michael Lee Finney, Dawn Ray. The number of oriented rational links with a given deficiency number, Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, Vol 30, Number 9, 2021. 2150065_1-20. See Theorem 4.3 and its proof.
LINKS
Yuanan Diao, Michael Lee Finney, and Dawn Ray, The number of oriented rational links with a given deficiency number, arXiv:2007.02819 [math.GT], 2020.
FORMULA
a(n) = (2^(n-2) + (-1)^n*2)/3 + ((-1)^n+1)*2^((n-4)/2).
G.f.: 2*x^2*(1 - x - 2*x^2 + x^3)/((1 + x)^(1 - 2*x)*(1 - 2*x^2)). - Stefano Spezia, Mar 31 2022
EXAMPLE
If n=2 there are two rational links, namely, the Hopf link pair, one with positive crossings and the other with negative crossings. There are no two-component rational links with crossing number 3.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = (2^(n-2) + (-1)^n*2)/3 + ((-1)^n+1)*2^((n-4)/2); \\ Michel Marcus, Mar 31 2022
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A244136 A338212 A337451 * A133168 A145382 A192423
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Yuanan Diao, Mar 30 2022
STATUS
approved

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