A335443 Number of compositions of n where neighboring runs have different lengths.

1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 8, 13, 24, 42, 68, 122, 210, 360, 622, 1077, 1858, 3198, 5519, 9549, 16460, 28386, 49031, 84595, 145988, 251956, 434805, 750418, 1294998, 2234971, 3857106, 6656383, 11487641, 19825318, 34214136, 59046458, 101901743, 175860875, 303498779

Offset: 0

Author

Alois P. Heinz, Jul 06 2020

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			a(0) = 1: the empty composition.
a(1) = 1: 1.
a(2) = 2: 2, 11.
a(3) = 2: 3, 111.
a(4) = 5: 4, 22, 112, 211, 1111.
a(5) = 8: 5, 113, 122, 221, 311, 1112, 2111, 11111.
a(6) = 13: 6, 33, 114, 222, 411, 1113, 1221, 2112, 3111, 11112, 11211, 21111, 111111.
a(7) = 24: 7, 115, 133, 223, 322, 331, 511, 1114, 1222, 2113, 2221, 3112, 4111, 11113, 11122, 11311, 21112, 22111, 31111, 111112, 111211, 112111, 211111, 1111111.
a(8) = 42: 8, 44, 116, 224, 233, 332, 422, 611, 1115, 1223, 1331, 2114, 2222, 3113, 3221, 4112, 5111, 11114, 11222, 11411, 12221, 21113, 22211, 31112, 41111, 111113, 111122, 111221, 111311, 112112, 113111, 122111, 211112, 211211, 221111, 311111, 1111112, 1111211, 1112111, 1121111, 2111111, 11111111.
		

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. A003242, A011782, A329738, A329739, A329748, A329749, A329766, A335942.

Programs

Maple

b:= proc(n, l, t) option remember; `if`(n=0, 1, add(add(
      `if`(j=t, 0, b(n-i*j, i, j)), j=1..n/i), i={$1..n} minus {l}))
    end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0$2):
seq(a(n), n=0..40);

Mathematica

b[n_, l_, t_] := b[n, l, t] = If[n == 0, 1, Sum[Sum[If[j == t, 0,
     b[n-i*j, i, j]], {j, 1, n/i}], {i, Range[n]~Complement~{l}}]];
a[n_] := b[n, 0, 0];
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 40}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 13 2022, after Alois P. Heinz *)