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A172230
Number of ways to place 4 nonattacking wazirs on a 4 X n board.
5
0, 2, 61, 405, 1502, 4072, 9091, 17791, 31660, 52442, 82137, 123001, 177546, 248540, 339007, 452227, 591736, 761326, 965045, 1207197, 1492342, 1825296, 2211131, 2655175, 3163012, 3740482, 4393681, 5128961, 5952930, 6872452, 7894647
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Wazir is a (fairy chess) leaper [0,1].
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FORMULA
a(n) = (64*n^4 - 432*n^3 + 1235*n^2 - 1797*n + 1122)/6, n>=3.
G.f.: -x^2*(4*x^5+12*x^4+67*x^3+120*x^2+51*x+2)/(x-1)^5. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 25 2010
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[- x (4 x^5 + 12 x^4 + 67 x^3 + 120 x^2 + 51 x + 2) / (x - 1)^5, {x, 0, 50}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 28 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Vaclav Kotesovec, Jan 29 2010
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vincenzo Librandi, May 28 2013
STATUS
approved