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A038758 Number of ways of covering a 2n X 2n lattice by 2n^2 dominoes with exactly 4 horizontal (or vertical) dominoes. 2
16, 281, 1785, 7175, 22015, 56406, 126966, 259170, 490050, 871255, 1472471, 2385201, 3726905, 5645500, 8324220, 11986836, 16903236, 23395365, 31843525, 42693035, 56461251, 73744946, 95228050, 121689750, 154012950, 193193091 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

REFERENCES

P. W. Kasteleyn, The statistics of dimers on a lattice, Physica, 27 (1961), 1209-1225.

M. E. Fisher, Statistical mechanics of dimers on a plane lattice, Physical Review, 124 (1961), 1664-1672.

LINKS

Index entries for sequences related to dominoes

FORMULA

a(n) = (1/24)*n*(n-1)*(n+1)*(12*n^3-11*n-10)

EXAMPLE

a(3) = 281 because we have 281 ways to cover a 4 X 4 lattice with exactly 4 horizontal dominoes and exactly 14 vertical dominoes.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A004003, A002414, A054344.

Sequence in context: A004382 A204955 A189955 * A182608 A027776 A140770

Adjacent sequences:  A038755 A038756 A038757 * A038759 A038760 A038761

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), May 06 2000

EXTENSIONS

More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu), May 10 2000

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