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A393352
Number of circular parking functions of length n avoiding the patterns 123 and 132.
4
1, 1, 2, 4, 9, 16, 37, 64, 137, 262, 531, 1024, 2101, 4096, 8261, 16426, 32913, 65536, 131401, 262144, 524861, 1048720, 2098185, 4194304, 8391001, 16777276, 33558539, 67109392, 134226093, 268435456, 536888491, 1073741824, 2147516705, 4294969372, 8590000143, 17179869526
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
Lara Pudwell, Pattern Avoidance in Circular Parking Functions, Valparaiso Univ. (2026). See pp. 11 (Table 3), 13 (Theorem 16).
FORMULA
a(n) = (Sum_{i=1..n} 2^gcd(i, n))/2 - (n-1).
EXAMPLE
For n=4, the a(4)=9 parking functions are 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1122, 1133, 1212, 1222, 1313.
MAPLE
a := n -> 1/2*add(2^igcd(i, n), i = 1 .. n) + 1 - n:
seq(a(n), n = 1 .. 35);
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[2^GCD[i, n], {i, n}]/2 - (n - 1), {n, 0, 35}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Mar 13 2026 *)
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Lara Pudwell, Mar 13 2026
STATUS
approved