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Related to Schröder's second problem.

A001006 gives number of ways of drawing any number of nonintersecting chords between n points on a circle, while this sequence gives number of ways of drawing noncrossing chords between n points on a circle. The difference is that nonintersection chords have no point in common, while noncrossing chords may share an endpoint. - David W. Wilson, Jan 30 2003

For n>0, a(n) = number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (n-1,n-1) that consist of steps (i,j), i,j nonnegative integers not both 0 and that stay strictly below the line y=x except at their endpoints. For example, a(3)=8 counts the paths with following step sequences: {(2, 2)}, {(2, 1), (0, 1)}, {(2, 0), (0, 2)}, {(2, 0), (0, 1), (0, 1)}, {(1, 0), (1, 2)}, {(1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1)}, {(1, 0), (1, 0), (0, 2)}, {(1, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1), (0, 1)}. If the word "strictly" is replaced by "weakly", the counting sequence becomes A059435. - David Callan, Jun 07 2006

The nodes on the circle are distinguished by their positions but are otherwise unlabeled. - Lee A. Newberg, Aug 09 2011

From Gus Wiseman, Jun 22 2019: (Start)

Conjecture: Also the number of simple graphs with vertices {1..n} not containing any pair of nesting edges. Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} where a < b and c < d are nesting if a < c and b > d or a > c and b < d. For example, the a(0) = 1 through a(3) = 8 non-nesting edge-sets are:

{} {} {} {}

{12} {12}

{13}

{23}

{12,13}

{12,23}

{13,23}

{12,13,23}

Cf. A001519, A117662, A326244, A326256, A326257, A326279.

(End)

A multiset partition is normal if it covers an initial interval of positive integers. It is unsortable if no permutation has an ordered concatenation, or equivalently if the concatenation of its lexicographically-ordered parts is not weakly increasing. For example, the multiset partition {{1,2},{1,1,1},{2,2,2}} is sortable because the permutation ((1,1,1),(1,2),(2,2,2)) has concatenation (1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2), which is weakly increasing.

Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are crossing if a < c < b < d or c < a < d < b, and nesting if a < c < d < b or c < a < b < d.

Two edges (a,b), (c,d) are nesting if a < c and b > d or a > c and b < d.

Also unsortable digraphs with vertices {1..n}, where a digraph is sortable if, when the edges are listed in lexicographic order, their targets are weakly increasing.

Also the number of semicrossing digraphs with vertices {1..n}, where two edges (a,b), (c,d) are semicrossing if a < c and b < d or a > c and b > d. For example, the a(2) = 4 semicrossing digraph edge-sets are:

{11,22}

{11,12,22}

{11,21,22}

{11,12,21,22}

Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are weakly nesting if a <= c < d <= b or c <= a < b <= d.

Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are nesting if a < c < d < b or c < a < b < d. A graph has its nesting edges connected if the graph whose vertices are the edges and whose edges are nesting pairs of edges is connected.

A directed edge (a,b) is increasing if a < b. Two edges (a,b), (c,d) are crossing if a < c < b < d or c < a < d < b.

Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are crossing if a < c < b < d or c < a < d < b, and nesting if a < c < d < b or c < a < b < d.

Covering means there are no isolated vertices. Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are nesting if a < c < d < b or c < a < b < d. A graph has its nesting edges connected if the graph whose vertices are the edges and whose edges are nesting pairs of edges is connected.

Two edges {a,b}, {c,d} are crossing if a < c < b < d or c < a < d < b, and nesting if a < c < d < b or c < a < b < d.

Appears to be essentially the same as A003946.