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Sequence corresponds also to the largest number that may be determined by asking no more than 2^(n-1) - 1 questions("Yes"-or-"No" answerable) with lying allowed at most once. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jul 15 2002

Number of Ouroborean rings for binary n-tuplets. - Lekraj Beedassy, May 06 2004

Also the number of games of Nim that are wins for the second player when the starting position is either the empty heap or heaps of sizes 1 <= t_1 < t_2 < ... < t_k < 2^(n-1) (if n is 1, the only starting position is the empty heap). E.g.: a(4) = 16: the winning positions for the second player when all the heap sizes are different and less than 2^3: (4,5,6,7), (3,5,6), (3,4,7), (2,5,7), (2,4,6), (2,3,6,7), (2,3,4,5), (1,6,7), (1,4,5), (1,3,5,7), (1,3,4,6), (1,2,5,6), (1,2,4,7), (1,2,3), (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) and the empty heap. - Kennan Shelton (kennan.shelton(AT)gmail.com), Apr 14 2006

a(n + 1) = 2^(2^n-n-1) = 2^A000295(n) is also the number of set-systems on n vertices with no singletons. The case with singletons is A058891. The unlabeled case is A317794. The spanning/covering case is A323816. The antichain case is A006126. The connected case is A323817. The uniform case is A306021(n) - 1. The graphical case is A006125. The chain case is A005840. - Gus Wiseman, Feb 01 2019

Named after the Dutch mathematician Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918-2012). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 20 2021

A multiset partition is a finite multiset of finite nonempty multisets of positive integers. A singleton is a multiset of size 1. The weight of a multiset partition is the sum of sizes of its elements. Weight is generally not the same as number of vertices.

Also non-isomorphic multiset partitions of weight n with no endpoints, where an endpoint is a vertex appearing only once (degree 1). For example, non-isomorphic representations of the a(4) = 12 multiset partitions are:

{{1,1,1,1}}

{{1,1,2,2}}

{{1},{1,1,1}}

{{1},{1,2,2}}

{{1,1},{1,1}}

{{1,1},{2,2}}

{{1,2},{1,2}}

{{1},{1},{1,1}}

{{1},{1},{2,2}}

{{1},{2},{1,2}}

{{1},{1},{1},{1}}

{{1},{1},{2},{2}}

The dual of a multiset partition has, for each vertex, one part consisting of the indices (or positions) of the parts containing that vertex, counted with multiplicity. For example, the dual of {{1,2},{2,2}} is {{1},{1,2,2}}. This sequence counts non-isomorphic multiset partitions with no singletons whose dual also has no singletons.

A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty set of positive integers. A singleton is an edge of size 1. An endpoint is a vertex appearing only once (degree 1). The weight of a set-system is the sum of sizes of its parts. Weight is generally not the same as number of vertices.

A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty sets of positive integers. An endpoint is a vertex appearing only once (degree 1). The weight of a set-system is the sum of sizes of its parts. Weight is generally not the same as number of vertices.

A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty set of positive integers. An endpoint is a vertex appearing only once (degree 1). The weight of a set-system is the sum of sizes of its parts. Weight is generally not the same as number of vertices.

A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty set of positive integers. A singleton is an edge of size 1. An endpoint is a vertex appearing only once (degree 1).

Number of self-complementary equivalence classes under the group G_n (a permutation group on the domain of Boolean functions, generated by the symmetric group S_n and the group (C_2)^n of all 2^n complementations of variables). - R. J. Mathar, Apr 14 2010

A set-system is a finite set of finite nonempty sets of positive integers. An singleton is an edge of size 1. The weight of a set-system is the sum of sizes of its parts. Weight is generally not the same as number of vertices.