Search: id:A072949 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A072949 %S A072949 0,0,0,4,24,148,744,3696,17640,83420,390144,1817652,8438664,39117852, %T A072949 181136304,838372452,3879505944 %N A072949 Number of permutations p of (1,2,3,...,n) such that sum(k=1,n,abs(k-p(k)))=2n. %C A072949 Is a(n) always even? %C A072949 More generally, T(n,k) (from A062869) appears to be even whenever k > = n. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Dec 11 2006. Max Alekseyev reports that both conjectures are true. %p A072949 with(linalg): f := (i,j) -> x^(abs(i-j)):for n from 1 to 17 do A := matrix(n, n,f): printf("%d,",coeff(permanent(A),x,2*n)) od: - Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Apr 27 2008 %o A072949 (PARI) a(n)=sum(k=1,n!,if(sum(i=1,n,abs(i-component(numtoperm(n,k),i)))-2*n, 0,1)) %Y A072949 Cf. A072948, A062869. %Y A072949 Sequence in context: A045915 A052609 A077613 this_sequence A104531 A045738 A003288 %Y A072949 Adjacent sequences: A072946 A072947 A072948 this_sequence A072950 A072951 A072952 %K A072949 more,nonn %O A072949 1,4 %A A072949 Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Aug 20 2002 %E A072949 More terms from Herman Jamke (hermanjamke(AT)fastmail.fm), Apr 27 2008 Search completed in 0.001 seconds