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A127866 Number of L-shaped tiles in all tilings of a 2xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). 6
4, 12, 52, 172, 580, 1852, 5828, 17980, 54788, 165116, 493316, 1463036, 4312068, 12641276, 36887556, 107201532, 310427652, 896045052, 2579017732, 7403843580, 21205303300, 60604891132, 172872744964, 492233179132, 1399272374276 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

REFERENCES

P. Z. Chinn, R. Grimaldi and S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares, to appear in the Journal of Integer Sequences

LINKS

S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares.

FORMULA

a(n) =4 (-1)^n - (2/9)[(9-5*Sqrt(3))(1+Sqrt(3))^n + (9+5*Sqrt(3))(1-Sqrt(3))^n] - (n/3)[(1-Sqrt(3))(1+Sqrt(3))^n+ (1+Sqrt(3))(1-Sqrt(3))^n]; generating function: 4x^2/((1+x)(1-2x-2x^2)^2)

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 4 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 and thus all the tilings of the 2 X 2 board contain 4 L-shaped tiles

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[4x^2/((1 + x)(1 - 2x - 2x^2)^2), {x, 0, 20}]], x, n], {n, 0, 20}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A127864, A127865, A127867, A127868, A127869, A127870, A127871, A127872.

Sequence in context: A045906 A025282 A149403 * A149404 A149405 A149406

Adjacent sequences:  A127863 A127864 A127865 * A127867 A127868 A127869

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

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

EXTENSIONS

G.f. proposed by Maksym Voznyy checked and corrected by R. J. Mathar, Sep 16 2009.

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