A121752 Number of columns ending at an odd level in all deco polyominoes of height n. A deco polyomino is a directed column-convex polyomino in which the height, measured along the diagonal, is attained only in the last column.

1, 2, 7, 39, 235, 1746, 14166, 132408, 1341432, 15148080, 183764880, 2435607360, 34406268480, 523839899520, 8444375452800, 145266278169600, 2631329637350400, 50481429165619200, 1015073771517388800

Offset

1,2

Comments

a(n)=Sum(k*A121697(n,k),k=0..n).

References

E. Barcucci, S. Brunetti and F. Del Ristoro, Succession rules and deco polyominoes, Theoret. Informatics Appl., 34, 2000, 1-14.

E. Barcucci, A. Del Lungo and R. Pinzani, "Deco" polyominoes, permutations and random generation, Theoretical Computer Science, 159, 1996, 29-42.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..19.

Formula

Recurrence relation: a(n)=(2n-3)a(n-1)-(n-1)(n-3)a(n-2)+(n-2)!(n*floor(n/2)-(n-2)*floor((n-1)/2)-1); a[1]=1, a[2]=2.

Conjecture D-finite with recurrence (-460*n+1223)*a(n) +(460*n^2+460*n-5569)*a(n-1) +(460*n^3-3826*n^2+7853*n+1313)*a(n-2) +(-460*n^4+1840*n^3+5501*n^2-31045*n+31726)*a(n-3) +(1223*n^4-13205*n^3+45787*n^2-51389*n+558)*a(n-4) -2*(426*n-1111)*(n-6)*(n-4)^2*a(n-5)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 26 2022

Example

a(2)=2 because the deco polyominoes of height 2 are the vertical and horizontal dominoes, having 0 and 2 columns ending at an odd level, respectively.

Maple

a[1]:=1: a[2]:=2: for n from 3 to 23 do a[n]:=(2*n-3)*a[n-1]-(n-1)*(n-3)*a[n-2]+(n-2)!*(n*floor(n/2)-(n-2)*floor((n-1)/2)-1) od: seq(a[n], n=1..23);

Crossrefs

Cf. A121697, A121754.

Sequence in context: A337685 A014058 A119602 * A054133 A330470 A364336

Adjacent sequences: A121749 A121750 A121751 * A121753 A121754 A121755

Keyword

nonn

Author

Emeric Deutsch, Aug 23 2006

Status

approved