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Number of elements in the set {k: 1 <= 2k <= n}.

Dimension of the space of weight 2n+4 cusp forms for Gamma_0(2).

Dimension of the space of weight 1 modular forms for Gamma_1(n+1).

Number of ways 2^n is expressible as r^2 - s^2 with s > 0. Proof: (r+s) and (r-s) both should be powers of 2, even and distinct hence a(2k) = a(2k-1) = (k-1) etc. - Amarnath Murthy, Sep 20 2002

Lengths of sides of Ulam square spiral; i.e., lengths of runs of equal terms in A063826. - Donald S. McDonald, Jan 09 2003

Number of partitions of n into two parts. A008619 gives partitions of n into at most two parts, so A008619(n) = a(n) + 1 for all n >= 0. Partial sums are A002620 (Quarter-squares). - Rick L. Shepherd, Feb 27 2004

a(n+1) is the number of 1's in the binary expansion of the Jacobsthal number A001045(n). - Paul Barry, Jan 13 2005

Number of partitions of n+1 into two distinct (nonzero) parts. Example: a(8) = 4 because we have [8,1],[7,2],[6,3] and [5,4]. - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 14 2006

Complement of A000035, since A000035(n)+2*a(n) = n. Also equal to the partial sums of A000035. - Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 01 2007

Number of binary bracelets of n beads, two of them 0. For n >= 2, a(n-2) is the number of binary bracelets of n beads, two of them 0, with 00 prohibited. - Washington Bomfim, Aug 27 2008

Let A be the Hessenberg n X n matrix defined by: A[1,j] = j mod 2, A[i,i]:=1, A[i,i-1] = -1, and A[i,j] = 0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n+1) = (-1)^n det(A). - Milan Janjic, Jan 24 2010

From Clark Kimberling, Mar 10 2011: (Start)

Let RT abbreviate rank transform (A187224). Then

RT(this sequence) = A187484;

RT(this sequence without 1st term) = A026371;

RT(this sequence without 1st 2 terms) = A026367;

RT(this sequence without 1st 3 terms) = A026363. (End)

The diameter (longest path) of the n-cycle. - Cade Herron, Apr 14 2011

For n >= 3, a(n-1) is the number of two-color bracelets of n beads, three of them are black, having a diameter of symmetry. - Vladimir Shevelev, May 03 2011

Pelesko (2004) refers erroneously to this sequence instead of A008619. - M. F. Hasler, Jul 19 2012

Number of degree 2 irreducible characters of the dihedral group of order 2(n+1). - Eric M. Schmidt, Feb 12 2013

For n >= 3 the sequence a(n-1) is the number of non-congruent regions with infinite area in the exterior of a regular n-gon with all diagonals drawn. See A217748. - Martin Renner, Mar 23 2013

a(n) is the number of partitions of 2n into exactly 2 even parts. a(n+1) is the number of partitions of 2n into exactly 2 odd parts. This just rephrases the comment of E. Deutsch above. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jun 08 2013

Number of the distinct rectangles and square in a regular n-gon is a(n/2) for even n and n >= 4. For odd n, such number is zero, see illustration in link. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Jun 25 2013

x-coordinate from the image of the point (0,-1) after n reflections across the lines y = n and y = x respectively (alternating so that one reflection is applied on each step): (0,-1) -> (0,1) -> (1,0) -> (1,2) -> (2,1) -> (2,3) -> ... . - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 12 2013

a(n) is the number of partitions of 2n into exactly two distinct odd parts. a(n-1) is the number of partitions of 2n into exactly two distinct even parts, n > 0. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Jul 21 2013

a(n) is the number of permutations of length n avoiding 213, 231 and 312, or avoiding 213, 312 and 321 in the classical sense which are breadth-first search reading words of increasing unary-binary trees. For more details, see the entry for permutations avoiding 231 at A245898. - Manda Riehl, Aug 05 2014

Also a(n) is the number of different patterns of 2-color, 2-partition of n. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Nov 19 2014

Minimum in- and out-degree for a directed K_n (see link). - Jon Perry, Nov 22 2014

a(n) is also the independence number of the triangular graph T(n). - Luis Manuel Rivera Martínez, Mar 12 2015

