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A180438
a(n) counts the distinct cubical (on alphabet of 3 symbols) billiard words with length n, acting as prefix to just k = 2 such words of length n+1 (that is, a subset of "special").
2
0, 0, 6, 18, 36, 78, 150, 306, 420, 792, 1338, 2082, 3228, 4830, 7050, 9954, 13920, 18738, 24666, 32610
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
By symmetry under reversal, a(n) also counts length n cubical billiard words acting as suffix to just k length n+1 cubical billiard words. Computation: Fred Lunnon for 0 <= n <= 19 (Magma). The program in A180437 counts k-special words for k = 1, ..., m, where m = 3 denotes the size of the alphabet.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Fred Lunnon, Sep 05 2010
STATUS
approved