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A258017(n) gives the count of terms with binary width 2n + 1.

Differs from A258003 for the first time at n=875, which here contains a(875) = 131821024 the smallest polyhex (26 edges, six hexes) where two hexes (at the opposite ends of a coiled pattern) meet to touch each other.

This pattern is isomorphic to benzenoid [6]Helicene (up to chirality, see the illustrations at Wikipedia-page).

Note that here, in contrast to "Boundary Edges Code for Benzenoid Systems" (see links at A258012), if a fusene has no bilateral symmetry then both variants of the corresponding one-sided fusene (their codes) are included in this sequence, the other obtained from the other by turning it over.

A fusene is a benzenoid (a polyhex) which has a single component of boundary edges (that is, no holes). Including also geometrically nonplanar configurations allows helicene-like self-touching or self-overlapping structures. Thus this sequence differs from A258206 for the first time at n=13 as here a(13) = 313 [while A258206(13) = 312] because the smallest such nonplanar structure is 26-edge [6]Helicene, which is encoded by one-capped binary code 131821024 (= A258013(875) = A258015(113)). Please see the illustrations at the Wikipedia page. Note that although in their three-dimensional conformation molecules like [6]Helicene and other [n]Helicenes with n >= 6 have two different chiralities (resulting from the handedness of the helicity itself), in this count of abstract combinatorial objects they are considered achiral because of their bilateral symmetry.

If one counts these structures by the number of hexes (instead of perimeter length), one obtains sequence 1, 1, 3, 7, 22, 82, ... (probably A108070).

Indexing starts from zero, because a(0) = 1 is a special case, indicating an empty path in the honeycomb lattice.

These are capped binary boundary codes for those holeless polyhexes that stay same when they are flipped over and rotated appropriately.

A258205(n) gives the count of terms with binary width 2n + 1.

This sequence counts fusenes which stay the same when flipped over. Fusenes are like polyhexes with additional criteria that no holes are allowed, but on the other hand, helicene-like self-touching or self-overlapping configurations are included in the count here. Cf. the links and further comments at A258019.

For n >= 1, a(n) gives the total number of terms k in A258015 with binary width = 2n + 1, or equally, with A000523(k) = 2n.