For n >= 3, a(n+4) is the least positive integer m such that every m-element subset of {1,2,...,n} contains distinct i, j, k with i + j = k (equivalently, with i - j = k). - Rick L. Shepherd, Jan 24 2016

More generally, the ordinary generating function for the integers repeated k times is x^k/((1 - x)(1 - x^k)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Mar 21 2016

a(n) is the number of numbers of the form F(i)*F(j) between F(n+3) and F(n+4), where 2 < i < j and F = A000045 (Fibonacci numbers). - Clark Kimberling, May 02 2016

The arithmetic function v_2(n,2) as defined in A289187. - Robert Price, Aug 22 2017

a(n) is also the total domination number of the (n-3)-gear graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 07 2018

Consider the numbers 1, 2, ..., n; a(n) is the largest integer t such that these numbers can be arranged in a row so that all consecutive terms differ by at least t. Example: a(6) = a(7) = 3, because of respectively (4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3) and (1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7, 4) (see link BMO - Problem 2). - Bernard Schott, Mar 07 2020

a(n-1) is also the number of integer-sided triangles whose sides a < b < c are in arithmetic progression with a middle side b = n (see A307136). Example, for b = 4, there exists a(3) = 1 such triangle corresponding to Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5). For the triples, miscellaneous properties and references, see A336750. - Bernard Schott, Oct 15 2020

For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the greatest remainder on division of n by any k in 1..n. - David James Sycamore, Sep 05 2021

Number of incongruent right triangles that can be formed from the vertices of a regular n-gon is given by a(n/2) for n even. For n odd such number is zero. For a regular n-gon, the number of incongruent triangles formed from its vertices is given by A069905(n). The number of incongruent acute triangles is given by A005044(n). The number of incongruent obtuse triangles is given by A008642(n-4) for n > 3 otherwise 0, with offset 0. - Frank M Jackson, Nov 26 2022

The inverse binomial transform is 0, 0, 1, -2, 4, -8, 16, -32, ... (see A122803). - R. J. Mathar, Feb 25 2023

The original name was: Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = A235791(n,k) - A235791(n,k+1), assuming that the virtual right border of triangle A235791 is A000004.

T(n,k) is also the length of the k-th segment in a zig-zag path on the first quadrant of the square grid, connecting the point (n, 0) with the point (m, m), starting with a segment in vertical direction, where m <= n.

Conjecture: the area of the polygon defined by the x-axis, this zig-zag path and the diagonal [(0, 0), (m, m)], is equal to A024916(n)/2, one half of the sum of all divisors of all positive integers <= n. Therefore the reflected polygon, which is adjacent to the y-axis, with the zig-zag path connecting the point (0, n) with the point (m, m), has the same property. And so on for each octant in the four quadrants.

For the representation of A024916 and A000203 we use two octants, for example: the first octant and the second octant, or the 6th octant and the 7th octant, etc., see A237593.

At least up to n = 128, two zig-zag paths never cross (checked by hand).

The finite sequence formed by the n-th row of triangle together with its mirror row gives the n-th row of triangle A237593.

The connection between A196020 and A237271 is as follows: A196020 --> A236104 --> A235791 --> this sequence --> A237593 --> A239660 --> A237270 --> A237271.

Comments from Franklin T. Adams-Watters on sequences related to the "symmetric representation of sigma" in A235791 and related sequences, Mar 31 2014. (Start)

The place to start is with A235791, which is very simple. Then go to A237591, also very simple, and A237593, still very simple.

You then need to interpret the rows of A237593 as Dyck paths. This interpretation is in terms of run lengths, so 2,1,1,2 means up twice, down once, up once, and down twice. Because the rows of A237593 are symmetric and of even length, this path will always be symmetric.

Now the surprising fact is that the areas enclosed by the Dyck path for n (laid on its side) always includes the area enclosed for n-1; and the number of squares added is sigma(n).

Finally, look at the connected areas enclosed by n but not by n-1; the size of these areas is the symmetric representation of sigma. (End)

From Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Apr 07 2014: (Start)

The row sum is A235791(n,1) - A235791(n,floor((sqrt(8n+1)-1)/2)+1) = n - 0.

