An α-p-catapoly-q-gon is a catacondensed
polygonal system with α p-gons and r − α
q-gons, which represents
a polycyclic conjugated hydrocarbon. Here r is the
total number of polygons or rings. A complete
mathematical solution for the numbers of nonisomorphic unbranched
α-p-catapoly-q-gons is reported. It
is
expressed by complicated explicit formulas in r, α,
p, and q, and it represents a generalization of
several
special cases studied previously. The solution was achieved by
means of certain generalized triangular
matrices with interesting mathematical properties.
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