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A132595 Number of ways to move a chess queen from the lower left corner to square (n,n), with the queen moving only up, right, or diagonally up-right. 1
1, 3, 22, 188, 1712, 16098, 154352, 1499858, 14717692, 145509218, 1447187732, 14462966928, 145120265472, 1461040916988, 14751839744412, 149316973768398, 1514654852648052, 15393833895932658, 156716528008129892, 1597861126366223768 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Main diagonal of the square array given in A132439.

Recurrence relation: a_1=1; a_2=3; a_3=22; a_4=188; a_n=((29n-47)a_{n-1}+(-95n+238)a_{n-2}+(116n-418)a_{n-3}+(-48n+240)a_{n-4})/(2n-2), n >= 5. - Martin J. Erickson (erickson(AT)truman.edu), Nov 20 2007

a(n) is the number of Wythoff's Nim games starting with two equal piles of n stones. [From Martin J. Erickson (erickson(AT)truman.edu), Dec 05 2008]

REFERENCES

M. Erickson, S. Fernando, K. Tran, Enumerating Rook and Queen Paths, Bulletin of the Institute for Combinatorics and Its Applications, Volume 60 (2010), 37--48 [From Martin J. Erickson (erickson(AT)truman.edu), Oct 21 2010]

FORMULA

generating function = (x(x-1)/(3x-2))(1+(1-x)/sqrt(1-12x+16x^2)). a(n) is asymptotic to (5^(3/4)(sqrt(5)-2)/16)(6+2sqrt(5))^n/(sqrt(pi n)

EXAMPLE

a(2)=3 since the paths from (1,1) to (2,2) are

(1,1)->(2,1)->(2,2)

(1,1)->(1,2)->(2,2)

(1,1)->(2,2)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A132439.

Sequence in context: A074576 A077244 A138899 * A065204 A001393 A046743

Adjacent sequences:  A132592 A132593 A132594 * A132596 A132597 A132598

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Martin J. Erickson (erickson(AT)truman.edu), Nov 14 2007, Jan 28 2009

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