Mathematica function has been written to check the conjecture as well as non-crossing zig-zag paths (Dyck paths rotated by 90 degrees) up through n=30000 (same applies to A237593). (End)

The n-th zig-zag path ending at the point (m, m), where m = A240542(n). - Omar E. Pol, Apr 16 2014

From Omar E. Pol, Aug 23 2015: (Start)

n is an odd prime if and only if T(n,2) = 1 + T(n-1,2) and T(n,k) = T(n-1,k) for the rest of the values of k.

The elements of the n-th row of triangle together with the elements of the n-th row of triangle A261350 give the n-th row of triangle A237593.

T(n,k) is also the area (or the number of cells) of the k-th vertical side at the n-th level (starting from the top) in the left hand part of the front view of the stepped pyramid described in A245092, see Example section.

(End)

From Omar E. Pol, Nov 19 2015: (Start)

T(n,k) is also the number of cells between the k-th and the (k+1)st line segments (from left to right) in the n-th row of the diagram as shown in Example section.

Note that the number of horizontal line segments in the n-th row of the diagram equals A001227(n), the number of odd divisors of n. (End)

Conjecture: the values f(n,k) in the n-th row of the triangle are either 1 or 2 for all k with ceiling((sqrt(4*n+1)-1)/2) <= k <= floor((sqrt(8*n+1)-1)/2) = r(n), the length of the n-th row, though the lower bound need not be minimal; tested through 2500000. See also A285356. - Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Apr 17 2017

Conjecture: T(n,k) is the difference between the total number of partitions of all positive integers <= n into exactly k consecutive parts, and the total number of partitions of all positive integers <= n into exactly k+1 consecutive parts. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 30 2017

From Omar E. Pol, Aug 31 2021: (Start)

It appears that T(n,2)/T(n,1) converges to 1/3.

It appears that T(n,3)/T(n,2) converges to 1/2.

It appears that T(n,4)/T(n,3) converges to 3/5.

It appears that T(n,5)/T(n,4) converges to 2/3. (End)

In other words: T(n,k) is the length of the k-th line segment of the largest Dyck path of the symmetric representation of sigma(n). - Omar E. Pol, Sep 08 2021

The alternating sum of the squares of the elements of the n-th row equals the sum of all divisors of all positive integers <= n, i.e., Sum_{k=1..A003056(n)} (-1)^(k-1)*(T(n,k))^2 = A024916(n).

Row n has length A003056(n) hence the first element of column k is in row A000217(k).

For more information see A236104.

The sum of row n gives A060831(n), the sum of the number of odd divisors of all positive integers <= n. - Omar E. Pol, Mar 01 2014. [An equivalent assertion is that the sum of row n of A237048 is the number of odd divisors of n, and this was proved by Hartmut F. W. Hoft in a comment in A237048. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 07 2020]

Comments from Franklin T. Adams-Watters on sequences related to the "symmetric representation of sigma" in A235791 and related sequences, Mar 31 2014: (Start)

The place to start is with A235791, which is very simple. Then go to A237591, also very simple, and A237593, still very simple.

You then need to interpret the rows of A237593 as Dyck paths. This interpretation is in terms of run lengths, so 2,1,1,2 means up twice, down once, up once, and down twice. Because the rows of A237593 are symmetric and of even length, this path will always be symmetric.

Now the surprising fact is that the areas enclosed by the Dyck path for n (laid on its side) always includes the area enclosed for n-1; and the number of squares added is sigma(n).

Finally, look at the connected areas enclosed by n but not by n-1; the size of these areas is the symmetric representation of sigma. (End)

From Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Apr 07 2014: (Start)

Mathematica function has been written to check the first property up to n = 20000.

