A286185 Number of connected induced (non-null) subgraphs of the Möbius ladder graph with 2n nodes.

3, 15, 55, 173, 511, 1451, 4019, 10937, 29371, 78055, 205679, 538149, 1399607, 3621315, 9327723, 23931633, 61186163, 155949119, 396369831, 1004904733, 2541896559, 6416348251, 16165611043, 40657256617, 102090514731, 255968753175, 640899345631, 1602640560533

Offset: 1

Author

Giovanni Resta, May 04 2017

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Möbius Ladder
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex-Induced Subgraph

Crossrefs

Cf. A020873 (wheel), A059020 (ladder), A059525 (grid), A286139 (king), A286182 (prism), A286183 (antiprism), A286184 (helm), A286186 (friendship), A286187 (web), A286188 (gear), A286189 (rook), A285765 (queen).

Programs

Mathematica

a[n_] := Block[{g = CirculantGraph[2 n, {1, 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) = 1/4*((1-sqrt(2))^n*(4-3*sqrt(2)*n) + (1+sqrt(2))^n*(4+3*sqrt(2)*n)) - 1 - n (conjectured). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 08 2017

a(n) = Lucas(n, 2) + 3*n*Fibonacci(n, 2) - n - 1, where Lucas(n, 2) = A002203(n) and Fibonacci(n, 2) = A000129(n) (conjectured). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 08 2017

G.f. (subject to the above conjectures. In fact all three conjectures are equivalent): (3*x-3*x^2-2*x^3-4*x^4+3*x^5-x^6)/(1-3*x+x^2+x^3)^2. - Robert Israel, May 08 2017

Extensions

a(17)-a(28) from Andrew Howroyd, May 20 2017