A056435 Number of step cyclic shifted sequence structures using exactly three different symbols.

0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 14, 11, 52, 72, 274, 281, 2155, 1741, 9650, 20456, 58071, 79293, 599452, 566739, 3668218, 6931312, 23776154, 31008623, 246109051, 282422552, 1357819070, 2615067966, 11358104142

Offset: 1

Author

Marks R. Nester

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

See A056371 for an explanation of step shifts. Under step cyclic shifts, abcde, bdace, bcdea, cdeab and daceb etc. are equivalent. Permuting the symbols will not change the structure.

References

• M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [See A056391 for pdf file of Chap. 2]

Crossrefs

Column 3 of A288627.

Cf. A056416.

Formula

A056430(n)-A056429(n).