OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
A small descent in a permutation p is a position i such that p(i)-p(i+1)=1.
A strong fixed point is a fixed point (or splitter) p(k)=k such that p(i) < k for i < k and p(j) > k for j > k.
REFERENCES
E. R. Berlekamp, J. H. Conway, and R. K. Guy, Winning Ways For Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 1, CRC Press, 2001.
LINKS
M. Lind, E. Fiorini, A. Woldar, and W. H. T. Wong, On Properties of Pebble Assignment Graphs, Journal of Integer Sequences, 24(6), 2020.
FORMULA
For n > 3, a(n) = b(n) - b(n-1) - Sum{i=4..n}(a(i-1)*b(n-i)) where b(n) = A000255(n-1) and b(0) = 1.
EXAMPLE
For n = 4, the a(4) = 6 permutations on [4] with no strong fixed points or small descents: {(2,3,4,1),(3,4,1,2),(4,1,2,3),(3,1,4,2),(2,4,1,3),(4,2,3,1)}.
PROG
(Python) See A346204.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Eugene Fiorini, Jared Glassband, Garrison Lee Koch, Sophia Lebiere, Xufei Liu, Evan Sabini, Nathan B. Shank, Andrew Woldar, Jul 09 2021
STATUS
approved