T(n,(sqrt(8n+1)-1)/2+1) = 0 for all n >= 1, which is useful for formulas for A237591 and A237593. (End)

Alternating row sums give A240542. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 16 2014

Conjecture: T(n,k) is also the total number of partitions of all positive integers <= n into exactly k consecutive parts, i.e., the partial column sum of A285898, or in accordance with the triangles of the same family: the partial column sum of A237048. - Omar E. Pol, Apr 28 2017, Nov 24 2020

The above conjecture is true. The proof will be added soon (it uses the generating function for the columns). - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 24 2020

T(n,k) is also the total length of all line segments between the k-th vertex and the central vertex of the largest Dyck path of the symmetric representation of sigma(n). In other words: T(n,k) is the sum of the last (A003056(n)-k+1) terms of the n-th row of A237591. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 07 2021

T(n,k) is also the Manhattan distance between the k-th vertex and the central vertex of the Dyck path described in the n-th row of the triangle A237593. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 11 2023

When viewed as a triangular array, the row sum values are 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 ... (A004525).

This is the r=0 member of the r-family of sequences S_r(n) defined in A092184 where more information can be found.

Successive binomial transforms of this sequence: A011782, A007051, A007582, A081186, A081187, A081188, A081189, A081190, A060531, A081192.

Characteristic function of even numbers: a(A005843(n))=1, a(A005408(n))=0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 29 2008

This sequence is the Euler transformation of A185012. - Jason Kimberley, Oct 14 2011

a(n) is the parity of n+1. - Omar E. Pol, Jan 17 2012

Read as partial sequences, we get to A000975. - Jon Perry, Nov 11 2014

Elementary Cellular Automata rule 77 produces this sequence. See Wolfram, Weisstein and Index links below. - Robert Price, Jan 30 2016

Column k = 1 of A051159. - John Keith, Jun 28 2021

When read as a constant: decimal expansion of 10/99, binary expansion of 2/3. - Jason Bard, Aug 25 2025

Inverse binomial transform of A084858. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 12 2003

Earliest monotonic sequence starting with (1,2) and satisfying the condition: "a(n)+a(n-1) is not in the sequence." - Benoit Cloitre, Mar 25 2004. [The numbers of the form a(n)+a(n-1) form precisely the complement with respect to the positive integers. - David W. Wilson, Feb 18 2012]

a(1) = 1; a(n) is least number which is relatively prime to the sum of all the previous terms. - Amarnath Murthy, Jun 18 2001

For n > 3, numbers having 3 as an anti-divisor. - Alexandre Wajnberg, Oct 02 2005

Also numbers n such that (n+1)*(n+2)/6 = A000292(n)/n is an integer. - Ctibor O. Zizka, Oct 15 2010

Notice the property described by Gary Detlefs in A113801: more generally, these numbers are of the form (2*h*n + (h-4)*(-1)^n-h)/4 (h, n natural numbers), therefore ((2*h*n + (h-4)*(-1)^n - h)/4)^2 - 1 == 0 (mod h); in this case, a(n)^2 - 1 == 0 (mod 3). - Bruno Berselli, Nov 17 2010

A001651 mod 9 gives A141425. - Paul Curtz, Dec 31 2010. (Correct for the modified offset 1. - M. F. Hasler, Apr 07 2015)

The set of natural numbers (1, 2, 3, ...), sequence A000027; represents the numbers of ordered compositions of n using terms in the signed set: (1, 2, -4, -5, 7, 8, -10, -11, 13, 14, ...). This follows from (1, 2, 3, ...) being the INVERT transform of A011655, signed and beginning: (1, 1, 0, -1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 0, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 28 2013

Union of A047239 and A047257. - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Dec 19 2013

Numbers whose sum of digits (and digital root) is != 0 (mod 3). - Joerg Arndt, Aug 29 2014

The number of partitions of 3*(n-1) into at most 2 parts. - Colin Barker, Apr 22 2015

a(n) is the number of partitions of 3*n into two distinct parts. - L. Edson Jeffery, Jan 14 2017

Conjectured (and like even easily proved) to be the graph bandwidth of the complete bipartite graph K_{n,n}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 24 2017

Numbers k such that Fibonacci(k) mod 4 = 1 or 3. Equivalently, sequence lists the indices of the odd Fibonacci numbers (see A014437). - Bruno Berselli, Oct 17 2017

