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A187734 a(n) is the number of n-walks between the vertices 1 and 3 of the Graph on the chalkboard in 'Good Will Hunting', (1997). 0
0, 2, 2, 14, 18, 94, 146, 638, 1138, 4382, 8658, 30398, 64818, 212574, 479890, 1496062, 3525106, 10581918, 25748306, 75139390, 187301554, 535144670, 1358396434, 3820058238, 9829858162, 27316621854, 71015537874, 195595836350, 512422576178, 1401935442782 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
For a presentation of the Graph, see the first link.
REFERENCES
Burkard Polster & Marty Ross, Math Goes to the Movies, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2013, §1.7 Mathematics: Graph Theory 1, pp. 9-12.
LINKS
Oliver Knill, Harvard Math, The Good Will Hunting Problem
MMDB-The Mathematical Movie Database, Burkard Polster & Marty Ross, Good Will Hunting
FORMULA
G.f.: 2*x^2/(1 - x - 6*x^2 + 4*x^3).
EXAMPLE
"For example, between the vertices 1 and 3, we can calculate that there are no 1-walks, two 2-walks, two 3-walks and so on. The resulting sequence of numbers begins 0, 2, 2, 14, 18, 94, 146, 638, ..." (p. 11).
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{1, 6, -4}, {0, 2, 2}, 30] (* Or *)
Rest@ CoefficientList[Series[2x^2/(1 - x - 6x^2 + 4x^3), {x, 0, 28}], x]
PROG
(PARI) Vec(2*x^2/(1 - x - 6*x^2 + 4*x^3)+O(x^99)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 21 2013
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A032209 A032134 A032038 * A151353 A151437 A235349
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,walk
AUTHOR
Oliver Knill (knill(AT)math.harvard.edu), Burkard Polster (burkard.polster(AT)monash.edu), Marty Ross (martinirossi(AT)gmail.com), and Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 02 2013
STATUS
approved

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