A286182 Number of connected induced (non-null) subgraphs of the prism graph with 2n nodes.

3, 13, 51, 167, 503, 1441, 4007, 10923, 29355, 78037, 205659, 538127, 1399583, 3621289, 9327695, 23931603, 61186131, 155949085, 396369795, 1004904695, 2541896519, 6416348209, 16165610999, 40657256571, 102090514683, 255968753125, 640899345579, 1602640560479

Offset: 1

Author

Giovanni Resta, May 04 2017

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Cases n=1 and n=2 correspond to degenerate prism graphs, but they fit the same (conjectured) linear recurrence as the other terms.

Links

• Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Prism Graph
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex-Induced Subgraph
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (6, -11, 4, 5, -2, -1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A020873 (wheel), A059020 (ladder), A059525 (grid), A286139 (king), A286183 (antiprism), A286184 (helm), A286185 (Möbius ladder), A286186 (friendship), A286187 (web), A286188 (gear), A286189 (rook), A285765 (queen).

Programs

Mathematica

a[n_] := Block[{g = Graph@ Flatten@ Table[{i <-> Mod[i,n] + 1, n+i <-> Mod[i,n] + n+1, i <-> i+n}, {i, n}]}, -1 + ParallelSum[ Boole@ ConnectedGraphQ@ Subgraph[g, s], {s, Subsets@Range[2 n]}]]; Array[a, 8]

Formula

a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 11*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) + 5*a(n-4) - 2*a(n-5) - a(n-6), for n > 6 (conjectured).

a(n) = A002203(n) + 3*n*A000129(n) - 3*n + 1 (conjectured). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 08 2017

G.f.: x*(3 - 5*x + 6*x^2 - 8*x^3 - 5*x^4 - 3*x^5) / ((1 - x)^2*(1 - 2*x - x^2)^2) (conjectured). - Colin Barker, May 31 2017

Extensions

Terms a(18) and beyond from Andrew Howroyd, Aug 15 2017