Minimum value of n_3 such that the "rectangular spiral pattern" is the optimal solution for Ripà's n_1 X n_2 x n_3 Dots Problem, for any n_1 = n_2. For example, if n_1 = n_2 = 5, n_3 = floor((3/2)*(n_1 - 1)) + 1 = a(5). - Marco Ripà, Jul 23 2018

For n >= 54, a(n) = sat(n, P_n), the minimum number of edges in a P_n-saturated graph on n vertices, where P_n is the n-vertex path (see Dudek, Katona, and Wojda, 2003; Frick and Singleton, 2005). - Danny Rorabaugh, Nov 07 2017

From Roger Ford, May 09 2021: (Start)

a(n) is the smallest sum of arch lengths for the top arches of a semi-meander with n arches. An arch length is the number of arches covered + 1.

/\ The top arch has a length of 3. /\ The top arch has a length of 3.

/ \ Both bottom arches have a //\\ The middle arch has a length of 2.

//\/\\ length of 1. ///\\\ The bottom arch has a length of 1.

Example: a(6) = 8 /\ /\

//\\ /\ //\\ /\ 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 8. (End)

This is the lexicographically earliest increasing sequence of positive integers such that no polynomial of degree d can be fitted to d+2 consecutive terms (equivalently, such that no iterated difference is zero). - Pontus von Brömssen, Dec 26 2021

Also number of tripods (trees with exactly 3 leaves) on n vertices. - Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 05 2011

Also number of partitions of n+3 into exactly 3 parts; number of partitions of n in which the greatest part is less than or equal to 3; and the number of nonnegative solutions to b + 2c + 3d = n.

Also a(n) gives number of partitions of n+6 into 3 distinct parts and number of partitions of 2n+9 into 3 distinct and odd parts, e.g., 15 = 11 + 3 + 1 = 9 + 5 + 1 = 7 + 5 + 3. - Jon Perry, Jan 07 2004

Also bracelets with n+3 beads 3 of which are red (so there are 2 possibilities with 5 beads).

More generally, the number of partitions of n into at most k parts is also the number of partitions of n+k into k positive parts, the number of partitions of n+k in which the greatest part is k, the number of partitions of n in which the greatest part is less than or equal to k, the number of partitions of n+k(k+1)/2 into exactly k distinct positive parts, the number of nonnegative solutions to b + 2c + 3d + ... + kz = n and the number of nonnegative solutions to 2c + 3d + ... + kz <= n. - Henry Bottomley, Apr 17 2001

Also coefficient of q^n in the expansion of (m choose 3)_q as m goes to infinity. - Y. Kelly Itakura (yitkr(AT)mta.ca), Aug 21 2002

From Winston C. Yang (winston(AT)cs.wisc.edu), Apr 30 2002: (Start)

Write 1,2,3,4,... in a hexagonal spiral around 0, then a(n) for n > 0 is formed by the folding points (including the initial 1). The spiral begins:

.

85--84--83--82--81--80

/ \

86 56--55--54--53--52 79

/ / \ \

87 57 33--32--31--30 51 78

/ / / \ \ \

88 58 34 16--15--14 29 50 77

/ / / / \ \ \ \

89 59 35 17 5---4 13 28 49 76

/ / / / / \ \ \ \ \

90 60 36 18 6 0 3 12 27 48 75

/ / / / / / / / / / /

91 61 37 19 7 1---2 11 26 47 74

\ \ \ \ / / / /

62 38 20 8---9--10 25 46 73

\ \ \ / / /

63 39 21--22--23--24 45 72

\ \ / /

64 40--41--42--43--44 71

\ /

65--66--67--68--69--70

.

a(p) is maximal number of hexagons in a polyhex with perimeter at most 2p + 6. (End)

a(n-3) is the number of partitions of n into 3 distinct parts, where 0 is allowed as a part. E.g., at n=9, we can write 8+1+0, 7+2+0, 6+3+0, 4+5+0, 1+2+6, 1+3+5 and 2+3+4, which is a(6)=7. - Jon Perry, Jul 08 2003

a(n) gives number of partitions of n+6 into parts <=3 where each part is used at least once (subtract 6=1+2+3 from n). - Jon Perry, Jul 03 2004

