A329863 Number of compositions of n with cuts-resistance 2.

0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 6, 9, 22, 47, 88, 179, 354, 691, 1344, 2617, 5042, 9709, 18632, 35639, 68010, 129556, 246202, 467188, 885036, 1674211, 3163094, 5969022, 11251676, 21189382, 39867970, 74950464, 140798302, 264313039, 495861874, 929709687, 1742193854, 3263069271, 6108762316

Offset: 0

Author

Gus Wiseman, Nov 23 2019

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

A composition of n is a finite sequence of positive integers summing to n.

For the operation of shortening all runs by 1, cuts-resistance is defined to be the number of applications required to reach an empty word.

Examples

			The a(2) = 1 through a(7) = 22 compositions (empty column not shown):
  (1,1)  (2,2)    (1,1,3)    (3,3)      (1,1,5)
         (1,1,2)  (1,2,2)    (1,1,4)    (1,3,3)
         (2,1,1)  (2,2,1)    (4,1,1)    (2,2,3)
                  (3,1,1)    (1,1,2,2)  (3,2,2)
                  (1,1,2,1)  (1,1,3,1)  (3,3,1)
                  (1,2,1,1)  (1,2,2,1)  (5,1,1)
                             (1,3,1,1)  (1,1,2,3)
                             (2,1,1,2)  (1,1,3,2)
                             (2,2,1,1)  (1,1,4,1)
                                        (1,4,1,1)
                                        (2,1,1,3)
                                        (2,1,2,2)
                                        (2,2,1,2)
                                        (2,3,1,1)
                                        (3,1,1,2)
                                        (3,2,1,1)
                                        (1,1,2,1,2)
                                        (1,1,2,2,1)
                                        (1,2,1,1,2)
                                        (1,2,2,1,1)
                                        (2,1,1,2,1)
                                        (2,1,2,1,1)
		

Links

• Claude Lenormand, Deux transformations sur les mots, Preprint, 5 pages, Nov 17 2003.

Crossrefs

Column k = 2 of A329861.

Compositions with cuts-resistance 1 are A003242.

Compositions with runs-resistance 2 are A329745.

Numbers whose binary expansion has cuts-resistance 2 are A329862.

Binary words with cuts-resistance 2 are conjectured to be A027383.

Cuts-resistance of binary expansion is A319416.

Binary words counted by cuts-resistance are A319421 and A329860.

Cf. A000975, A003242, A032020, A114901, A240085, A261983, A319420, A329738, A329744, A329864.

Programs

Mathematica

degdep[q_]:=Length[NestWhileList[Join@@Rest/@Split[#]&,q,Length[#]>0&]]-1;
Table[Length[Select[Join@@Permutations/@IntegerPartitions[n],degdep[#]==2&]],{n,0,10}]

PARI

Ca(N) = {1/(1-sum(k=1, N, x^k/(1+x^k)))}
A_x(N) = {my(x='x+O('x^N)); concat([0,0],Vec(-1+(1+sum(m=1,N, Ca(N)*x^(2*m)*(Ca(N)-1)/(1+x^m*(2+x^m*(1+Ca(N))))))/(1-sum(m=1,N, Ca(N)*x^(2*m)/(1+x^m*(2+x^m*(1+Ca(N))))))))}
A_x(38) \\ John Tyler Rascoe, Feb 20 2025

Formula

G.f.: -1 + (1 + Ca(x) * Sum_{m>0} x^(2*m) * (Ca(x)-1)/(1 + x^m * (2 + x^m * (1+Ca(x)))))/(1 - Ca(x) * Sum_{m>0} x^(2*m)/(1 + x^m * (2 + x^m * (1+Ca(x))))) where Ca(x) is the g.f. for A003242. - John Tyler Rascoe, Feb 20 2025

Extensions

a(21) onwards from John Tyler Rascoe, Feb 20 2025