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A127868 Number of square tiles in all tilings of a 3xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). 6
3, 30, 171, 1044, 5691, 30678, 159891, 821100, 4151511, 20764590, 102880755, 505866804, 2471159019, 12004723878, 58037429739, 279405305676, 1340130574407, 6406579480446, 30536794325547, 145166910196116 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

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

generating function = 3x(1-x)^2(1+6x+3x^2)/(1-3x-7x^2+x^3-2x^4)^2

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 30 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, so there are altogether 6 + 8 * 3=30 square tiles in all of the 3x2 tilings.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[3x(1-x)^2(1+6x+3x^2)/(1-3x-7x^2+x^3-2x^4)^2, {x, 0, 30}]], x, n], {n, 0, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A127864, A127865, A127866, A127867, A127869, A127870.

Sequence in context: A020874 A161806 A003689 * A002463 A013281 A013274

Adjacent sequences:  A127865 A127866 A127867 * A127869 A127870 A127871

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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