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A368783
Lexicographic rank of the permutation which is the Eytzinger array layout of n elements.
1
0, 0, 1, 2, 15, 82, 402, 2352, 22113, 220504, 2329650, 26780256, 293266680, 3505934160, 45390355920, 633293015040, 10873520709273, 195823830637744, 3698406245739330, 73192513664010816, 1509611621730135000, 32576548307761013760, 734272503865161846480
OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
The Eytzinger array layout (A375825) arranges elements so that a binary search can be performed starting at element k=1 and at a given k step to 2*k or 2*k+1 according as the target is smaller or larger than the element at k.
The lexicographic rank of a permutation of n elements is its position in the ordered list of all possible permutations of n elements, and here taking the first permutation as rank 0.
PROG
(Python)
from sympy.combinatorics.permutations import Permutation
def a(n):
def eytzinger(t, k=1, i=0):
if (k < len(t)):
i = eytzinger(t, k * 2, i)
t[k] = i
i += 1
i = eytzinger(t, k * 2 + 1, i)
return i
t = [0] * (n+1)
eytzinger(t)
return Permutation(t[1:]).rank()
print([a(n) for n in range(0, 24)])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Darío Clavijo, Feb 15 2024
STATUS
approved