Search: id:A000168 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A000168 M1940 N0768 %S A000168 1,2,9,54,378,2916,24057,208494,1876446,17399772,165297834,1602117468, %T A000168 15792300756,157923007560,1598970451545,16365932856990,169114639522230, %U A000168 1762352559231660,18504701871932430,195621134074714260 %N A000168 2*3^n*(2*n)!/(n!*(n+2)!). %C A000168 Number of rooted 4-regular planar maps with n vertices. %C A000168 Also, number of doodles with n crossings, irrespective of the number of loops. %D A000168 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %D A000168 N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence). %D A000168 R. Cori and B. Vauquelin, Planar maps are well labeled trees, Canad. J. Math., 33 (1981), 1023-1042. %D A000168 J. L. Gross and J. Yellen, eds., Handbook of Graph Theory, CRC Press, 2004; p. 714. %D A000168 V. A. Liskovets, A census of nonisomorphic planar maps, in Algebraic Methods in Graph Theory, Vol. II, ed. L. Lovasz and V. T. Sos, North-Holland, 1981. %D A000168 V. A. Liskovets, Enumeration of nonisomorphic planar maps, Selecta Math. Sovietica, 4 (No. 4, 1985), 303-323. %D A000168 R. C. Mullin, On the average activity of a spanning tree of a rooted map, J. Combin. Theory, 3 (1967), 103-121. %D A000168 W. T. Tutte, A census of planar maps, Canad. J. Math., 15 (1963), 249-271. %H A000168 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100 %H A000168 M. Bousquet-Melou, Limit laws for embedded trees %H A000168 M. Bousqet-Melou and A. Jehanne, Polynomial equations with one catalytic variable, algebraic series and map enumeration %H A000168 G. Schaeffer and P. Zinn-Justin, On the asymptotic number of plane curves and alternating knots %H A000168 P. Flajolet and R. Sedgewick, Analytic Combinatorics, 2009; see page 516 %F A000168 G.f. satisfies A(z) = 1 - 16z +18zA - 27z^2A^2. %F A000168 G.f.: F(1/2,1;3;12x). [From Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Feb 04 2009] %F A000168 a(n)=2*3^n*A000108(n)/(n+2). [From Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Feb 04 2009] %p A000168 f:=n->2*3^n*(2*n)!/(n!*(n+2)!); %Y A000168 First row of array A102994. Cf. A005470. %Y A000168 Sequence in context: A074602 A073986 A089436 this_sequence A127128 A064151 A075679 %Y A000168 Adjacent sequences: A000165 A000166 A000167 this_sequence A000169 A000170 A000171 %K A000168 nonn,nice,easy %O A000168 0,2 %A A000168 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). Search completed in 0.001 seconds