A253171 a(n) = number of permutations of (1,2,...,n) producible by an ordered triple of distinct transpositions.

3, 12, 60, 240, 756, 1988, 4572, 9495, 18205, 32736, 55848, 91182, 143430, 218520, 323816, 468333, 662967, 920740, 1257060, 1689996, 2240568, 2933052, 3795300, 4859075, 6160401, 7739928, 9643312, 11921610, 14631690, 17836656, 21606288, 26017497, 31154795

Offset: 3

Author

Andrew Woods, Dec 28 2014

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Examples

			For n=4, the 12 permutations are 0132, 0213, 0321, 1023, 1230, 1302, 2031, 2103, 2310, 3012, 3120, and 3201. For example, 0123 is permuted into 0132 by ((b,d),(c,d), (b,c)).
		

Links

• Colin Barker, Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..1000
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,-21,35,-35,21,-7,1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A000914, for two transpositions.

Programs

PARI

Vec(-x^3*(x^6-7*x^5+21*x^4-33*x^3+39*x^2-9*x+3)/(x-1)^7 + O(x^100)) \\ Colin Barker, Dec 30 2014

Formula

a(n) = n * (n^5 - 7*n^4 + 17*n^3 - 17*n^2 + 30*n - 24) / 48 for n>=3.

a(n) = C(n,2)*(C(n-2,2)*C(n-4,2)/6 + 1) + 2*C(n,3)*C(n-3,2) + 6*C(n,4) for n>=3.

G.f.: -x^3*(x^6-7*x^5+21*x^4-33*x^3+39*x^2-9*x+3) / (x-1)^7. - Colin Barker, Dec 30 2014

Extensions

More terms from Colin Barker, Dec 30 2014