A239772 Number of pairs of functions f, g from a size n set into itself satisfying f(f(x)) = f(g(f(x))).

1, 1, 10, 231, 9688, 603445, 52284816, 5951141035

Offset

0,3

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..7.

Maple

s:= proc(n, i) option remember; `if`(i=0, [[]],
       map(x-> seq([j, x[]], j=1..n), s(n, i-1)))
    end:
a:= proc(n) local l; l:= s(n$2);
       add(add(`if`([seq(evalb(f[f[i]]=f[g[f[i]]]),
       i=1..n)]=[true$n], 1, 0), g=l), f=l)
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..5);  # Alois P. Heinz, Jul 16 2014

Crossrefs

Cf. A181162, A239769, A239773.

Sequence in context: A027952 A056602 A349731 * A239773 A087434 A297648

Adjacent sequences: A239769 A239770 A239771 * A239773 A239774 A239775

Keyword

nonn,more

Author

Chad Brewbaker, Mar 26 2014

Extensions

a(6)-a(7) from Giovanni Resta, Mar 28 2014

Status

approved