A007393 Number of strict 5th-order maximal independent sets in cycle graph. (Formerly M4320)

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 16, 0, 27, 0, 40, 7, 55, 23, 72, 50, 91, 90, 119, 145, 165, 217, 240, 308, 357, 427, 531, 592, 779, 832, 1120, 1189, 1582, 1720, 2211, 2499, 3082, 3619, 4312, 5201, 6075, 7412, 8619, 10494, 12285

Offset

1,14

References

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

R. Yanco and A. Bagchi, ``K-th order maximal independent sets in path and cycle graphs,'' J. Graph Theory, submitted, 1994.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..54.

R. Yanco, Letter and Email to N. J. A. Sloane, 1994

Formula

Apparent g.f.: x^14*(-7+5*x^2)/((x^7+x^2-1)*(x-1)^2*(1+x)^2). [From R. J. Mathar, Oct 30 2009]

a(n) = A007388(n) - b(n) where b(1) = 0, b(2*n+1) = 2*n+1, b(2*n) = 2. - Sean A. Irvine, Jan 02 2018

Crossrefs

Cf. A007388.

Sequence in context: A243773 A097604 A240816 * A348516 A245543 A225949

Adjacent sequences: A007390 A007391 A007392 * A007394 A007395 A007396

Keyword

nonn

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Mira Bernstein

Extensions

More terms from Sean A. Irvine, Jan 02 2018

Status

approved