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A127867 Number of tilings of a 3xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). 6
1, 1, 11, 39, 195, 849, 3895, 17511, 79339, 358397, 1620843, 7326991, 33127155, 149766353, 677103839, 3061202815, 13839823275, 62570318397, 282882722979, 1278922980071, 5782057329219, 26140890761969, 118183916056327 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

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

generating function = (1-x)^2/(1-3x-7x^2+x^3-2x^4)

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 11 because the 3x2 board can be tiled in one way with only square tiles, in 8 ways using one L-tile and 3 square tiles and in 2 ways with 2 L-tiles.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[(1 - x)^2/(1 - 3x - 7x^2 + x^3 - 2x^4), {x, 0, 30}]], x, n], {n, 0, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A127864, A127865, A127866, A127868, A127869, A127870.

Sequence in context: A004188 A163634 A173373 * A138050 A183940 A077568

Adjacent sequences:  A127864 A127865 A127866 * A127868 A127869 A127870

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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