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Number of structural isomers of alkenes C_n H_{2n} with n carbon atoms.

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a(n) = b(1)b(n-1) + b(2)b(n-2) + b(3)b(n-3) + ... + b(n/2)(b(n/2) + 1)/2 when n is even or b(1)b(n-1) + b(2)b(n-2) + b(3)b(n-3) + ... + b((n-1)/2)b((n + 1)/2) when n is odd, where b(n) = A000642(n). - Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Feb 24 2008

Sequence in context: A103792 A076156 A084173 this_sequence A026569 A035082 A005198

Adjacent sequences: A000628 A000629 A000630 this_sequence A000632 A000633 A000634

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