A005961 Number of acyclic disubstituted alkanes with n carbon atoms and identical substituents.
1, 2, 5, 13, 37, 108, 325, 993, 3070, 9564, 29979, 94392, 298311, 945592, 3005021, 9570559, 30539044, 97611676, 312462096, 1001554565, 3214232129, 10326580526, 33210135104, 106901289420, 344398593149, 1110395171502, 3582666470285, 11567123373968
Offset: 1
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References
- N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
Links
- R. C. Read, The Enumeration of Acyclic Chemical Compounds, pp. 25-61 of A. T. Balaban, ed., Chemical Applications of Graph Theory, Ac. Press, 1976. [Annotated scanned copy] See p. 44.
Crossrefs
Cf. A005960.
Formula
G.f.: -1 + (1/(1-x*B(x)^2) + 1/(1-x*B(x^2)))/2 where B(x) is the g.f. for A000625. - Sean A. Irvine, Nov 12 2016
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More terms and title improved by Sean A. Irvine, Nov 12 2016
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