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61.18 The numbers of isomers of the alkanes and the aliphatic alcohols

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Robert E. Greenwood
Robert E. Greenwood*
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Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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I found the article Chemically, the same or different? by G. T. Woods [1] to be very interesting. On p. 253 of that article the problem of providing a formula for the number of isomers, as a function of the number n of carbon atoms, of certain molecular structures is suggested.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 61 , Issue 417 , October 1977 , pp. 220 - 223
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1977

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