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Number of domino tilings of a 7-pillow of order n.
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%I #4 Jun 01 2010 03:00:00

%S 1,2,5,13,34,136,666,3577,23353,200704,2062593,24878084,373006265,

%T 6917185552,153624835953,4155902941554,138450383756352,

%U 5602635336941568,274540864716936000,16486029239132118530,1209110712606533552257

%N Number of domino tilings of a 7-pillow of order n.

%C A 7-pillow is a generalized Aztec pillow. The 7-pillow of order n is a rotationally-symmetric region. It has a 2 X 2n central band of squares and then steps up from this band with steps of 7 horizontal squares to every 1 vertical square and steps down with steps of 1 horizontal square to every 1 vertical square.

%D C. Hanusa (2005). A Gessel-Viennot-Type Method for Cycle Systems with Applications to Aztec Pillows. PhD Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

%e The number of domino tilings of the 7-pillow of order 8 is 23353=11^2*193.

%Y A112839 breaks down as A112840^2 times A112841, where A112841 is not necessarily squarefree.

%Y 3-pillows: A112833-A112835; 5-pillows: A112836-A112838; 9-pillows: A112842-A112844.

%K nonn

%O 0,2

%A Christopher Hanusa (chanusa(AT)math.binghamton.edu), Sep 21 2005