OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
P. Raff, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
P. Raff, Spanning Trees in Grid Graphs, arXiv:0809.2551 [math.CO], 2008.
P. Raff, Analysis of the Number of Spanning Trees of S_5 x P_n. Contains sequence, recurrence, generating function, and more.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (144, -2640, 6930, -2640, 144, -1).
FORMULA
a(n) = 144*a(n-1) - 2640*a(n-2) + 6930*a(n-3) - 2640*a(n-4) + 144*a(n-5) - a(n-6). [Modified by Paul Raff, Oct 30, 2009]
G.f.: -x*(x^4 + 45*x^3 - 45*x-1)/(x^6 - 144*x^5 + 2640*x^4 - 6930*x^3 + 2640*x^2 - 144*x + 1). - Paul Raff (paul(AT)myraff.com), Mar 07 2009
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{7, -1}, {0, 1}, 13] LinearRecurrence[{3, -1}, {0, 1}, 13]^3 // Rest (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 30 2018, after R. J. Mathar *)
LinearRecurrence[{144, -2640, 6930, -2640, 144, -1}, {1, 189, 24576, 3046869, 375175625, 46151368704}, 14] (* Ray Chandler, Feb 28 2024 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Mar 28 2004
STATUS
approved