The OEIS mourns the passing of Jim Simons and is grateful to the Simons Foundation for its support of research in many branches of science, including the OEIS.
login
The OEIS is supported by the many generous donors to the OEIS Foundation.

 

Logo
Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A193233 Triangle T(n,k), n>=1, 0<=k<=3^n, read by rows: row n gives the coefficients of the chromatic polynomial of the Hanoi graph H_n, highest powers first. 13
1, -3, 2, 0, 1, -12, 63, -190, 363, -455, 370, -180, 40, 0, 1, -39, 732, -8806, 76293, -507084, 2689452, -11689056, 42424338, -130362394, 342624075, -776022242, 1522861581, -2598606825, 3863562996, -5007519752, 5652058863, -5541107684, 4697231261 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
The Hanoi graph H_n has 3^n vertices and 3*(3^n-1)/2 edges. It represents the states and allowed moves in the Towers of Hanoi problem with n disks. The chromatic polynomial of H_n has 3^n+1 coefficients.
LINKS
Alois P. Heinz, Rows n = 1..6, flattened
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Chromatic Polynomial
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Hanoi Graph
Wikipedia, Tower of Hanoi
EXAMPLE
2 example graphs: o
. / \
. o---o
. / \
. o o o
. / \ / \ / \
. o---o o---o---o---o
Graph: H_1 H_2
Vertices: 3 9
Edges: 3 12
The Hanoi graph H_1 equals the cycle graph C_3 with chromatic polynomial
q^3 -3*q^2 +2*q => [1, -3, 2, 0].
Triangle T(n,k) begins:
1, -3, 2, 0;
1, -12, 63, -190, 363, -455, ...
1, -39, 732, -8806, 76293, -507084, ...
1, -120, 7113, -277654, 8028540, -183411999, ...
1, -363, 65622, -7877020, 706303350, -50461570575, ...
1, -1092, 595443, -216167710, 58779577593, -12769539913071, ...
...
CROSSREFS
Cf. A288839 (chromatic polynomials of the n-Hanoi graph).
Cf. A137889 (directed Hamiltonian paths in the n-Hanoi graph).
Cf. A288490 (independent vertex sets in the n-Hanoi graph).
Cf. A286017 (matchings in the n-Hanoi graph).
Cf. A193136 (spanning trees of the n-Hanoi graph).
Cf. A288796 (undirected paths in the n-Hanoi graph).
Sequence in context: A171224 A270741 A212220 * A145878 A195662 A340860
KEYWORD
sign,tabf,look,hard
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Jul 18 2011
STATUS
approved

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Style Sheet | Transforms | Superseeker | Recents
The OEIS Community | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

License Agreements, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy. .

Last modified June 3 05:44 EDT 2024. Contains 373054 sequences. (Running on oeis4.)