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A122949 Number of ordered pairs of permutations generating a transitive group. +0
2
1, 3, 26, 426, 11064, 413640, 20946960, 1377648720, 114078384000, 11611761920640, 1425189271161600, 207609729886944000, 35419018603306060800, 6996657393055480550400, 1584616114318716544665600 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

From Dixon: The sequence is asymptotic to (n!)^2; when divided by n!^2, it has a high-order asymptotic contact with the probability that two randomly chosen permutations generate the symmetric group. Also: a(n)=(n-1)!*A003319(n+1), where A003319 is the number of connected [or indecomposable] permutations. The coefficients in the asymptotic expansion of a(n)/(n!)^2 are A113869 and in absolute value, they constitute A084357 (number of sets of sets of lists).

LINKS

John D. Dixon, Asymptotics of Generating the Symmetric and Alternating Groups, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, vol 11(2), R56.

FORMULA

Exponential generating function is: log(1+sum(n!*z^n,n=1..infinity))

EXAMPLE

a(2)=3 because there are 2!*2!=4 pairs of permutations, of which only [(1,1),(1,1)] does not generate a transitive group.

MAPLE

series(log(add(n!*z^n, n=0..Order+2)), z=0):seq(coeff(%, z, j)*j!, j=0..Order);

CROSSREFS

Cf. A003319, A084357, A113869.

Sequence in context: A119293 A136046 A143155 this_sequence A049088 A089041 A059511

Adjacent sequences: A122946 A122947 A122948 this_sequence A122950 A122951 A122952

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Philippe.Flajolet(AT)inria.fr (Philippe.Flajolet(AT)inria.fr), Oct 25 2006

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