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A003696 Number of spanning trees in P_4 X P_n. 3
1, 56, 2415, 100352, 4140081, 170537640, 7022359583, 289143013376, 11905151192865, 490179860527896, 20182531537581071, 830989874753525760, 34214941811800329425, 1408756312731277540744 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Also number of domino tilings of the 7 X (2n-1) rectangle with upper left corner removed. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 14 2011

REFERENCES

F. Faase, On the number of specific spanning subgraphs of the graphs G X P_n, Ars Combin. 49 (1998), 129-154.

LINKS

F. Faase, On the number of specific spanning subgraphs of the graphs G X P_n, Preliminary version of paper that appeared in Ars Combin. 49 (1998), 129-154.

F. Faase, Counting Hamilton cycles in product graphs

F. Faase, Results from the counting program

Index entries for sequences related to trees

F. Faase, Counting Hamilton cycles in product graphs

P. Raff, Spanning Trees in Grid Graphs. [From Paul Raff (praff(AT)math.rutgers.edu), Mar 06 2009]

P. Raff, Analysis of the Number of Spanning Trees of P_4 x P_n. Contains sequence, recurrence, generating function, and more. [From Paul Raff (praff(AT)math.rutgers.edu), Mar 06 2009]

FORMULA

a(1) = 1,

a(2) = 56,

a(3) = 2415,

a(4) = 100352,

a(5) = 4140081,

a(6) = 170537640,

a(7) = 7022359583,

a(8) = 289143013376 and

a(n) = 56a(n-1) - 672a(n-2) + 2632a(n-3) - 4094a(n-4) + 2632a(n-5) - 672a(n-6) + 56a(n-7) - a(n-8).

G.f.: x(x^6-49x^4+112x^3-49x^2+1) / (x^8-56x^7 +672x^6-2632x^5 +4094x^4 -2632x^3 +672x^2-56x+1). [From Paul Raff (praff(AT)math.rutgers.edu), Mar 06 2009]

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A111781 A124101 A198948 * A199709 A205227 A042513

Adjacent sequences:  A003693 A003694 A003695 * A003697 A003698 A003699

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Frans Faase (Frans_LiXia(AT)wxs.nl)

EXTENSIONS

Added recurrence from Faase's web page. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Feb 03 2009

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