Search: id:A123750 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A123750 %S A123750 0,1,4,17,94,667,5752,58053,669970,8698991,125499820,1991637529, %T A123750 34479906886,646671878595,13061304372448,282652185684845, %U A123750 6524494505342842,160018549741811479,4155443426929596436 %N A123750 Number of distinct resistances possible with at most n arbitrary resistors connected in series or in parallel. %C A123750 The difference between this problem and A005840 and A051045 is the word "at most". In this problem, at most n different resistors are used to generate all possible resistances using in series and in parallel wirings, also including resistances where some of the resistors from the collection 1,2,...,n, are not used. %H A123750 I. N. Galidakis, Home Page (listed in lieu of email address) %F A123750 a(n) = 2*A005840(n) + n - 2; generating function = exp(x)*(-2*exp(x) + exp(x)*x + 2)/(-2 + exp(x)) %e A123750 exp(x)*(-2*exp(x) + exp(x)*x + 2)/(-2 + exp(x)) = 1*x + 2*x^2 + 17/6*x^3 + 47/12*x^4 + 667/120*x^5 + 719/90*x^6 + 19351/1680*x^7 + O(x^8); then the coefficients are multiplied by n! to get 1, 4, 17, 94, 667, 5752, 58053, 669970, 8698991, ... %p A123750 series(exp(x)*(-2*exp(x) + exp(x)*x + 2)/(-2 + exp(x)),x,8); %Y A123750 Cf. A005840. a(n) = 2*A005840(n) + n - 2, n > 1; A051045. %Y A123750 Sequence in context: A112354 A020011 A067084 this_sequence A024052 A128321 A091635 %Y A123750 Adjacent sequences: A123747 A123748 A123749 this_sequence A123751 A123752 A123753 %K A123750 nonn %O A123750 1,3 %A A123750 I. N. Galidakis (jgal(AT)ath.forthnet.gr), Nov 28 2006 Search completed in 0.001 seconds