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A000207
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Number of inequivalent ways of dissecting a regular (n+2)-gon into n triangles by n-1 non-intersecting diagonals under rotations and reflections; also the number of (unlabeled) maximal outerplanar graphs on n+2 vertices.
(Formerly M2375 N0942)
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1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 12, 27, 82, 228, 733, 2282, 7528, 24834, 83898, 285357, 983244, 3412420, 11944614, 42080170, 149197152, 531883768, 1905930975, 6861221666, 24806004996, 90036148954, 327989004892, 1198854697588, 4395801203290, 16165198379984, 59609171366326, 220373278174641
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OFFSET
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1,4
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COMMENTS
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Also a(n) is the number of hexaflexagons of order n+2. - Mike Godfrey (m.godfrey(AT)umist.ac.uk), Feb 25 2002 (see the Kosters paper).
Number of normally non-isomorphic realizations of the associahedron of type II with dimension n in Ceballos et al. - Tom Copeland, Oct 19 2011
Number of polyforms with n cells in the hyperbolic tiling with Schläfli symbol {3,oo}, not distinguishing enantiomorphs. - Thomas Anton, Jan 16 2019
A stereographic projection of the {3,oo} tiling on the Poincaré disk can be obtained via the Christensson link. - Robert A. Russell, Jan 20 2024
A maximal outerplanar graph (MOP) has a plane embedding with all vertices on the exterior region and interior regions triangles. - Allan Bickle, Feb 25 2024
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REFERENCES
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L. W. Beineke and R. E. Pippert, Enumerating labeled k-dimensional trees and ball dissections, pp. 12-26 of Proceedings of Second Chapel Hill Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Its Applications, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1970. Reprinted in Math. Annalen, 191 (1971), 87-98.
Cameron, Peter J. Some treelike objects. Quart. J. Math. Oxford Ser. (2) 38 (1987), no. 150, 155--183. MR0891613 (89a:05009). See pp. 155, 163, but note that the formulas on p. 163, lines 5 and 6, contain typos. See the correct formulas given here. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 18 2014
B. N. Cyvin, E. Brendsdal, J. Brunvoll and S. J. Cyvin, Isomers of polyenes attached to benzene, Croatica Chemica Acta, 68 (1995), 63-73.
S. J. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll, E. Brendsdal, B. N. Cyvin and E. K. Lloyd, Enumeration of polyene hydrocarbons: a complete mathematical solution, J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 35 (1995) 743-751.
C. F. Earl and L. J. March, Architectural applications of graph theory, pp. 327-355 of R. J. Wilson and L. W. Beineke, editors, Applications of Graph Theory. Academic Press, NY, 1979.
R. K. Guy, "Dissecting a polygon into triangles," Bull. Malayan Math. Soc., Vol. 5, pp. 57-60, 1958.
R. K. Guy, Dissecting a polygon into triangles, Research Paper #9, Math. Dept., Univ. Calgary, 1967.
F. Harary and E. M. Palmer, Graphical Enumeration, Academic Press, NY, 1973, p. 79, Table 3.5.1 (the entries for n=16 and n=21 appear to be incorrect).
M. Kosters, A theory of hexaflexagons, Nieuw Archief Wisk., 17 (1999), 349-362.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
P. K. Stockmeyer, The charm bracelet problem and its applications, pp. 339-349 of Graphs and Combinatorics (Washington, Jun 1973), Ed. by R. A. Bari and F. Harary. Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 406. Springer-Verlag, 1974.
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LINKS
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C. O. Oakley and R. J. Wisner, Flexagons, Amer. Math. Monthly 64 (1957), 143-154.
