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A056451
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Number of palindromes using a maximum of five different symbols.
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11
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1, 5, 5, 25, 25, 125, 125, 625, 625, 3125, 3125, 15625, 15625, 78125, 78125, 390625, 390625, 1953125, 1953125, 9765625, 9765625, 48828125, 48828125, 244140625, 244140625, 1220703125, 1220703125, 6103515625, 6103515625, 30517578125, 30517578125, 152587890625, 152587890625
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Number of achiral rows of n colors using up to five colors. For a(3) = 25, the rows are AAA, ABA, ACA, ADA, AEA, BAB, BBB, BCB, BDB, BEB, CAC, CBC, CCC, CDC, CEC, DAD, DBD, DCD, DDD, DED, EAE, EBE, ECE, EDE, and EEE. - Robert A. Russell, Nov 09 2018
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REFERENCES
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M. R. Nester (1999). Mathematical investigations of some plant interaction designs. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. [See A056391 for pdf file of Chap. 2]
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FORMULA
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a(n) = 5^floor((n+1)/2).
E.g.f.: cosh(sqrt(5)*x) + sqrt(5)*sinh(sqrt(5)*x). - Stefano Spezia, Jun 06 2023
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MATHEMATICA
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LinearRecurrence[{0, 5}, {1, 5}, 30] (* or *) Riffle[5^Range[0, 20], 5^Range[20]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 28 2018 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) vector(40, n, n--; 5^floor((n+1)/2)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 07 2018
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy
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STATUS
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approved
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