This is also the number of partitions of n+3 into exactly 3 parts (there is a 1-to-1 correspondence between the number of partitions of n+3 in which the greatest part is 3 and the number of partitions of n+3 into exactly three parts). - Graeme McRae, Feb 07 2005

Apply the Riordan array (1/(1-x^3),x) to floor((n+2)/2). - Paul Barry, Apr 16 2005

Also, number of triangles that can be created with odd perimeter 3,5,7,9,11,... with all sides whole numbers. Note that triangles with even perimeter can be generated from the odd ones by increasing each side by 1. E.g., a(1) = 1 because perimeter 3 can make {1,1,1} 1 triangle. a(4) = 3 because perimeter 9 can make {1,4,4} {2,3,4} {3,3,3} 3 possible triangles. - Bruce Love (bruce_love(AT)ofs.edu.sg), Nov 20 2006

Also number of nonnegative solutions of the Diophantine equation x+2*y+3*z=n, cf. Pólya/Szegő reference.

From Vladimir Shevelev, Apr 23 2011: (Start)

Also a(n-3), n >= 3, is the number of non-equivalent necklaces of 3 beads each of them painted by one of n colors.

The sequence {a(n-3), n >= 3} solves the so-called Reis problem about convex k-gons in case k=3 (see our comment to A032279).

a(n-3) (n >= 3) is an essentially unimprovable upper estimate for the number of distinct values of the permanent in (0,1)-circulants of order n with three 1's in every row. (End)

A001399(n) is the number of 3-tuples (w,x,y) having all terms in {0,...,n} and w = 2*x+3*y. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 04 2012

Also, for n >= 3, a(n-3) is the number of the distinct triangles in an n-gon, see the Ngaokrajang links. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Mar 16 2013

Also, a(n) is the total number of 5-curve coin patterns (5C4S type: 5 curves covering full 4 coins and symmetry) packing into fountain of coins base (n+3). See illustration in links. - Kival Ngaokrajang, Oct 16 2013

Also a(n) = half the number of minimal zero sequences for Z_n of length 3 [Ponomarenko]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 25 2014

Also, a(n) equals the number of linearly-independent terms at 2n-th order in the power series expansion of an Octahedral Rotational Energy Surface (cf. Harter & Patterson). - Bradley Klee, Jul 31 2015

Also Molien series for invariants of finite Coxeter groups D_3 and A_3. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 10 2016

Number of different distributions of n+6 identical balls in 3 boxes as x,y,z where 0 < x < y < z. - Ece Uslu and Esin Becenen, Jan 11 2016

a(n) is also the number of partitions of 2*n with <= n parts and no part >= 4. The bijection to partitions of n with no part >= 4 is: 1 <-> 2, 2 <-> 1 + 3, 3 <-> 3 + 3 (observing the order of these rules). The <- direction uses the following fact for partitions of 2*n with <= n parts and no part >=4: for each part 1 there is a part 3, and an even number (including 0) of remaining parts 3. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 21 2019

List of the terms in A000567(n>=1), A049450(n>=1), A033428(n>=1), A049451(n>=1), A045944(n>=1), and A003215(n) in nondecreasing order. List of the numbers A056105(n)-1, A056106(n)-1, A056107(n)-1, A056108(n)-1, A056109(n)-1, and A003215(m) with n >= 1 and m >= 0 in nondecreasing order. Numbers of the forms 3n*(n-1)+1, n*(3n-2), n*(3n-1), 3n^2, n*(3n+1), n*(3n+2) with n >= 1 listed in nondecreasing order. Integers m such that lattice points from 1 through m on a hexagonal spiral starting at 1 forms a convex polygon. - Ya-Ping Lu, Jan 24 2024

For n >= 1, a(n) is also the number of conjugacy classes in the automorphism group of the n-dimensional hypercube. This automorphism group is the wreath product of the cyclic group C_2 and the symmetric group S_n, its order is in sequence A000165. - Dan Fux (dan.fux(AT)OpenGaia.com or danfux(AT)OpenGaia.com), Nov 04 2001

