A348610 Number of alternating ordered factorizations of n.

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 3, 3, 4, 1, 6, 1, 6, 3, 3, 1, 12, 1, 3, 3, 6, 1, 11, 1, 7, 3, 3, 3, 15, 1, 3, 3, 12, 1, 11, 1, 6, 6, 3, 1, 23, 1, 6, 3, 6, 1, 12, 3, 12, 3, 3, 1, 28, 1, 3, 6, 12, 3, 11, 1, 6, 3, 11, 1, 33, 1, 3, 6, 6, 3, 11, 1, 23, 4, 3

Offset: 1

Author

Gus Wiseman, Nov 05 2021

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

An ordered factorization of n is a finite sequence of positive integers > 1 with product n.

A sequence is alternating if it is alternately strictly increasing and strictly decreasing, starting with either. For example, the partition (3,2,2,2,1) has no alternating permutations, even though it does have the anti-run permutations (2,3,2,1,2) and (2,1,2,3,2).

Examples

			The alternating ordered factorizations of n = 1, 6, 12, 16, 24, 30, 32, 36:
  ()   6     12      16      24      30      32      36
       2*3   2*6     2*8     3*8     5*6     4*8     4*9
       3*2   3*4     8*2     4*6     6*5     8*4     9*4
             4*3     2*4*2   6*4     10*3    16*2    12*3
             6*2             8*3     15*2    2*16    18*2
             2*3*2           12*2    2*15    2*8*2   2*18
                             2*12    3*10    4*2*4   3*12
                             2*4*3   2*5*3           2*6*3
                             2*6*2   3*2*5           2*9*2
                             3*2*4   3*5*2           3*2*6
                             3*4*2   5*2*3           3*4*3
                             4*2*3                   3*6*2
                                                     6*2*3
                                                     2*3*2*3
                                                     3*2*3*2
		

Links

• Wikipedia, Alternating permutation

Crossrefs

The additive version (compositions) is A025047 ranked by A345167.

The complementary additive version is A345192, ranked by A345168.

Dominated by A348611 (the anti-run version) at positions A122181.

The complement is counted by A348613.

A001055 counts factorizations, strict A045778, ordered A074206.

A001250 counts alternating permutations, complement A348615.

A339846 counts even-length factorizations.

A339890 counts odd-length factorizations.

A345165 counts partitions w/o an alternating permutation, ranked by A345171.

A345170 counts partitions w/ an alternating permutation, ranked by A345172.

A347463 counts ordered factorizations with integer alternating product.

A348379 counts factorizations w/ an alternating permutation.

A348380 counts factorizations w/o an alternating permutation.

Cf. A038548, A049774, A056986, A102726, A128761, A344614, A347050, A347464, A347706, A348383.

Programs

Mathematica

ordfacs[n_]:=If[n<=1,{{}},Join@@Table[Prepend[#,d]&/@ordfacs[n/d],{d,Rest[Divisors[n]]}]];
wigQ[y_]:=Or[Length[y]==0,Length[Split[y]] == Length[y]&&Length[Split[Sign[Differences[y]]]]==Length[y]-1];
Table[Length[Select[ordfacs[n],wigQ]],{n,100}]