Search: id:A000682 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A000682 M1205 N0464 %S A000682 1,1,2,4,10,24,66,174,504,1406,4210,12198,37378,111278,346846,1053874, %T A000682 3328188,10274466,32786630,102511418,329903058,1042277722,3377919260, %U A000682 10765024432,35095839848,112670468128,369192702554,1192724674590,3925446804750 %N A000682 Semimeanders: number of ways a semi-infinite directed curve can cross a straight line n times. %C A000682 Number of ways to fold a strip of n+1 labeled stamps. %D A000682 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %D A000682 N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence). %D A000682 I. Jensen, A transfer matrix approach to the enumeration of plane meanders. J. Phys. A 33, 5953-5963 (2000). %D A000682 I. Jensen and A. J. Guttmann, Critical exponents of plane meanders. J. Phys. A 33, L187-L192 (2000). %D A000682 J. E. Koehler, Folding a strip of stamps, J. Combin. Theory, 5 (1968), 135-152. %D A000682 W. F. Lunnon, A map-folding problem, Math. Comp. 22 (1968), 193-199. %D A000682 A. Sade, Sur les Chevauchements des Permutations, published by the author, Marseille, 1949. %D A000682 J. Touchard, Contributions a` l'e'tude du proble`me des timbres postes, Canad. J. Math., 2 (1950), 385-398. %H A000682 I. Jensen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..45 %H A000682 P. Di Francesco, O. Golinelli and E. Guitter, Meander, folding and arch statistics. %H A000682 P. Di Francesco, O. Golinelli and E. Guitter, Meanders: a direct enumeration approach, Nucl. Phys. B 482 [ FS ] (1996) 497-535. %H A000682 I. Jensen, Home page %H A000682 I. Jensen, More terms %H A000682 Index entries for sequences obtained by enumerating foldings %H A000682 P. Di Francesco, Matrix model combinatorics: applications to folding and coloring %H A000682 M. La Croix, Approaches to the Enumerative Theory of Meanders [From Gerald McGarvey (gerald.mcgarvey(AT)comcast.net), Oct 26 2008] %e A000682 a(3) = 4: the four solutions with three crossings are the two solutions shown in A086441 together with their reflections about a North-South axis. %Y A000682 A000560(n) = a(n)/2 (for n >= 2) gives number of nonisomorphic solutions (see also A086441). Cf. A001011, A001997. %Y A000682 Sequence in context: A084078 A137842 A049146 this_sequence A001997 A000084 A057734 %Y A000682 Adjacent sequences: A000679 A000680 A000681 this_sequence A000683 A000684 A000685 %K A000682 nonn,nice %O A000682 0,3 %A A000682 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A000682 Sade gives the first 11 terms. Computed to n = 45 by Iwan Jensen. Search completed in 0.001 seconds