Also, number of noncongruent matrices in GL_n(Z): each Jordan block can only have +1 or -1 on the diagonal. - Michele Dondi (blazar(AT)lcm.mi.infn.it), Jun 15 2004

a(n) = Sum (k(1)+1)*(k(2)+1)*...*(k(n)+1), where the sum is taken over all (k(1),k(2),...,k(n)) such that k(1)+2*k(2)+...+n*k(n) = n, k(i)>=0, i=1..n, cf. A104510, A077285. - Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 21 2005

Convolution of partition numbers (A000041) with itself. - Graeme McRae, Jun 07 2006

Number of one-to-one partial endofunctions on n unlabeled points. Connected components are either cycles or "lines", hence two for each size. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 28 2006

Equals A000716: (1, 3, 9, 22, 561, 108, ...) convolved with A010815. A000716 = the number of partitions of n into parts of 3 kinds = the Euler transform of [3,3,3,...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 26 2008

Paraphrasing the g.f.: 1 + 2x + 5x^2 + ... = s(x) * s(x^2) * s(x^3) * s(x^4) * ...; where s(x) = 1 + 2x + 3x^2 + 4x^3 + ... is (up to a factor x) the g.f. of A000027. - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 01 2010

Also equals number of partitions of 2n in which the odd parts appear as many times in even as in odd positions. - Wouter Meeussen, Apr 17 2013

Also number of ordered pairs (R,S) with R a partition of r, S a partition of s, and r+s=n; see example. This corresponds to the formula a(n) = sum(r+s==n, p(r)*p(s) ) = Sum_{k=0..n} p(k)*p(n-k). - Joerg Arndt, Apr 29 2013

Also the number of all multi-graphs with exactly n-edges and with vertex degrees 1 or 2. - Ebrahim Ghorbani, Dec 02 2013

If one decomposes k-permutations into cycles and so-called paths, the number of different type of decompositions equals to a(k); see the paper by Chen, Ghorbani, and Wong. - Ebrahim Ghorbani, Dec 02 2013

Let T(n,k) be the number of partitions of n having parts 1 through k of two kinds, with T(n,0) = A000041(n), the number of partitions of n. Then a(n) = T(n,0) + T(n-1,1) + T(n-2,2) + T(n-3,3) + ... - Gregory L. Simay, May 18 2019

Also the number of orbits of projections in the partition monoid P_n under conjugation by permutations. - James East, Jul 21 2020

Rediscovered by the HR automatic theory formation program.

a(n) depends only on prime signature of n (cf. A025487, A046523). So a(24) = a(375) since 24 = 2^3*3 and 375 = 3*5^3 both have prime signature (3, 1).

First differences of A013936. Average value tends towards Pi^2/6 = 1.644934... (A013661, A013679). - Henry Bottomley, Aug 16 2001

We have a(n) = A159631(n) for all n < 125, but a(125) = 2 < 3 = A159631(125). - Steven Finch, Apr 22 2009

Number of 2-generated Abelian groups of order n, if n > 1. - Álvar Ibeas, Dec 22 2014 [In other words, number of order-n abelian groups with rank <= 2. Proof: let b(n) be such number. A finite abelian group is the inner direct product of all Sylow-p subgroups, so {b(n)} is multiplicative. Obviously b(p^e) = floor(e/2)+1 (corresponding to the groups C_(p^r) X C_(p^(e-r)) for 0 <= r <= floor(e/2)), hence b(n) = a(n) for all n. - Jianing Song, Nov 05 2022]

Number of ways of writing n = r*s such that r|s. - Eric M. Schmidt, Jan 08 2015

The number of divisors of the square root of the largest square dividing n. - Amiram Eldar, Jul 07 2020

The number of unordered factorizations of n into cubefree powers of primes (1, primes and squares of primes, A166684). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 12 2025

First differences of A000123; also A000123 with terms repeated. See the relevant proof that follows the first formula below.

Among these partitions there is exactly one partition with all distinct terms, as every number can be expressed as the sum of the distinct powers of 2.

