A002216 Harary-Read numbers: restricted hexagonal polyominoes (cata-polyhexes) with n cells. (Formerly M1426 N0562)

0, 1, 1, 2, 5, 12, 37, 123, 446, 1689, 6693, 27034, 111630, 467262, 1981353, 8487400, 36695369, 159918120, 701957539, 3101072051, 13779935438, 61557789660, 276327463180, 1245935891922, 5640868033058, 25635351908072, 116911035023017

Offset

0,4

Comments

Named after the American mathematician Frank Harary (1921-2005) and the British mathematician Ronald Cedric Read (1924-2019). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 22 2021

References

S. J. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll, X. F. Guo and F. J. Zhang, Number of perifusenes with one internal vertex, Rev. Roumaine Chem., Vol. 38, No. 1 (1993), pp. 65-77.

S. J. Cyvin, B. N. Cyvin, and J. Brunvoll, Enumeration of tree-like octagonal systems: catapolyoctagons, ACH Models in Chem., Vol. 134, No. 1 (1997), pp. 55-70.

J. L. Faulon, D. Visco and D. Roe, Enumerating Molecules, In: Reviews in Computational Chemistry Vol. 21, Ed. K. Lipkowitz, Wiley-VCH, 2005.

Wenchen He and Wenjie He, Generation and enumeration of planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Tetrahedron, Vol. 42, No. 19 (1986), pp. 5291-5299. See Table 3.

J. V. Knop, K. Szymansky, Željko Jeričević and Nenad Trinajstić, On the total number of polyhexes, Match, Vol. 16 (1984), pp. 119-134.

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).

N. Trinajstich, Z. Jerievi, J. V. Knop, W. R. Muller and K. Szymanski, Computer generation of isomeric structures, Pure & Appl. Chem., Vol. 55, No. 2 (1983), pp. 379-390.

Links

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200

L. W. Beineke and R. E. Pippert, On the enumeration of planar trees of hexagons, Glasgow Math. J., Vol. 15, No. 2 (1974), pp. 131-147.

L. W. Beineke and R. E. Pippert, On the enumeration of planar trees of hexagons, Glasgow Math. J., Vol. 15, No. 2 (1974), pp. 131-147. [Annotated scanned copy]

S. J. Cyvin, J. Brunvoll and B. N. Cyvin, Harary-Read numbers for catafusenes: Complete classification according to symmetry, Journal of mathematical chemistry, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1992), pp. 19-31 and 33-38. See Table 2.

F. Harary and R. C. Read, The enumeration of tree-like polyhexes, Proc. Edinb. Math. Soc., Vol. 17, No. 1 (1970), pp. 1-13; alternative link.

J. V. Knop, K. Szymanski, Ž. Jeričević, and N. Trinajstić, On the total number of polyhexes, Match, No. 16 (1984), 119-134.

R. C. Read, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 12 1971. (includes 40 terms of A002212 and A002216)

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Polyhex.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Fusene.

Formula

G.f.: (1/(24*x^2))*(12+24*x-48*x^2-24*x^3 +(1-x)^(3/2)*(1-5*x)^(3/2)-3*(3+5*x)*(1-x^2)^(1/2)*(1-5*x^2)^(1/2) -4*(1-x^3)^(1/2)*(1-5*x^3)^(1/2)).

a(n) = (1/2)[A002214(n)+A002215(n)], n>=1. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 23 2003

a(n) ~ 5^(n+1/2)/(4*sqrt(Pi)*n^(5/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 09 2013

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(12+(1-5*x)^(3/2)*(1-x)^(3/2)+24*x-48*x^2- 24*x^3- 3*(3+5 x)*Sqrt[1-5*x^2]*Sqrt[1-x^2]-4*Sqrt[1-5*x^3]*Sqrt[1-x^3])/ (24*x^2), {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 23 2013 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A036359, A005963, A000228, A001998.

Cf. A002212, A002213, A002214, A002215.

Sequence in context: A280275 A009598 A355861 * A024717 A003724 A138314

Adjacent sequences: A002213 A002214 A002215 * A002217 A002218 A002219

Keyword

nonn,easy,nice

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Status

approved