A172530 Number of ways to place 3 nonattacking knights on an n X n toroidal board.

0, 0, 6, 208, 600, 3252, 10584, 27584, 61992, 125300, 233772, 409584, 682084, 1089172, 1678800, 2510592, 3657584, 5208084, 7267652, 9961200, 13435212, 17860084, 23432584, 30378432, 38955000, 49454132, 62205084

Offset

1,3

Links

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

V. Kotesovec, Number of ways of placing non-attacking queens and kings on boards of various sizes

Formula

a(n) = n^2*(n^4 - 27*n^2 + 218)/6, n>=6.

G.f.: -2*x^3 * (50*x^9 -398*x^8 +1425*x^7 -2989*x^6 +3971*x^5 -3325*x^4 +1605*x^3 -365*x^2 +83*x +3) / (x-1)^7. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 25 2010

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[- 2 x^2 (50 x^9 - 398 x^8 + 1425 x^7 - 2989 x^6 + 3971 x^5 - 3325 x^4 + 1605 x^3 - 365 x^2 + 83 x + 3) / (x - 1)^7, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, May 29 2013 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A172529, A172134, A172518.

Sequence in context: A159307 A284768 A024083 * A201237 A120436 A136742

Adjacent sequences: A172527 A172528 A172529 * A172531 A172532 A172533

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 06 2010

Extensions

More terms from Vincenzo Librandi, May 29 2013

Status

approved