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A000183 Number of discordant permutations of length n.
(Formerly M2121 N0838)
+0
5
0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 20, 144, 1265, 12072, 126565, 1445100, 17875140, 238282730, 3407118041, 52034548064, 845569542593, 14570246018686, 265397214435860, 5095853023109484, 102877234050493609, 2178674876680100744 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,5

COMMENT

a(n)=ways to reseat n diners at circular table, none in or next to original chair.

REFERENCES

J. Riordan, Discordant permutations, Scripta Math., 20 (1954), 14-23.

Anthony C. Robin, Circular Wife Swapping, The Mathematical Gazette, November 2006.

R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics I, Example 4.7.17.

K. Yamamoto, Structure polynomial of Latin rectangles and its application to a combinatorial problem, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyusyu University, Series A, 10 (1956), 1-13.

FORMULA

a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n} (-1)^m*(n-m)!*A061702(n, m), n>2.

EXAMPLE

a(5)=2: [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] -> [ 3 4 5 1 2 ] or [ 4 5 1 2 3 ].

CROSSREFS

Cf. A061702, A061703, A000338, A000561-A000565.

Sequence in context: A003490 A003481 A081006 this_sequence A081159 A105489 A093302

Adjacent sequences: A000180 A000181 A000182 this_sequence A000184 A000185 A000186

KEYWORD

nonn,nice,easy

AUTHOR

njas

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)Eunet.yu), Jun 18 2001

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