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A127864 Number of tilings of a 2xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). 8
1, 1, 5, 11, 33, 87, 241, 655, 1793, 4895, 13377, 36543, 99841, 272767, 745217, 2035967, 5562369, 15196671, 41518081, 113429503, 309895169, 846649343, 2313089025, 6319476735, 17265131521, 47169216511 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

The signed version of this sequence appears as A077917

LINKS

P. Z. Chinn, R. Grimaldi and S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares, J. Int. Sequences 10 (2007) #07.2.8

S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares.

FORMULA

a(n) = a(n-1)+ 4 a(n-2) + 2 a(n-3); a(n) = (-1)^n +(1/Sqrt(3))*((1+Sqrt(3))^n - (1-Sqrt(3))^n); generating function 1/(1-x-4x^2-2x^3)

a(n) = A028860(n+2)+(-1)^n. [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Oct 29 2010]

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 5 because the 2 X 2 board can be tiled either with 4 squares or with a single L-shaped tile (in four orientations) together with a single square tile.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[ -1/( 2x^3 + 4x^2 + x - 1), {x, 0, 30}]], x, n], {n, 0, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A077917, A127865, A127866, A127867, A127868, A127869, A127870, A127871, A127872.

Sequence in context: A074648 A106908 A107442 * A077917 A055936 A194589

Adjacent sequences:  A127861 A127862 A127863 * A127865 A127866 A127867

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Silvia Heubach (sheubac(AT)calstatela.edu), Feb 03 2007

EXTENSIONS

JIS reference updated by R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Oct 30 2010

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