Search: id:A006359 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A006359 M4148 %S A006359 1,6,21,91,371,1547,6405,26585,110254,457379,1897214,7869927,32645269, %T A006359 135416457,561722840,2330091144,9665485440,40093544735,166312629795, %U A006359 689883899612,2861717685450,11870733787751,49241167758705 %N A006359 Number of distributive lattices; also number of paths with n turns when light is reflected from 6 glass plates. %C A006359 Let M denotes the 6 X 6 matrix = row by row (1,1,1,1,1,1)(1,1,1,1,1,0)(1, 1,1,1,0,0)(1,1,1,0,0,0)(1,1,0,0,0,0)(1,0,0,0,0,0) and A(n) the vector (x(n),y(n),z(n),t(n),u(n),v(n))=M^n*A where A is the vector (1,1, 1,1,1,1) then a(n)=x(n) - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Apr 02 2002 %D A006359 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %D A006359 J. Berman and P. Koehler, Cardinalities of finite distributive lattices, Mitteilungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar Giessen, 121 (1976), 103-124. %D A006359 Manfred Goebel, Rewriting Techniques and Degree Bounds for Higher Order Symmetric Polynomials, Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing (AAECC), Volume 9, Issue 6 (1999), 559-573. %D A006359 J. Haubrich, Multinacci Rijen [Multinacci sequences], Euclides (Netherlands), Vol. 74, Issue 4, 1998, pp. 131-133. %D A006359 G. Kreweras, Les preordres totaux compatibles avec un ordre partiel. Math. Sci. Humaines No. 53 (1976), 5-30. %F A006359 G.f. from M. Goebel (manfredg(AT)ICSI.Berkeley.EDU) Jul 26 1997: -(z^4 + z^3 - 3z^2 - 2z + 1) / (-1 + 3z + 6z^2 - 4z^3 - 5z^4 + z^5 + z^6). %F A006359 a(n)=3*a(n-1)+6*a(n-2)-4*a(n-3)-5*a(n-4)+a(n-5)+a(n-6). %F A006359 a(n) is asymptotic to z(6)*w(6)^n where w(6)=(1/2)/cos(6*Pi/13) and z(6) is the root 1