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A117633 Number of self-avoiding walks of n steps on a Manhattan square lattice. 0
2, 4, 8, 14, 26, 48, 88, 154, 278, 500, 900, 1576, 2806, 4996, 8894, 15564, 27538, 48726, 86212, 150792, 265730, 468342, 825462, 1442866, 2535802, 4457332, 7835308, 13687192 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..28.

A. Malakis, Self-avoiding walks on oriented square lattices,J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 8 (1975) no 12, 1885-1898

EXAMPLE

On each crossing, the first step may follow a street or an avenue. So a(1)=2.

On the next crossing, each of these 2 paths faces again two choices, giving a(2)=4. At n=4, a(4) becomes less than 16 considering the 2 cases of having moved around a block.

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A120545 A130708 A054193 * A135491 A164154 A164156

Adjacent sequences:  A117630 A117631 A117632 * A117634 A117635 A117636

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

R. J. Mathar, Apr 08 2006

STATUS

approved

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