A306386 Number of chord diagrams with n chords all having arc length at least 3.

1, 0, 0, 1, 7, 68, 837, 11863, 189503, 3377341, 66564396, 1439304777, 33902511983, 864514417843, 23735220814661, 698226455579492, 21914096529153695, 731009183350476805, 25829581529376423945, 963786767538027630275, 37871891147795243899204, 1563295398737378236910447

Offset: 0

Author

Gus Wiseman, Feb 26 2019

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

A cyclical form of A190823.

Also the number of 2-uniform set partitions of {1...2n} such that, when the vertices are arranged uniformly around a circle, no block has its two vertices separated by an arc length of less than 3.

Examples

			The a(8) = 7 2-uniform set partitions with all arc lengths at least 3:
  {{1,4},{2,6},{3,7},{5,8}}
  {{1,4},{2,7},{3,6},{5,8}}
  {{1,5},{2,6},{3,7},{4,8}}
  {{1,5},{2,6},{3,8},{4,7}}
  {{1,5},{2,7},{3,6},{4,8}}
  {{1,6},{2,5},{3,7},{4,8}}
  {{1,6},{2,5},{3,8},{4,7}}
		

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..404
• Gus Wiseman, The a(5) = 68 chord diagrams with all arc lengths at least 3.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000296, A000699, A001006, A001147, A001610, A003436, A038041, A054726, A135042, A170941, A190823, A278990, A306419, A322402, A324011, A324169.

Column k=3 of A324428.

Programs

Maple

a:= proc(n) option remember; `if`(n<8, [1, 0$2, 1, 7, 68, 837, 11863][n+1],
      ((8*n^4-64*n^3+142*n^2-66*n+109)    *a(n-1)
      -(24*n^4-248*n^3+870*n^2-1106*n+241)*a(n-2)
      +(24*n^4-264*n^3+982*n^2-1270*n+145)*a(n-3)
      -(8*n^4-96*n^3+374*n^2-486*n+33)    *a(n-4)
      -(4*n^3-24*n^2+39*n-2)              *a(n-5))/(4*n^3-36*n^2+99*n-69))
    end:
seq(a(n), n=0..23);  # Alois P. Heinz, Feb 27 2019

Mathematica

dtui[{},]:={{}};dtui[set:{i,___},n_]:=Join@@Function[s,Prepend[#,s]&/@dtui[Complement[set,s],n]]/@Table[{i,j},{j,Switch[i,1,Select[set,3<#i+2&]]}];
Table[Length[dtui[Range[n],n]],{n,0,12,2}]

Formula

a(n) is even <=> n in { A135042 }. - Alois P. Heinz, Feb 27 2019

Extensions

a(10)-a(16) from Alois P. Heinz, Feb 26 2019

a(17)-a(21) from Alois P. Heinz, Feb 27 2019