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A196804 Number of n X 3 0..4 arrays with each element x equal to the number its horizontal and vertical neighbors equal to 4,2,3,0,1 for x=0,1,2,3,4. 1
1, 3, 16, 37, 120, 420, 1468, 4801, 15885, 53128, 178165, 594582, 1983454, 6622194, 22119691, 73864009, 246623786, 823483995, 2749775102, 9181948002, 30659615818, 102376096183, 341847401583, 1141474348346, 3811532000911, 12727199593820 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Every 0 is next to 0 4's, every 1 is next to 1 2's, every 2 is next to 2 3's, every 3 is next to 3 0's, every 4 is next to 4 1's.
Column 3 of A196809.
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FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 2*a(n-1) +2*a(n-2) +3*a(n-3) +17*a(n-4) +3*a(n-5) -4*a(n-6).
Empirical g.f.: x*(1 + x + 8*x^2 - 4*x^3 - 12*x^4 + 4*x^5) / (1 - 2*x - 2*x^2 - 3*x^3 - 17*x^4 - 3*x^5 + 4*x^6). - Colin Barker, May 09 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..0..0....0..3..0....0..0..0....0..3..0....0..3..0....0..3..0....0..0..0
..0..0..3....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..3....3..0..3....3..0..3
..3..0..0....3..0..0....3..0..3....0..0..3....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0
..0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..3..0....0..0..0....0..3..0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A196809.
Sequence in context: A294419 A196596 A196573 * A280093 A081270 A271374
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Oct 06 2011
STATUS
approved

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