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A110316
a(n) is the number of different shapes of balanced binary trees with n nodes. The tree is balanced if the total number of nodes in the left and right branch of every node differ by at most one.
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1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 8, 16, 32, 16, 32, 16, 8, 1, 16, 64, 256, 256, 1024, 1024, 1024, 256, 1024, 1024, 1024, 256, 256, 64, 16, 1, 32, 256, 2048, 4096, 32768, 65536, 131072, 65536, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 1048576, 2097152, 1048576, 524288, 65536, 524288
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
The value of a(n) is always a power of 2.
REFERENCES
Hsien-Kuei Hwang, S Janson, TH Tsai, Exact and asymptotic solutions of the recurrence f(n) = f(floor(n/2)) + f(ceiling(n/2)) + g(n): theory and applications, Preprint, 2016; https://algo.stat.sinica.edu.tw/hk/files/2016/12/aat-hhrr-1.pdf. Also Exact and Asymptotic Solutions of a Divide-and-Conquer Recurrence Dividing at Half: Theory and Applications, ACM Transactions on Algorithms, 13:4 (2017), #47; DOI: 10.1145/3127585
LINKS
Jeffrey A. Barnett, Counting Balanced Tree Shapes
Ann Wells Clifton, Structural and Computational Results on Equitably Dissectible Graphs, Ph. D. Dissertation, Louisiana Tech. (2025). See p. 76.
Samuele Giraudo, Intervals of balanced binary trees in the Tamari lattice, arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3472 [math.CO], 2011.
Wikipedia, Blancmange curve
FORMULA
a(0) = a(1) = 1; a(2*n) = 2*a(n)*a(n-1); a(2*n+1) = a(n)*a(n).
a(n) = 1 <=> n in { A000225 }. - Orson R. L. Peters, Mar 12 2024
MAPLE
a:= proc(n) option remember; local r; `if`(n<2, 1,
`if`(irem(n, 2, 'r')=0, 2*a(r)*a(r-1), a(r)^2))
end:
seq(a(n), n=0..50); # Alois P. Heinz, Apr 10 2013
MATHEMATICA
a[0] = a[1] = 1; a[n_] := a[n] = If[EvenQ[n], 2 a[n/2] a[n/2-1], a[(n-1)/2 ]^2]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 50}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 31 2016 *)
PROG
(Python)
def A110316(n): return 1<<(k:=n+1)-(sum(i.bit_count() for i in range(1, k))<<1)+k*(m:=k.bit_length())-(1<<m) # Chai Wah Wu, Mar 02 2023
CROSSREFS
Column k=2 of A221857. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 17 2013
Cf. A000225.
Sequence in context: A008741 A381299 A369999 * A111975 A117250 A345674
KEYWORD
easy,nonn,look
AUTHOR
Jeffrey Barnett, Jun 23 2007
STATUS
approved