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A127870 Number of tilings of a 4xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). 7
1, 1, 33, 195, 2023, 16839, 151817, 1328849, 11758369, 103628653, 914646205, 8068452381, 71189251649, 628067760289, 5541284098945, 48888866203241, 431331449340441, 3805499681885145, 33574725778806817, 296219181642118401 (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 - 4 z - 6 z^2 - 10 z^3 - 8 z^4 - 4 z^5)/(1 - 5z - 34 z^2 - 6 z^3 + 72 z^4 + 28 z^5 - 74 z^6 + 10 z^7 + 4 z^8 + 4 z^9)

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 33 because the 4x2 board can be tiled in one way with only square tiles, in 12 ways using one L-tile and 5 square tiles and in 20 ways with 2 L-tiles and 2 square tiles.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[(1 - 4 z - 6 z^2 - 10 z^3 - 8 z^4 - 4 z^5)/(1 - 5z - 34 z^2 - 6 z^3 + 72 z^4 + 28 z^5 - 74 z^6 + 10 z^7 + 4 z^8 + 4 z^9), {x, 0, 30}]], x, n], {n, 0, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A127864, A127865, A127866, A127867, A127868, A127869.

Sequence in context: A046142 A135827 A189180 * A142993 A075040 A178448

Adjacent sequences:  A127867 A127868 A127869 * A127871 A127872 A127873

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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