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A102090 Number of matchings in the C_n X P_3 graph (C_n is the cycle graph on n vertices and P_3 is the path graph on 3 vertices). 1
47, 228, 1511, 9213, 57536, 356863, 2217871, 13775700, 85579087, 531616825, 3302453192, 20515048427, 127440964999, 791672146068, 4917923140383, 30550483740725, 189781751728736, 1178937572877255, 7323643025265351 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

COMMENTS

Row sums of A102089.

REFERENCES

H. Hosoya and A. Motoyama, An effective algorithm for obtaining polynomials for dimer statistics. Application of operator technique on the topological index to two- and three-dimensional rectangular and torus lattices, J. Math. Physics 26 (1985) 157-167 (eq. (52) and Table VII).

FORMULA

a(n)=3a(n-1)+19a(n-2)+10a(n-3)-24a(n-4)-10a(n-5)+11a(n-6)+a(n-7)-a(n-8) with a(2)=47, a(3)=228, a(4)=1511, a(5)=9213, a(6)=57536, a(7)=356863, a(8)=2217871 and a(9)=13775700. G.f.=-z^2*(-47-87z+66z^2+122z^3-36z^4-40z^5+5z^6+3z^7)/[(z^2-1-z)(z+1)(z^5-z^4-9z^3+9z^2+5z-1)].

MAPLE

a[2]:=47: a[3]:=228: a[4]:=1511: a[5]:=9213: a[6]:=57536: a[7]:=356863: a[8]:=2217871: a[9]:=13775700: for n from 10 to 23 do a[n]:=3*a[n-1]+19*a[n-2]+10*a[n-3]-24*a[n-4]-10*a[n-5]+11*a[n-6]+a[n-7]-a[n-8] od:seq(a[n], n=2..23);

MATHEMATICA

LinearRecurrence[{3, 19, 10, -24, -10, 11, 1, -1}, {47, 228, 1511, 9213, 57536, 356863, 2217871, 13775700}, 30] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Oct 24 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A102089.

Sequence in context: A142203 A067986 A141537 * A033226 A142946 A204794

Adjacent sequences:  A102087 A102088 A102089 * A102091 A102092 A102093

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Dec 29 2004

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