P. J. Stockmeyer, The charm bracelet problem and its applications, pp. 339-349 of Graphs and Combinatorics (Washington, Jun 1973), Ed. by R. A. Bari and F. Harary. Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 406. Springer-Verlag, 1974. [Scanned annotated and corrected copy]
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FORMULA
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a(n) = C(n)/(2*n) + C(n/2+1)/4 + C(k)/2 + C(n/3+1)/3 where C(n) = A000108(n-2) if n is an integer, 0 otherwise and k = (n+1)/2 if n is odd, k = n/2+1 if n is even. Thus C(2), C(3), C(4), C(5), ... are 1, 1, 2, 5, ...
G.f.: (12(1+x-2x^2) + (1-4x)^(3/2) - 3(3+2x)(1-4x^2)^(1/2) - 4(1-4x^3)^(1/2)]/(24x^2). - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 19 2004, from the S. J. Cyvin et al. reference.
Beineke and Pippert have an explicit formula with six cases (based on the value of n mod 6). - Allan Bickle, Feb 25 2024
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EXAMPLE
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E.g., a square (4-gon, n=2) could have either diagonal drawn, C(3)=2, but with essentially only one result. A pentagon (5-gon, n=3) gives C(4)=5, but they each have 2 diags emanating from 1 of the 5 vertices and are essentially the same. A hexagon can have a nuclear disarmament sign (6 ways), an N (3 ways and 3 reflections) or a triangle (2 ways) of diagonals, 6 + 6 + 2 = 14 = C(5), but only 3 essentially different. - R. K. Guy, Mar 06 2004
G.f. = x + x^2 + x^3 + 3*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 12*x^6 + 27*x^7 + 82*x^8 + ...
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MAPLE
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A000108 := proc(n) if n >= 0 then binomial(2*n, n)/(n+1) ; else 0; fi; end:
A000207 := proc(n) option remember: local k, it1, it2;
if n mod 2 = 0 then k := n/2+2 else k := (n+3)/2 fi:
if n mod 2 <> 0 then it1 := 0 else it1 := 1 fi:
if (n+2) mod 3 <> 0 then it2 := 0 else it2 := 1 fi:
end:
A000207 := proc(n) option remember: local k, it1, it2; if n mod 2 = 0 then k := n/2+1 else k := (n+1)/2 fi: if n mod 2 <> 0 then it1 := 0 else it1 := 1 fi: if n mod 3 <> 0 then it2 := 0 else it2 := 1 fi: RETURN(A000108(n-2)/(2*n) + it1*A000108(n/2+1-2)/4 + A000108(k-2)/2 + it2*A000108(n/3+1-2)/3) end:
G:=(12*(1+x-2*x^2)+(1-4*x)^(3/2)-3*(3+2*x)*(1-4*x^2)^(1/2)-4*(1-4*x^3)^(1/2))/24/x^2: Gser:=series(G, x=0, 35): seq(coeff(Gser, x^n), n=1..31); # Emeric Deutsch, Dec 19 2004
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MATHEMATICA
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p=3; Table[(Binomial[(p-1)n, n]/(((p-2)n+1)((p-2)n+2)) + If[OddQ[n], If[OddQ[p], Binomial[(p-1)n/2, (n-1)/2]/n, (p+1)Binomial[((p-1)n-1)/2, (n-1)/2]/((p-2)n+2)], 3Binomial[(p-1)n/2, n/2]/((p-2)n+2)]+Plus @@ Map[EulerPhi[ # ]Binomial[((p-1)n+1)/#, (n-1)/# ]/((p-1)n+1)&, Complement[Divisors[GCD[p, n-1]], {1, 2}]])/2, {n, 1, 20}] (* Robert A. Russell, Dec 11 2004 *)
a[n_] := (CatalanNumber[n]/(n+2) + CatalanNumber[ Quotient[n, 2]] *((1 + Mod[n-1, 2]/2)))/2 + If[Mod[n, 3] == 1, CatalanNumber[ Quotient[n-1, 3]]/3, 0] ; Table[a[n], {n, 1, 28}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 08 2011, after PARI *)
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CROSSREFS
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A row or column of the array in A169808.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice,easy
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