OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Used as the denominator for the mean square displacement of all different self-avoiding n-step walks in A078797. - Hugo Pfoertner, Dec 09 2002
Number of ways a toy snake with n segments can be bent without flipping the snake upside down. Each segment must be perpendicular or parallel with each adjacent segment. A "slither" is a way of writing down the configuration of a snake; starting from the tail, write down which direction the next segment is pointing (R for right, S for straight, L for left). E.g., a snake with 10 segments may have the valid slither RLRRLLRRL, but not RSRRSSLSL.
LINKS
Hugo Pfoertner, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..79
G. T. Barkema and S. Flesia, Two-dimensional oriented self-avoiding walks with parallel contacts, J. Stat. Phys. 85 (1996) no 3/4, 363-381. [a(30) to a(34)]
D. Bennet-Wood, J. L. Cardy, S. Flesia, A. J. Guttmann et al., Oriented self-avoiding walks with orientation-dependent interactions, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 28 (1995) no 18, 5143-5163. [up to a(29)]
V. Hart, How to Snakes, Youtube Video (2011).
MATHEMATICA
(* b = A001411 *) mo = Tuples[{-1, 1}, 2]; b[0] = 1; b[tg_, p_:{{0, 0}}] := b[tg, p] = Block[{e, mv = Complement[Last[p] + #& /@ mo, p]}, If[tg == 1, Length[mv], Sum[b[tg - 1, Append[p, e]], {e, mv}]]];
a[n_] := b[n]/4;
Table[an = a[n]; Print[an]; an, {n, 1, 16}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 02 2018, after Giovanni Resta in A001411 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,walk
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved