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A008828 Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = number of closed meander systems of order n with k<=n components. +0
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1, 2, 2, 8, 12, 5, 42, 84, 56, 14, 262, 640, 580, 240, 42, 1828, 5236, 5894, 3344, 990, 132, 13820, 45164, 60312, 42840, 17472, 4004, 429, 110954, 406012, 624240, 529104, 271240, 85904, 16016, 1430, 933458, 3772008, 6540510, 6413784, 3935238, 1569984 (list; table; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

A meander of order n has 2n bridges. For many more references, see A005315 and A005316.

REFERENCES

S. K. Lando and A. K. Zvonkin "Plane and projective meanders", Theoretical Computer Science Vol. 117 (1993) p232.

LINKS

P. Di Francesco, O. Golinelli and E. Guitter, Meander, folding and arch statistics.

I. Jensen, Enumeration of plane meanders

M. La Croix, Approaches to the Enumerative Theory of Meanders [From Gerald McGarvey (gerald.mcgarvey(AT)comcast.net), Oct 26 2008]

EXAMPLE

1; 2 2; 8 12 5; 42 84 56 14;...

CROSSREFS

Columns include A005315, A006657, A006658. Diagonals include A000108 (Catalan numbers), A006659, A007746. Row sums are in A001246.

Sequence in context: A046982 A015620 A046690 this_sequence A053414 A014236 A087955

Adjacent sequences: A008825 A008826 A008827 this_sequence A008829 A008830 A008831

KEYWORD

nonn,tabl,nice

AUTHOR

D. Ivanov, S. K. Lando, A. K. Zvonkin ( LabRI, Bordeaux, France).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Pab Ter (pabrlos(AT)yahoo.com), May 10 2004

Edited by Ralf Stephan, Dec 29 2004

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