Euler transform of A036987 with offset 1.

a(n) is the number of "non-squashing" partitions of n, that is, partitions n = p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_k with 1 <= p_1 <= p_2 <= ... <= p_k and p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_i <= p_{i+1} for all 1 <= i < k. - N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 30 2003

Normally the OEIS does not include sequences like this where every term is repeated, but an exception was made for this one because of its importance. The unrepeated sequence A000123 is the main entry.

Number of different partial sums from 1 + [1, *2] + [1, *2] + ..., where [1, *2] means we can either add 1 or multiply by 2. E.g., a(6) = 6 because we have 6 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = (1+1) * 2 + 1 + 1 = 1 * 2 * 2 + 1 + 1 = (1+1+1) * 2 = 1 * 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = (1*2+1) * 2 where the connection is defined via expanding each bracket; e.g., this is 6 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 4 + 1 + 1 = 2 + 2 + 2 = 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 + 2. - Jon Perry, Jan 01 2004

Number of partitions p of n such that the number of compositions generated by p is odd. For proof see the Alekseyev and Adams-Watters link. - Vladeta Jovovic, Aug 06 2007

Differs from A008645 first at a(64). - R. J. Mathar, May 28 2008

Appears to be row sums of A155077. - Mats Granvik, Jan 19 2009

Number of partitions (p_1, p_2, ..., p_k) of n, with p_1 >= p_2 >= ... >= p_k, such that for each i, p_i >= p_{i+1} + ... + p_k. - John MCKAY (mckay(AT)encs.concordia.ca), Mar 06 2009 (these are the "non-squashing" partitions as nonincreasing lists).

Equals rightmost diagonal of triangle of A168261. Starting with offset 1 = eigensequence of triangle A115361 and row sums of triangle A168261. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 21 2009

Equals convolution square root of A171238: (1, 2, 5, 8, 16, 24, 40, 56, 88, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 05 2009

Let B = the n-th convolution power of the sequence and C = the aerated variant of B. It appears that B/C = the binomial sequence beginning (1, n, ...). Example: Third convolution power of the sequence is (1, 3, 9, 19, 42, 78, 146, ...), with C = (1, 0, 3, 0, 9, 0, 19, ...). Then B/C = (1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 15 2016

From Gary W. Adamson, Sep 08 2016: (Start)

The limit of the matrix power M^k as n-->inf results in a single column vector equal to the sequence, where M is the following production matrix:

1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 0, ...

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...

... (End)

a(n) is the number of "non-borrowing" partitions of n, meaning binary subtraction of a smaller part from a larger part will never require place-value borrowing. - David V. Feldman, Jan 29 2020

From Gus Wiseman, May 25 2024: (Start)

Also the number of multisets of positive integers whose binary rank is n, where the binary rank of a multiset m is given by Sum_i 2^(m_i-1). For example, the a(1) = 1 through a(8) = 10 multisets are:

{1} {2} {12} {3} {13} {23} {123} {4}

{11} {111} {22} {122} {113} {1113} {33}

{112} {1112} {222} {1222} {223}

{1111} {11111} {1122} {11122} {1123}

{11112} {111112} {2222}

{111111} {1111111} {11113}

{11222}

{111122}

{1111112}

{11111111}

(End)

This is the function usually denoted by T(n) in the literature on the 3x+1 problem. See A006370 for further references and links.

Intertwining of sequence A016789 '2,5,8,11,... ("add 3")' and the nonnegative integers.

a(n) = log_2(A076936(n)). - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 19 2002

The average value of a(0), ..., a(n-1) is A004526(n). - Amarnath Murthy, Oct 19 2002

Partial sums are A093353. - Paul Barry, Mar 31 2008

Absolute first differences are essentially in A014681 and A103889. - R. J. Mathar, Apr 05 2008

Only terms of A016789 occur twice, at positions given by sequences A005408 (odd numbers) and A016957 (6n+4): (1,4), (3,10), (5,16), (7,22), ... - Antti Karttunen, Jul 28 2017

a(n) represents the unique congruence class modulo 2n+1 that is represented an odd number of times in any 2n+1 consecutive oblong numbers (A002378). This property relates to Jim Singh's 2018 formula, as n^2 + n is a relevant oblong number. - Peter Munn, Jan 29 2022