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A047992
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Number of distinct permutations generated by shuffling n cards with "clump size" <= 2.
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3
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2, 5, 10, 16, 26, 42, 68, 110, 178, 288, 466, 754, 1220, 1974, 3194, 5168, 8362, 13530, 21892, 35422, 57314, 92736, 150050, 242786, 392836, 635622, 1028458, 1664080, 2692538, 4356618, 7049156, 11405774, 18454930, 29860704, 48315634, 78176338, 126491972
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OFFSET
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2,1
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COMMENTS
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Take a deck of n cards, cut into two nonempty piles, then do a riffle-shuffle in which no more than 2 consecutive cards fall from the same half. Sequence gives number of distinct n-permutations that result.
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FORMULA
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For n>3, a(n) = 2 * F(n+1), with F(n) = A000045(n).
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EXAMPLE
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a(4)=10 because we can split the deck as 1|234 then shuffle to get 2134 or 2314, or split as 12|34 and get 3421 1324 1342 3124 3142 or split 123|4 and get 1243, 1423. These plus the identity (1234) give 10 permutations in all.
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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Mike Keith (domnei(AT)aol.com)
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STATUS
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approved
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