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A104268
a(n) = 2*4^(n-1) - (3n-1)/(2n+2)*C(2n,n).
0
1, 3, 12, 51, 218, 926, 3902, 16323, 67866, 280746, 1156576, 4748398, 19439332, 79391708, 323584322, 1316578403, 5348814842, 21702312818, 87955584152, 356114261498, 1440568977932, 5822909703908, 23520345224732
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Cardinality of the set of nesting-similarity classes.
Number of Lyngsø-Pedersen structures with n arcs [Saule et al., Theorem 1]. - Eric M. Schmidt, Sep 20 2017
LINKS
Cédric Saule, Mireille Regnier, Jean-Marc Steyaert, Alain Denise, Counting RNA pseudoknotted structures (extended abstract), dmtcs:2834 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 1, 2010, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN, 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2010).
FORMULA
G.f.: C+z^2*(2*z*C'+C)^2*C, with C(z) the g.f. of the Catalan numbers.
G.f.: x*(x*(8*x+5*sqrt(1-4*x)-9)-2*sqrt(1-4*x)+2)/(2*(1-4*x)*x^2). - Harvey P. Dale, Oct 03 2011
D-finite with recurrence 2*(n+1)*a(n) +(-21*n+1)*a(n-1) +2*(36*n-43)*a(n-2) +40*(-2*n+5)*a(n-3)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 08 2016
MATHEMATICA
Table[2 4^(n-1)-(3n-1)/(2n+2) Binomial[2n, n], {n, 30}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 03 2011 *)
CROSSREFS
Equals A006419(n-1) + A000108(n).
Sequence in context: A083314 A155179 A228770 * A081704 A166482 A007854
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Apr 17 2005
STATUS
approved