OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
[Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+9^(n-1) for base>=4n-3; a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+9^(n-1)-2 when base=4n-4.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+4*x-8*x^2-14*x^3+6*x^4+6*x^5) / (1-8*x+18*x^3-2*x^4-6*x^5) (conjectured). - Colin Barker, Jul 17 2017
PROG
(S/R) stvar $[N]:(0..M-1) init $[]:=0 asgn $[]->{*} kill +[i in 0..N-2](($[i]`-$[i+1]`>4)+($[i+1]`-$[i]`>4))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 28 2006
STATUS
approved