A177546 Number of permutations of {1,...,n} avoiding adjacent step pattern up, down, up, up, down, up.

1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 4871, 37616, 326376, 3161321, 33647702, 391315387, 4925158550, 66783060318, 969759198692, 15025115932355, 247300462549813, 4310409307848931, 79296721491391389, 1535659536831254219, 31225145160777718876, 665165555262983848987

Offset: 0

Author

R. H. Hardin, May 10 2010

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..175

Crossrefs

Column k=45 of A242784.

Programs

Maple

b:= proc(u, o, t) option remember; `if`(t>6, 0, `if`(u+o+t<7, (u+o)!,
      add(b(u-j, o+j-1, [1, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1][t]), j=1..u)+
      add(b(u+j-1, o-j, [2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 7][t]), j=1..o)))
    end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0, 1):
seq(a(n), n=0..25);  # Alois P. Heinz, Oct 23 2013

Mathematica

b[u_, o_, t_] := b[u, o, t] = If[t > 6, 0, If[u + o + t < 7, (u + o)!,
     Sum[b[u - j, o + j - 1, {1, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1}[[t]]], {j, 1, u}] +
     Sum[b[u + j - 1, o - j, {2, 2, 4, 5, 2, 7}[[t]]], {j, 1, o}]]];
a[n_] := b[n, 0, 1];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 25}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 19 2022, after Alois P. Heinz *)

Formula

a(n) ~ c * d^n * n!, where d = 0.968272411334148488816007705..., c = 1.2028586385369344074836174... . - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 17 2015

Extensions

a(17)-a(22) from Alois P. Heinz, Oct 23 2013