[seqfan] partitions of a circle

[Neil Sloane]

Dear Sequence Fans, There is a paper:
*Valette, G.*; *Zamfirescu, T.* Les partages d'un polygone convexe en
4 polygones
semblables au premier. (French) *J. Combinatorial Theory Ser. B* *16 *(1974),
1--16. MR0331217 <http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=0331217> *(48
#9551),*
*see **http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00958956/16/1,*
*which studies the ways to divide a polygon into 4 congruent pieces.
*

But they begin by looking at a simpler question:
the number of ways to divide a circle into 4 pieces: there are 15 ways,
according to their rules. Similarly, I think there are 4 ways to divide a
circle into 3 pieces.
So there is a sequence 1, 1, 4, 15, ... I can't tell yet if it is in the
OEIS.  I scanned in their
illustration of the 15 partitions into 4 pieces, and I will be happy to
send it to anyone
who wants to try to help find  the next couple of terms.

The 4 ways to cut a circle into 3 pieces are:
1. draw 2 parallel chords in a circle
2. draw a T in a circle
3. draw a Y in a circle
4. draw a V in a circle

Neil
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